The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-03-05
VARIETIES.

THIS winter, for the first time in forty
years, the Delaware river was frozen acros:
at Philadelphia.
Poor old Jim Crow Rice, the father o
Ethiopian ministrelsy, is now living at an
advanced age in New York in extreme des-
titution.
HxENAN's agent writes from London that
in that city Sayers is actually the favorite
at six to four and in some cases even at two
to one on the prize fight.
WHEAr.-We hear some talk among our
farmers to the effect that the wheat is badly
injured. and in some instances entirely ruin
ed, by freezing out during the winter
iSuJLivan Dem. 1t
THEY are experimenting on grapes with
great success in northern Louisiana, by
grating the best varieties from France upon
the wild grape vines, which grow luxuriant-
ly in that region.
THE records of the State Department show
that the total number of persons embarking
at foreign ports for the United States during
the year of 1859, was 155, 500, of whom
10000 were males.
WILLIS devoteS column and a half of
the Home journal to pleasant sermon, the
moral of which is" Should not our fair
country women take it into consideration
whether they do not begin to be agreeable
little too early and leave off great deal
too soon
A HIT AT PUNCH.-The London Star says
of the London Punch, to which the chief
contributor is Mark Lemon From the
Punch which is now served up to us, the
whole of the spirit has evaporated and
nothing remains but excessively diluted
Lemon"
THEY have plan in Princeton, n j., for
preventing troubles with Migrants. The
overseer of the poor keeps on hand lot of
stone to be broken. When traveller begs
for something to eat, he is referred to the
overseer, who gives him work and feeds him.
The begging fraternity find this a bitter
pill, and their visits to Princeton are not so
frequent as before.
The En- peror Fountain at Chatsworth
the residence of the Duke of Devonshire
with head of water of 381 feet, carried
through 2,621 feet of pipe, plays to height
of 267 feet With the reservoir quite full,
$50 feet is the highest limit to which the
water can raise. The height of the great
jet of the Crystal palace Fountain at Syden-
ham, is 234 feet.
Ba5- A fashionable young lady went into
store in Norfolk, Va, entered into an ex-
tended examination of its contents, and then
bought dimes worth of thread, which she
requested to have delivered at her house,
mile distant. The polite proprietor assent
ed, procured an express, which, on arriving
at the house, was backed up to the door, the
tail-board lowered, and all the motions in
cident to express business gone through
with, including the collection of fifteen cents.
the usual express charge.
TURNPIKE ROADs-How TO MAKE Them
We are informed that the townships in
Dearborn county have been building Turn
pike roads by using the road tax upon one
road until tits finished. They work the dirt
roads only enough to keep them in passing
order. By this system large portion of
them are already made good Turnpikes.
They have thus secured permanent invest
men of their road fund. We commend the
plan to the careful consideration of the
farmers of this county.