Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Some farmer in Massachusetts re-
turned to the census enumeration four
bushels of flax seed as the yield of
That state; New Jersey did four bush
dis better, raising in all eight bushels;
while Arkansas claimed twelve bushels
and twenty pounds of fiber.
Everything in the town of Morse,
Wis, except the schoolhouse, which
no trust wants, has been purchased by
q syndicate of Boston capitalists. The
price paid is supposed TO be in the
neighborhood of $4,000, 600. The SYM
dictate will establish the largest tan.
merry in Wisconsin, giving employment
to nearly one thousand men.
life Insurance Investments. I'm
round numbers, the total amount of
life insurance written by the different
insurance companies of the world is
Sl2, 900, 900, 600. OF this sum, SIS, 500, o0O,-
600 is placed in the United States Be-
tween the years 1880 and 1890 there
was So, 500, 100000 new life insurance
written in this country, and but ST.
600, 600, 900 in the whole of the British
empire.
other large dealers in ice make and
repair their own wagons. A first
quality ice wagon, made to carry
about 1850 pounds, weighs about 1900
pounds and costs about $3.50. Heavy
and numbering as it may be, it is made
of the best materials, especially in
Rxles and wheels, and with the best
workmanship. Such an ice wagon,
barring accidents, will run Ave years
without repairs.
"A Connecticut man has patented a
machine for making hats out of wood.
A log of wood, cut square, fed to the
machine is converted into fine strips of
wood much resem bling excelsior. 1t is
claimed that when these are moistened
they can be woven much more readily
than straw, and make a durable hat.
The inventor says the substance is
lighter in weight than straw, and that
because of its easier manipulation and
low cast it will supersede the straw
now used for headgear.
New Mexico is usually thought of
as one of the notable new regions of
the country, yet there are there, be-
sides very many historical relics of con-
siderable antiquity, occasional hap
penings that have about them more
of flavor of medi@valism than is
often met with even in the Oldest parts
of the east. Such one was an impos-
ing procession of church dignitaries in
Santa Fe, from the cathedral to the
Chapel of the Rosary recently, made
In fulflment of vow made by De
Vargas in that ancient city 200 years
ago.
Col. Alex. G. Halves, Of San Fran
cisco, one of the best known men on
the Pacific coast, who recently spent
some days in New York city, has left
for London, where he expects to re-
main for some years The favorite fad
of Col. Halves for long time has been
the collecting of all kinds of swords;
and he has wonderful lot of them
which he has procured from various
countries of Asia, Europe, Africa and
America. Whenever he hears from
any part of the globe of any variety in
the sword line he bends all his ener-
gies to get it, regardless of expense.
Those who have seen his collection in
San Francisco say there is nothing in
the country like it.
"A rate war in marriage fees is
threatened in the Kansas City courts
because of the alleged practice of
probate judge in waylaying couples
seeking marriage and securing their
business by making substantial reduc-
tions in the usual fees. The justices
send all persons applying to them to
perform the ceremony over TO the
courthouse to get the necessary license.
The probate judges chambers adjoin
the marriage license Office, and it is
claimed that he waylays the couples,
marries them and collects the fees,
thus depriving the justices of what
they naturally consider their rights.
The justices threaten to cut rates away
down unless the probate judge quits
stealing their matrimonial clients.