Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-13

Can cock crossing be called (h)enchs ntngf /
"A French church i 70 be erected IN Chi |
cago
Why !. hen immortals Because her son
never sets.
What 30 young ladies do on entering cbarchT
Look out for the hymns (hims
WY do young ladies' put their hair in pa
peri To wake early wake curly in the morn
ing
The WashingtoniAn Home in Boston has
received NO hundred and twenty-five patients
this year
Ten million dollars worth of petroleum has
during the last year.
The t4z paid by national banks during the
first seven months OF the current fiscal year
amounts 10 Sf64 .46l u.
The Victoria Australia, gold fields yielded
z59.46l ounces for the first half OF this year.
"A system OF taxation on sales il TO be con
sitered by Congress. Some of the members
votes. then. will require stamp-.
Cold weather prevails at the North west.
ne river at st. Paul closed ihis season earlier
than before for nine years
Two dull and torpid natures may be aroused
by contact with each other; couple Of
dry sticks. rubbed together, will make a flame
Some days since suit was terminated in
Hungary which had engaged the courts in that
country for 81 years.
Why are birds in spring like "A banking es-
tablishmentr Because they issue promlssory
notes, and rejoice when the branches flourish
The ploughmakers Of the northwest had $
convention a; Chicago. at which it was resolved
to advance the price of ploughs twenty per
cent
"A short time before the war commenced
there we're l36 convcts in the Iowa State prison
Now there are but 7o--sixty nine men and one
woman.
"A French bishop said lately 10 n sermon
Let women remember. when putting ON profuse
and expensive attire. how narrow are the gates
of Paradise"
1t j. great mistake ID think that the ma
iorty are always in the right. They were not SC
in the matter OF the flood. and they've been
wrong several times since
This years season upon the New York ca
mails mas been very Improbable, both to the com
pany and TO the boa.nen Freights nave been
less and tolls scarce. while expenses have been
enormous.
The unfortunate city Of yicksburg is begin
ming to rise from the ashes of lis long seige.
Business j. brisk. tenements are in great de
mand, AM an enterprising population is coming
in
In Dauphine, France. they make bread but
once In six months and make it with the refuse
of the fields In the winter it becomes so hard
that they can cut il with Al AK, AMI soak il iOl
81 hours before they can est it.
-On board of q blockade runner. run ashore
near Wilmington. some weeks since, fonnC
a number OF boxes Of Lynn shoes with the orig
insl marks upon them. They were probably
purchased by Southerners IN New York. anC
thence TO Nassau, n. p.
An editor asks, in talking Of poetry and
matrimony. Who would indte soonets 20 a wo
man whoT ne saw every morning IN her night
cap, and every dav at dinner swallowing meat
and mustardr
The Philadelphia Ledger says thai when j
was started, in 1896 the united editions of al
the daily newspapers of Phadel 9hia, were be
tween Z 600 and 5000 COPIES day. Now the
whole number is about $4,000
-"Fsther." said little fellow. apparently re
hecting inteutly something, 81 shan't senc
YOU any of my wedding cake when | get mar
ried. why not, INV soni" was the fond
fathers inquiry. Because" said the youns
hopeful, You didn't send me any OF yours"
In California. recently. some miners iounC
a bee tree with a large bee hive, heney and bees
al petrifed The remaining portion Of the tire,
in which the bee hive found Is two and
half ieet in diameter and forty feet long 1t wa
found seventy five feet under the surface OF sh,
earth.
DIR. Hawks, on one occasion. had an argn
ment witt one of his ve.trymen ia reference to
the increase OF his salary " Then YOU don
believe the Lord will feed the young raveusf'
said the vestryman. Oh. yes, do" the doc
tor replied, but nothing - said about the young
hawks"
The greatest novelty a. the age transpirct
ON Saturday week in Philadelphia. Elmer Brian
Coates made = balloon ascension with Prof Low,
IN the Quaker city While IN tie sky Mr
Coates wrote a poem Of one hundred tines euti
tied a Balloon Poem This Is something here
toioTe uninterrupted by any literary gentleman
This reveals "a really lofty region ot poetry.
"A floating paragraph states that Two wom.r
recently died oear Rochelle. France. who wer.
born on the same day; gave birth TO their frs
child a daughter on the same iav; became wid
0ws on the same day, and almost at the sam,
hour. aud completed the series by dying N,
Fhht hAf aNN u'luA buliNh A4u 'aulN hAN
In Que of the courts OF Hartford. woman
testifying in behalf Of her son. and swore tina
DE had worked ON farm ever since he was born
The lawyer. who croas-examined, her. said
~ GU assert that your son has worked on
farm ever since he was bornf" IL do" Wha
did he do the 6rst Year, lie MIXED -h'
replied. The whole court laughed heartily. Ant
the witness questioned no further.
A clergyman in Peiershre. Who il moT'
skilliu an angler than popular preacher
having fallen into conversation with some Of hl
plrishioners Ou the benefits % early rising. men
toned. ~ 40 instance. that he had that yer,
morning. before breakfast. composed sermon
end killed salm0n-gn achievement on which
he plumed himself greatly. A weel, sir. ob
served one of the company. would rather hss
yer salmon than yer sarmou'
The NJ. Louis Democrat relates tho follow
ing remarkable story
John Smith Brown. formerly teacher ia the
Webster school Of this city. aud Who enlisted in
the Union atms al the commencement OF the re.
bellion. a. private. has risen by his bravery and
ability. without any Other assistance. Go the rank
OF brigadisr general in the army of the Potomac
Gen. Brown i a brother 20 Theodore Brown, The
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