Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-01-07
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A firm ut Louisville is engaged very eS
tcasiveIy ihls scasnp, in packing pork to'
the English market.
A mill is now in operation in Philadei'
pha which manufactures barrels without
hoops, By machinery.
Mrs. Nichols, Of Vermont. and Mrs
Fowler, of New York, are canvassing the
State of Wisconsin, in favor Of the Main
Isw.
Jauesyille, Wis, eight year ago, con.
iaiued less than four hundred inhabitants.
Her present population is not far from sit
thousand.
The cotton crop, in the region Of Helena,
Ark, will fall short fully one.third of an
average yield, owing to heavy rains and
killing frosts Of September and October
The Wings Of Penn. are to hold State
Convention at Harrisburg, on the 18th of
March, to nominate candidate for Cover
nor, &c.
sS~ There were in 1912, no less than
100000 of slaves in Russia, and Of
these, 100000 were slaves Of the
crown.
The first shad caught this year, was ia.
ken at Savannah last week. It weighed 4
pounds, and was purchased by Mr.. A.
Haywood, for thirty dollars!
A little child died in Trenton, short
time since, from the effects Of a spider, and
Mr.. R. RamfOrd, of that place, is now suf-
fering in the same way.
It's proposed at Cincinnati TO build a
suspension bridge across the Ohio, at an
elevation offs feet above the height Of the
aood of lS32-cost 100000.
The use Of coal has Of late largely in.
creased in France High os the duties have
been, the importation last year was nearly
thirty million quintals, an advance of Sc
7arn millions upon the receipts of the year
before.
The country poor.houses, we expect,
will be filled this winter with farmers, be.
cause provisions are so dear, they cannot
afford to ent their own productions. Awful
to think of, but true.
Flour is selling at SO per barrel at St.
Paul, Minnesota, and other articles Of
farming produce in proportion, mainly in
consequence Of the rush of emigration
thither during the past season.
The aggregate cost of the public printing
ordered b. the thirty.second Congress at
its first ind second sessions, amounted to
sl25.595 60, and the cost of the paper to
sl9l,95627.
A robber in hotel in Halifax, the other
day, was found kneeiiug Mt a trunk in the
room of hoarder, and On being discover
ed, said he was at his prayers, and beg
ged not 10 be interrupted. He was polite
II left to finish his deyotions and decamp
with his booty.
Another absurd story about Kossuth,
finds currency in city print-namely,
that he has heen trying to charter at Liy.
erpool the American steamer Golden Age,
for the purpose of enabling him to take
mart in the war between Russia and Tur.
key.
The Irish have become bread.csting
people at length. The consumption of bread
stuas is now enormous, notwithstanding
the abundance and comparative cheapness
ofpotatoes.
If you want to start young woman
right out of her moral economy and things,
and yourself outside the door, jus. tell her
she's got big feet. The feminine inssitu.
ton can stand most anything but that.
President Young, of Utah, orders
men, women and children to 60 into the
field to harvest their grain, armed with
butcher.knives and firearms. He says that
almost every good rife in the Territory
has been traded away to the Indians.
Taking the last Censu, as the basis of
calculation there isat this time.about &c.,
100000 dollars worth Of live stock in the
U. States. Their value exceeds that Of all
the manufacturing establishments in the
country, and also exceeds the capital en-
ployed in commerce, both inland and for.
eign.
A luuatic in the Chicago jail, sent out
for bottle of wine to treat his fellow
prisoners. On being furnished with bot
tie Of pop, he declared it was the best wine
he ever drank. and in a grandiloquent
manner exclaimed, Now, gentlemen, for
a toast: May we eusr steal, srear and
cheat; steal away from bad company, swear
to the truth, and cheat the devil of his
prey
Tho aronaus, N. Arban, who made an
ascent from Barcelona more than 2 years
ogo, and had not since been heard Of, and
Tbo was believed to have fallen into the
sea and been drowned, has made his ap.
.pearance again. An Alicant letter says,
that his balloon went over to Africa, and
that he was seized and made a slave, and
continued in that state for two years,
when be made his escape.
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