THE H'cooK TRIBUNE :
SUPPLEMENT.
McCOOK , NEB.
tfACTS AM ) JfANICES.
Secretary Lamar lives in a flat.
Tho 'people of Borneo eat monkeys.
Attar of roses sells for $120 a pound.
John S.Wise made seventy speeches.
There are female barbers 'in Hous "
ton.
ton.Mr.
Mr. Yilas has an independent .for
tune.
There are 2,500 doctors in Philadel
phia.
Georgia has eight living ox-Gov
ernors.
Iowa has a Scandinavian population
of 61,753.
Rev. John Hall has a yearly income
of 8100,000.
Connecticut's oyster fleet is valued
at $125,000.
O'Donovan Rossa wants a custom
house position.
General Roecrans is Chauncey M.
Depew's uncle.
Senator Ingalls is a classical scholar
and reads much.
Dingy looking rings of India gold
aro much in vogue.
Chrysanthemum culture has fa rsur
passed rose culture.
It is said that 'Gould put 83CO.OOO
into politics in 1876.
A coal bed twenty feet thick has
been found in Texas.
There is in Utah a subterranean res
ervoir of sojda water.
An electric stud is the latest novelty
of this inventive age.
A Connecticut man traded his
daughter for a horse.
Mary anderson blushes when ladies
praise her to herface.
Attorney General Garland refuses
all kinds , of invitations.
Tho proposed Nicaragua Canal
would cost $60,000,000.
Nearly 400 puddling furnaces are in
operation in Pittsburgh. . '
Henry George's eldest son shows
much literary capacity.
General Logan expects to make
8100000 ; out of his book.
Senator Colquitt , of Georgia is
preaching on temperance.
ThoNow York clothing salesmen
aro about to form a union.
King Theebaw declares that ho will
die at tho head of h's army.
Chilian miners are said to be the
strongest men in the world.
Tho fund for the widow of Emory
A. Storrs amounts to' 83,400.
John Jacob Astor thinks nothing of
bidding 81,500 at a horse sale.
President McCosh is determined to
crush out hazing at Princeton.
They are playing "Macbeth" as an
Italian opera in Sail Francisco.
Gilbert is engaged on an operetta
libretto with a Hindoo subject
The patronage of the St Louis post
master foots up § 30,600 a year.
Wedding r.ugs aro made quite nar
row , of twenty-two karat gold.
A man died in the Gulf of Mexico
from seasickness a few days ago.
President Elliott , of Harvard , re
ceives a salary of 84,000 per year.
Boutwell will deliver a eulogy on
Grant , in Boston , about December 20.
When a cyclone gets through with
a western village it is like the play of
Hamlet" with hamle1left out.
Some appreciative person has pre
sented President Cleveland with a pho
tograph of Tom Moore's harp. The
inmates of the white house should re
joice that the present was not the harp
itself. The president can't play on
the photograph.
Uncle Rogers "I couldn't do any
thing withthe boy. He was eternally
picking quarrels with everybody , and
so I had to send him home. " Father
"You did right , Henry. How much
the boy grows like his mother. "
An actor having made ip his mind
to got married , all his colleagues ad
vise him earnestly not to sacrifice his
liberty. At last the prompter comes
and adds.his appeal in thesewords :
"My dear sir ! You have always lis
tened to my words ; wh'V'nbt do so
now ? "
Some Boston people are horrified to
learn that the cook of the Parker
house receives as largo a salary as tho
president of Harvard university. This
.probably refers to tho people who
board at tho Parker house. But wo
doubt whether the president of Har
vard university conid cook any bet
ter.
ter.Tho
Tho president of the Ichthophagous
club of New York , speaking of the
healthiness of its members , says "this
result has been attained by not allow
ing them to indulge too freely in
Euchy trajus Tricentralopectinatus. "
That seems plausible enough. In fact
we should think that even an ordinary
indulgence in these frightful things
would kill a man dead , if not more
so.
