The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-05
NEW YORK. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY s. 1886
Varieties.

Varieties.
We understand that In rencontre, few days
ago, in Cuthbert, Ga, between A. M. Hughes, and
Joseph Jerngan the latter was instantly killed By the
discharge OF pistol by the former-Huehes, himself,
severely cut.
Two boys skating on the Canada side of the river,
opposite Detroit on the25th ult, broke through, and
were drowned before assistance could reach the m.
The residence of Mr. James G.. Drake, about a
mile from Louisville, KY, was entirely destroyed by
FIRE the 25h uit; The contents OF the house, EN-.
braciag many valuable paintings, &c. were destroyed
The great foot race IN New Orleans, was TO come
on on the Eclipse Course the 25th ult Jackson
to against the Arkansas Indian Daaarooch), from
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
A party of Mexican traders was lately robbed
short Distance of Bexar their return to the Rio
Grande II suppose that the robbers were few rene
gade Mexcans that have been prowng about Bexar for
several months
Rachel w. Barker. a Quakeress preacher, ad-
dressed large audience at the Poydras street Methodist
Church. New Orleans, on the evening Of the a5th ut
The Bee says:We had the pleasure Of seeing the Hon
Henry Clay there.
| Bishop Soul, is in New Orleans.
| Thel Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
have declared dividend Of per cenum upon their
| capital stock.
A large fire occurred in Macon, Georgia, on the
a5th ultmo.
There have recently been discovered, in New Zea-
snd organic remains Of monstrous birds that must
have been at least IL feet in height and possessed Of
| corresponding strength tssa
l.
that point nearly exhausted learns from the fact
that the sultana and Ambassador have LEFT the trade
On Tuesday, the 18th ut, the feast Of the Epipha-
ny, Miss Frances Browne (siser Mary sThcresa) Miss
Missy Sister Mary sssnsIaus and Mis-: Ann csaas
(siser Marha received the White Veil in the Chapel
the Convent Of the Sisters o. Mercy Psburg, from
| the hands Of the Bishop.
! The whole number Of convicts in the Mississippi
State prison at the expiration Of the fiscal year in lsa4
which Is have been discharged by expiration Of sent
ence by writ Of by executive pardon, and
| by death, leaving now in confinement 81.
/ The Convention bill before the Senate of Ken
lucky, was lost in that body the 18th January, by
vote Of 10 yeas to 20 nays
The Times says that gentleman is going South
to open jewelry establishment-his capital is a crow
bar
BY a Judgment rendered in the United States Dis
trict Court at New Orleans, steamboat captain was
fined $50 for violation Of the Post Office law having
brought letter to that city, contrary to law
A very melancholy event took place on Thursday
last at She'll Bank on the North River, about ten miles
from st. Augustine, Florida. A very interesting and
apparently hearty young lady by the Of JSanito
romping with some young ladies', suddenly fell dead, il
is supposed from it, What renders this event peculiar.
one Of her brothers some years since he then being
| promising boy about years old.
A Lyceum has been established In Galveston,
| Texas.
| Captain VIM. Smith, died recently in the poor
/ northampton, d
the French Government for spolations prior 1900 of
the claim will 60 to the United States as he has
| left no heirs.
| A foreign journal says-The screw auxiliary
vessel Massachusetts, is without doubt the extra
ordinary vessel specimen Of consummate engineer
log skill that ever crossed the Atlantic:
The Alton Telegraph says the number of hogs
Slaughtered there this estimated at 81 OO0
Although there may not be many hogs slaughtered in
Illinois this as at the last the quantity of pork
will be greater The ef hogs at Alton this week
| a 3
| The Nashua Telegraph says man left that village
on Saturday last. with gallon Of rum, when within
found on Sunday morning. within sixty Or seventy
rods OF his house. perfectly dead The snow along his
path showed that he had fallen sixteen times and at last
unable to he had crawed upon his hands and knees
about forty rods when coming to fence we believe he
managed TO get over 1t, and fell between 1t and
| bank, and there the poor man persisted.
| E& w. s. Briggs's cabinet mandatory, also a
large carpenters shop dwelling house. and other build
ings belonging to the same, were entirely destroyed by
are, on Sunday morning. about o'clock Loss $1,000
| insured for $780, a .tMe .s...
The ladies of the st. Louis Baptist Church i've a
grand oyster supper this evening, Feb. 5th) They
| sent to New Orleans for the oysters. ~
A meeting Of persons intending to emgrate to
California, in the spring was called at Weston Platte
county. No. the 2lst u At this time there s pros
pec Of greater emigration to California than Oregon
much desirable 10 the country, and 80 many at
| fractions does it present.
The Champlan and ST. Lawrence rail road com
pany have declared dividend Of $40 per share.
n Which weoalua va. shot - ..ia s y
Lee Templston Medical aid was procured, but all
| efforts to save his Life proved Intellectual.
An eminent surgeon has lodged at Halls Bank,
Dublin a sealed envelope containing one hundred
nerist who tell the number Of it by clairvoyance
| Two boys were drowned, IN Railway, N. j., on
| the 30th.
Rev. E. s. Blue, member of the Indiana Metho
dist Conference was killed on the 10th ult by being
| dragged upon the ground by his horse.
| A Detroit paper says that the daughter of re-
spectacle citizen Of southfeld. Oakland county has
been inveged away by the Mormons and attempted to
California The father has sued out a writ Of habeas
corpus to recover his child and criminal warrant for
| the arrest Of the principe! offender la
| A person went into a store at Milwaukee to see
the owners tin box lay open the counter and he
could resist taking handful Of notes $780, and left
tire store unseen But his conscience him that
no revesled the affair to the Catholic Bishop Henn who
restored the money but nceaed the Of the cu
pr The storekesper gave the Bishop $50 to be applied
| In charity. l0HN NNH M
gang of counterfeters, six in number, headed
by man named James Brown, have been arrested, and
committed TO jail at Akron, Ohio.
The Rev. E. Smith has formally Withdrawn from
the liberty party.
The bill to put into gradual liquidation the State
Senate The same body has paused a bill licensing
tipping houses. 1t had previously passed the lower
House. Ee
The Democratic Convention, assembled at Little
Rock, Arkansas, the sth ult nominated r. W. John
son for Congress.
marble quarry has been discovered IN the town
ofFlorida Berkshire county, Massachusetts which pro-
duces az perfect serpentne marble need be-ready
receives excellent polish and the quarry prove
very valuable.
On Saturday afternoon last, brick wall, in one
of the streets Of Boston, fell with tremendous crash,
jarrog the foundations Of the neighboring houses.
Robert F. Carson, late treasurer Of Clinton coun-
~, having lost money by gambling alleged that he had
been robbed Harrisburg last week The landlord of
the hotel where he stopped examined his trunk, how.
ever and found that had been cut the inside
He had robbed himself
The Jersey City Adrerfiser says that during last
year 40 buildings put up in that place. at aggre
gate cost Of Ssi 300 and 10 Van Voorst township at
an estimated Of $79 450 making total OF la build
ings and aggregate cost Of $leO,750. M
The Welland Canal will be in such state OF for
ardnssa In the snrnR m 10 admit the passage through