The daily union., 1855-09-16
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OF the OF ITArci5c0f talltoTnln
be fired at haIfhour ntcrsalsat the hours and hafhous
of San Francisco mean timedurng ioggy weather night
or day.
A NATURAL RFsUtr.--A stage coach left Conway, New
Hampshire few days ago, with SIC passengers all OF
whom insisted riding outside for the purpose of viewing
the scenery the Notch of the White mountains through
which they passing The stage overturned and
Of the outsiders badly bruised although not f
tally injured An open wagon is the best vehicle to pass
through the Notch in.
WHAr rms MAR RrQUEEsr-The Courier dc Marseilles
Of the 2oth August says:
The quantity of war materials daily conveyed TO
port by the railway and the Rhone is truly in
credible The qays OF La 3olicte literally covered
with mountains OF bombs of every size and enormous siege
guns Independently Of the ansp chartered for the
purpose every large steamer leaving with troops carries
on an average 1000 tons of material Gunpowder for the
army in the East daily received in large quantities Since
the beginning of the 900 weight has been ship
ped in our port"
Marsclles letter of August 20 says "Ofcial returns
show that up to this day 2osg00 officers commissioned
officers and privates with $4,000 horses have been en-
barked here ana ut Tonon for The East since the
men Of the war;
PERsosAL-G. p r. James, esq, with his family, Is now
at Menasha Wisconsin, at the residence Of his son. Walter
James esq Mr. james, SEM fine estate in the Vi
cinity of that town.
PRAIRIE IsyEsrMFsr--A ytat sgs purchased
forty acres of prairie land six miles from Bloomington
Mclean county Illinois, broke it up and put in fall wheat
The produce eleven hundred bushels Of first quality
Gcnesee wheat which he sold for $565 The expense Of
fencing breaking up seed sowing harvesting, hreshng
&c, was S5oe--leaying a net profit of 81 ,o65.
AN OLD GENTLEMAE CHARMED otT OF fwttvE HUNDRED DOL
tARs-The Gpsies have stolen $1,000 from old Mr. Pearse
of Limerick, Maine They made him believe that $4,000
as buried ID pot on his farm, and persuaded him to get
the 200 together and dcpose II in small trunk, to
remain in his possession six days. while they wee work
ing the charm find out the spot where the $4,000
hidden Soon aferward the Gipsy returned, and
accused the elderly greenhorn Of opening the trunk there
by defeating he charm" lie confessed he had done So
and then the Qipsy counted the money again, and
took tile key leaving the trunk and money rs he thought
With Mr. peafse but the expiration Of The ss days he
found that the charm had worked poeny that neither
the money nor the Gipsies could be found.
DsATH OF SINGLETON MEncEn.--Mr. Singleton Mercer
who twelve years ago. killed man in Philadelphia
by the OF Heberton for the seduction OF his sister
died Of yei5w evsr few days ago the United States
Marine Hospital at Portsmouth, Virginia. Mr. M volun
teered the I'D Of Augustmmediately repaired to
Portsmouth, and before he started observed that it
duty which owed to his telow-man to assist in the
time of pestience" Mr. NJ labored faithfully as nurse
and was highly efficient
Swol,D Fist-Captain Ben Willard, of this city (says
the Portland Argus captured fine specimen OF this fish
off Cape Elizabeth which l3 feet and weighs
about 900 lbs. After striking him, it two
hours before lie could be taken into his boat and then he
was obliged to get assistance from sclooer yhg near
by 1t very large specmer and is great curiosity
GRowISG FAT ON GRAssHorpERs--A California paper
says:
In rides in the grasshopper country tho-
sands Of the deep holes which had been dug in the earthly
the Indians to entrap their luxurious M food These holes
contain about bushe snd half and believe We sdw
holes enough in Yuba Butte and Suter counties TO have
collected fifty thousand bushels of grasshoppers. The In
dians will grow fat this winter"
LnEnAL-The city Of Lancaster Pennsyvania has con-
ributed 81 100 for the relief of the Norfolk and Ports
mouth sufferers
THE BosTbN nApY snow.--The Coilrer thus notices the
baby show exhibiting in Boston:
The in the body Of the Music Hall have all been
removed and two temporary platforms have been con-
strucled leaving ample aise to permit tcket-olders to
pass round and inspect the babies and their mothers who
in the comca and unbnsincss-ike manner possible,
roasted above Other babies and their mothers and in
many instances their papa together with fat girls and fat
looks like butchers brhiser located on the perma-
nent platform. Throw in the seven-oo giantess from
Maine who combines ugness with crookednessa set of
quarerns, some tripets, many twins, green women
and green men, the odds and ends OF humanity in short
geher with sundry cradesany quantity of discordant
Sounds stick OF candy in eac mortal babys mortal fist
rates small BELLS Holsters claws Mr. Barnum with his big
face and Mr. Wood with his big whskersand the picture
is complete"
THE EFFEcT--At late anniversary of Yale College
Professor Sliman was called out by a complimentary
In the Of his remarks the professor proceed
cd for the benefit of the younger brothers present
how it that at his age &c years he enjoyed such
cellcnt health and spirits He said that thirty he
dyspeptc and feeble lie cut off deermnedly all stim-
ants and has used since. He diecd year. and
then returned to his labor He ate always plain nutri-
tous food and drank nothing but plain dutent drinks
lie eschewed tobacco in every form Every morning he
used the sponge and cold water and felt less power
Of endurance than when he young man, and no
abatement of intellectual power
CmApPotatoes (says the Troy Times) are selling, no
farther north than Saratoga at toenre cents bushel
farmer who disposed OF quantity there yesterday at
the above price declared himself quite Fortunate he said
that in very short time potatoes would be selling one
shilling bushel
SUGAR TBA.--Thc excitement in the London sugar
market continues great does in the American market
The Africa brings advces of another advance of 2s per
cwt with large 5ales at auction and otherwise The ad
vices from Canton also generally favorable the tea
market. Common Congou sells 10 London at s3d
CRops ILLINolsA letter from Bureau county in Ili
no from one who has lived in the State ever since 1891
says:
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