The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1890-09-06
Established. February 18TH 1875
ADvERTISlNo RATEA
NEWS ITEMS.


Mirrors are for the iudolent; they en-
courage idle reflections.
The Michigan Republicans nominated
James NJ. Turner for Governor.
The floating debt of Louisiana in 1880
was $l.790.2s3 less than It is in 1890
Baltimore in the month of July ranked
AS the second, city of the country in the
export trsde.
|. G. b. Haggin's colt Salvador breaks
the nile running record at Mammeuth
Park, covering the distance la E.Sbh.
1'hH Nita crevasse has cut Channel
whose depth near the bank isdourtt en-
feet below the ordinary ground level.
The Sew York State Board of Arbi-
tration are investigating the cause of tie
New York Central railroad strike.
The Central American War ls ended.
Guatemala, and San Salvador have signed
Il peace treaty, aud armois are disband-
ing.
The Indiana Democratic state con-
vention condemned the New York Cen
trail railroad for hiring Pinkerton detec-
tive.
The boarding house proprietors in the
.Catskills have declared war on the
Hebrews, refusing to except them as
guests.
The dog population of New York City
is estimated ut from $4,000 to 10000.
More than 1000 were caught and asphy-
xiated last year.
NJ. de Frevcinet, Minister Of War for
France, has decided that foreign wheat
shall be excluded In contracts for sup.
plying the army.
An advertisement is window through
which all the world may look into your
store and see just what you wish 1t to
sec one more, no less.
The quantity of grain passing down
the Welland Canal from one American
port to another increased from ~ 900
tons in 1880 to $4,000 In 1897
Half dozen members of the Alpine
club, of Paris, are now in this country.
They intend to climb some Of our noun
tains and make scientific observations.
Temperance advocates are rejoicing
over the fact that Blaine is now Il total
abstainer. The list of great men who in
recent years have joined the cold water
ranks is long one.
A Baptist deacon, who went to the
house OF Mrs. Selby, near Gainesville,
Tex, and began to make love to her In
the absence of her husband, was very
nearly killed by the Infatuated woman.
Miss. Minerve Parker, the only woman
architect in philadelphia, has achieved
the distinction Of being selected us the
designer of the Queen Isabella pavilion
for the Columbian exhibition in Chicago.
Some business men in Chicago have
undertaken the erection of one OF the
largest buildings In the world. 1t IL to
be 100 by $50 feet IN size aud sixteen
stories tall. Its construction will cost
over $3,000,000.
At ten years of age a boy thinks his
father knows great deal: at fifteen, he
knows us much us his father; ut twenty.
he knows twice as much; ut thirty, he Is
willing to take his advice; at forty, he
begins to think his father knows some
thing after all at fifty, he begins to seek
his advice, and ut slXty--after his father
is dead-he thinks that he was the
smartest man that ever lived.
The completion of boring for the great
tunnel under the s.. Clair river. connect
ing the Michigan and Canadian shores,
is justly regarded rs one of the marvels
of modern engineering. The tunnel is
intended 10 provide passage for the
Graad TrnnN railway to its terminus at
Port Huron. Mich. Ii is one and one
third miles in length. and the boring has
been done by driving great iron cylin-
der or hollow augOr sixteen feet ut
time, and p, Knitting twenty-five men
TO work inside the ~ linder and remove |
its excavations before it is gain thrust
forward by great hydraulic power.