Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-17
NEWS ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The existing form of railway carriage in
England is proposed to be altered so as to ac-
commodate larger number Of persons The
carriage is to be formed of two tiers of seats
instead of one, the body being placed low so
is to give the necessary head-room for the
passengers in each tier, access to be given to
the upper tiers by side doors, staircases and
steps, and to the lower or ground tier by doors
placed at the ends, the body having project
ing platform protected by ratings at each
end, to enable passengers to enter the end
doors, With passage or throughfare las in
America) from end to end in each carriage. ON
the lower floor
Surprise will be felt by many at the intelli
gence from Sweden, of the cruel persecution
endured by disscnters from the State Church
Men, and even women, have been fined
banished and imprisoned on bread a ID wafer
II common Jail, especially in Oysa and
vicinity. The accounts represent the course
as exceeding the severity shown towards the
Medal family in Tuscany.
The wheat production of Ohio is estimated
to average 5000 900 bushels per annum. of
which $4,000, 900 are surplus 1t is said that
only about e-ffth of the land in the State
is under cultivation. While some of the
premium crops exceed so bushels to the acre
the average yield of the State will not exceed
Ii bushels
Mr.. Stevens, of Kingsburgh. Ind, a blind
man, recently severely injured by an accident
on the Michigan Southern railroad, brought
suit against the company for 81 900 damages.
which they paid without litigation.
A man was arrested in Wilmington, Del. n
few days ago, for stealing $50 He was once
a man of some wealth, an esteemed citizen.
one of the members of the Wilmington CITY
Council and one of the most popular men in
the city. He had wife and nine interesting
children. But the demon Of intemperancc
TOOK hold OF hIm-he spent his money-his
wife dieu, some say heart-broken-his eldest
daughter, beautiful and amiable girl soon
followed her mother to the grave and he him
self, still in the prime of life, is now con.
firmed drunkard
A miser, named Noah 0dell, sixty years old
died on Sunday, in Boston. So fearful was he
of losing his money, that he wore a chain
round his body, to which was fastened a stout
bag, III which the treasure was deposited =
This he kept by him during his sickness. and
upon it was fixed his dying gaze In winter
it is related that he went to church three time
a day to save fuel at home, only leaving hi.
bed to return to it.
kossuth was witness in the trial of Josepl
Rottenstein for forgery and fraud The latter
represented himself to be a Hungarian who
fought for independence Kossuth entered
court in company with military gentlemen
who served in distinction in the army and
was seated with the barristers He could no,
positively identify the prisoner; but, after
conversing with him in the German language
testified that he had no doubt he was in Hun
gary's battles. lie was cross questioned by
the lawyers. The reporter states that the i'm
partial, calm clear and dignifed manner in
"hch h0ssuth gave his evidence elected from
appreciation
AN old fogy complaining of dull times, and
wondering how his young neighbor managed
50 wonderfully, remarked that the latter spent
enough money In advertising to break any