, 1861-05-16
sTEILACOOM, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, THURSDAY MAY 49,
Domestic Items.

There arc said to be $4,000 veterans Of the
war of 1912 in New York State alone.
Parson Brownlow wants to be Governor Of
Tennessee. lie would make the secession fur
ay.
1t is said that the copyright Of "Dixie's
Land" has given to the author four thousand
dollars.
A man IN Detroit advertses for o partner in
the nursery business. A new W y, perhaps, Of
advertising for wife. -
In a mill at saxonville, Mass, they work and
worship at the same time. Prayers and spin
dies are going at once.
The Illinois Legislature has passed an act to
| prevent lying by telegraph. What Is to become
Of the Especial" dispatchesP ss
There are one thousand Eve hundred carriage
makers out Of employment in New Haven.
Nobody is suffering anything"
The number Of persons killed and wounded
in Texas by the Indians during the past three
months is estimated at 47O. sl..
The owners of the Pennsylvania oil wells say
that the OIL in its crude state is an excellent ar
ticle for the hair-a sure cure for badness. -
| A large tree, supposed to be seven centuries
old, near the City Of Mexico, is said to have
been struck by lightning more than 200 times. o
| Aleading broker being asked, the other day,
| how his child was, answered, almost In tears
IHVery i'll; would not give two per cent for bis
life." -. : .ts. .--,..g- s,t l- atr.
A manufacturer at Hadley, Mass, has con-
tracted to furnish &c, 900 wooden sOles for thick
boots and shoes. They are made o. button
wood Sd. s las ,r45isFi 'a7.' '''.saa
] In bennington, Pennsylvania, needle was
taken lately from the side Of young woman,
Ellen Cary, which she had swallowed when .
| In Shelly, Texas. David Brompton, whose head
had been bald for twenty years, recently had
the typhus fever, and his hair came in as plenti-
fully and as dark as ever. -. ~.
| II has often been remarked that q the talent
to get an Office is not the talent to gu il" For
evidence Of the truth Of this, look ct the course
Of the men IN the last Congress ,rrs ri i.iai
| The Vice President of the United sStates the
last Postmaster General. the, present SeeTetarv
Of the Interior, and. the present Secretary Of
War, were ell printers ~ itdi 'Q,i ~ !.
| A southetn DaDer savs A navel and intoSieat!
inc lo,or has 6een made from tIe cotioi; Diahie
Il may be intoxicating, but there q certainly
| no NOVELTY In the cotton ein.p yG altN" 70 %3a
/ That dread6nl disease. cancer. 4 now very
| much treated affer Dr.. Arnotfas tlan Of conre-
iation. metbodical comprcssion and cauterisn-
lion. :" Tie knife being pronounced complete
failure. p Viaaihls - 9is.l
| The Louisville Journal says: We guess the
| Conlederate States had better not impose duty
on Kentucky wheat, corn, rye, barley and oats.
| y they do, they'll find that Il win "go very
much against the grain % M 'baaaaI, ~
! One Of the liberal RELIGIOUS societies ct the
West has " Committee on Courtesy 10 Stran-
| GERS That parish aims to proclaim BY pFac-
tce, as well as BY precept is creed Of aman's
pnssf.S. OfoensrpoO1, y %. I. -,
/ The New Orleans Deio says that party o..
| gentlemen have bought half million acres Of
land in Southern Florida, about one hundred
miles south Of Tampa Bay, at two cents an acre,