The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-11-20
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IVA week or ten days ago. young man
by the name of Babcsck. of Schenectady, y
on the back OF his hand ith hammer Some copper
filings left in the wouna which polsenet ,,e
hand. causing the arm 70 Ell anu pioa"Ne"'''' '''' $3.50
in a iew days alter
r. Martin f. Tuper. of England, has
given n gold medal for the cement OF Lbe.
Tian be awarded 10 the author oi the pest
ESSAY on The Future OF Africa. All competitors
rsf ba Ifbprian citizens The holder IL TO possess
the Medal tor year when 1t :" III aSaln be oheTr'
for competition, sud so on annually Tor "
erary efforts
I,~A white Swan. of great beauty and
sr.cefaness Of form and proportion was killed lie"
DAYS since at the head Of Ssndusky Bay dimensions
as follows: From wingtp to wing tip, e55at teef,
from the tip of its tail that of its beaa cS -t r'ha
inches and three quarters making 1t altogether the lar
estfeatherel specimen known 20 our sporting annals
Ty-The demand for DR.. kane's Arctic Ex-
plor,ton has been great that the publishers have
been unable until the present week to supply TIE
booksellers. Twenty ave thousand subscribers nave
reecivad il The SseiIcrs have been run down bH
demands for it IiPpincott & Co have ordered cop
les the amount oi $4,000 Philips sampson y 90 >
Of Boston. t. the amount OF S2a,o'o.
Ts-Some strange characters set into office
in the city OF New York Among the Alder men elect
is William Wilson, no was second IN priZe hsh'
few weeks ago, and SINCE the election mas oeeh AZ
lie lie. '''''
lxy-It is stated that with the exception OF
.few mile, in Virginia, thcre !, now connected line
SO, 70 Montgomery on the Agabans Ere long the
chain will he extended 20 New ors.ns thence 70 oe
carried cstS until it reaches the shores OF the
Pacific.
T.-Mr. Glow, the Mayor Of Port Lsvaca.
Texas as soon he elected. Pated oil MS coat
ard rolled up his sleeves snd went to work at the
parin. Of one oithe bridges watch was 50 di'Pd.-
ted condition as to injLre transpoFtsuon' ne Ia
vac. R--alI thinks that Mr. Glow VIII maze an EN-
eient Mayor
E~g- The Washington correspondent o:
the New York TTrrs says when Douglns' despatch
claimed Illinois for Buchanan by eight thousand M
jority, re.ched tha, city. hi, Acquantanees refrain
betting the strength OF il, until they knew
whether IL was sent a.Sore or after ds""er
Rs-A St Louis paper says ths; the grass
hoppers the entire tobacco crop Of frank
lin county, and the as' h't WAS heard tro them they
were sastel on the corners OF the fences begging
cry meu that passed tHr a chew"
sAsy~ \ writer in the Cincinnati ConmerciG
ys tAst therr generally slaughtered N eash year
soout million @ve han 4rcd 'hoGs'nA hogs aysr
-sins two hundred !os each HE average cost .
each hog, sj~ ,nt ono foaTta rents per pound.
thus SlG,5o. ant tAe aversSs ScSi 81 the sh're iN
Slaughter e.. sSl .21A,lAa.
l.Filmore aud Fremont are neck an
neck IN TIE contest tiiinore beats Fremont IN hitee
StNtes. while Fre-lont beats Fillmore in sixteen.
kel-It has always been our opinion that
people would take medicine less oIsn1y, and les
it's
IEWalker the President Of Nicaracu,
thinks ounce Of lead ereigr remedy for poll
iesl Ills tie has Just hAi smother Of the Nlcir
suAns-Tul!ayu by shot fer treason censtsiir
in his opposition 70 Walker, and his sympathy io
Riv,s.
ErMiss Tucker says that /; is with ol
bachelors as with cid wood-it IS hard 70 get the
started bat when they take flame, they burn prodis
ously
EF At Eunachal, il is fashionable TO Yves
white boots instead Of black A lump of cha
serves IN the Pla &c OF the backing box and brush
egs- 1t Is estimated that the coal mines
Illinois this year have turned ou, s53 600 tons II
use Of coal ca locomotives is greatly iuersssins