Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-25
miscellaneous Items.

The Boston Traveller reports that. Mr.,
Everett is fast recovering from 8 prolong-
ed but not dangerous Illness.
The expense sheet Of the New Orleans
Delta for the week ending July %, 1850
has an item Of general expense, namely
Whipping Wade, s." Wade was the
colored porter of the establishment and
the whipping reward Of his services was
one of the peculiarities Of the peculiar
institution"
The Delzen steam mills ct Atlanta, Hi
nois, are now running with corn for fuel
instead Of wood, that article being cheap
er and more easily obtained than either
wood or coal. 3
A small lot Of prize cotton was sold in
Philadelphia, for 20 cents per pound.
Some turpentine brought g 40 per gal
Ion.
To make boots last four yesrs-grease
well with mixture made Of tallOw, lamp
black and beeswsx; then set them away
in the closet, and 60 barefoot"
Bears are getting very bold at st. JO-
/ seph, and Hmake tracks" in the outskirts
Of the village. Game Of every description
is plenty. Fine furs are high, and the
hunters are active.
A celebrated wit, speaking Of his stay
at hotel, observed, " called for bottle
of wine that my landlord might live. /
abstained from drinking it that might
live, too"
The rates Of postage in the Confederate
States have been increased. On letters
weighing less than half an ounce ten cents
are charged.
A side-wheel steamer, 24O feet long, 35
feet wide, and Il feet deep, for service in
Southern rivers and harbors, is now build
ing in Boston, and will be launched about
April lst.
Mary Ann Rythers, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, has applied fer a decree of di-
vorce from her husband, because he is an
officer and is doing service in the rebel
army.
"Peace," wrote Napoleon, from the
heart of Germany, to his brother Joseph,
who wanted peace, {" is a word that means
nothing. 1t is the conditions Of peace that
are all"
They say that Hamilton, the newly-ap-
poinoed Military Governor of Texas, gets
drunk If he didn't the Texans would
think him q strait-laced and hide-bound
Puritan.
AT the HeddiRg Methodist church, in
Jersey City, Sunday week, "a belligerent
young lady rose from her seat in the
middle Of the service, approached the pew
| Of prominent member Of the society, and
began cowhiding him. The cause of this
singular outbreak on the part Of the
maiden is not stated. ...r
Eugenie's winter bonnet is described in
the latest Paris Fashions" as q gem. Il
is Of black velvet and has torsade Of pom
ceau velvet in the form Of diadem in the
inside; the edge Of the bonnet is a band
of sable, very fine and very dark, and
which, with Q black velvet dress, and a
mantle trimmed with fur, complete the
toilet.
John A. Tainter, who died at Hartford,
Ct, few weeks ago, left all his property,
about 100000, to his wife and two daugh-
ters. In his will he forbids either Of his
daughters to marry foreigner, or a ma
two Of a. SanfhasaI aIaH- -SiA--ShsldiHe SI~4sI
and in case she does she forfeits her right
to the property.
The Christmas number Of All the Year
Round, which Will be Immediately repub-
lished here by 7. B. Peterson, will be
called 20 Somebody's Luggage" and it is
believed that Dickens himself is the au-
thor. The.contents viii be-His leaving
it till called for; his boots his umbrella /;
his black bag; his desk; his dressing
case; his brown paper parcel; his port
manteau; his hat box; his wonderful
end.
A gift to Central Park, from distin-
guished citizen Of Brooklyn, is a pair Of
superb gazelles and two miniature deer
from Nepaul. The latter are exquisite
little creatures, not taller at full growth
than the ordinary black and tan terrier,
and perfect models Of the most delicate
symmetry. By next spring the ZOologi-
cal department of the Park viii be pretty
well stocked, and constitute the leading
attraction of the noble pleasure ground.