Sometimes even tho most wide
awake and accurate , re porter is liable
to err , as is shown by th'e correction
in The Sctiuyler Vindicator. "Instead
of being arrested yesterday , as we
stated , for kicking h's wife down a
flight of stairs and hurling a lighte'd
kerosene lamp after her. Rev. Jamo's
Wellman died , , unmarried , four years
ago. " It is to bo hoped that Rev.
Wellman accepts this heartcorrcc -
tipniu tho same generous spirit in
which it is tendered.
A QUAKER 1YEDD1N6.
The Erldi 'in Ivory Satin , Venetian .Point
Lnco and n Profusion of Diamonds.
A Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Courier-Journal writes :
Thirty years ago , when Miss Bartlett ,
a Now York belle , sold herself to the
half-breed Cuban for so many thousand
dollars' worth of diamonds , the event
was tho sensation of the day , and was
celebrated in verso as the diamond
wedding. In no other way has this
country toado. groater strides-titan in
the possession of diamonds , "and
.doubtless Miss Bartlett's dowry
would now appear small and insignifi
cant in comparison to tho lavish gifts
bestowed upon . 'brides of tho present
day by loving relatives and apprecia
tive friends. There was a modest ,
unheralded wedding which took place
in Albany , N. Y. , on Thursday , tho
5th , which deserves an extended no
tice. Tho bride , Miss Jeannie Mon-
teith-Wils'on Lathrep , daughter of tho
late Daniel Lathrop , of Albany , was
married to Col. George P. Lawton ,
of Troy. Although tho wedding took
place in the Presbyterian Churob ,
and tho service was conducted by a
Presbyterian clergyman , yet the cere
mony was that of tho Quaker. The
Rev. Charles Wood comes of a Quaker
family , and Col. Lawton is also of
Quaker decent. He and Miss Lathrop
requested their pastor to use tho-re
gular Quaker formula. The church
was filled with the elite of Albany and
Trov. The wedding gown was of
ivory satin , garnished with old Vene
tian point lace , and the flowers used
were Scotch heather and apple blos
soms. A long , graceful train of white
plush and "moire" flo\yed over tho
'satin , and that was trimmed with
Venetian point and orange blossoms.
The veil was fastened with three dia
mond stars of great splendor , aud her
necklace of solitaires had sixty-six
diamonds varying in size from three
carats to one-half carat. Her ear
rings wore diamonds , each stone
weighing ten carats. She wore three
bracelets , each one consisting of seven
large diamonds , and the bouquet do
corsage was fastened with a crescent
and star of seventeen diamonds. The
bride carried a bouquet of white rose
buds , orange blossoms , and maiden
hair ferns. Hnr fan was of duchess
and point lace. She presented a love
ly vision of youthful beauty set in
diamonds. Sho looked radiant as
she ought to have looked , for the
husband whom she met at the alter
is in every way worthy and suitable.
Ho is a lawyer of ability , and comes
of good old Rhode Island stock. He
is connected with Gen. Lawton , of
Savannah , Ga.
THE JEWELS SHE WORE.
The nejklaco and bracelets worn by
the bride were a gift from her aunt
and uncle , Senator and Mrs. Leland
Stanford , of California. The diamond
stars were from her sister , Mrs. Lath
rop , who makes her home in California
with her uncle and aunt The ear
rings were a gift from her mother ,
Mrs. Lathrop , and the ere-cent from
Mr. Lawton , the father of the groom.
The groom's gift was a deed lo a
handsome house set in the midst of
a line park , aud this is to be their
home. It will be filled with the cost
ly wedding presents , for they were
numerous , including entire sets of
silver , pictures , cutlery , richly em
broidered portieres , and hangings lor
the walls , antique vases , bronzes , a
French plato bronze mirror , aud the
groom , in addition to other presents ,
gave a blue diamond ring , and anoth
er with one largo diamond with a
sapphire on either side.
