Fergus County argus., 1889-07-04
NEWS NOTES.

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500 for JOhnstown.
Iowa paid off her last bonded debt
on the 23th ult.. amounting to $780,
900.
crop is estimated this year at $24,-
10000
\ Buffalo physician says that there
are times when every man has sui
cidal tendencies.
Gov. Nichols of Louisiana has issued
a proclamation to suppress prize fight
ing i'm that state.
| A lioness ut Chicago gave birth to
/ live cubs, and ate four Of them before
it was discovered.
Gov. Foraker OF Ohio has been re-
nominated for a third term as chief
executive OF that state.
| A fire on the gath ult. DESTROYED the
greater part Of what was left OF Johns
town, Pa, after the Hood.
| President Harrison gave $500 to
aid in alleviating the sufferings caused
by the .'ohnstown disaster.
Mrs. Whiteling was hung in Phlla-
delphia, Pa, on the 25th ult., for the
murder OF her husband and child.
1t appears that out of loan OF Ss,-
5000 made by Bolivia a few years
ago, the republic got only S3, 166, 400.
II made over S125,OOO in eight
months once" said John l.. Sullivan
recently, "and squandered every cent
| made.
Mrs. Gen. Logan and Miss Florence
Pullman will spend the rest Of the sea
son in London. So will Mrs. Gen. Mo
Clellan.
Coffee is coming down, but sugar is
going up, consequently n cup OF coffee
will cost Just as much as heret OfOre il
yOu take sugar.
The Judges OF the Lackawanna
county (Pa.) court recently adjourned
to the roadside to try q case. The
Judges sat on log.
The pension Office last week made
req,Iisit ions upon the treasury depart
ment for $15, 100000 out OF the ap-
preparation to be available July 1.
For debt of SIS which he could
not pay, Fnng Hoy, "a Chinese cook,
was butchered by three hiehbinders in
II street in Chinatown, San Francisco.
Kate Chase Sprague is writing biOg-
raphy of her iather, the late Chief Jus.
tice Chase. She also cOntemplates
publishing n volume Of personal mem
| Oirs.
When pigs in clover fell upon the
London market it cost shilling. A
week afIerward it came down to six
pence, and to-day it is being sold like
wlldiire IN the streets at a penny.
Ieprosy is increasing in Russia.
During the last ten years forty-nine
| patients were treated in the ST. Peters
burg hospitals, half of whom were ma
tives OF the city.
Base bail j. going up in the world.
! An American sculptor has n statue
under that title IN the Paris salon
representing "a young man in the act oi
| throwing IL ball.
Mr.. Alden, editor OF lIarper's Maga-
zine, declares that Amelie Rives-C hun
Ter IL "the most wonderful literary
genius of the century and that the
next ten years will vindicate his juds-
. ment.
SIMON Cameron, Pennsylvania IS
greatest Politician, died on the Goth
ult. lie was secretary OF war during
ldncoln's first term, afterward min
list er to Russia and senator for twelve
years.
Henry Labouchere says that base
ball is a game not merely inferior to
cricket. but TO foot ball, tennis, racq-
uets and other games, and that there
fore it is worth no mans time to learn
to play it.
Ezra Murphy .oi Mont pelier, Ind,
recent ly ate four dozen eggs at one sit.
ting, washed them down with two
drinks OF whisky. and wound up his
feast with four large cocoanuis as de-
sert. And he still lives.
They tell of "A man in Georgia who
kept bees, and not satisfied with their
prOyerbial industry, attempted to
cross them with lightning bugs, in or
der to secure u continuation OF honey
making through the night.
Mrs. Catherine Schmidt OF Wichita
Kan, II widow with a family OF three
children, was found guilty OF selling
three glasses OF beer and sentenced to
Imprisonment for three months. and a
fine OF $500 was imposed.
In the United States there are 7O.-
600 lawyers, about one lawyer to
every 900 inhabitants. In France
there is only one lawyer to over 5000
people. In Germany the proportion
is about the same as in France.
Seattle had a remarkable growth.
In 1850 its population was 3, 533, and
in lSSS the count made 1918. 1t
had "a very pleasant location between
| two lakes and a beaut iful bay, on
high, sloping land. II will no doubt
become one OF the largest of the lively
Pacific slope towns.
Coils p. Huntington has paid S45O,-
600 for "A small lot on upper Fifth ave-
nue., New York, and will build on it a
residence to cost 81 ZOO, 900. People
will be glad tn see that the Pacific
Railway and standard oil million
aires are slowly getting themselves
comfort ably housed.
The Pioneer Press Winnipeg special
says: 4 decided sensation was created
in turi circles June 26 by the arrest oi
j. r. Cable, owner Of the trot ting horse
Idaho, now here in training for the
summer races. lie is charged with
stealing sixty horses between May L.
and June I ) three years ago at Cal
gary, \. W. T., and driving them over
the border into Montana, where he dis
posed of them. lie was taken 10 Cal
gary for trial.
Ex-senator Jones. formerly of Flor
ida, now OF Detroit, writes 70 the New
York World to say: II desire espe-
cially to remind the conspirators who
did all they could to destroy me that