The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-04


Tho consumption OF peanuts u
0.1o0, 900 bushels . season.
Tho wealthieet colored man In the
South u q New Orleans sugar planter
named Marie. He has an income Of
1lO.00 and Is a cultivated gentleman.
The once fighting MOdOc Indians
have become Industrious farmers in the
past twelve years and half OF them
have professed Christianity.
"A Wisconsin lover wrote to his
swestheert: There IL not . giobule
Of blood in my heart that does not bear
your photograph"
"A colorsd man, on trial for rob
bery IN WashiAeton. instructed his At
torney 70 challenge every negro on
the Jury. He said he preferred to en-
trust his case 70 whito men
"A farmer In Huntingdon County.
Pa, caught IN owl and put It In
HE barn 70 tight his rooster. The
evil fought and tho rooster did tho
best he could, but when the battle was
evSr tho rooster was dead.
"A Kingston On. ~ minister mar.
ried Q couple one night recently. aud
whom signatures were asked to tho
certificate IL was found that neither
the bride. groom. best man nor brides
maid could write their names. They
I'll signed BY making marks.
"A Georgia cOlored man Is very
fond Of alligators u q food product
He captures the saurians. and. after
duly preparing them. cures them a. he
docs his hams. In his s~m0kehOuse at
present i've or six Of these reptiles arc
hung up undergoing the smoking pro-
cess.
Tho crowd Of immigrants that
may be seem in Castle Garden any day
Is present arc subjected to q more
rigorous examination than tho immi-
grants Of former years were. A good
many are sent back to the countries
from which they came, on the ground
that they belong to the excluded
classes,
AT one Of the crossroads in Brazil.
IN idol carved from tho wood Of an
orange tree was placed for the Indians
TO worship. On one occasion It was
noticed that an old red man omitted to
perform his act Of obeisance. On be-
Ing commanded to kneel he stubbornly
replied: mo; I knew him when he
vas IN orange tree"
"A Washington woman, prosecutor
IA . late assault and battery case. who
called the courts attention to the
marks ou her face. the result. she said.
Of the beating she had received, almost
tainted when the judge ordered an OH
cor to closely examine tho injuries.
He rubbed q handkerchief over her
lace. when tho marks instantly disap-
peared. having boon made with paint
The caso was then dismissed.
"A tradef q Americus, Ga. boasts
q having . remarkably smart wife.
Although. hs has boon married ten
years. she has never asked him for .
dollar and he has never given her any
money. He generally borrows from
her. and she makes moro than he docs.
She sells all homo products. such as
meat, lard. chickens, wood. hay, ETC..
and beats his store. He docs not buy
any thing but sugar. coffee and a lit
tie rice. as no has every thing else to
sell OF his place.
-0n the evening of May 20. 1866.
the citizens Of Boston celebrated the
repeal Of the Stamp act by hanging
ono hundred and eight lanterns in the
Old Liberty Tree On Essex street.
Ono Of the lanterns. which. according
to its inscription. was hung on 1.-The
west botgh. opposite Frog lane" has
been in tho Zimmerman family ever
since. and was recently presented to
the Bostoniau Society by tho widow
aud children of the late Joseph H.
Zimmerman. Of Roxbury.
"A San Francisco spinster Of uncer-
tain ago. possessed of much wealth
and little beauty. agreed to give q
marriage bureau 500 to secure her q
husband. Forty dollars was paid down.
4 marriage resulted. but the remain
ing eco was not paid. whereupon Mrs.
Meyer. proprietress Of tho bureau,
sued for SIS for services rendered.
This Included the unpaid $50, 500 for
board and lodging and go for q we'd
ding breakfast Tho bride. tn avoid
~notoriety. compromised by paying
go!
AT q recent fashionable wedding
In New York the father Of the bride
wore I broad grin as he walked up
the church aisle with his daughter.
During the ceremony he chucklcd sev.
eral times, and 1T its close he broke
into IN unmistakable laugh. As he is
. prominent citizen Of unimpeachable
sohriety. and is known to have tho
tenderest regard for his family and
for this daughter in particular, many
were somewhat scandalized by such
"a apparent breach Of decorum. At
the wedding reception tho good een-
tleman solved the mystery. He had
suddenly remembered that the last
A. 49, s~.s