Col. aud Mrs. Lawton left Albany
after their reception and came through
to Washington. "They left this morn
ing for a Southern tripwhich will
take in Richmond , Charle'ston , Florida ,
and from there to Cuba , and back to
Savannah and all the Southern cities ,
and perhaps a trip to the City of Mex
ico. Col. Lawton has never been
South before , and meets with surprises
at every step. Tho most" astonishing
revelation he says is to find out that
all the negroes he has met thus far
are Democrats. Living as ; he always
has in the North , he beiieve'd the race
were Republicans , and all reports to
to tho contrary wero thought to bo
inspired by bulldozers who hold the
negroes in tho bondage of fear. Ho
is in a quandary.
* A MILLION" IK DIAMONDS.
So little does Mrs. Leland Stanford
care for ornaments that few know
that she has diamonds to the amount
of 81,000,000. She has four entire sets
which belonged to Queen Esaballa of
Spain , tho mother of tho present
King. It will be remembered that
the Queen at one time was in Paris in
such needy circumstances that she
had to sell her jewels aud other valua
bles. GovernorStanford bought tho
four complete sets at that time. Each
set has tiarras , necklaces , brooches ,
ear-rings , bracelets , and other orna
ments. One set is called blue , because
tho rays which are emitted are of a
violet hue. These are tho rarest of
all diamonds. Another set give * out
rose-colored flashes another has
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low tints , and. the fourth pure white.
Tho price paid for these sets was 8500-
000. Outside of these Mrs. Stanford
has one necklace which cost 8100,000 ,
and the pendant 830,000. She also
has many black diamonds , and has
sixty riu s of great , magnificence ,
aud'does'not * wear any. She has
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emeralds , pearls and rubies in addi
tion to a million dollars of diamonds.
She is the bereaved mother who
mourns a dead boy , and finds no con-
solat'on in wealth or splendor. Sena
tor Stanford has taken the house own
ed by Gen. Brady , of the star-route
fame. It is a pleasant house , situated
on Farragut square , and the Senator
will give dinners and accept invita
tions , but his wife will not appear in
society , it is her wish that her niece ,
jVIiss Latbrqp , jhall represent her on
all official/occasions.
A Strike in Ancient Days.
When strikes are so common in
Europe and America , it will be inter
esting to consider how the ancient
Egpytians managed such a crisis in
the labor question. It was supposed
that strikes were an original outcome
to our modern civilization ; but the
deciphering of a papyrus in the muse
um of Turin shows how the old pro
verb that there is nothing new under
the sun applies to strikes as well as to
many other things. This papyrus ,
which is a sort of journal or day-book ,
of the superintendent of the Thebes
necropolis , furnishes curious details
of a workmen's riot or disturbance in
Thebes , in the twenty-ninth year of a
King Ramses , who is supposed to be
Ramses III. The workmen's quarter
sent a deputation on the 28th of Do-
comber to Hatnckin , the keeper ol
books , and to several priests of the
necropolis. The speaker of the depu
tation spoke as follows :
"Behold , wo are face to face with
famine. We have neither nourish
ment , nor oil , nor vestments. We
have no fish , we have no vegetables.
We have already sent a petition to our
sovereign lord the Pharaoh , praying
him to give us these things , and we
now address the governor , m order
that he may give us wherewithal ta
live. "
These facts took place on the 27th
of December ( first day of the month
of Tybi ) . The general distribution
of wheat was then evidently duo to
tho workmen , but why it did not take
place is not known. Perhaps tire in
dividual who should have distributed
the food was absent Whatever was
the cause of the delay , the need was
urgent , and Hatnekin , with the priests
present , either touched with compas
sion or to prevent tho affair from
reaching tho ears of tho governor of
the necropolis , accorded one day's
rations. . How the workmen lived in
the days following is not recorded in
the papyrus : but some weeks after
ward they were in full revolt. Three
times they forcibly emerged from
their quarters notwithstanding the
walls which surrounded them and the
gates wliich closed them in. "We
wiH not return , " cried a kneftu to the
police sent in pursuit of them. "Go
tellyourchief what wo tell you ; it is
famine which speaks by our mouths. "
To argue with them was. useless.
