New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-30
Something Tor Every BODY.

The whole number of blind persons in the
United States is oTO2.
The people of Lexington, Ky, are considering
a proposition to light that city with gas.
Five deaths occurred from cholera at Spring
field, ILL.,, on the 18th inst.
Land Office during the land sale to the 14h inst
$4,000.
The owner Of the trotting horse Wisconsin, has
bantered the Of Jack Rossiter for match for
$1,000 to of the Milwaukee course, in September
Mr.. james G. Forest, an old and esteemed
merchant of jackson, Miss died there the 10th inst
of pulmonary consumption.
The little Rock (Ark.) Wing of the 10Th inst,
learns from Randolph county Ark that there several
cases of cholera in that county.
At Gilboa, Ohio, several deaths have lately
occurred from cholera The people represented to be
almost paralyzed with fright
Col Benton left st. Louis for Washington on
the 18th inst He will be absent from st. Louis several
months, the Republican says.
1t is proposed to build water works at Cleve-
land with reservoir which has capacity to hold ten
millions gallons and to furnish for daily use three mil
lions gallons.
Hoeffner's Louisiana Band,'' we see by the
Mobile papers expected there hence Wednesday
last give series of grand musical entertainments at
the City Garden.
Mr.. John Mccoy, an Ohio pioneer, who set
tied in Chicothe in 1896 and for long period a
prominent merchant there died on the 18th inst his
18th year.
A disgraceful fracas occurred at the Catholic
burying ground at South Boston the 18TH from
tempt to bury dead body from Worcester without
permit.
To such a pitch has betting on noted horses
been carried England that the Earl of Derby and the
Duke of Rchmand have opened betting offices in their
own houses
A Yankee has invented a new and cheap plan
for boarding One the boarders mesmerises the
and then eats hary mea-the mesmerised being salts
fed from sympathy.
As the lid of coffin was about being fastened
down in Rochester the other day the inmate scov
cred to be living The poor fellow who being
buried alive is now likely to recover.
We learn from the Baton Rouge Comet, that
$4,000 of the stock of the Crosse Tete and West Baton
Rouge Plank Roard Company have been taken. and
$4,000 more will be sufficient to complete the work.
A lady from Cincinnati gave birth to q fine
boy the of the Cincinnati and Cleveland Railroad
lately while the train under full head way Both
represented as do well. Fast age this
Eight British soldiers, consisting of a Ser
geant, Corporal and six forming artillery compa
ny and attached to that branch ofthe British service
toned at Quebec, at 0gdensburg, NewYork. last
Friday having deserted
In the hereafter of Mohamet the eternal
man ions of the Christians the Jews the Magans etc
below each other in the abyss and the hell
reserved for the hypccrts who have assumed the mask
of religion.
A part of the bridge at Seneca, N. Y, gave
the canal Several slightly bruised but all were
rescued although would have it that one man was
drowned
Said a bed bug to mosquito whom he CHANGED
to meet How is it you make out to extract so much
of LIES current than myself when can bite as
severely you? How you explain tt? For par
tculars small bills quoted the mosquito with dig
nifty
An italian named Michael Lowart drowned
himself in the Miami Canal at Cincinnati few days ago
in fit Of mania po'u He had for number of years
been in the employ of Mr. Gandofo ice dealer. and
very industrious 1891 in gold was found in
his pockets.
The Board of Selectmen of Homer, Claiborne
Parish have passed two ordinances against and the
other in favor Of granting license for the sale of liquors
under certain both ordinances subject to the
ratification of the people of the election which
was to have been held on Wednesday last.
Two daughters of R. N. Berry, ESQ.,, of Sac
City have been elected honorary members of the
Sacramento Engine Company A beautiful bracelet was
presented to the younger miss by the company the
Older thanked them for the gift in pretty terms These
are the first young fre-women in California
AT Louisville, on the night of the 18th, a
young named Mciowan, shot through the heart
ARRAY which occurred at house of fame in the
lower part of the city On the night ARRAY &C.
