, 1864-01-30
MIscELLAxEoUs NEWS ITEMS!

eStmlhSter, elgnteen OF whose twenty-five
deans have become bishops or archbshops.
The new Dean Of Westminster is Or. Stanley.
Hon. wm. P. Sheffield Of Newport Ky, at
second trial Of bis suit against the city Of
New York. which occurred lately, obtained 4
yetaiet in bis favor Of $4,000 damages, for in.
juries sustained by severe fall in the streets
Of that city. -. ..,...,. 4 ...
During the year 1858, the p. N. s. s. Co.'S
steamers carried from San Francisco in trea.
sure the sum Of $4l,66s. .7ss 81, Of which $751;.
100000 went TO England and Sl06o0,00O to
New York. This shipment to England was to
avoid the war risk.
Sometime since, diamond necklace valued
at three thousand dollars was stolen from a gen.
tleman in St. Louis. Recently Il was restored
through thcconfessional Of Catholic Church:
the pleadings Of conscience having proved
stronger than the appeals Of cupidity. p
A young sergeant Of Riberac, Dordogne) in
the First battalion Of foot chasseurs, now In
Mexico, is about to marry young and hand.
some Mexican lady, with fortune af 25O,O0O
francs. He has written 10 obtain the consent
Of hispareots which was immediatey accorded.
Among the novelties Of the age Is seedless
apple. A tree has been found in Duchess
county, N. Y, bearing this fruit. There are no
Blossoms; the bud forms and without any show
Of petals, the fruit sets and grows entirely des.
titute of seeds. In outward appearance the
apples resemple Rhode Island Greetings.
According to recent traveller, the poor class
Of English girls who emigrate to Cape Town
(Africa) readily marry the Mohammedan work.
ipg-men Of that place. who make good and SO.
Der husbands The wives soon adopt the re.
ligious notions Of their spouses, mount the fez
and keep the Friday Sabbaths.
Lawrence Todd, who died in Illinois in 1885,
has devised all his estate, amounting to about
e25,000; to the President and Trustees Of Gi.
rard College, Philadelphia. A Committee Of
the Directors have just returned from Illinois
with the frst installmeht Of bis bequest
amounting to about $4,000.
A Paris correspondent says that the French
Emperor wished to give General FOrey q. pub.
lie entry into Parisou hisreturn from Mexico;
but Marshal Valiant set that plan aside on &C.
count Of the old unpopularity Of FOrey. in the
army. Buthe Is to Be created DUO do Puebla,
and have an annual stipend Of 10000 francs.
Volunteering appears to BE- going on in Yer
mon. with success that promises compile.
tichOf the quota in very short time No
State bounty s,eiisred, but the towns propose
togise from two hundred to ivshundred del.
Iarsj for volunteers. In humber of towns
twenty dolIarsa month extra pay has been
voted ins,ead of ths bounty. li.,g ..sa,,,,g
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l.iion al ,'Ysa. Nsvs syo,k oao 4 AZ soni. (, ke
81 Der cent, ADD Philadelphia 5ss,As4 inhab.
itants. Or e5. .4s per cent The ayerae. nuu,bsf
Of houses during Ten ye.rsl built m EbBdon
Wa $40, IN New Yorl. i 6es snd N phil,.
dslphis ? eos. London b,s been s.ttled 1000
yssfA New YOfk sst) years. and Pbiladj.s,nhia
ia 81, " 3,s ~. - rT
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totsvsa "a i.d;rsn,. n, Mo,bs.s : Z ws.,h,ooL
49, =. = .ss,.
sti.a,Icn. bs says that The building will Dc ready
for eocupa,ion in the early part q the ensuing
susamer. ItwiIl be Substantial Gre proof edi-
Gee with ample grounds 70 insure pure air, and
with every convenienco 70 secure the health and
conlort of. .ibe inmates. :. snissasM lisapa
r.m.rhabl. pe,dseatIo5 II X entir,. nd ,gt,s trs.
was l.i.Iy discovered Il the B.ltmors mine 4
wat..h.... D.. go. ,,;s..:.I, In. Mo-