"There was great agitation , " writes
the superintendent in his day-book :
' I gave them the strongest answer I
could imagine , but their words were
true and came from their hearts. "
They were quieted by a distribution
of half-rations , but ten days later they
were up again.
Klions , the leader of the band ,
pressed his companions to provide for
themselves. "Let us fall , " said he ,
"upon the stores of provisions and
let the governor's men go and tell him
what we have done. " This counsel
was followed as soon as given. They
entered forcibly into the inolosuro ,
but not into the fortress whore the
provisions were kept. Tho keeper of
tho stores , Ai en-Nextu , gave them
so'methiug , and. contrived to induce
them to return to their quarter.
Eleven days later the movement
began again. The coinniancter of
Thebes , passing by , found the men
seated on the ground behind the tem
ple of Seti , at tho northern end of the
necropolis. Immediately they began
to cry : "Famine ! Famine ! " The
commander then gave them an order
for fifty measures of wheat in the name ,
of Pharaoh , "who has sworn , ' 'said he
"an oath that you will have food
again. " Most likely Pharaoh never
heard of tho event ami never received
the petition addressed to.him a couple
of months previously. The Pilot.
Plain Enough.
No need to send a stamp for the in
formation. The art of writing is ex
plained by a learned man in five lines :
"The secret of lorce in writmolies
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not so much in the pedigree of nouns
and adjectives and verbs , as in having
something that you believe in to say ,
and making the parts of speech vivid
ly conscious of it. " Yes. yes. This
reminds us of tho Irishman who wrote
to his friend that all-he had to do was
to carry up the brick "the man at
tho top of the ladder did all the work. "
Pittsburgh Telegram.
High Times in flew Orleans.
New Orleans has every promise lor
a delightful winter. The city is now
fairly crowned with roses. The orange
trees are yellow as gold , with fruit.
Tho markets overflow with green peas ,
cauliflower , line fish and game. 'The
theatres promise brilliant attractions.
Society promises unlimited gayeties.
The churches have all , fine choirs and
will have fine music as well as good
sermons. Frenchtown is , as pictur
esque as ever. The weather is simply
perfect. New Orleans Picayune.
The flanging : of Riel.
Tho news of tho hanging of Rio
yesterday will bo received throughout
the civilized world with surprise am
disapproval. In a strictly legal sense
the man was guilty , no doubt , and it
may bo that the world is better of !
without him ; but conceding ail that ,
tho fact remains that it was a mistake
to dispose of him in such a manner.
Tho circumstances surrounding his
case were of a peculiar kind , and tho
Government had more to gain by
leniency than BBverity in the * matter.
. He was not a commanding figure in
any sense , nor were his operations of
a sufficiently important nature to de
mand his sacrifice as a traitor tho
first instance of the kind under British
rule for half a century. Had ho been
tried , condemned and hanged on an
ordinary charge of murder , as he
might have been , it is not likely that
tho transaction would have excited
any special interest or unfavorable
comment ; but in electing to treat him
as it did , tho Government gave him a
higher character than that of a com
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mon malefactor , and put itself in the
attitude of inviting universal noticq
and criticism. Even if it was for any
reason absolutely necessary that ho
should be convicted and sentenced as
a traitor , his life might have been
spared , by pardon or commutation ,
without destroying the effect of the
verdict ; and it was in failing to take
this view that a fine opportunity was
lost , and blame deliberately chosen
where praise was within easy reach.
As tho affair now stands , Riel's mem
ory will be cherished by his followers
as that of a .man who died a martyr.
