, 1860-05-26

HALIFAX wus so cautious about fire in his WORK |
shop, thnt he went urer his premises the other
night. according to. hit usual custom, for the
purpose Of inspecting and seeing that all was
and the fluid LAMP xhich be beld in his hand
was broken ard the fluid spilled orer some
shayings, which speedily ignlted from coming
IN contact with the blaze. In few minutes
more the whole building VAS in tlames, and
rapidly destroyed. =.
Another singular case il as follows: an at
tempt had been made 1hree times to set fie to
the property belonging to Mr. Hostcrman. at
the Northwest Arm. 4 Joung man placed him
self in the barn one light, at the corner Of
which the combustiblcs had been put On prev
ious occasion, for the purpose Of tcatchiag. 4
young woman at late hour made her appear
ance and set fire to the building, md tue young
nun, tile rdtehmdn, came neur perisiiug IN the
fumes. Tie girl WIS tracked and arrested, but
is supposed to be Of unsound mind.
"A good joke is told Of one Of the second
order Of Japanese otticers. On Saturday be
went into barber's shop, near the hotei. in Or
der to hare bis tonsure fresh shuven, which MAS
leaving, Es paid the barber, in strict accordance
with t0nsorsal prices in tho Empire from which
he came, taking fom bis pouch and placing in
the hands of the barber one copper cosh, eight
Of which are equn1 to. one cent. So DUNG, he
walked leisurely away.
The city of Hamburg has generously pre-
scented twelve swans to tie ctr OF. New York,
and they are 10 be placed in the Central Park.
| The EVANS of Hamburg, like The pigeons of
! Venice, are maintained. at the charge Of the
| city. 49,.
On Monday afternoon, during the firing of
| salute at uanpden, Ne, by tho Republicans,
in honor Of the nomination. for Vice President,
one o. 1oe easssaofes -faploueo pI9'maiuTe's, .1
olo" au o!a. ~ -. sTe' AMe,' a"u t'te
nneers a1o.t III naau ~ -: p1.n1s
nrore s fat,il T. ~ ~ w." p'''A'
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IN; I,d;ana d?M h;e n.1in x;st
IN " ~ allispuss. io.lanu' nu'ic Pa5tuE s.s''
posed ua1nc Of euchre Us the evenings enter
taiumens, which wus accepted By the young
lady. When the cards we're dealt the young
lady proposed "nyer" OF $50, 10 which the
constable demurred. The Young lady PRO.
tested 1l,-t she would never ptay with rcntle.
man unless there was some stake up. but tue
gent still demurred, when, as compromise;
the lady proposed that they would play, and II
she beat him he should. marry her, which the
gallant constable couidn' tqo ;otnef wise than ae'
| cept. At 1t they went and i1,e lad5 pro9ed to
be the winner. The constable was Invited to
stay all night, and N The morning they would
proceed to the 'oquife'a aud be made one hesli
lie plead pressing business and went away
Sne 1nl!omea h1m 70 ms 1a1neIs anu stale1
Ine1e taree oass "Naout see1ns tae }ouns man
"nen coanp1on'se s was eGGc.eo ~ ~ .pa5'og tn'
olsconso'a'c lans way 10 LII TUE o'eaep'
/ The pittsburg tpa.} Gas6tts states TINT MAJ
named Draut, resident Of fShankerille, Sorner
set county, eat twenty.one. boiled eggs at ON
| meal, few days since, !: but his digestive or
gans were unable to the work assigned them
/ and the man died victim to his gluttopy."
rh. Mar y,,, <,,,a,;,,,,,. ,,v..,, s.~
r. Nen 1 a9tx xoto1at'on q. yvarhas as 81 sa
more ltee co.otea men aIe now ~ iasesaots con
+ @n'p.a'luf'' s1p's'a'ion ensa ever oe!9ss'
"A correspondent q the Ohlo cNt,raso':: as
Of peaches every year is by grating upon III
wild plum stock.
rhe 1ra,;,tor ~ Wy c;.v cornci, h,v
.,ondh aIon Ia ~ w. ~ TX tDanG ann a1' ~
.. IT. Is. .o1 Iou y ~. ~ ~ 81 ~ y.