The Placer herald., 1857-09-26
NUMBER 8,
Hasty Clippings.


since preacher in one of, the rural districts
near Augusta, Maine, seeing that none but
females were present at the Church service,
rose and remarked "that all the men were
evidently in the fields taking care Of their
hay; he thought it their duty to do so, and
his to go and help them" So he dismissed.
the ladies with benedction, and went forth
among bis friends, to show them his counte-
nanee, and help their operations by the
labors of his hands.
Tom HYER WHIPPEp.-The Washington
papers state that the great Tom Hyer was
whipped at the Capitol by Tom Hunter, Of
Georgetown, d. G. 1t is said to have been
fair fight, and Tom was elegantly thrashed.
They are having strange trial of a minis
ter at Seneca Falls n. Y. One Of the charges
is that the gentleman hired a livery horse
and wagon, was gone two days, snapped
horses six times, and carNe back to the stable
with the same horse he took out, having made
one hundred dollars in the operation. The
best of the joke is that it is perfectly true.
From a hill called Mount Zion, near James.
ville Illinois, one hundred and sixty four
horse power reapers were seen at once, in
the neighboring wheat fields, recently.
The peculiarities of Scottish law will GER.
tainly continue to attract attention At
Greenock police court, on Wednesday, "a
boy thirteen years of aga, named Charles
Duncan, was convicted of stealing a hat
from the shop of halter in Catharine street
on the previous day, and was sent down
stairs to be whipped by his mother
President Buchanan has sent to Mrs. Vim.
+. kitchie, fifty dollars, as his Cheerful con.
tribution to the Mount Vernon Association"
A fat man recently disappeared in Chicago;
they say he stood on a door step until he
melted and ran off
FREE SUFFRAog'--The people OF the
State Of North Carolina have voted bv t.
large majority in favor Of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution. allowing
qualified voters for members of the House
of Commons to vote also for Senators.
A New MoRMoN DANCE, which tickles
the fancy of the Gentes much, has been in
troduccd in Utah, and is all the rage. Each
gentleman has two ladies for his partners.
and it is denominated the Mormon CotiHon,
or Heaven upon Earth"
Major N, upon being asked whether he
was not seriously injured when the ST. Leo
nard steamers boiler exploded, replied that
he was so used to being blown up by his
wife, that mere steamer had no effect upon
him
Il is related of certain stenographer.
fond of his nips; that he is an excellent re
porter, and in proof it was shown that if q
man were to talk brandy for two hours apd
half, he could take it all down.
The Lebanon (Oho) Star records the death
Of four men from drinking whiskey with
strYchnine in it. 1t also SAYS that tens of
thousands of fish in the stream below the
distIery have died. Two tons of dead fish
have been taken out-a mill-race being lit
orally choked with them.
There was quite sudden stampede ii
Syracuse lately, in consequence Of officers
having been dispatched to obtain witness to
prove that female on trial was guilty of
keeping a disorderIy house. All sorts of teams
were in great demand so many of the fast
young men, and first citizens too, having
recollected that they had pressing business in
the country
world is that about to be used in the opera
ton of raising the sunken ships at Sebastopol
1t is two hundred yards long, and each link
weighs three hundred pounds 1t was man
ufactured at the Reading Forge, Reading, Pa.
VERMoNT.-A Vermont paper speaks of
that State as follows: There is but one city
in this State, and not soldier We have no
Police; and no murder has been committed
within the State for the last 10 years. We
have no Museums or Crystal Palaces; but we
have homes, genuine homes, for which the
father works. votes and talks-where the
mother, controls, educates, labor and loves,
where shs rears men, scholars and patriots.
SAN DIEGO MAIL WAyLAlD-1he Say
Antonio and San Diego mail train, under
charge Of Capt. Wallace, was attacked by 8
party of about 100 Apaches on the 25th of
July last, near the upper crossing of Devils
River The mail party consisted of Capt.
Wallace and five men, one six mule coach