, 1859-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

KAv:eEs or TYPHOID FEyzr.-Dcatls from
typhoid fever in different sections Of ,he coun.
'ry are frequently noted. Gcauga County, Ohio,
during the past year lost 4 number Of rnJu.h!,.
citizens from tho fats; disease In the eas.erp
portions NJ Pennsylvania i. ia prevailing :h;s
ta'i will unusnas nsa:ieui:y- In 1srrks C.ua.v
nc lss1.rlsen,sl' :. T|y.aPa says, thirty fire per:
suns who had fallen victims to the disease were
hurled III one graveyard, in tLc coursf: Of a
mouth. In some Villages entire families Layc
been swept of by it.
GAr ON Bor.-The Dayto, journal IN.
rounces the sudden exit from, thu. ctr Of q
certain Joseph uen,phili, about forty Years o1
aEe, nearly six feet high hearr set and dark
compile x'on. who had gained the 1narriagcaL.c
affections Of five ladies' in that city, aud two
elsewhere! Three Ut the courted we're widows.
one Of whom he married md abandoned while
the si1 other courtsllips were on hand. It il
probable Hen,phill struck bee line for Utah.
Joshua Il. Giddiuxs in going through Syra-
cnse on Saturday was a$tonished t. tnGt the
depot cranlmed with people anxious 10 testify
their respect and affection for him. The inter
vsl between the arrival and departure Of the
trains vas Int four minutes. as Mr. Giddiug5
stepped on tue platform to pass from one train
to apoiEeT, in company with Henry 3. Stanton,
who announced him to the people, three hearty
cheers burst forth from the crowd. Among h, (
Humorous remarks Nr. Giddings said that ,he
gentlemen down South who were in need al
heads, or brains, and who advertised for him
could hare his head when he got through with
it, if they would hand over4he $;,1,,u reward rn
the executors Of his will
The following petition 10 the Legislature
is in circulation in 5laine: '>The undersigned
respectfully ask you to put an end TO Save
hunting in Maine BY cn:eting that no person,
who has been held as slaye. sha( be delivered
mp BY any office or court, State OF Federal, with.
IN this state, to any one claiming him On the
ground That he owes service or labor to such
claimant. by the laws Of one of the Stare States
Of this unlon-"
james Sha1Ier Of North Canton, Mass., died
q short time ago under circumstances that lead
to the snpposltion that be hid been poisoned By
l',s wife. He was very wealthy furmer, about
tttT.nlne years old, and until about year since
had been bachelor. H. married last Japuary
Adelaide Fantassel, Il years old, Of East Bos-
ton, aud took her home with him. where we're
also two unmarried sisters Of his. After short
time his wife quarrel'ed with him and treated
!'sm badly some two months since his sisters
LIFT the house, having been driven thence BY the
conduct Of their brothers wife. Some seven
weeks since Mr. ShnlleE was taken i'll. and died
in cig ght days aftetwar1A. Poison was susrect
I'd, the body exhumed, and the viscera sent to
i chemist for analysis. The wife has mean
while been arrested for adultery.
a Vermont paper states that short time
since manin Coventry while engaged in dig
sinE well, came upon quantity Of frogs, EN-
t'edded IN the clay, about twenty feet below the
surface. Alter exposing Them to the mir for q
short time they became active aud hoped Of.
The profit Of banking in Uoston has been
shown in a table recently published in that
city. The average dividend oi thirsy-.ix banks,
Tor five years, has been about seven and one
half per cent. The Suffolk Bank has paid
dividend Of ten per cent for four years, and
nine fur the last year. The annual amount paid
IN dividends has been over two millions four
hundred thousand dollars, but now it is more
than one hundred thousand dollars less. In
Ave = mrs no Boston bank has failed to declare
i dividend.
Simon PeEham conceived the idea ofmaking
capital out Of the execution of Joh1 Brown bv
getting up monster excursion from all parts
"t the country lie recently addressed the
President OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
laqulring as to the amount Of reduction upon the
regular rate Of fare which would be conceded TO
his e1cursionists. Mr. Garrett, not thinking
the occasion . proper one, or that the people
who would trave: hundreds Of miles to see hre
OF six criminals executed, exactly the class of
visitors who would be agreeable 10 the Virginia
authorities. has caused that opinion to be nude
known 10 Mr. Perhau-
The process Of solidincatiou milk is being
applied to sweet cider, 70 that 6ye quarts are
reduced to one, which becomes jelly, and can
ae made sweet and liquid cider again by the
addition Of water
Southern Legialatures are ererywhere called
on By the '' Plantation Press to make stringent
Laws against Northern pedd1ers and travelling
agents Of every description.