Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-02-06
CURRENT EVENTS.

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| 81 at Rochester, y. y.
A tramp with four pair OF trousers on wa
arrested In New York the other day.
A shark recently captured In San FranciseG
bay contained . peck Of young lobstsTa
The constitution Of Costa Rca 10 quite DO
| nestle AFFAIR. 1t prescribcs hospitality - Z
sacrsd duty, and declares citizenship to b
forfeited BY ingratitude to psrenta
seventy-nvs pianos with five hundred trunks
Of valuablss, nne paintings, jewelry, and
stlverware, were destroyed by the recent burn
Ing Of large storage building in New Yorh
city.
Ths New Hampshire house OF represents
tises has passed q bill sppropriating 81, 500
per year for the next two years TO be expend'
ed 10 preparing the record Of the New Hamp'
shire soldiers and sailors 10 the war OF the re.
bslliOn.
II 10 said there 10 . town In Scotland where
twenty-five men have refused to speak or to
recognise each other for years, because they
hsvs different theories about the creation Of
The world, and none Of them viii give mp 70
the other.
A. Alexander, Va, last "wednesday night .
murdsfes convicted Of manslsughter was fined
IS for . simple case of assault During the
psst month two brutal murderers In the same
state have been given terms OF two ana three
yesrs' imprisonment for their crimes.
There 10 law in Washington territory com.
polling the teachers of public schools 70 teach
physiology and hygiene, and IL they DO not
tsseh the same they cannot draw school mon
~ tAn tha aytl tad shas
nudiss they osn be expelled from the school
A. Dallas. Tex, Monday evening hoodlums
bonbardsd . prohibition meeting with rotten
,gsa One Of the missiles hit the son OF Rev.
Dr.. Hayden, Of The BaptIst Herald. II
you'd rather" said the doctor, they struck
ny con with q rotten cRg than give him .
lrink Of whisky"
A song sang by Patti during her last tour OF
a. vest was composed by the l4ysar-old
psuahter OF the state librarian OF PepnsylvaniA
The composition WAS so difficult that the
hid was advised to simplify 1t. but she re-
fused, and 1t was sent to the diva, who sang
With great success.
The Brltish telegraph service, which Is part
u the postofiice, does not pay expenses since
he rate was reduced to sixpcnce per message,
T about 19 cents The deficit for the past
tear was f223,OO0 on working expences aud
R6, 900 for interest on the working capital
n all ESQ. 00o, or 81, 75O, 900
A middle-sged man at the beach, whose
sife thought the water too cold for bathing
nat day, encouraged her In a novel way.
"No, Meriar," he said, pointing TO some iron
waste pipes that entered the waves near where
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iot water into the ocean an heatin' OF her
ip"
The casualties Of the jubilee procession foot
ip to about six hundred. Three hundred
Scro cases Of fainttng Over twenty of SUI.
Itroke There were several broken legs, arms,
ind collar bones, and dlslocations. Some
people suffered conclusion OF the brain, some
lad their chests crushed, aud others were
Kicked by horses.
The latest novelty In silver is atiny powder
soz Of repousse work, lined with gold, and
destined to be carried In the pocket by the
women whose noses are apt to become shiny
" whose chins assume a roscate hue under Q
sun. The box contains .
powder puff and the daintiest mir
'or imaginable is inserted In the lid.
1t Is related BY Boston papers as fact that
u Brooklyn the other day Boston man dis.
covered after he had boarded a car that he
lad no change less than . $50 bill, and Dor
owing the fare from the conductor took his
same and address, and q few days after sent
The ticket-puncher check for IS In apprecia.
lion Of his kindness IN lending a nickel.
Tho three great features In the celebration
1t Phnadelphia Of the centennial anniversary
II the adoption OF the constitution OF the Uni
I'd States will be-nrst, an Grafton and poem
q commemoration Of the signing OF the con-
ititution; second, q grand military display, In
which states territories, and the general gov.
,rnmsnt will Join, aud third, an industrial
procession.
Al Springfield o., few days ago a mother
.heoked her baby carriage to a neighborlng
own where che was about to visit, and forgot
70 remove the child from it. Just before the
rain started she missed the baby, aud after
fsnt!e and fruitlesa search suddenly remem.
,sred where she had left It She got to tho
baggage ear just in time to get the infant -
was being loaded on the train In j..
iage eA
Ii Is strange but true thai -, .-,.
Arizon. Ia without lave Til. laws both :n -
Nal and genera, Ire abolished nv IN. Ia.,
legislature, v.,ch 0don,.d an an,,ra,u ' a .as.
ods ~ new code was to 90 into eff.ct ,Jn,v
: az It 10 SIN in the printers hands In 81.
.ous- The officials and people Of the terri
ory are totally ignorant of the code laws,
'ad ~ courts will have TO close until the
'9ds 10 printed aud distributed.
Tue impregnabilIty OF the famous fortress Of
siorsltar is thing OF the past. The arma.
rent OF the stongholi consists almost entirely
oid'time smooth-bore guns. There Is not a
'he!i'gun or machine.gun, or quick firing
rn OF any kind on the rock, and only two
orpedo boats Of questionable value for water
service. Any iron.clad could knock tn.
Shoie face OF the rock to pieces without re-
sewing a shot in return, so far as the fortress,
q concerned.
typographical error appeared In The Port
and Sunday Times few years ago which re-
nlted more happily than is usual In such
ases. In announcing a church supper and
concert, the word concert was perverted 10
lance. young man who read the Ito m aud
vas attracted by the dance strollcd into the
festry. He became so much interest," ed that
he aiterward attended church servkues there.
protested religion and is now q highly es
!ecmed clergyman.
resident at Ocean Point Me-, reports a
treat Eight between two monster seals, which
he thus describes: II think they would each
weigh one thousand pounds; they tore at one
mother fesrfullyi lashed the water into foam
md lesped boldly into the air. II was bat
lie OF giants, fearful to behold, and do not
Ronder that the snoionts created mythology
eut Of such marine tussles. Finally after q
desperate encounter Of Nv minutes, both the
,ombatants disappeared beneath the waves"
Bears are still occasionally seen In the
nontsiuious regions OF West Virginia. The
,ther day female bear and her cubs wander
ID into town In Preston county, and for .
lime the biggest kind Of scare reigned among
he Inhabitants She killed several sheep 10
he suburbs Of the town, and then slowly
Eended her way TO the mountains, the citizens
BEING unable to recover from their surprise 10
lime TO give her bullet. MINNIE Bruin has
been In that section for two or three years, but
although several parties have been organized
% chase her down, no one has yet been able to