Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1856-02-13

urer Of Wisconsin, it is reported, is de-
faulter to the extent o. $4,000.
nea- The New Workers are rejoicing in
the prospect of having the great Central
Park, after all their difficulties, decision
having been rendered in favor OF 1T by
Judge Harris. 1t is expected to be laid
out by the summer of next year.
psA. The newspapers are reporting that
owing to the present cold weather, there
will be no fruit next summer. The same
reports are set a6oat almost every winter.
p@- The steamboat men of Cincinnati
are having channel cut through the ice
in the river. Twenty nine steamboats, and
their cargoes, valued at million OF dol
lars, will be relieved by this movement
na- Governor Wells, of Maine, has
commenced issuing pardons to all persons
now in Jail, who havegbeen convicted OF
offences under the prohibisory law.
gA- In Buffalo man is fined twenty
five dollars if he erects a building with
our setting out shade trees in front Of it,
G@A young man in st. Louis, wants
to rattle himself off at SIS share, with
500 chances, and calls it grand leap year
| scheme.
AS The proceeds of four lectures by
John B. Cough, in Trenton, Paterson,
and Elizabeth were 1882, 70, which were
given to the State Central Temperance
Committee.
re- Orders have been issued from the
War Department at Washington, for the
removal Of the Indians of southern Flori-
da.
&C. 1t is expected the statues of Web.
ster and Franklin will be finished and set
up during the present year in Boston.
ge- The Louisville (Ky.) Courier, es-
Inmates that the cold weather has ruined
half q million dollars Ss5rth Of potatoes
in that city.
D@ About twenty stores and dwell
ings, mostly frame buildings, were de-
stroyed by fire in Augusta, Ga. on the 9th
inst.
GeA. The cold weather is attributed to
DR.. Kane's neglect to shut the door of the
Arctic regions, when he returned thence.
g@- A boy named Charles Arlington
fell forty feet upon solid granite, in Prov
idence, on Tuesday. Almost miraculous
ly he escaped without injury.
HSA A poor German young man, who
has been laboring in the streets OF Rich
mond, Va, has recently discovered his
father to be a rich clothing merchant in
Boston.
esA In the Circuit Court of New York
suit has been decided, in which the plain
tiff recovered $75 from blacksmith, for
having injured his horse by, putting q
| t~ist on his nose whsss ehoeing him.
- The Emperor % Hayti has, accord
ing to late arrival. again made his ap-
pearance after his shameful retreat, and is
endeavoring to gather his scattered forces
for another battle with the Dominicans.
B@ About 960,000,000 pounds of SUI
gar were consumed in the United States
last year--averaging 40 pounds for every
man, woman and child.
HSA- tits stated that the case of W. G.
Kendall, late Postmaster at New Orleans,
was settled at the Post Office Department
by the payment Of $3.50, which was the
balance found against him.
NJ A German was found dead in his
bed in Trenton on Monday week with a
key of whiskey standing near. The wo-
man said he had died on Friday, and she
was forced to apply to the authorities to
have him buried.
SENATORS UNsEATED.--The three Know
Nothing members Of the Louisiana Senate
from New Orleans have been unseated
and their three Democratic competitors
declared to be legally elected, notwith-
standing the destruction Of the ballot box
es on the night of the election.
AN ENORMOUS HoRsE.-The New Or
leans True Delta says, there is now on ex-
hibition in that city a horse, twenty-one
hands high, and weighing two thousand
and sixty pounds.
DP The American Almanac gives the
following as the total population of the
globe
Africa, 10O,00O,oo0; America, 57,706,
1872; Asia, 626 100000; Australia, AS,
900; Europe, 263,517,521; Polynesia,
1900, 000-Total, 1,050,169,403.
ne. Abraham Bogart, police justice
in New York, has been convicted on a
charge of corruptly and maliciously accept
ing straw bail in the case of pick -pock ct
named Lamb THIS is the first conviction
of New York officers.
Bea- A singular case of death came to
light in N. Y. on Wednesday. While a
mason was repairing chimney which
would not draw, he discovered the body
of an insane man, who had been missed
since New Years wedged in the aue.-
| lie had crawled in there and been suffo-
Gated. The body was frozen solid and in
good preservation.
A NOVEL SLEIGH RIDE.-Mr. Price, of
the firm of Price & Fisher, of this city, ar
rived to-day from Green Bay, in novel
turn out. He drove the entire distance
in light sleigh, drawn by a single dog,
averaging 80 miles day.
The turn out excited a great deal of Gu
riosity in the street this morning, which
growler appeared to relish amazingly,
showing little evidence of fatigue after
his long journey Chicago Journal.
EFFECT OF THE WEArHER.-A cores
pondent ofthe South Side Democrat, wri.
ting from amelia Court House, Va, says:
i If this weather continues much longer
i | fear half the stock will actually be frozen