Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-21

P The wheat crop throughout Indiana, it is
said, looks very promising.
" Nurses are being collected In New Orleans
for Walkers army.
II Eighty-five workmen on the Tehuantepec
route have returned to New Orleans.
u The crime OF 80 garroting'' has extended
TO California.
u cotton factory has been erected at DE
Soto, in Louisiana.
III The borough of Harrisburg, Pa, owes a
IL Last week, the steamer Latrobe, bound to
was sunk
DrA beet root sugar manufacturing company
has been organized at San Jose, California, with
capital of sJO,OOO
IL Isaac Cover hung himself until dead at
marry the lady he wanted.
III large establishment for the manufacture
OF shoes has recently gone into successful opera
ton in Mobile.
ID The water in the channel of the Ohio river
az flttsburg, Pa, measured yesterday ten feet
four inches and was falling.
W fashionable duchess in Paris recently is
sued invitations for an evening party, with the
words sans erinoIins written on her cards.
Arrangements are now being made to hold
In Philadelphia, in June next, a convention to be
composed OF the importers and wholesale dealer
in croc kerry ware.
II The stables in Norwalk Conn. owned by
Neeker Olmstead, were consumed by fire last
week, together with several horses wagons and
other valuable property.
ID The village of Monroe, in Walton county,
"a was almost entirely destroyed by fire last
week, Tuesday. The COURT house and two small
buildings only were saved
II liquor dealer in Millbridge. Me last
week, sold some brandy 10 a Young lad whose
sister, hearing Of it. armed herself with an axe
and stove in several barrels of liquor.
u David Shull, from Newport, Perry county,
for = rfI
shot by his own revolver, which went of In his
pocket He lies at Johnstown seriously wounded
ID very well executed counterfeit of the ten
uolIar DllIs OF the Tfaders' Bank, Newport. is in
circulation The signatures are not good but the
general appearance OF the bill is well calculated
to deceive.
ENG RATION FROM IRELAND-The Ballinasloe
Staf says the spirit of emigration is again alb Dad
tn1oug hout reland. NOtonly to the United Stat :,
and Canada, but TO Australia large portion of the
einlgrants engage their passages"
~ The suit for damages brought against
1uoge name by Passmore Williamson for false
imprisonment, was some time since argued on
demurrer. To the declaration claiming MANAGES
Judge Kane put in five special pleas setting forth
MS ONCE, the proceedings which had occurred
ana Justlfying his entire conduct
A NEW WORD Successful attennts ara he;no
made IN England to shorten the roundabout
phrase (now constantly needed y "A Geographic
Ihessage or = despatch" by substituting in its
place the word :. Telegram" viz: "At5pm
received telegram from Boston," SC Unless
some one can suggest better word we hone to
see THIS adopted as II seems to have appropriate
ness and convenience to recommend it.-Harpsrs'
Weekly.
ID The Dundee Advertiser relates that Mr.
TaSe has discovered in the brick-clay OF static
Den the skeleton OF a Pre-Adamite seal, which
must have been embedded there when the Howe
OF Fife was an estuary, and the stood one hun
dred and twenty or one hundred and ffty feet
above Its present level. The locality in which
these interesting remains were found IL the Gu
par Aulr Clay-Pits, spot about eight miles in
land, and upwards Of one hundred feet above the
present high water level.
about As DEsTRUcTIvE.''-Ag good thing
occurred the other evening during the festivities
OF the dinner to Mr.. Lake The army and onr
citizen soidiery'' had just been toasted and a re-
spouse made by a distinguished officer present
when gentleman at the south end of the table
rose and said, he saw no reason for neglectinQ an,
other honorable profession represented there, and
by way OF supplying the omission, he gave
The medical Professionalism as dsstrueitr. as
fAe army or the aary,D
This brought the house dora and distin-
guished member OF the profession ~ who made
vefy amusing and humorous response to thi,
telling hit.-FieLsb3Yg Whis