Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-12

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IL An old lady fell and broke her leg at the
railroad depot in Schenectady. Fanny Kemble
being present, gave her $50.
III A young gentleman who had inst married
little beauty, says, ''she would have been made
taller, but she Is made of such precious materials
that Nature couldn't afford it, ;;
ID An exchange has discovered that Scot
tisch Is corruption OF the words s'Scotc itch
and that the famous dance owes its name 20 a
person afflicted with the Scotch plague afore-
said. Awful
IL The ST Paul (Minnesota) Advertiser no.
tees the arrival, on the 18th ult of the Hrst ves
sci this season. IL is the earliest arrival a, =,
Paul ever known in the steam naviya alton of that
section The first arrival last wear was MayI.
III John F. Bean, who escapei from the iaiI
OF Columbia county some two weeks since re-
turned on sunday morning last, and requested to
be admitted 10 his old quart ers; which REQUEST
the sheriff readily granted-wlth the addition of
chain to one leg.
" In Philadelphia, on Tuesday. an English
man, who had INDUCED I'm tie forbidden luxury
OF brace of wives was before the Recorder on
the charge Of bigamy. When the bipamist was
about being consi2ne to the cells below stairs
ne remarked, that this was - not much of free
country, after ALL
III A suit for divorce is pending in Roche.-
ter, New York, which originated in Il dispute
between Mr.. Ii. and his wife as to whether th,v
should have beefsteak broIed or some oyster,
fried for breakfast-the lady whose tastes are ex
cellent, contending for the latter
FAILCRR or THE METROPOLITAN Police Sy.-
TEN u nder this head the Rochester u Mon xavx.
Thsre never was in New York or in any other
city of the New w Grid, including the whole Of
Spanish America, period when human life was
40 insecure a. it Is now in New York and Brook
lyn.
IL skif ferry boat, plying between Water
ford and Lansingburgh, n. Y, was capszed by
coming abreast Of the ve-y high waves rolling al
the time. and its three occupants thrown into the
water. Two Of them Were saved and the other
drowned.
IDA letter from X ONE states that as the Pope
was walking out, on the 10th Of March last a wo-
man threw herself at his feet and begged him to
use his influence to obtain the pardon of Orsini
The Pope merely shrugged his shoulders and
passed on.
ID The United States steamer Despatch from
New oIk 9TH ult.. with sealed orders for the
West Indies, put Into Pensacola 2lst ult and
cast anchor between the forts. Her object was
TO put the fireman into the Naval Hospital hav-
ing met with an accident on the coast Of I.ouisi-
ana bv which his arm was frightfully shattered
and mangled. The steamer left the same even
ing
1T A short time since. a Boston LIQUOR dealer
named Leonard, went into insolvency and on
examination of his affairs before the JudJs of
Insolvency, the insolvent refused to answer anv
questions relative TO his irac in liquor and al so
With bis account book. on the ground that
such evidence would criminate himself under
the liquor law. The objections Of the insulyent
were sustained by the court.
IL Since 1S5G hundreds of children havs
been, with the magnetzed needle, yarrinated
with scarcely any failures occurring The point
OF the needle II well saturated with the ina retc
fluid before practising the vaccinations which
are then performed in the usual manner a single
magnetizafion serving for many vaccinations Ii
IS quite surprising to observe the rapidity with
which the vaccine virus Is absorbed, when the
n edle Is thus prepared