Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-03
SII Sorts Of tstsnls.

OF In the Newburyport police court
a man was recently fined $500 for kiss
ing an Irish girl. Let off too cheap.
or The Buffalo Express charges Mr..
Fillmore and his coadutors with design
to destroy the Wing party Of the State.
or d. w. Van Aernum, the forrer,
has been sentenced at Troy. New York,
TO seven years imprisonment in the PEN
itentiary.
OF Five persons died recently ut
Rock River, Iowa, from poison. Their
names were Noggle. VINO poisoned
them is unknown. ..s
OF Two men have been fined ten
dollars for passing notes Of foreign
banks Of less denomination than ten
dollars, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. rie 2
OF A man named Thomas McCorm-
ick was killed at Burlingtcn n, Iowa, by
s. NJ. Trulock, with a buldgeoa. Liq-
uor and quarrel caused Il.
OF The number of bushels of grain
consumed in the distilleries Of the Uni
ted States in a year, counts up TO seven-
teen millions.
II Il is said that out of 400 sailors
on board the United States ship Sarato-
ga, on her trip to japan, only II drank
drop of liquor. 1a
OF A new sort Of saw has been re-
Gently patented and is sal to work
more expeditiously and with less labor
than the common implement.
6TCostedo, the man who dogged and
finally caused the capture of General
Lopez, was assassinated on the 18th
inst, at Havana, in a coffee house.
or At Messina, Italy, out of pop
ulation OF 10000, mere than $4,000
have been carried off by the cholera du-
ring the past summer.
The chief Rabbi Of the Jews Of Lon
don, the Rev. DIR. Adler, has issued u
form of thanksgiving for the present
abundant harvest.
or The Urbana Citizen says the
whole line Of the C.. p, and Ia. Rail-
road from Pqua,to Union is graded, the
bridges built, and all re idy for the iroa
That's right-push II ahead.
~ The late monetary panic was more
severe at Chicago than at almost anv
other point. All sorts Of paper money
was refused until, with reflection, pub
lie confidence returned.
or A party Of Iowayans, who hlye
recently explored Nebraska, report that
it is fine country very fine country,
but Iowa is good enough for them and
they mean to stay there.
OF Two very excellent citizens Of
Eden, N. Y. named Deacon John Car
ter and Curtis Hubbel, were killed re-
Gently while taking down an old bridge
for the purpose Of substituting a new
one.
GA Madrid correspondent, describ-
ing the interests the poorer classes take
in bull fight, says that week or two
ago q man actually cut of his wife's
hair, while she was asleep, and sold
it in order to raise money for the purpose
Of seeing the fight.
"A man who advertises for n COM
petent person to undertake the sale of
new medicine, adds that Il will be found
profitable TO the "undertakeri"
The Doylestown Democrat has
been informed that German in Lehigh
county, lately disposed Of his wife to
another man, for the sum Of one dollar.
a modern physiologist notes the
doa fhse he.
table, every time man crooks his elbow
his mouth opens. e
Officer: 'Did'n. yor guarantee,
sir, that the horse wouldn't shy before
the fire OF an enemy ! Householder:
No more he won't. 'Tisn't till after
the fire that she SHES =
Young Ladies' Schools are often
places where females unlearn the good,
they have studied and practiced at home;
and learn those things which add neith-
er TO the head, heart or hand.
~ A hackman named John Cochran
was killed, at Washington city, a few
days ago, by running his carriage against
curb stone, whereby he was thrown
from his seat. Whether he was high at
the time is not stated. sa-
IL Professor Adler, of the Universi-
ty of the City of New York, lately ac-
cused of insanity in consequence Of a
public rupture with Chancellor Ferris
charge which he refuted in a pamphlet
has resigned his connection with the
institution.
u The engineers and other employ
ees of the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad recently struck. because the
Superintendent refused to permit them
to adorn the locomotives VITA Grape, as
mark of respect for a deceased en-
ployee.
" "My DEAR" said an Irish gentle
man to his wife, "I would rather the
children were kept in the nursery when
| am at home; although | should not
object to their noise, if they'd only be
quiet"
GA mail bag was stolen recently
from the Jeffersonville Railroad, and was
afterwards found at Edinburgh, Ind,
rified of its contents, which were let
ters from Columbus, Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing, and other places. No clue has
been discovered of the robbers.
1t was a rather left-handed COM
pliment to the memory of the good old
deacon, when his pastor gave out to be
sung at his funeral the hymn commence
ing with, Believing, we rejoice to see
the curse removed (!
The Irish shopkeeper, who was
lately cheated by an old woman stealing
jar of whisky, and leaving jar OF wa
ter in its place, described her as speak
ing strange dialect, neither Irish nor
English. A punister said. he had rea-
son to complain ofthe jar-gon.
At large fire at celebrated