The Government that should have
trivialized him by dealing with him as
nothing more than an every-day law
breaker , has exalted hs : name and
career and provided the most effective
means for the perpetuation of his sen
timents and the renewal of tho con
test in which he was overthrown. It
is entirely safe to say that the spirit
of rebellion in Canada has been made
stronger by his taking off , and that ho
is really a more potent force now that
he is dead than he eveiwas while ho
lived. Those who believed in him
could have been led to renounce him
and to respect and honor tho Govern
ment by denying him all chance to be
looked upon except in tho light of a
cheap impostor and a miserable fail
ure ; but they can not now be 'induced
to take that view of him. Ho has
made the'gallows splendid in their
sight , and they would die to-day for
the cause ho represented a great deal
more readily than they were willing
to do when their rebellion was in pro
gress. The Government has therefore
simply confirmed and intensified the
very feeling which it aimed to sup
press. Riel has been put out of the
way , but like another John Brown ,
"his soul goes marching on. " Ho
could have been consigned to oblivion
in spite of himself ; but in spite of him
self , he is now assured a permanent
remembrance.
A Government can indulge in no
less profitable exercise of its power
than that of visiting the utmost rigors
of the law upon public offenders when
there is room for the idea of martyr
dom to bo associated with their fate.
It often happens that strength can best
be vindicated by a refusal lo inflict a
penalty ; there aro times when person
al mercy is public safety , aud tho vir
tue of pardon the highest wisdom.
The appearance of a man like Riel may
be made a great or a small event , ac
cording to the degree of practical
sense displayed in dealing with him
after tho collapse of lys undertaking.
There aro many things to be taken into
consideration when the leader of a re
bellion is brought to account for his
crime. Tho world has been moving
considerably in the last fifty years , and
civilization is not at all what it used to
be when enterprises of that sort were
condemned as a mere matter of course ,
and those engaged in them were con
sidered outside of the pale of sympa
thy on any account. Furthermore ,
the notion has been exploded that it .is
always an advantage to a man to spare
him when he has deserved lo be im
prisoned or put to death. A culprit's
life may be saved to him in a way that
leaves him merely the privilege > of
breathing , with everything el-e for
feited that makes life worth having
and that might have been done in tho
case of Rtel , if Canada had only known
it.
The principal wonder is that , with a
living and conclusive example of tho
better policy so near at hand , the Can
adian Government should have com
mitted such a grave blunder. It was
only necessary to lookacross tho
boundary line to see in the United
States the sure and pprfect working of
the opposite plan. At the close of the
slaveholder's rebellion , the great ma
jority of the people of the South were
subject to arrest and punishment as
traitors. But not one of them was ar
rested or in any manner disturbed.
Even the leaders were permitted to go
free. Jeff Davis himself was turned
loose to spend the remainder of his
days in sober reflection and in witness
ing tho daily growth and increasing
power and fame of the Government
which he tried vainly to destroy. Ho
would have been very glad if he had
been given a chance to play the mar- :
tyr. No punishment , even to hanging ,
that would have been put upon him. j
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would have boon worse for hini thai
the act of declining to punish him nt
.all . , and leaving him to bear his burden
of disappointment and shame as bcs1
lie could , witli all tho world looking ai
him. Docs anybody believe that if he
had been put to death his name would
bo the poor , carelessly spoken thin"
that it has now become ? Better foi
him a thousand times would Kiel's fate
have been : but the United States had
more foresight and more"moral cour
age , and resolutely refused .to grant
him the 'privilege of dignifying his
course by dying with an appearance ol
sacritice for principle. The pitiful es
tate into which ho has fallen by reason
of this wise clemency should have
taught Canada to avoid a mistake for
which she will pay dearly in loss of
reputation and in future trouble of the
same kind that Kiel gave her. Shu
has satisfied a feeling of small revenge ;
but in order to do so she has been
obliged to put aside considerations o :
infinitely more importance , and to in
cur a measure of adverse criticism
from which she will not soon , .if ever ,
be able to recover. SI. Louis Globt-
Dcmocrat.
IServia's Grievance1.
