Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-08-21
MERE MENga0Ns

MH DOuhWOIin uihthiofl w Nti"'"''e
vile, Ohio, was destroyed by fire on Monday.
D0- Captain James Clark died suddenly
in Chesterfield county, Va, on Friday.
p1~ sgnor Blitz is giving his entertair-
mcnts in Boston with much success
No. French writer calls dyspepsia |
1.-THE remorsc Of guilty stomach.
pa- Hon. Louis McLane is among the
visitors at Newport, r. |.
Dds- Hon Fayetie MeMullin, of Va, has
announced that he will be candidate for
Congress in 1889
p4~ The Office Of the Upcr Canada Bank,
at Toronto, was entered on Tuesday night
and robbed Of some $4,000 TO $4,000.
DG- With the exception Of three days, il
rained, it is said, at Salem, Roanoke county,
Va, the whole of July
pD- About 10, 900 bushels Of wheat were
received at Norfolk on Sunday and Monday.
sales Of red Mt 81 So.
pD- On Monday German picnic was
attacked by gang of rowdies, near Gin
cinnati and several persons badly injured.
gss- Deaths IN Philadelphia last week,
2l4 children and 81 adults. Total 39S.-
There were 70 from cholera inhntum
pS- Rev. John Cunningham was install
led as pastor Of the Congregational church
at Gainesville, Wayne co, y. Y.
Da5- Arkansas held no State Election
this year Her Members OF the next Con-
gress were chosen last year
ns- The population of ireland In 1871
was 4, l75, DIS in 1867, 6,0i7 1872, pcerease
in sixteen years ., 1915
p1y- scolding is the pepper OF matrimo
ny, aud the ladies are the pcppetboxes. 80
says an old fogy bachelor.
Dsv~ The Hon. VIM II Seward chartered
"a vessel Mt Quebec last week, manned and
provisoncd 1t fora voyage, and with his son
and daughterin.law set sail Cor "trip down
the Gulf
Bfg- Business in our city is beginning to
look up Our Merchants are putting on
more smiling countenancss. Monied mat
ters are somewhat easier, aud all are anti
cipating heavy fall business
lfay- A sad piece of news comes to us
from wateryille, Nc Four young ladies,
two OF them daughters Of Mr., u, T. Soulc
and the othcr two Of Mr., Grant, were drown
II at that place on Thursday, while bathing
p6s- Charles, love, won't you take me e
tho country this summer mo, my pet,
! cant afford it--timcs are dull; but we will
have the water cut of, the gus stopped, and
sleep up in the little fourth-story back room
that will DO a good imitation Of fashionable
hotel life In the country
REMEDY FOR SNAKE BirEs.--A correspon
don't OF the Praire Farmer says, that Will,
travelling In Iowa his dog WIS bitten b,
a rattesnake In tho course OF FIVE mlnutel
he could not travel Some vinegar mlxot
with gunpowder was applied to the wount
and the swelling was stopped, and In quar-
ter Of On hour no was able 10 proceed.
s1-T say, old boy, croid Paul pry to NJ
excavator In North Shields, whom he espiet
at the bottom Of ayawning gulf, what ar,
, you digging thereY' "a big hole" the ole
boy replied. Paul was not to put of II
/ this fashion. "What are you going to Dc
with the big holey Going TO cut II II
small holes" replied the old boy land re
I tail them to farmers for gate post Pau
} was sold
g0- The water Of Lake Michigan Is sub
/ ject to very great variations in its height
!. II IL now very nearly as high Us II was il
: 1888 when It's rise was no great as 10 xii
= trees one hundred years old IL a stronl
gale from tho North should now set In, AM
continue for twenty-four hours, all the eel
!, lers In Chicago would be submerged
D0y- Ex-senator Hopkins L. Turney del,
very suddenly, of disease of the heart, a
Winchester, Tenn. week since while II
the act Of walking from his Office to his re
! sidence Mr. T., satisfactorily served hisd
trict In both branches Of the State Lcgisla
. ture, in the U $. House Of Representatives
. and represented the State one term Ia th
U. s. Senate
a p0y- We have n Geographic dispatch iron
Washinton, giving the substance Of tn
= new charter Of the Tohuantepac Company
i. which proposes 10 censtruota railroad noros
. the lsthmus AS this is mere stock jol
bling concern there being no harbor ut eth
err end Of the proposed route, the amour
Of It's capital Is Of no consequence, cxccr
to those foolish enough to invest
pay- There Is no longer room to doul
!, that the New Constitution Of Iowa has bee
0 ratified and adopted by u large majority Q
voters The vote was light-the peopl
Q being intensely busy with their harvest
and we presume the Democrats have carrie
their County Officers In majority of III
I Counties
Bas- A United State Senator IL To be CHI,
sen by tho next Virginia Legislature llcr
ny A. Wise pants for tho distinction, Will
Mr.. Hunter refuses 10 withdraw his nam
from the canvass Wise l. In high hyo
with the National Administration. lie |
free with vioce aud pen, In support of L
Kansas policy Hunter, on the contrary
sympathIscs with tho "Flro Eaters Wis
seems 10 have the inside track
by Our Georgia, Alabama aud Tonnes
soc exchanges complain Of almost constan
rains for the last three weeks Much danl
age il said 10 have been done, particularly
to tho erops The tbrashing and cleaning
Of wheat have, In consequence been sus
pended, aud some cases the grain has com
menced 10 sprout
nay In the case Of Mrs Cunningham