, 1864-01-01
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

A man sat down on the sidewalk in Que
bee few days ago and frozc to death, dozens
of people passing all the while.
An eagle, eo loaded down with ice that
he could not fly, WIS captured in Orange last
week. BE measured seven feet two inches
from tip to tip.
- Elisha KIlborn, Of Winsted, Ct, seventy
five years Of age, and toothless these twenty
years, Is now cutting new set Of teeth.
The doctors are recommending whisky
both as q cure and preventative Of dlptheria,
The remedy is ilnmeneely popular.
"A soldier who for three months had been
Epcechlets in consequence of prostrating sick
ncss, was in the ca1z the other day when the
train ran off the track with a great shock.
He sprang out Of the window with great
shout, and can now talk as well as ever.
Joseph Shoemaker, Of Indiana, 105 years
old, was seen by the editor Of the Rpu5fican,
Of that town, hard ut work chopping cord
wood, q few days ago. He had cuf and stack
cd eight or ten cords during the summer.
The Houston correspondent of Rich
nond paper says that the Texas Legislature
Ecre refused to pass resolution recommend
Ing Ccrgrcss to declare Confederate Treasury
notes legal tender, and that that body Is be-
ityed to be under conservative influence.
To ascertain the length Of the day and
night, at any time Of the year, double the
time the SUMS rising. which gives the length
CT the night, and double the time Of It's slt-
ting, which gives the length Of the day. This
is simple method Which, TIC guess, few pco-
pie nrc aware Of
Some three hundred men arc at present
employed on the Uoosnc Tunnel, and among
the processes going forward is that Of dam
ming the Decr1cld River to secure water
power; while the preliminary movements to
sink new shaft requires mach labor.
-Abel 6tearns, Of Los Angeles, Cal, lost
about 1900 lead of cattle, through want Of
feed, during the Inst few months. That gem
tlenan is believed to be the largest stock and
land owner In the United States. He Owls
ills year IS, Geo cattle, besides 1900 calves.
"A couple ut Plttsfeld recently present.
inc themselves before Clergyman to be mar
RCD, had no certificate; tho bridegroom
tdidn't care for it.; this marrying didn't
amount to much, no how" BE did not know
lie name Of the bride, nor ehc bis. Tho girls
parents knew nothing Of the match either
Tic clergyman snoothed over matters and
this singular pair was made ono.
w. The Newburyport Herald says the people
of Newbury arc making great exeytions to
1aise their quota before the draft. 4 certain
s.eouattcr sovereign" living in West New
bury. on the road which divides the towns,
Eavins expressed willingness to enlist some
where, zone Of the OldtoWncrs went up with
th4ir ttums, hitclcd on and dragged lis
sshanty'' across The road into NeWbnry, In
order to haye him credited on tho quota Of
that town.
-Spiritualism has made q recent conquest
in the person of Prof De Morgan, OF the
University Of London. A new book just pub
lishcd by Meesrs. Longman, entitled "From
Matter to Spirit, the Result Of Ten Years
Experience In Spirit Manifestations" By G.
Professor, who hin,solf contributes 3 long
preface Prof DcMorgan is the most unf-
Tcseally learned mathematical scholar alive,
snd is well known as the author OF standard
works on Formal Logic, the Theory Of Prob
abilities. the Diiferential Calculus, dc. His
conversion Is the more remarkable, as be has
always been severe In lis dcnunciation Of
scieutifc pfetenders,