, 1859-09-02
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
STEILACOON, W. r, FRIDAY, SEPT 2, 1850.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

At Detroit, recently, an OK was killed because
he did not understand the French language. The
team, consisting Of one English and one French
OK. drawing heavy load driven by French
driver was crossing the track when the express
train made its appearance. The driver, in great
excitement Immediately ordered his oxen to
"chuck," 0he French word for "how,w The
French OK understood him turned off the track
and saved himself; but the English OK never
having studied the language, pressed further on
and was instantly killed. .....-
A late Chicago paper says that in the case Of
DR.. Adams against d. Schmidt, in an action of
tTespass to secure damages alleged to have been
sustained by the plaintiff on account Of cow
hiding, the jury returned the following verdict:
ave, the jury, find that the defendant, DR..
Schmidt, should make three boxes Of pills, and
that the plaintiff, Dr. Adams should swallow
them" The Court narrowly escaped an explo-
sion, and sent the Jury out, who finally brought
In verdict for defendant less cathartc in its ma
tuFe.
Somebody says: suppose that one Of the Sc
verest trials Of q sordid man is that which is
caused by the disgust he feels in the society Of
his own soul once heard preacher remark,
that were it not for the interposition Of Sleep by
which all separated once in twenty.four hours
from the consciousness Of their own meanness,
they would all die Of selfcontempt
The Hight Church people Of Scotland have been
shocked BY the second marriage Of the Bishop Of
Edinburgh, Priinus Of the Scottish Episcopate,
three days after his conservation He was sixty
nine years Of age, and married widow. 1t Sp-
pears to be rule, or 4 custom, rather, Of the
English Established Church, that its ministers
shall not marry twice.
L..
daughter, aged sixteen. and son, living in Mount
Liberty, Belmont county, Ohio, were tarrcd and
feathered and ridden on rails, recently, by mob
Of mon who were disgusted with the abandoned
life led by the Cations This is the second or
third time that Mrs. Cation has been tarred and
ieathcred.
In Illinois the rats are so abundant, either from
extraordinary fecundity or alarming immigration,
that they threaten soon to prevent all profitable
cultivation Of the soil It is reported one farmer
and his workmen lately killed Z, 900 rats in his
corn fields. Upon another farm 1900 have been
killed during tho spring mouths.
Down on the Eastern Shore" Of Virginia there
Is an editor who is also his own compOstur and
pressman, who makes occasional voyages along
the coast TO Norfolk, as captain oC the schooner
Polly, who breaches on Sunday, teaches school
on wetk days and still finds time TO take care Of
wife and sixteen children.
It's said there are in Boston two weli.iormed
children who unitedly weigh less than Tom
Thumb. The elder is eleven, weighs 10 pounds,
and twenty eight inches in height; the young
Is nine, weighs thirteen Hounds, and her hugnt
Is twenty-six inchca
o Major Ben NcCulloch, late United States Mar
shal Of Texas, resigned his g5iee, and uon set
ting his ACCOUNTS, the Government found dae
hin SIS 90 more than hd eIdimed This Is sure
" the man DiOgcnes was looking for.
There were l,476 dogs killed in New York in
ono week, at an expense OF $7SS They arc
caught and taken to the dog pound, where's the
catcher receives fifty cents. II not redeemed
soon they are drowned
Tho amount Of money already paid to Mr..
Washington sums up TO nearly Sl70, 900, leaving
little over 10000 yet to raise to complete the
purchase Of the Mt Vernon estate.
. To carry through single mail from San Fran
cisco 10 St Louis requires the use Of 1866 stations,
l64 changes, 0l drivers, and 1l6 horses.
A police and 6re-alarm telegraph has been put
In ODeFatiOn In nalfimora