Grass Valley telegraph., 1854-02-16
GLEAN1NGs.


Chronicle, states that the Rev. DIR. Maclay has
engaged in an agency for raising $4,000, to
endow the two theological professorships in
Madison University. te. rao eao
The bell on the Roman Catholic Cathedral,
Montreal, weighs $4,000 pounds.
Hon. c. G.. Atherton, recently deceased, has
left eight thousand dollars to President
Pierce, and the bulk of his property, upwards
of $15O,OOO, to his wife and cousins.
1t is announced for the benefit of those per-
sons who did not get a sight at the comet,
that it will again appear before the public,
for few nights only, in the autumn of 2147..
a new secret order has. been organized in
Cincinnati, under the name of the .Family
Compact" and already numbers FIVE hundred
members. The order is, avowedly for char
liable purposes, and is open to females as well
as males. ,ss..,f
A Mr.. Cloves, of. Sullivan county, MY,
it is said, has discovered a new motive power
1t acts upon the selfmoving principle, and is.
destined ofcourse, like all new moters, to su-1
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dous revolution in the world. sr4 SOC 81
The Washington Monument has reached
the height of 146 feet, to which is hoped four
feet more will be added before the weather
shall be cold as to require suspension of ope-
rations for the season. The number Of hands
at present employed, including watchmen, is
about fifty, laor aa b2di1i lIiu
Mrs. Miller, daughter of Gerrit Smith,
excites great deal of curiosity in Washing
ton by appearing in full Bloomer costume.
In Wisconsin a homestead of 40 acres in
the country and a quarter of an acre in the
city is exempt from execution, whether it be
worth $1,000 or $100, ,OOO-whether it be un-
improved land or entirely covered with mills
and warehouses. te-,,s,,. = 7......,
When Kossuth was in America, he again
and again announced an impending attack of
Russia on the Turkish empire. On May 26th,
1851, in Faneuil Hall, Boston, he assigned it
as his main reason for Fastening back to Eu-
rope And yet statesmen have been quite
surprised ! a a isN1 a9 aEnad nro
Ohio has IL, 900 school districts and $4,000
school directors. There are $4,000 youths
between the ages of four and twenty-one, of
whom $4,000 depend upon the common
schools for their education.
On Saturday evening last, on the old Colo
ny railroad, the draw at Neponset bridge was
left open, and powerful locomotive, tender
and two baggage cars of freight train went
through. No one injured.
A brother of Patrick Ryan, the Post office
clerk who was detected in stealing money
from letters in the n, Y, Post Office has been
arrested in Missouri, whittier he had fed with
portion of the stolen money. rs.a
Thirty-one of the nine hundred officers of
the U. S. Army, have died since the first JAM
uary.
Several large snakes have been found un-
derground, at depth of eighty fathoms from
the surface, in some old workings at the De-
Won colliery England. ha
The salary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land is 100000 year, and he spends $780,
OOO.
The oldest preacher in the world is Rev,
Robert Fletcher of London, who in Februa-
ry next will be 1O7 years old.
"These are rather poor sidewalks said
young man to a lady.-''Yes," she replied,
E'they are very uncultivated."
An exchange has its marriages under the
head Of Gems for the melancholy How
suggestive. e e efeg7 yrr
A Custom House broker being asked his
views of mems duties towards each other in a
general sense, answered abstraetedly ''Thir-
| ty per cent advalerem.n f 60 .-'s at
Pants procured on tick are considered as
AlJreeohce of trust.'' 2---r.l---l
Rather ominous-to be importuned by
your wife to get your life insured Don;tdo
it! W fH
There has been bloody riot on the Hi
nois Central Railroad, growing out of the re
duction Of wages. Mr.. Story, the contractor,
was murdered, his Office pillaged and burned.
His wife was shot at, but escaped unhurt.
| AIGer Al1IAS one HAL, Gne OheFlH aTreSCeu
about thirty of the rioters.
The wood supply on the Mississippi river is
much reduced, and boats are compelled to
avail themselves of the coal furnished from
the mines on the lower Ohio. .e
The fragments of the Bachelor who .shust
into tears,' on reading Fanny FERNS descrip-
tion of the happiness of married life, have
been found. m
An Inspector of Markets. with salary OF
5000 per month"; is to be appointed by the
Common Council, in Joint Convention, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of an ordinance
to that effect, adopted by the Board Of Assls-
tent Aldermen Evening NaOs.