, 1859-04-08
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
SFEILACOOH, W. r, FRIDAY, APRIL s, 1850.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

York as an el0cutionist The perfection with
which she reads and recitcs productions that
would seem to be wholly above the capacity of
such Q child, Is said to be something less than
miraculous She learned to read without books,
by inquiring the words upon signs in the streets.
5 One Of the neatest replies ever heard in leg.
isative body, was lately made by Mr.. Tilson, Of
Rockland, Maine. A member had replied to |
something Mr.. Tilson had said, and pausing q |
moment, he inquired Il he saw the thread of his |
argument Mr.. Speaker" said he, "in answer
to the gentleman, 81 would say, lhear the hum. |
ming Of the wheel, but do not see any thread"
According TO the report Of the New York State |
Superintendent Of Instruction, there were In that
commonwealth, in the year 1865, II, ,687 school.
houses, Of which nearly 10000 were frame, less
than 1000 brick, about 500 stone, 800 log. Chi.
dren attending school s42, 1877; teachers 26,16S,
Of whom s,266 were male, 1887 female.
=. A young man named Jerome B. Leonard, Of
Gowanda, Cataraugus county, N. Y, on the 9th
JAN, thrust silver under the nail Of one Of bis
fingers with such force as to drive Il upward TO
the second joint and although the silver was ex-
tracted, inflammation ensued, which extended up
his arm, causing death on the 9th Of Jan.
The smoothness Of the Ice between Albany and
Newburg, on the Hudson river, has brought cut
several Zee boats, which get over the Ice at the
uluItI
boats, says the Rnicker6oeEer, left Albany for
Hudson a few weeks ago, and went the first seven
miles in thirteen minutes, . -. -..
A gentleman who was at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, q
short time since, gives description Of monster
sorrel horse, which was raised in Pennsylyania,
and purchased BY resident Of GAINESVILLE. He
Is "pony built" measures twenty hands high,
and weighs 2400 pounds The price was $1,000
He will probably be exhibited at the State fair
at GAINESVILLE.
In Quebec, q short time since, the 30th Regi-
mcnt turned out In full force upon the St Law.
renee, and performed all the light infantry evolu-
tons consequent on the corps acting As skrmish-
ors thrown out 10 cover the advance Of BRIGADE
across the frozen surface Of the river. The effect
Is described as very picturesque. 70 gar.seE
Mr.. Crabbc, the biographer Of John O. Cal
boun states in letter that the Senator never was
connected with any Of the denominations Of the
Christian church, but regarded religion as an es.
sehtial property Of the inner man. "He looked" /"
says Nj. crabbe. "simPly to tho commandments
Of his Creator"
A bin passed tue Michigan Hous, Of Repre-.
scntatives on the 9th Feb, amen ling section 20
of chapter 1853 Of the revised statutes, so as To
punish any person bringing colored person into
ihe State, claiming him a. slave, BY imprison.
ment not exceeding ten years or BY fine not
exceeding $1,000, at u,',
MrA Anna Cooper, Of Cincinnati, formerly Of
New Jersey, claims to be lineal descendant Of
Sir Francis Drake, who died in England In 1899,
or thereabout, and leh an immense estate, worth
some $50, ,000, 600, which, after passing through
several generations has at last been unable 10 find
oae Of The family upon whom to bestow itself
!. Miss Amelia Ross, aged III years, died last
month in England, She lived in the rcicnS Of