Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-04

don's Springs, Rockbridge, Virginia
pdS- All red tinted SIS on the Lee Bank
Mass, are counterfeit
pI- Mr.. George Peabody has taken $50
600 worth of Atlantic Telegraph Stock.
DaT The Americans Of New York intend
to have State ticket at the coming election.
p9- Hogs are said to be dying of hog
cholera In Carroll county, Nd s.
IA If woman would have the world
respect her husband, she must set the ex-
ample.
p1- The average length of life of aban-
doned females does not exceed ten years af-
ter their commencement Of vice.
p1- Mr.. |. Carroll, of Seaford, committed
suicide while in drunken fit, by beating
himself with grubbing hoe. s1
By- The Lynchburg virgnian breaks
ground in favor new convention TO revise
the constitution of that State
p65- Mr.. Roberts, of Aurora, Maine, shot
bear coming out of his cellar one night
last week, that weighed over four hundred
pounds. 2De
p4- Harris majority for Governor of
Tennessee will be about II, 500 The Dem
ocratic majority in the Legislature, on joint
ballot is twenty.
D6- G. W. p. Custis in recently pub
lished letter, that Washington was created
Field Marshal of France during the Rev
dictionary War
Rag The TT. Smith Herald learns that the
Creek Council, at its recent session, allo we'd
Albert Pike $4,000 for his services in
prosecuting their claim.
b8- Why was the apple after Adam had
eaten it like rain water in cistern? Be
cause it would never have got where it was,
if it hadn't been for Ewes pouts
a0- A Miss Wood recently recovered ten
thousand dollars damages for breach of
promise, from faithless swain. High price
to record for wood, we think
ea~ A few years ago the ladies wore a
very handy sort of hood, which was called
''Kiss-nie-ifyou-dare" hood. The present
style of bonnet has "Kiss-me-if-you-want
to" look.
BS~ Mr.. Matteson has been requested by
number of prominent Republicans in his
District to resign, but has as yet returned
no answer to their letter
Ba- The General Convention OF Univer-
salists in the United States will hold its
next annual session in Chicago on the 18th
of September.
R9- The Frankfort, (Ky) YeOn,an urges
the election of j. Fl. Harvey, of the Louis.
vile, Democrat, to the U. s. Senate, to sue
eeed Thompson, American, whose term ex-
pires in 1889.
BeS- The Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland,
is the largest public park in Christcndom
1t is beautiful domain, very handsomely
wooded and watered, and contains 1850
statute acres.
BI- The New York Surrogate Court has
decided that Mrs Cunningham is not the
widow of DR.. Burdell, and has directed that
letters of administration be issued to his
next in kin.
p6- The emigration from Germany 10
America has taken an increased start this
summer, 10000 able bodied men having
departed from the duchy of Meeklenburg
Schwerin alone
pS- An English paper states Yankee
steamers are so light that on the western
rivers they say they can jump over sand
bar, float easely on wet.grass, and are obliged
to lie at anchor when there is heavy dew.
RAJ "what family have your" asked the
Judge of the County Court at Stockton, the
other day, of debtor against whom he was
about to pronounce judgment myself,
wife and a bullpup," was the reply
B6- William Magill, Esq. for many years
connected with the newspaper press in
Philadelphia and Trenton, n j., died the
otherday. He was much esteemed, and
will be deeply lamented by large circle of
friends.
t6S- An Irishman remarked TO his COM
paHion, on observing a lady pass "Pat, did
ever see so thin woman as that before p
"Thin," replied the other: "botherashun,
I've seen woman as thin ms two of her put
together.
sS-"You haven't opened your mouth
during the whole session" complained
member Of the Legislature to another rep
resentative. "0h, yes have" was the re-
ply; II yawned through the whole of your
speech"
D0- The guardians of the city Of London
Unions have offered rewards for the appre-
hension of no fewer than fifty men who have
gone off leaving their wives and children,
numbering 300 individuals, to be perma-
nently maintained by the rate-payers.
p6- The latest dodge to "raise the wind"
is for one to carry package containing
useless materials, sealed, and marked "By
Express" and get the clearinghouse keep
or to pay the charges, in the abscnse Of the
boarder IL is directed 10.
RAJ The list of persons deceased in Bos-
ton for the week ending on Saturday last,
indicates a large increase in the bills Of
mortality over any other previous week for
many months The whole number was 96,
an increase Of % upon the previous week.
g1- II is generally understood that the
new Constitution has been adopted by the
people Of Iowa, but that the separate clause,
admitting negroes to free suffrage in COM
mon with the whites, has been voted down
by large majority.
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