Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-11-05

The contract for the erection Of q
$4,000 Confederate monument at Aus
tin, Tex, has been awarded.
New Zealand's legislative council has
just voted to exclude the Chinese and
all other Asiatics from the colony.
A poor North Carolina farmer turned
up a gold nugget on his farm and has
since refused fabulous prices for his
lands, which are e Lenoir.
A fire at a farmhouse near Amin
ster, England, was recently put out by
pumping on 1t cider from h~ogsheads, al
there was no water to be had.
Bronze coinage was introduced into
England in 1860. The bronze used 10
composed Of IS parts, by weight, Of
copper to four Of tin and one Of zinc.
The growth Of the Argentine Repub-
lie since 1861 has been remarkable. In
that year the population was placed at
100000, while at present 1t IL said to
be 100000.
During the past summer hundreds OF
dollars worth Of pearls have been TAX
en- from q brook in Benton, Nc. The
pearls are found in fresh water clans,
but not Of an edible variety.
A baby a few months old wa sold for
l shilling in the presence Of witnesses
to a dealer in England recently. The
parents were wandering minstrels and
glad to get rid Of 1t.
In some parts Of England q shoe
maker Ii still called a cordwainer,
though he may have quite ceased to
work In cordwain, which IL a particular
kind Of leather brought from Cordova.
On the Dutch steamer Doelwyk, re-
Gently captured in the Red sea-, the 1tal-
ians found 10000 Russian and 1915
French rifles, 600 Cossack eword@
and 100000 cartridges, intended for
Menelek.
The Royal National Lifeboat institu-
ton Of England has nov 3OS boats
under its management. The total num-
Der Of lives saved since the institution
was founded Is 3S.32S. The number Of
lives lost has been 1O3.
A new head for deepsea sounding
carries a cartridge which explodes on
touching the bottom. A submerged
microphone receives the sound and the
depth Is estimated from the time occu-
pied by the lead in sinking.
Ostend IL to have . new system Of
docks, extending a couple Of miles in
land and including dry docks, on which
$15,OOO,OOO will be spent. The money is
contributed partly by the town and
partly by the Belgian Government
One Of the principal occupations Of
jewellers In the cities and towns OF
Chill and Peru Is making gold crowns
set with precious stones, for the heads
Of images in churches and cathedrals.
They usually are adorned by wealthy
women, who thus pay homage to the
saints.
Marble Of excellent quality has been
found in several parts Of Alaska, par
ticularly at st. John the Baptist bay,
Whitestone narrows, Rood's bay, Nit
chell's bay and Marble bluffs. The diff
ferent localities are 500 to be thor
oughly prospected by skilled men with
a view to opening them and marketing
the product.
The oldest house In Woodbridge.
Conn.,, was burned to the ground the
other night. The house was built in
1897 by Rev. Mr.. Woodbridge, and It
was the intention to celebrate the two
hundredth anniversary next year. 1t
was occupied and owned by John Cur
,rie and family and Mrs. Calhoun and
daughter.
A company is now organizing In
China with the object Of establishing
a flotilla Of powerful tugboats in the
straits Of Magellan. When these boats
are established it is believed that most
sailing ships viii take advantage Of
their service, instead Of making the
dangerous and tedious passage around
Cape Horn.
Paris proposes to put IN end to the
complaint that a policeman can never
be found by establishing seventy police
,kiosks in different parts Of the city,
Ia policeman will be always on duty
there, who win communicate with the
nearest station by telephone, and al
night will have another policeman with
him to send out at once in cas- Of need
Experiments with cyclists and carrier
pigeons for transmitting messages arr
being made by the Gymnastic Society
Of Rome, in the interest Of the Italian
army. The rider carries q small cage
attached to his machine in which arr
several well-trained pigeons. When
important observations have been tax
en- and jotted down they are placed II
envelopes and ahlxed to the birds
which are liberated.
Some medical students travelling OF
the train between Seville and Cordovs
stuck a skull on the head Of q cane and
held 1t up to the window Of til mex
compartment accompanying the per
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