Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

q y Cincinnati paper tells an anus
ing story by way Of illustrating the effects
produced at one Of Jullien's concerts
there, by the performance of his g Sleigh
ride Polka A young gentleman of
rather an afiectionate turn of mind was
there, it seems. with his sweetheart. The
hall being excessively crowded, he was
obliged to put his arm on the back part
Of the seat-consequently, almost around
the lady. During the excitement of the
a. Sleish-ride Polka" he unconsciously
squeezed his fair partner little. The
lady was, of course, much shocked. and
demanded the reason Of such unwarrant-
able rudeness. The gentleman made a
thousand apologies, saying he must GER
tainly be insane, or else he had been car
ried away by the truthfulncss Of Jullien's
music and merely put his arm in that
position to prevent her falling out Of the
. sleigh
u y California paper gives an account
of bear fight which came off at Oakland,
on Sunday, between the red Russian
bear q Sampson. and huge grizzly
from the lower part of that State Large
numbers of persons from San Francisco
were present. The beasts were ayersc to
fighting; but after being driven to it.
. they scratched and bit furiously for a
while, and Sampson was at length pro.
nounced the victor by the judges. The
grizzly, however, as If incensed at the
DECISION and the dIscredit which would
tcia!l his tribe, up and at Sampson again,
and whipped him most uVaercifully.
y They have been introducing gas
IN the city of San Francisco, and the
Chinese arc considerably puzzled in re-
gard to it. The editor of the Californian
says ''that the other night several of the
CelestialS were gathered around a lamp
post, with their moon-like eyes stretched
to their utmost capacity, and conversing
with great earnestnesS in the euphOnious
language of their native land, and as near
as we could gather, trying to enlighten
themselves upon the point how lump
could burn without wick. although
every word sounded to us like sker.
chung"
u TIE editor of the Temperance
Organ, San Francisco, says he was in a
respectable company Of ladies and gentle
men in that city, a short time since,
where one Of the ladies ~ was drunk,
AMI he saw that some sixteen or seven
teen more acted exactly like her. He
lnptone of the ladies next day, and she
looked leaH'and haggard, and had bad
headache. Quite q number of the gen.
tlemen IN Were manifestly corned-one
most particularly so.
e." The amount Of notes of the Bank
Of England in circulation exceeds twenty
two millions Sterling, or one hundred
millions Of dollars. The amount fspecie
lii bank, is sixteen millions sterling.
u The annual State Election in Rhode
Island takes place April 18th, following
close upon that of Connecticut. The
Providence Journal says that city is the
battle-ground. "The party that carries
Providence carries the State"
u 1t is said that there is small fish,
four or five inches long, very numerous in
5h1ai water Bay, Washington territory,
Which IS vigorous, like some larger fish
1'liic!i have lately attracted the attention
Of naturalists.
~ Mosquitoes have already made
tiieir appearance in New Orleans.
Y The fiji st poet laureate Of England
VAS appointelin 1851.
y The population of California, it is
said, has not increased to any extent
during the past year.
u II ali the inhabitants of Europe
Were placed in row, shoulder to Shout
Ger, they would reach distance of four
times the circumference of the earth.
u The increase in the membership
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
the bounds of the Baltimore Conference,
during last year, was 30.
9Th, small pox is raging with great
violence amongst the Chippewa Indians
along the south shore of Lake Superior
and on the head waters of the Chippewa
river.
~ A bed of magnesia has been found
IN cut on the Railroad near Mount
Moriah Church, n. e.