Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-09

NGhs Stems.

WEmS gIRlltS.
A Munchausen story has been going
the rounds headed, "What a Diver
Saw. 1t represents that b P. H ar.
rfngt0n, who dived down ndtbroughtN
up the safe Of the Atlantic, which was
sunk in Lake Erie, in 1882, saw ga
beautiful lady" dressed in her bridal
costume and in almost a perfect state
of preservation. 1t is almostneedless
to say that this wonderful visionnever
hadanyexistencein fact, as the stean1er
was sunk in 40 feet of water, and
that perfect darkness reigned at the
depth of 80 =feet.
A deIicate case hasiustbeen decided
in New Orleans. "A lady had ordered
andreceiyed- nzartifcialleg from the
manufactures for $3.50, and afterWard
declined paying for the same. The
maker had a writ issued, requiring the
Sheriff to take the leg into his posses
sion. That gentleman gaEehis deputy
the ~disagreeable job, and the latter
functionary, after some trouble, OBJ
tanned the litigated limb, and it is now
in the Sheriff s ofeeFat New Orleans.
Arrangements have been made with
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, for sepa-
rate editions. in England, France, and
Germany, Of her new novel now going
through the press of Messrs. Phillips.
Sampson & Co, of Boston, so that the
book will have simultaneous issue in
the four great publishing cities Of the
world-Boston, London, Paris and
fLeipsic.
The Halifax journal says: 5FFrom
reliable information we learn thai
there are about $4,000 children desti-
tute Of education in the Province. This
is a deplorable state of affairs, and
needs to be regretted. 1t is byno means
creditable to therulers of Nova Scotia
nor ~fattering to the wisdom Of herleg-
islatOrs. eiLt Isl sfdo91 3l1E
A d~eplorable duel has been fought
at Valencia, Spain, between the Vice
Consul of England and an officer O.
the staff. The former was run through
the body with a small sword, and little
hopes remained of saTingh his life. The
officer was also wounded, but slightly
The celebrated Mount of Olives
near Jerusalem, has been purchased
by Madame Polack, the widow of /;
wealthy banker of the Hebrew pursua
sion, at Konigsberg. This lady in
tends to beautify the place and improve
the whole neighborhood at her sole ex
pense. The first thing that she haC
done was to. plant the whole area Will
a grove of olive trees, and thus to re.
store tito the original state from which
it derives its name. aEe 100
STEAMER BURNT AND GREAT Loss
OF LIFE.-Buffalo, July -17th.-Tht
steamer Northern Indiana took fire a
II o'clock this morning, on her passage
to Toledo, and burned to the water
edge. Large numbers were taken of
by the steamer Mississippi, a propeller
and a schooner. Fifteen to twenty are
known to be missing, and thirty t.
forty are reported lost. The names
, of the lost are not yet a%scertained.
A plan for the establishment of al
agricultural school in connection Will
Yale College, is now before the people
y at Connecticut. 1t is proposed to 10.
r cate the school of New Haven, where
the advantages already existing arr
r estimated at 100000.
Count de Tocqueville, father of tn,
author of Democracy in America
recently died at an advanced age, il
his Chateau in France. He wrote an,
published, after he had completed hi
eightieth year, several historical work
of Observation-Disclosures others
a Philosophical History of Louis XIV
New ENGLAND EcoNoMY, - W.
understand that the deposits at tn,
Five Cent Savings Bank on Saturday
reached S2O7, 900. Nine thousant
dollars were deposited Saturday after
noon. The smallest sum depositet
was five cents; the largest $1,000. l
was pleasant to see such a genera
sEarming to the bank of men an.
women, young persons and small chill
dren, as was witnessed that afternoon
. -LOOeU, GLASS; Journal.
AT the commencement of Harvar,
| University Cambridge, Mass.) las
Wednesday the numbero of application
for admission to the college one hun
dred and sixteen, of whom one hun
bred and nine were admitted, a part q
I them conditionally. Forty-three Har
! ward graduates are reported as havin.
{ died during the past year, among ther
Hon. Timothy Walker, of Cincinnati
e james CLARK, % years Of age, wa
shot, in Lafayette, Indiana, on Wednes
. day night, by some unknown person
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