The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-12-11


company one morning, sped one private
who shirt was sadly hegrimed. Patrick
O'Flynn." called out the Captain. "Here
yer honor" promptly responded Patrick,
with his hand to his cap. 'How long dc
You wear a shirt?" Numbered tie officer
Twenty iuches" was the reioinder
-. Richmond papers contain advertise
ments of reading rooms where New York and
Philadelphia papers are regularly received
and fled.
80. The sum of $4,000 has been ap
propriated by the authorities of Louisville
Ky, for the purpose Of purch asing fuel fol
the poor of the city.
80. Three rats attacked an English boy
Is years old, and unless the boy had been
re-enforced by a man the rats would have
been victorious. SO says an English paper
...... Gen. III. w. Beeson, who formerly
represented Fayette County. Pa, in Con
gress, died in that county on the 3Oth ult
ct an advanced age.
80. A passenger who arrived at Halifax
few days ago. from Wilmington. paid
$4,000 in Confederate currency to raise $500
in gold for passage money.
-. Cigar smoking is now strictly for
biden in Constantinople, either in or out of
doors. owing to the superstition that the
practice has caused many fires.
-. Army cloth that IS months ago
cost dollar and thirty or forty cents yard.
can now be bought for ninety cts,-fFhs
supply is greater than the demand
...... A locomotive has Just been built
for the Philadelpbi6 and Reading x. r. Co..
which Is ssid>to be the largest in the United
States 1t has IL driving wheels.
80. The staging upon the dome Of the
Capital at Washington is nearly completed.
and the statue of Liberty will be raised to
its place before the meeting Of Congress.
80. There were 10 Greet Britain, in 1862,
738 fatal colliery accidents. involving the
loss of |. 1873 lives.
80. The submits of the White Noun
deep for several days.
80. The loss at the late fire in Nevads
City was $3.50. 600, Of which only $50, 900
were insured.
80. Java yields the Dutch government a
million dollars annually by the traffic in
birds nests.
80. The Mary land farmers are importing
German observation-disclosures negro labor
peooursbls.
~. %. Prize property to the amount Of 81.
81. 1s3 50, has been sold in New York
dee the 18th ult.
-. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the
government has recently purchased some
Msuty steamers.
H.. The voters 10 Venango Co., Pa, the /
pat oil county. increased in two years
Nm LIS to 6,265.
---.....- Black squirrels are swarming the
uenadian woods TO a greater extent than for
saay years past.
~. Consul Giddings is to be tried for
6happiug Redpath. before the Superior
Court Of Canada.
The cranberry crop of Cape Cod !
1mouns2 TO 3. s99 barrels, at the aggregate
value Of 9SS, $50 IS.
80. BishopN Polk is not likely. Southern
leopls ny. to rsSsn,er the pulpit when this
suel war II over.
-. Corn Is feet 4 inches high, from
vsss India seed. has been raised tins sessos
s6oath Norwalk. ca
80. The Wayne.burg pa Republican
pss Abraham Lincoln for Presiden, Al the
had Of it, columns.
80. The last survivor Of the massacre OF
Wyoming. Jeremiah Spencer. died on the
I'D nit. &C New Hartford. Conn.
-. Il i said there will soon be enough
eolussd troops on tho Mississippi to guard
the whols river snd garrison the towns
TA~-s are IS, 1873 houses Of Worship
b III. q. g.. Of which 1854. or about
thirty three per cent. are in rebeldom
80. The inmates Of ths Massachusetts,
oea1s fyisoa ere makiag sriolss 10 be cold
> A&nRi1asy Fair 70 b hsld in BostoS.