The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-29

q There il sect, principally foand in Pennsylva-
ia called the menonites, who mold some peculiar
3 laws portion of them contend that the body of
Las Christ contained neither teah nor blood, and
hrefore at the sacrament they nse water only, dis
asd;np both bread and wine; others conform the rite
e tba Jewish Passover. They send messages to
aaeh member to s'Inake ready the passover In the
Coming the congregation gathers about table spread
;tb leaves Of bread and pitcher Of Wine and after
nrsTer they partake of the elements, while walking
Phoat the table, talking socially with each other.
irnmerse to the sound Of vocal and instrumental
,se refuse to bear arms, and choose their preach
erssby lot. VI \ s-.4,
arynirp into it BY every avenue, in such numbers
bat PROVISIONS are enormously hi5h. -four ranging
t sixteen dollars barrel and potatoes at three dol
irs bushel Omaha, the capital, is located on the
Missouri river directly opposite Council Bluff.
la and the steam ferry boat plies constantly be-
tween the two places. Omaha contains about four
brndred inhabitants 1T is beautifully located and
r-rounded by an excellent farming region, we'll
atered and lacking only tinber.s For aborers the
sTerage rate of wages is not in proportion to the
rees of board and provisions. III fact, laborers are
said TO be plentier than employers. aL z4a- szans4
They are very much troubled in Oakland county,
New York, for temperance candidate for district
IL attorney They have Maine law county judge on
the bench and want district attorney OF the same
stripe but careful review Of the list OF lawyers
thew cannot find single Prohibitionists III the coun
" except the Judge referred to. Therefore, wanted
: .emperance LAWYER for fat office Will not some
me the patriots find reasons to change his opin
ion for the consideration Of good Office. It has
been found potent to produce such effects III good
Il many cases before. s@ @ 3gS
liza" stocking knitting machine, which was patented
IN 1851, is now on exhibition in New York The
Mirror says: girl ten years Old knit half do
ven pairs of stockings in day, working the machine
bv hand or foot In factory with motive power one
rsrson can manage dozen machines. The stock
Inc is entirely made BY the machine from top to toe
and no nmble fingers Of industrious elderly maiden
.J>o haart 4 q,
row" or "heel'' OF atoeD mere perfectly The in
vention is id the hand Of stock Company.
In the United States, physicians have estimated
that 10000 persons die every year from the use of
tobacco In Germany, the physicians have calculated
that of all the deaths which ocsur between the ages
of IS and &C. half originate Ii the waste of The
constitution by smoking They say that the article
exhausts and deranges the nervous powers, and pro-
duces long train of nervous diseases to which the
stomach is liable and especially those forms that 90
under the name of dyspepsia. 1t also exerts dsas-
trous influence on the mind. s@.
One of the mostappalling events we ever heard of
detailed by the European correspondent of north
ern paper. 1t took place near Lyons, in France It
was less than The actual gnawing of the breasts of
Young bride by her husband on the first night of
their marriage producing death III five minutes It
was ascertained that the man had been bitten by a
dor about five years before and hence this horrid
tragedy The virus had lain ent in him FIVE years
There are self-made in other localities besides
the United States. Theseven brothers forming the
in the central district Of Scotland have purchased
estates within the last five years Of the total value of
1856 900. These gentlemen hare been the architects
of their own fortunes They were the sons of res
pectable farmer and inherited but small portions
They now among the largest iron manufacturers
in the world E UA4 @@#
The governor Of Alabama offers three hundred dol
lars reward for the apprehension Of John A. Land
man. who murdered James ID. A. Landman, recent
ly, ID Laaderdale county, Alabama He is DESERT
bed as about twenty-five years old five feet nine
inches high rather spare III structure, weighs about
hundred and forty pounds, fair skin, dark eyes,
dark sandy hair, down look, and quite youthful in
appearance. ss4sgr y sasaae .s s
The Memphis Eagle predicts that twenty five
years from this time, grass will be- growing in the
streets OF New Orleans, and the completed railway
system Of the south will have trans ferred the mouths
of the Mississippi to Savannah ard Charleston. It
says that the dangerous navigation Of the gulf must
and will be avoided.
One Of the y. York publishers recently announced
as shortly forthcoming from the press 1.-THE life and
times of gen. Cass.' 1t is to be published by sub
scription after the manner Of col. Bentons thirty
years in the senate, and will be comprised in one
large volume. Gen. Cass, it is said superintends
the publication of the work. # sz~.
An aloe tree otherwise called the century plant,
rs feet high, and containing more than thousand
buds, all Of which ready TO bloom, is exhibit
ton in Savannah It is native Of Wilmington N.
c., whence it was transferred to Savannah in 1904
Of the first half century Of its existence nothing is
known. 8t@ @#E#@ vi /
The hon. Abbot Lawrence. died at Boston, on the
18th inst eas sss .Es7g a. - Il
The Ohio on the 18th inst, was rising. #4.a..
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