The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-05-05

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of PENNSYLVANIA recently invited tho Legis-
lature Of Maryland and the Baltimore au-
thorities to a public dinner, costing near six
thousand dollars. The dignitaries did justice
to the viands, but the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture neglected, in the hurry Of business----
being a session ofonly three months and a
half--.to make an appropriation to foot The
bill. The next Legislature will, therefore.
have to pay lor the last Legislatures dinner
ATES THOUSAND DOLLAR PRrzE. Among
the items Of news from California is the an
nounccment Of tho fact, that Mr.. Henry
Fitch, NJ San Francisco, had offered a prize
OF ten thousand dollars for the best treatise
on the Pacific and Atlantic Railway. The
work is to DO written in simple aud lucid
sty lc, and to embrace the most thorough and
exact treatment Of the subject.
KEEPrSG THE BoYs IS.--By the reports Of
the police courts OF Louisville, Kentucky, it
appears that Judge Joyncs has instructed
the police to arrest all boys perambulnting
the sirocts at Il late hour at night, unless
they can show good cause for being out
His honor says that il parents cannOt keep
their children at home, he will tako care OF
thon.
A PROFITABLE INvENTIoS.-Just after
the introduction Of gas into the city Of Lo-
we'll, Or. Walker Kidder, a talented young
physician, who was enjoying quite n share
Of practice, constructed an apparatus for
regulating tho burning Of this new light.
II Is now said he has sold II to n New York
company for the handsome sum Of 300, 900.
WAsHINoTox. April 2s--The court met
this morning, and was about to proceed with
tho Gardiner trial, when il was acertained
that one Of the jurors was too sick to remain
in attendance, The court accordingly ad-
%journed over to Monday, deeming n few days
recess absolutely necessary Tor all concern
cd.
A Bio 'UN.--Therc resides in Andover,
Mass, the largest man in New England, in
the person of Mr.. John j. Noursa. Tic is a
native OF Lynn--has resided there eight
ycars-weighed last fall Mres hundred ard
eighty pounds! and is now forty.four year,
old.
E-Thc Norwegian Colony in Potter
county, Pc, established by Ole Bull, already
contains TOO inhabitants, aud own li0 900
| uCTCN, VIC Dull uus u oNPCfO wv Cstul
cottage there, and proposes to establish
polytechnic scool Tor the advancement ofth,
arts and sciences.
} Tho Mayor Of Cleveland, at the 70
quest OF the City CoNncil, has offered a re-
ward of FIVE hundred dollars, for the discoye
nv and arrest Of the person or persons guilt!
Of the late dreadful murder in that city
Two women have been arrested.
TIE Nav CotS.--The Valley Bank re
ceived to-day, by express, from the Phlladel
phia mint, one hundred dollars in twenty
i've cent pieces ofthe new coin ChiHicoh
Metropolis.
Grin an afTtay In the Virginia peniten
tiary, on Thursday, between o colored con
Wet and a man named Smith, convicted Q
running off withtwo slaves, Smith was stab
bed, fatally II is feared.
6J-The sister Of Burns, the poet, now re
| siding at Ayr, in Scotland, in the Sad yea
OF her age, has just sent u pair Of stocking
knit by her own hand, TO be exhibited a
; the Crystal Palace, New York.
; tET Rev, Antoinette Brown. Mrs. Bloom
er and Miss Anthony lectured at Syracuse
N. u, on the 26th, on temperance, before
: large audience in the City Hall.
01rA hundred mill girls selected by q
American In Glasgow, Scotland, have sale
, from the Clyde to commence a new colto
! mill at New York.
~. "Cousins of Temperance" is the til
OF a new order Of the cold water army
Jersey city, New Jersey.