Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-09
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

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A Hindu bride is anointed from head
to foot with grease and saffron.
1t is asserted by the British Medical
journal that mems necks are longer than
| they used to be.
In Surrey, England, the ''cud' is called
| ''quid.'' The expression "quid of to-
bacco' probably comes from this.
| The first cherries We're brought into
Europe from kerasunt on the Black sea,
| by Lucullus about the year 20 3. c..
The worlds records in physical endur-
ance were broken in connection with the
tests made by Prof. Fisher of Yale S.
! a. Oberg, a Sanitarium nurse at Battle
Greek, Mich. did the knee bending ex-
ercise 24OO times. Dr. Elliott G. Wag-
goner held his arms extended three hours
and twenty minutes. Yale formerly held
the former record and Heidelberg the lat
| ter.
Twelve-year-old Flora Roberts startled
the residents of Quaker Farms, Conn,
! by driving Il pair of steers htched to
| dog cart The harness was made OF
ropes and straps. There were no bits
in the animals mouths. For months the
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| her fathers farm, and at Il word from
! her they will trot or walk. In ring III
| one of her fathers lots she puts the
steers through many tricks performed
by circus horses.
| into shreds, the marriage certificate de-
| stroyed. the front door of their home
kicked in and the furniture smashed, Ed
| Hensel and his bride of Parkersburg,
| w. Va. SwOre out Il warrant at Sisters
vile for Clifford Kelley. charging him
with malicious destruction of property.
When Hensell and Miss Ella Barnhart
were married, instead of wearing $40
silk dress, the bride wore an ordinary
house dress The motive for the alleged
act of Kelley has not yet been ascer-
| tanned.
The commissioners of Spencer county,
| Ind. have decided to sue the Nancy
! Hanks Memorial association, Of which
| Gov. HanIy is president, for possession
of the old Lincoln farm at Lincoln City,
| Ind, on which the grave of Lincoln
| mother is located Several years ago the
| commissioners decided the farm to the as
ISOLATION on condition that the grounds
be kept in good shape. 1t is charged
that the association has failed to keep
| it's contract. In case the commissioners
| win the suit it is the intention to turn
the farm over to the Spencer County
club of this city and the grounds will be
| converted into national park. The
! Nancy Hanks Memorial association now
has about $1100 on hand.
! Inst because a policeman at 1Oungs-
town, O.. arrested a teamster for drlv-
| ing on the sidewalk the teamster is in
| sistins that the ordinance forblddlng We
| hices to use the sidewalks shall be
| strictly enforced. The ordinance prohib-
| it's .'any person propelling any kind of
vehicle on the sidewalks The team
ster asserts that this covers baby car
riages. wheelbarrows and every other
| kind of vehicle. Now. Youngstown is
| not one of your race-sulclde towns. Ter
| ambulators are numerous: hence the
| ordinance is unpopular. The women
want it repealed. The city lawmakers
realize that the ordinance was never IN
tended to promote race suicide. and 1t
| will be modified at the next session OIL
| the city council.
| Hardly more than a moment alter
wedding invitations had been malled an
| nouncing her marriage to Thomas Glb-
son Sinclair for March {, Annie Bertha
| Cam. a prominent young woman III jew.
| ;sh society circles at Meridian. Miss, re-
caived CYRUS w. Scott at her home, and
in less than two hours they were mar
ried, The successful sutton was an old
| sweetheart and came from Houston.
| Tex. He had not been off the train very
| Ion. before he visited the Calm home
stead. and then it was that Miss Calm
Welded, after winning stormy argu-
ment with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
! Edward Calm. Mr.. Sinclair, the disap-
| nointed Young man. is highly esteemed
! and refused to believe what his friends
fold him until ne visited Rev. Mercer
| Green. who performed the ceremony.
I've GOT all kinds of dynamite here
and | want Snyder. Where the devil is
| Snyder?'
About 80 in the afternoon a man
| staggered into the office of George Foer
schler city clerk of Kansas City, Kas.,
and delivered the foregoing in a loud but
| unsteady voice Mr.. FoerScher looked
askouce at a package the man carried
nnder one arm. Then the city clerk
| saw E. u. Neale. Il policeman, standing
| near the sergeant's desk in police head
quarters across the hall.
"There's Snyder" Foerschler told his
visitor. pointing to Neale. Go in and
see him.
| The man followed out the suggestion.
| The police quickly pulled the package
| from under his arm. 1t contained six
| hounds of stick dynamite. 100 caps, and
| 6fty-tbree feet of fuse While the man
was being booked he kept repeating:
] where's Snyder? I'm looking for
| Snyder
The man later was able to talk more
coherently. He said he was a quarry
| workman and lived seven miles west of
| Kansas City, Kas. He said his name
/ was George Schultz and that he had
| come to town with John Snyder to Sc
/ cure a new supply of explosives. While
| purchasing other articles at Kansas
| Tity. Kas.. ''blind tigers" he became
| separated from his companion