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waite parties. After some little hesitation
he replied: "Well, cos, my opinion is
that-that-that-they are mock auctions
Tor the sale Of ugly young girls, and-and
--(placmg himself IN an attitude for bold
reireat and old maids" Ii is needless to
say chat his hasty retreat was all that say
ed his head from the vehcmence Of the
broomsuck.
A SAD PICTURE.-A Newark visiter OF
the poor reports :'Caled on German
family, consisting OF man. wife and four
children; man drunk on The floor; wife
sorting rags; children scraping bones with
bi! Of iron hoop" All were covered
with dirt and iillh. They had fire, bu!
nothing to eat.
Is it not reasonable 10 suppose that
when young lady offers to hem cambria
handkerchiefs for a rich bachelor, she
means TO sew in order that she may reap
One young lady in Albany, n. Y, re-
ceived $50 calls on New Years Day, not
counting four military companies, one fire
company, host Of poor relatives, and
cal to bed by her mamma 1t IL o'clock
ct night.
The New York BIrror says that the
money market of that city is decidedly
easier for call loans, and the banks are
lending more freely.
o. II. Allen, Esq, the Know Nothing
candidate for Mayor of San Jose, Cailor-
MIA, was elected at the late municipal cleo
lion. Sam IS said to be formidable in liz
golden State.
Christmas Day, 1894, the thermometer
indicated so degrees at noon. The boys
INDUCED in swimming as in summer.
Step.mothers are so called, because the
day after they are married, they l0kei
"stcps" for kicking "the other woman's
children" into the street. A bad instiu
,ion that step-mother.
An old beggar woman was sent to the
work-house at St. Louis, a short time
since, for begging. She made her es,
cape, when it was discovered that she had
several houses and lots in Quincy, III.
A French woman in ST. Louis was re-
Gently delivered of five healthy children
at one birth.
Not less than $4,000 actual settlers
have pitched their tents in Minnesota
Territory, during the past season.
The present weather makes the boys
think Of the gals, and the gals of the buff |
falo robes.
1t appears that during the year, no less
than 3l3,7l7 emigranIs landed in hew
York.
The Governor of Maryland has decln-
ed to call an extra session of the Leglsla-
ture this winter.
The Belgian convicts and paupers re-
Gently sent TO this country, are still in
prison at New York, awaiting decision
III their case.
The authorities of Erie, Pa, have or
lored the high constable to tear Up the
railroad track in that city.
The San Francisco Herald thinks that
ihe WELD of the mines this year will eX-
cecd that OF The last.
The Martinsburg Gaze!;o says ga
few days since $4,000 Of the stock in the
Bank of Berkeley was sold at premium
of per cent. There is no better bank In
she State of Virginia, or one whose affairs
are managed more judiciously and safely,
than the Bank of Berkeley"
Well executed counterfeit notes (5's)
on the Bank of the Valley Of Virginia, and
lens and twenties of the Merchants Bank
ofLynchburg, Va, are in circulation.
The Providence Journal says that the
next style of ladies bonnets WILDE TO wear
Them on the head
A lot Of fellows went on deer hunt the
other day, in Arkansas, and in less than
three hours, captured FIVE girls and a wo-
man.
James Hannasay, living in Torl., Pa,
recently slaughtered two hogs, weighing
together 1852 pounds. One of them
weighed $40 and the other SD pounds.
According 10 HE Liverpool Albion the
population of Russia is not over $4,000,
900, while that of England and France is
estimated al 64,000,QOQ.
A very large number of the mechanics,
merchants, manufacturers, and tradesmen
of Wilmington, Del, have determined to-
alter the customary credit system, and
make settlements every six months. Once
year has heretofore been the custom.
Ii is stated that the Hon. Sam Houston
has resigned his sea, in the United States
Senate, to take effect at the end Of the
present month.
WANTS HUsBAND.-A young widow