Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-25
Nam and nIishanhnr.

i f-In Boston there is a woman eight feet
high, and large in proportion. She is esti-
mated to weigh upward Of 800 pounds
The population of Connecticut is 46l,
s3s. This entities them 70 three seats in the
House of Representatives., and leaves smargin
Of 80, ,83s. IL Il Z
-Ebenezer Mower, of Worchester, Mass,
was initiated into the Masonic Fraternity in
1894. he is over hundred years of age.
/ I'm Chilli, the Spaniards found as many
eminent physicians Of Che female sex as of
the male.
Miss Sarah johnson is under arrest in
Detroit under charge Of stealing FIVE dollars
from one lover to pay the minister for mar
rying her TO another. u GETllH GEL al
"A man by the name Of johnson, from
Piqua, killed bear on the oath of November,
near Leipsic, on the line of the Dayton &
Michigan Railroad, weighing 400 lbs.
"A glutton at Oyster Point, Conn, ate a
bushsl Of Oysters, last week, as fast an e1-
pert negro could open them.
1t is an interesting fact that all the South
Carolina cadets seeding from West Point oc-
cupied positions in their classes which in
sured their dismissal ct the January examin-
alton,
"A Ceylon diver has recovered 100000
from the wreck Of the steamship Malabar, at
Point de Gale. .t.,.4 .r1s..1
y The people in q district in Wisconsin
were represented in the last Legislature bya
Mr.. Gum, but he not making noise enough,
they have this year nominated Mr.. Can
non.
There are but four post-offices in Minnesota,
the incumbents of which are appointed dir
ectly by the RHsaidfptt fpttueed4n One 81 Of tR9ge is
elusive of bo1.rent are said to be 81, 100.
A Paris correspondent writes that "t the
great rage now among the fine ladies is to
have negro lad, sort of page, about them,
to carry their fan, and hold their parasol--
The uglier q negro is the higher are his
wages"
The SteubenYille Herald says that since
the first of January last nearly two hundred
children, and about one-fourth that number
of adults, have died in that city of diptheria.
"A shock of sn earthquake was felt at
Auburn, Norway, Portland, and other places
IN Maine, on Sunday last It was the
ieverest that has occurred in that vicinity
ince 1913. ,ar7e -.T .,.-,--
Two of the victims ct Friars Point ar
rived at Madison, Indiana, on Wednesday,
They were branded on. the hand with the
letters &" G. B" (gin-burners.) Their heads
bad been shaved, tarred and COttOned.
The Paris correspondent of the Boston
Traveller writes of billiard-table, invented
there, which may be used for dinner-table, |
chest of drawers, a bed, a bathing-tub, and !
a stove. The peculiar value oft is in the fact |
that it will enable the lover Of the game TO |
eat, drink and sleep with his Billiards.
"A Bangor bully attacked Smith, the
Razor Strop Man, on Tuesday last with a |
torrent of abuse. Unal lie to stand it any
longer, Smith set down his basket took off !
his glasses, and said-"My friend, only get |
mad once in fourteen ysars, and this is my |
time-Tl- mad all through" With this re- !
mark be pitched in and whipped the fellow |
till he had taken all the conceit out Of him.
Concord, Mass, has exactly the same
number of inhabitants Bow that it had in 4
1sba ll- fii a'Ii ~
8 NM. George P. Train Ga Young Ameri-
ca was apassenger in one OF the trains that |
were smashed in the lastrailway aecidentin
England. Hehad his usual luck, and escaped !
all injury. It has been eleverly said that for
the time he must hays thought himself back in
America.
Mr.. Wizard, the inEentor of the ice boat,
IS anxiDusly waiting at Prairie du Chen for
the freezing of the Mississippi in order to
test the practicsbility of his ice boat which
he feels confident Of doing. We shall be
most happy to SEE his expectations realized