CURED in similar house. in the upper part the city in
which young man was stabbed in dangerous manner
The Magnolia Steam Mills, beloging to R. W.
pemmng OF Chlicothc, Ohio destroyed by fire. on
the 18th inst The loss is estimated at $4,000 Insr
ance $4,000 These mills have been making about 1900
barrels of -four per week. and their destruction will be
serious Inconvenience to the farmers in the vicinity
Mr.. James F. Waggoner, who resides in Indi-
an Greek settlement in this parish, the Arkansas
ne informs us That two gentlemen of his neighbOrhood
had fight few days ago in which stabbed the other
and killed him We do not recoect the names 1t
that the that got killed pursuing the other when
the retreatng party turned his and stabbed
him under each arm.-Minden La, Herald, 18th.
The New Jersey Franklinite Iron, which has
been tested in Network Baltimore and in the French
marine foges at Paris is to be several thousand
pounds stronger to the square inch than Swees English
Or Russia iron. 1t has been examined by mechau-
les of the National Armory Springfield, Mass with refer
ence to its for guns and sword blades found
be perfectly rou which the desderatum for strength
&c Knick " tells a Joke of a rough fellow who
had joined church, and while driving his pastor to f-
neral met his clam merchant pulling up he inquired
the price and ordered bushel to be left his house
the dealer in shesh demurred asking higher price on
account OF the distance whereupon the driver whipped
up his horses, with the exclamation. &" Go to thunder
what the devil do you stop funeral torn
In the days when &c Old Hickory" was Presi-
dent and Amos Kendall Postmaster General he strayed
into the Post-oice Department evening and COM
menced running the list of offices Presently his
eye lighted on Rome and pausng, he inquired Amos,
where is Rome?'' g Rome =? y responded Kendall "why
Rome is in Oneida county, N. w 1.-THE hi it i.
Amos y exclaimed the General in his own emphatic
way the hi it isl thought it in frtn parts ~
A project for providing every body with a
piano on easy terms has been started in NewYor The
Each member pays three dollars per month FIVE if
piano is desired immediately till the whole amount is
paddles monthly than the rent of piano would be-
and at the end of four years it is expected the mem
bers will be supplied of the funds so created with
pianos ranging from $3.50 to $500
In the year of 1895, Samuel Baldwin, GEN
tleman of Hampshire, England, died and opening his
will it was found that he had ordered his body to be
thrown into the sea- where he lived His reason
making the extraordinary disposal of his remains
that his wife, who was much younger than himself had
frequently said to him that She would dance upon his
grave
Glasgow paper says: Jack" newly off n
voyage and elevated with glass OF grog is queer ami
maj one OF this class was passenger the other day in
railway carriage between Greenock and Port Glasgow in
which was clergyman. Jack not serupulou in his
phraseology and the clergyman, in solemn tone. ex-
ms fear that the young the road
the devil :" Well, it don't matter much' replied Jack
" ! hare got return ticket ~
The late DR.. Bushby, when chaplain to the
forces uarered at Dover England one afternoon de-
hvsring discourse from the eighth commandment, in
winch he animadyerted on the sad consequences of steal
ing. 1t Is, said he. such ungentlenapIy beprary
thing for soldier to steal Not my beloved brethren
that would tax any of you with the commission of so
foul a sin No, heaven forbid it though have lost
pair of boots and several other things since the regiment
was stationed on the heghtsr
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The USE OF CAMELs ON PLAINs-In the General AID.
preparation bill an amendment has been inserted in the
House. apHropriatiug $4,000 to test the praccabity
the use of camels upon Western prairies 1t is
thought by very many who have examined the subject
that those animals will be found to very useful
purpose for the transportation of men and ammunition
The Secretary of War advises the appropriation the
proprety OF the experiment to commend itself to
all who have Investigated the subject
The Cosr OF PRAcrlcAL JoKSG,A few days since. near