According to a correspondent at
Belgrade the Servian government takes
its formal stand and bases its action
upon the treaty of Berlin , but the
quarrel between Scrvia and Bulgaria ,
morally considered , so far as regards
Servian real inward feeling , means not
an invasion of Bulgaria , but redress of
those wrongs of San Stefano which
the treat } ' of Berlin left unrepaired.
Bulgaria , as shaped at Berlin , is not
wholly Bulgarian. Ethnographically
it is Bulgaria plus eastern Sorvia. At-
heart the Serbs not only have no re
pugnance to the union of northern and
southern Bulgaria , but desire its con
summation , on condition of effecting
their own union with eastern Servia ,
comprised in the sandjaks of Widin
and Solia , and the reason why Serv'a
insists at this moment on having east-
rn Sorvia is that it is a favorable one ,
inasmuch as Bulgaria can better
aflord to lose the district in question ,
now that Roumeha gives such amplo
compensation , Roumelia being a far
richer acquisition in every way than
the two sandjaks.
'The reason why the Serbs prefer ob
taining Widin aud Sofia to any corre-
oponding extension south or west is
that the danger of denationalization is
much greater in Widin aud Sofia than
in Bosnia or old Scrvia. Related ele
ments unite easily ; so that while there
would be no risk of the Serbs of old
Servia being metamorphosed into
Turksor those of Bosnia into Germans ,
the Serbs of the two sandjaks would
probably blend with their Slav breth
ren and become Btiigarized. In sup
port of this view it is shown how the
descendants of some two hundred
thousand Austrian Serbs , who , in the
reign of Maria Theresa , emigrated in
a body to Russia , have all been com
pletely Russianized , uniting with their
brother Slavs , while those who have
remained in Austria retain strong na
tional sentiments aud a good Servian
dialect. The nation called Bulgaria
is akin to the Serb. Practically one
people , they werein fact , one in heart
and soul before Russia to advance her
own interests , sowed discord between
the brothers at San Slefano. When
Russia ceases to encourage the Bui-
gars on the San Stefano course there
will be a natural union between Bui-
gar and Serb , based on ethnographic
attraction ; but while Russia works
Bulgaria to prepare her own way to
Constantinople 110 Balkan confedera
tion is possible , nor any other form of
peaceful and progressive existence.
Servia makes war on Bulgaria to pro
test against this unnatural course of
things and to make something secure
for the future.
War between Servia and Bulgaria
will be no more fratricidal than an
Anglo-American war , or than that be
tween Prussian Hohenzollerns and
German Hapslmrgs. Peace and union
may follow a Serbo-Bulgarian war , as
it has followed in previous similar
cases.
What makes the Sorbs most angry is
that Servia has been exhausting her
resources in making railways , which
are useless because thcBulgars do nof
make theirs.
He Caught it.
"George , " said an intimate ac
quaintance , the other day , "You arc
not looking as cheerful as usual.
What seems to be the trouble ? "
"I have a clear case of hay-fever , I
guess , " replied the genial Gale.
"Hay-fever , eh ? " said his friend.
Ah ! that accounts for it. "
"Accounts for what ? " anxiously in
quired George Gale.
"Why , I saw you bow to a grass-
widow yesterday , and I gness you
caught the hay-fever at the time.
National Weekly.
Equalization.
Small brother : "Where did you
jet that cake , Annie ? " Small sister :
Mother gave it to me. " Small broth
er : "Ah , she always gives you more
han mo. " Small sister : " .Nevermind ;
he's going to put mustard plasters on
is when wo go to bed to-niiht , atid
' 11 ask her to let you have the big-
rest. " Troy Press.
Mrs. GarCeld will writj a b o.jrapby of bet
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PEBSOflS ANMHINGS. H
LORD SALISBUKY says he never sa * , ? J , Iv
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Mr. Parnell. - *
JERSEY farmers aro nowswearing at
fox hunters.
PACIFIC oysters grow as largo as.At- {
lantic oysters ' . / * ' /
THE So'me is being stocked witb.x :
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MILLS at FallRiverjyil.lbe rnn.ohly' ' f " vi
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SECRETARY MANNING is at his desk
as early as 9 a. m. : -
MAHONE is much worn by the labors1 '
of tho lato canvass. - ?
