The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-27

The legislature of Wisconsin has recently passed
law relative to the rights Of married women. 1t is
IS follows: "Any married woman whose husband,
either from drunkenness, proflgacy or from any
other cause shall neglect refuse to provide for her
support, or for the support and education Of her
Children shall have the right in her own name to
transact business and to receive and collect her
earnings, and the earningl Of her minor children,
and apply the same for her own support and the
support and education of such children, free from
the control and interference Of her husband or any
,,erson claiming the same retaining to be released
from the same by or through her husband"
An ingenious FrenchmaE resident of San Fran
cisco has conceived a novel expedient for earning a
livelihood. He rides around through all the outer
streets Of the city upon species of water cart to
which are attached several zinc bathing tubs the
whole being drawn by fou; stylish looking horses
He knocks at the door Of every respectable house.
and inquiries if any of the. inmates wish to battle
When he receives affirmative answer, he deaches
one or more Of the tubs, carries them into the house
and fills them with water from his water cart He
then waits until the bath over, and having receiv
ed his pay, readusts the tubs, and starts again up
on his route. =.
The new medicine law ii the State Of New York
provides that it shall not be lawful for any druggist
apohecary, or other persons to sell any preparation
or medicinal compound except such as are publish
ed in standard chemical CT medical works, unless
there is affixed thereto recipe written in the Eng
sh language, stating all the Ingredients with their
proportions, and signed by the manufacturer in his
own hand writing, or by his fac-simile, and refer
ring to the office where true copy Of said recipe
with an affidavit attached, is legally fled
Ephraim Brown, who died in Sodus, New York,
about three years age, weighed 275 pounds and was
feet ~ inches in height His wife weighed 300
pounds and was feet 10 inches in height These
PARENTS had Is children, 8 boys and girls. The
average height of the was feet d inch: average
weight 205 pounds. The average height of the
girls feet inches, and theaverage weightl so
bounds Six of the boys could turn somersets on
the ground equal to the best circus performers
The patent Office has furnished seeds and directed
experiments to be made BIZ Mr. Cslbert, of Mount
Airy Mary land, with moro than one hundred yarie-
ties Of beans and nuts withlthe view Of determining
their qualities productipensss and adaptation to the
climate the results OF which to be embodied in
future report. The above seeds were selected from
samples procured from Souts, America China, Japan
various parts Of Europe, and the United States
Those Kinds which prove successful, and are not
already to be found in abundance in the country,
will be multiplied from year to year. for the purpose
of procuring seed.for public distribution.
The seventeen year lochsts, while in an under
ground grub state are said to be ayorite food of
various species OF animals Immense numbers are
destroyed by hogs before they emerge out from the
ground: they are also, wien in their perfect state
eagerly devoured by chickens, squirrels and many
of the larger birds The Indians likewise consider
them delicate food when sEied, Had in New jersey
they have been turned to profitable account IN ma
king soap.
A number ofpetritied bodies have been siscever
ed at Lewisburg, Pa, in removing bodies from one
cemetery to another. The Chroniele saws the soil
is limestone formation, and part Of the ward being
very wet, accounts for the phenomenon In the last
case, the body of a man buried less than twenty
years ago, in the prime Of life, was found complete
ly changed to stone, excepting the head and part of
the neck, which had decayel
Prentice of the Louisville journal gives the Uni
on the following hard hits in late number of his
1.-THE Washington Union SAYS that it has never
met with greater falsehood than one which he re-
Gently met with in our paper. The editor of the
Union never meets falsehoods. He and they travel
in the same direction
"The editor Of the Washington Union talks about
our false and futile logic Our logic appears to
have been fatal to him. Ii seems to have knocked
his brains OUT
They had frost in Louisville on the night of the
4th instant.
The city of Cleveland haf law that every owner
Of dog shall pay tax; Oh male CANNES S., on
females SO
Ohio papers state that the prospects of a large
crop o. gram ana Ifult IN te selota valley was new
In the Connecticut house Of representatives the
proposition TO allow only those who read to vote,
has been adopted by vote Of 1876 to Sc.
Hiram Harmon, Of Erie, illinois, while riding on
horseback, was struck by lightning and rendered
insane, and his horse killed under him.
Elegantly dressed ladies appeared in the fashiona-
bic promenades OF New 19rk lately, with the old
fashioned hoops in the skirts of their dresses.
Mr.. Patterson, one Of the editors of the Parkville
Lunlnary, the establishment which was destroyed
BY mob, for the alleged anhslaVery proclivites of
It's c0lufgs, has been to the freesei
ers of Boston. He tells theE that he will return and
carry the war into Africa.
The Hawsvlle Isl C1 HERALD learns that in con-
sequence of the present and prospective scarcity of
breadstuffs in that State large cotton planter has
soWed all his land in corn and will raise no cotton
crop this season. *. Z. -~
The venerable J. Nicolls, late pastor of the first
unitarian church. in Portland Maine, has refused to
accept annuity or five hundred dollars rendered
him by the congregation With whom he has been
connected for near fifty years.
Rev. z Ell. Chaplin, in hi4 remarks at the univer-
saist festival in Faneuil Hail. alluded to the Empe
ror Napoleon as tthe imperial gambler of France,
E2ho has won his throne with dice made from the
bones Ut the great Napoleon
The New Englanders are getting no better fast
Professor Hitchcock says that less than half Of the
two and half millions of population in n w Eng
land attend church. In theteties there is probably
not inose than third, aud the proportion is in
creasag, @4 -
a meeting was held at Rocky point, Monroe coun-
Ar, Virginia the 18th of May, to express indig
nation at the acquttal of James Graham, charged
with the murder of his sister. The Grahams are
odlous to the people of Mohroe, well to those
OF GfeenOfler.
The applicants for land atthe Illinois central land
Office at Chicago, were verr numerous week before
last and the sales for May amounted to- five hundred
and sixty five thousand dollars at an average of ten
dollars and sixty cents per acre.
The Cork Examiner states that Mr. Grice Smith of
castle Wldenham, gentleman Of high position and
large fortune, had been committed Jail for month
and sentenced to hard lab,r on the treadmill. for
having night torn down the gates of several gen
tlenen and Wrenched off the knockers.
1t is rumored that the British government has or
dered the continuance Of the seat Of government at
Quebec, Notwithstanding tie decision Of the provirf
eial parliament to remove the same to Toronto The
reason assigned is the possibility Of Cuban difficult
ties placing the British government in antagonisrn
with the United States; in which case question of
defence would require that the government remain |
at Quebec. The rumor is generally credited.
There was shooting affray in Nashville, Tenn,
on the I'd instant, between Sam Casey and his son,
John Casey, on one side, ard Nathaniel Adams on
the other The result was that a man named Full |
bright, in way interested in the affair." received
dangerous pistol shot wound. Sam Casey also re-
ceived slight wound
Barnum's baby-show has proved to be the most
successful of all his humbags.
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