The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-28
GLEAM1yGs FROM rHE NAILS.

The Hartlordtown agent sold 1888 gallons OF liquor
last year TO citizens under law that orbids all sales
cept 10 the sick
The railroad from sheboygan to Lake winnobago Wis
eonsin Is nearly completed The locomotive has already
passed over portion Of the road
The delinquent tax lists Of san Francisco California
for the present year. ill nearly eight columns of the
city papers, and comprise nearly one-half Of this year
assessment This indicates great revuson since the
fast times Of the early gold discoveries.
Provneetown Bay has recently been visited by one Of
the largest schools Of mackere ever known Seven men
took as high 500 large aud fat mackere ia night
The old park in New York is now voted TO be a nui-
slnce 1t is proposed to take down the trees fences
&C. and make open paved space it carriages and
pedestrians.
The vote Of Boston, at the late municipal election
which was an animated one, was only thirteen thousand
This Is ten thousand votes less than is given in Cncin
natl and is less than is polled In Chicago city. which
is hardly as many months old as Boston is years.
II Is stated that the house of Bishops of the Episcopal
Church Of the United States have issued pastoral letter
in favor of congregational singing, and Episcopal
hymn book for that purpose is TO be prepared
IL is supposed that the girls will .'to a man. quit
going TO school in Marietta township Marshall county
Iowa for the school directors have issued their official
mandate that girls attending any of the public schools
Of that district shall wear hoops.
verdict for 50 500 given in the Cincinnati supe
rior court on Thursday, against s. Eeksten ir drug
by which the plaintiff claims to have suffered.
There furious outbreak at circus at Rio de ia
nero on the LIST nit, i'll consequence of the sappoin-
ment la reference to bu! fight The place was torn
10 pieces the company utterly route and many persons
seriously hurt
The western papers do not give very encouraging
counts of the seasons business. Last year there
shipped from Cincinnati, Ohio TO Baltimore Maryland
1000 tons this year less than 200, 900 pounds In
Missouri the packers sending forward less than
half the amounts that they did last year.
Thirty years ago house in the wool commission
business in Philadelphia could purchase s. 900 worth
| OF wool west of the Alleghares. Now the same re-
gon can furnish wool exceeding million OF dollars in
value.
Punch notices the presents which have lately passed
between the Emperor and the Queen--Iouis Napoleon
giving howitzer made after model which he invented
and the Queen returning the compliment by sending
English field-peceas exchange of guns instead of
shots
The fsty of the report that Senator Pearce of Mary
land, $780, 900 in Washington gambling house,
last winter is conclusively proved The senator
says he in gambling house, and the person
who started the story acknowledges that he had mistaken
the Such large stories usually fictitious.
A convicted negro murderer, named Dade, has lately
made second escape from the penitentary of Michigan
undermining the whole prison, life cells and ALL There
is hanging for murder in Michigan, and repeated
capes have been made by the life prisoners,
The Memphis Enquirer learns that five recent
Iy hung Red River Bottom Ark, for horse stealing by
a company of regulators One OF the bodies has tho iol-
lowing description his back Tennessee horse thief
it you like him better than do, you take him down
and bury him"