IRA DAVENPORT owns a large block
of land in Nebraska.
AMiLWAUKEE girl earns § 10 a month
tending switch there.
SENATOR GORMAN hag leased a resi ,
dence in Washington. Kv.
TURKEY is the onlyState. ' in Eurono
that is not Christian. ' -1 ,
MRS. STANFORD has diamonds , val i
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ued at over 81,000,000. , . < -
IN finishing Cologne Cathedral $5-
000,000 has been spent . ' "
ITS new Chamber of Deputies cost , '
Franco 81.500,000 a year.
FREIGHT trains in England run at
twenty-live miles an hour.
THE Groat Eastern is to bo moored
at Gibralter as a coal hulk.
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SENATOR JONES , of Nevada/is-re-
covoringfronvpnonmonia. ,
QUEEN MARGURITE is one of , the
loveliest women in Europe.
AN immense coal iield has been dia-
coverod on Bchriug's straits.
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SENETOR PIKE , of New Hampshire ,
is troubled with heart disease ,
DR. SCHWENINGER cures Bismarck
of obesity by feeding him. fish.
RALPH MODJESKA , a son of Mme.
Modjeska , is in business in Omaha. \ \
THE widow of M. W. Baldwin , the
locomotive builder , has 82,000,000.
SENATOR SAWYER has bought a 865-
000 tract of pine land in Michigan.
GOVERNOR OGLESBY puts his Thanks
giving proclamation into ten lines.
REPUBLICAN majority in the ' New
Jersey Legislature on joint-ballot will
be seven.
NINE million acres of land in Ger
many are devoted to the cultivation of
the potato.
II. M. KEILEY , of political notoriety ,
has moved from Richmond , Va. , to
New York. *
EDITOR DOKSHEIMEII disclaims his (
editorials , and they are taken down
by a stenographer.
Ex-Gov. BOUTWELL will pronounce
tho eulogy on Gen. Grant before the
Webster Historical society , at the Old
South , Boston , about Dec. 30.
THE Nevada state capitol is in such
a dilapidated condition that it has
been necessary to prop up the columns
in front to prevent the porches from
falling down.
Miss HEWITT , tho daughter of the
congressman , has organized an or
chestra composed entirely of ladies
well known in New York social cir
cles. They will play all the instru
ments , from tho violin to tho trian
gle.
BUFFALO is afflicted with a suicidal
\
mania. During the past year more
persons resorted to self-destruction
than ever before. The favorite meth
od has been by shooting , thenexcmost
acceptable way has been by drowning.
The suicides have been for love , polit-
cal disappointment , business troubles ,
and poverty.
SOCIETY circles in 'the town of
Beallesville , W. Va. , are in a state of
turmoil over tho simultaneous disap
pearance of William Riley , of the
milling and merchandising firm of
Dixon & Riloy , and Mrs. John .Price , "
the wife of a well-known farmer. All
the parties are connected with the
best families in eastern Ohio. i- .
A METHOD has been patented by a V
Buffalo man for thaw ing out hydrants ,
which may bo of great service in case
of fire. The hydrant is fitted with a
small pipe , which passes below the
frost level into a sewer-the-top-being
covered with a cap. This tubo is , of
course , empty of water , and by forc
ing steam through it the hydrant can
be quickly thawed out.
CHARLES A. WETMORE , chief viti-
cultural officer of California , reports
an unusually short wine crop. The
periods of cold weather in tho spring
caused the berries to drop off the
vines , so that comparatively few
matured. Instead of last year's yield
of 15,000,000 gallons , only 7,000,000
or 8,000,000 will be produced this
year. Napa county , which made
5,000,000 before , will have only 1,500-
300. In consequence of this diminish-
2d production , pricesarealready go
ing up , and are expected to reach a
rery high point
