Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A pair of lovers, aged 30 and "a re-
spectivey, were married in Randolph,
Me-, last week.

spectlvey, were married In Randolph,
Me-, last week.
A young Swede going by the name
of Charles Haydensen, who has been
employed Is a farm hand in the neigh
borhood of Henderson, KY, for six
years, was discovered last week to be
a woman. 1t was naturally a surprise
to the hundreds of people who had
worked with him SO long and had
never suspected his realssex.
Perhaps it was with the intention of
attracting the attention of voters by
sheer shock and fright that the Citi-
zens' party of Cadiz, KY, chose a
water pitcher as its emblem; and may
be it, was because the other fellows
had already appropriated the demi-
john for their political device. The
water pitcher as a political emblem in
kentucky is even more suggestive
than MFR. P. Gleasonssp neat axe.
Very little honey viii be gathered
in many localities this year as a di-
rect result of the unusually long
drought. Flowers are comparatively
scarce, and the bees seem to get little
honey from what flowers there were.
In several parts of Pennsylvania, it is
said, there is danger ofthe bees starry
ing to death du ring the winter. In
many districts there is no honey to
gather for market, the little collected
being needed by the bees for their
own Isl
The Chief of Police of West Super
ior, Wis, was fined $40 last week for
slugging a reformer who started to
show him his duty. The reformer
called on the Chief and wanted him to
go right away and witness some gam
bling in progress down the street. The
Chief replied that he couldn't go just
then; the reformer began making
in%sinuations, and the Chief threw him
out of the City Hall. The reformer
brought suit, and as the Chief didn't
deny thrashing him the fine resulted.
A love-struck swain of 8S summers
got into a peck of trouble in Waseca,
Nina, last week by marrying his
sweetheart, who is IS. In his settle
ment with his children on the mar
riage he owned up to being the pos
SCISSOR of $4,000 worth of property.
He had always sworn his personal
| property at 5000 when the assessors
held their sessions, and when the
news of his wealth came out the
Grand Jury indicted him for perjury,
and he was arrested during his honey
moon and bound over for trial.
1t is believed that an extensive
field of valuable coal has been dis
covered within fifty miles of Juneau,
Alaska. If this proves to be SO it will,
of course, mean very much for the
development of that region. 1t is
known that excellent coal exists in
many parts of Alaska, but the discov-
cries hitherto have been remote from
the settled regions. A Hoonah In
dian brought into Juneau some three
weeks ago several pieces of excellent
anthracite coal which he said he found
at a place fifty miles from the town,
and from it's description it was thought
that there is a vein several feet thick
cropping out on a hillside.
One odd result of the close of the
war between China and Japan is a
war of rates between the steamship
lines between the Pacific ports of this
country and the Orient. There are
three lines now competing for the
business. After the cessation of hos
tilities several ships which were char
tered rs transports were released and
began seeking freights. But the main
trouble is that the Japanese Govern
ment is about to start a line of steam
ships, using several vessels that were
brought for transports or for make
shift cruisers and are now available
for peaceful purposes. Freight rates
are already cut in all lines, and there
is every prospect of a cut in passenger
rates.
Some time ago Montana passed a
law declaring gambling illegal, and
the several scores of faro banks an6
other gambling houses that had beer
running in the principal towns since
white men first moved into the regior
shut up shop. But the law was taker
to the Supreme Court of the State OF
a test case, and a week ago the court
decided that the new Anti Gambling
law is unconstitutional, and that the
old law, which licensed gambling, i
still in force. The afternoon of ths
day on which the decision was rem.
dered a score or more of gambling
houses in Butte began business, ans
things were running wide open again
by nightfall.
LA Crosse Lumber Co.