The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-31
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS.

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The legislature of Maine for 1889 will assemble at
Augusta on Wednesday OF next week. january 6th.)
The Suez Canal Company advertises for proposals for
the whole for sections Of the ship canal the
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The health of Havana is good More strangers than
ever before at the time are said to throng the var
Gus hotels
The regular mail which has been established between
Kiachta in Russia to Pekn, makes the round trip in
two weeks.
Benjamin Wyon chief engraver of her Maestys seals,
has recently died in London He ranked as one of the
most gifted medalists of the age.
Adyices from Naples state that Mount vesuvius is
again in full eruption, and presents most magnificent
spectacle each night.
tanning less than so square miles and about $1,000 in
habitants the wine crop of 1857 and 1858 amounts
nearly million Of dollars worth.
tobacco factory firm in Gainesville, Va. gave din
ner to their slaves Christmas day. at which It's
led on turkeys chickens, oysters, and other decaces-
The New York State government has agreed upon q
plan for the location of the New York quarantine at Or
chard shoals where artificial island is to be construct
ed at a cost Of sl35, 900.
The city councils of Norfolk have authorized the pur-
chase on the part of the city of $50 shares of the gaa
tied sixpercent stock of the Norfolk and Petersburg
railroad stock. This done in order to secure the
two.thirds subscription from the State of Virginia.
On the 10th ult there was two feet Of snow in the
Abrzze and the mountains about Naples covered
with snow It lay deep the of Vesuvirs, as
far down the Observatory that ascension impossi
be The Oldest nhabtant had not heard of early
winter.
The fruits Darnstadt and in the Palatnate have
suffered severely from extraordinary combination of
snow thaw and FROST which has loaded the trees with
ice as to split them in pieces anil in many break
them down entirely One little tree four high had
$50 pounds OF ice frozen to it. .aa
The Houston Telegraph Of the 18th instant speaking
Of the scarcity of abore there says There are several
railroads pushing ahead and several thousand laborers
could find Immediate employment The regular pay for
railroad hand is 81 rs a day
At Portland, Maine, Monday afternoon, staging built
out the deck of vessel dschargng coal at one of
the wharvcs, gave way by the parting Of rope aud
three men who were at work upon it preciptcd to
the deck of the vessel distance of about twenty feet
One of the men struck the combng of the hatch and
fell thence into the hold Of the vessel breaking his neck
His name was Philip Dooley and he died Instantly VIM
Morrissey another who fell with the staging was
also dangerously injured.
The city of Boston Is the principal market In the Uni
ted States for the sale Of fish, There are at present some
thirty houses In the trade and In good year the bust
ness amounts to So 600 900 The different kinds Of fish
sold here Goldfish, haddock, habut pollock mack
cre salmon, salmon trout caught especially in Maine
ana New Hampshire herring, alewives, shad bass white
nSi blue fish, swordfsh, tongues and sounds halbut
hapes and inns, halibut heads, SC