Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-05
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NOEtu VI collee annually anu SHIPS IL
almost exclusively in bags bought in
England and Germany.
A sign put in the Philadelphia trolley
cars a few days ago requests passen-
gers to remain seated until the car
stops, and then get of in the direction
the car is moving"
A Bronte museum, to contain memo
rails Of the famous family, is to be es-
tablished in suite of rooms in Ha-
worth, within stones throw Of the
historic church and parsonage.
The English authorities have begun
the work Of cutting the new dock at
Gibraltar. Some 700 men are employ
ed. When completed it will be capable
of holding the largest British war ship.
The exhibition of portraits Of beauti-
full children, which is being held in Lon
don at the Grafton gallery, includes
some of the best work Of VelasqueZ,
Holbein, Gainsborough and Whistler.
Three years ago Kansas beat the rec
ord Of the greatest wheat raising State
In the Union with a product of 10000
600 bushels of wheat. This year Kan
sas will get more for her apple crop
than from wheat.
An American who saw Ibsen at a
court ball in Norway recently says that
the authors small figure fairly blazed
with stars, crosses, collars, pendants,
and other decorations of all kinds from
all sources.
Matthew Boulton and James Watts
Soho foundry at Birmingham, where
Watt worked out his idea of the steam
engine, after an existence of 1873 years,
Is now idle and will soon be broken up
and dismantled.
A hunter named Curry has started a
beaver farm on Geneva lake, near Car
tier, on the Canadian and Pacific rail-
road. He has now twenty beav-
ers on the farm, and they are appar
emily thriving under his care.
In Fort Scott there lives peculiarly
mated couple. A young white man %
years old has married and is living
with colored woman about 40 years
old. He is a Swede and weighs 14O
pounds. She weighs about $50 pounds.
1t is the opinion of one of the most
distinguished mining experts in Colo
RADIO that the mineral wealth lying be-
meath the streets Of Leadville exceeds
the gross amount that has been mined
in the entire district to date.
Jabez L. Woodbridge, warden of the
Jail at Wethersfield, Conn, has patent
ed an automatic gallows. He tested his
CHASTITY invention recently on the per-
son of John Cronin, condemned to
death for the murder of Albert Skin
ner.
The State Bank of Russia will next
month dispose by public auction Of no
fewer than 1889 estates, upon the
mortgages of which the bank has been
compelled to foreclose, the owners,
nearly all Of the noble class, being
hopelessly insolvent.
The largest boat ever constructed in
Cleveland will soon be commenced by
the Globe Iron Works. She will be a
steel 400 footer, one Of the modern kind
of vessels, built in anticipation of q
twenty-foot channel, but, perhaps, 20
carry ore also under the present low
water stage.
Georgia will ship about six thousand
car loads of watermelons out of the
State this season, according to informa-
ton gathered by the railroad compa-
MES. The quality is expected to be
above the average. There are 1900
acres Of melons now ripening In the
southwestern part Of the State.
The California bluejay is to be exter-
minated, If the edict of the sportsmen
of that State may be taken as author
ity. The bluejay is a beautiful but
decidedly destructive bird. 1t subsists
mainly on the eggs of other birds and
In this way is doing much to prevent
the propagation Of game birds.
Cecil Rhodes estate near Cape Town.
South Africa, is laid out on an ambi-
tious scale. Among its features are a
preserve for big game, containing lions
| and antelOpes, several miles of fine ave-
| nues, q glen carpeted with yiolets and
hydrangeas and a museum Of Cape
Dutch curios and Matabele relics.
California wines are making mar
ket in many parts of Europe. Sixty
barrels of assorted wines were shipped
from one district to Switzerland, and
the California wine people think this
is an especially promising point, be-
cause OF the proximity Of Switzerland
to the great French wine growing re-
giOns.
Recent satisfies show that the total
banking power" as it is called, of the
world Is $4,000, OO0. 600, or SIC, OOO, OOO,-
600. OF this North America, mainly this
country, controls f1,20O, 600, while
all Europe, including Great Britain,
France, Germany, Belgium and the
Netherlands, all the great capitalist"
nations, control but $4,000, O0O, 600.
Within a year the mails between New
York and Brooklyn will be whisked
back and forth through pneumatic