Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-08
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS


The preities, girl in Brad.town. Ky. died
last vesk from tight facing
John Mitchell. the Irish exile, late of the
hiehmond Examiner, has become one of the edi-
tors OF the New York News.
Some idea of the enormous traffic of Eng
land may be gathered from the fact that there is
scarcely ever less than 100 sail OF ships near the
LlDd's E1d, leaving, or bearing up for, the
British or Irish Channels
-Eos lhe Maine Law is executed ia Boston
may be seen by the fact that liquor IS sold by the
glass in enc hundred and thisty-two places on
Worth street alone. One block IS Owned by a
rich and fashionable Boston lady, in which are
FIVE liquor shops
In the space Of three months, sccumuls-
tons OF rubbish TO the amount of more than
twenty two thousand loads, have been removed
from the city of Savannah. at the small expense
Of seven thousand dollars.
Among the new names for ladies' msntles
we hear of the Wifes Bliss" the I" Husband {
Torture" the Sheriff's JOY" the d" Poor
Mans Horror the Rich Mans Dread. and
the T" Maiden's Delight"
! -Rumor has il that there is a prospect of ar
early addition TO the family Of General Tom
Thumb. IL is also said that Commodore n uti
aud Miss Minnie Warren about to be mar
fed.
-Ex-President Buchanan has, with the APP
pletOns of New York, in preparation for publica
ton. his defense of himself from charges of col
lusion with the secessionists at the close of his
Administration
The "Perfectionists' is the title assumed by
q lew sect OF religious enthusiasts near Glasgow
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of any kind. being pure and perfect in thought
word and deed
The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette says: " Elk Secretary Usher has
returned TO Indiana. and in the meantime some
OF his contractors and appointees suffering an
Investigation which does not seem TO agree with
them,
An ancient leaden statue Of William Penn,
which stood st the south entrance TO the Penn
sylvaDia Hosoital in Philadelphia, topped over
on Friday The damage done was wholly in the
bending of the legs, which will be Enlightened
out and the statue remounted
- There are now about co. 600 sick and
wounded soldiers in the military hospitals
throughout the country. The number ia being
reduced at the rate of from 900 to 500 per
day by the discharge of those who are able to 90
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DAYS disseminating a number of Govern ment
hOspItsls 10 the West and Southwest
They have a community of "Perfectionists'
up in Oneida, New York, led by creature
named Moves. who set all the laws of decency AT
defiance, repudiate the marriage ceremony, and
live altogether IN common. There ars two hun
dred OF these PerfectOnists. aud their children
belong 10 no one member in particular The
mothers grow them as they do their cabbages
and potatoes
A New York paper SAYS that few we'll
known ladies Of that city whose positions and
influence in the gic circle of sour best society -
are universally recognized, are endeavOriug t.
abolish the present system OF wearing the hair.
The bag is tabooed in toto. and in its place il
substituted the more tasteful and ch iste- looking
Grecian tresses. loopsd up behind and falling over
In cover the ears.
Asparagus plants of enormous size, now
exhibited in the windows of eating houses in
Paris, attract the attention OF strangers Great
curiosity IS expressed to their mode of cul.
ture. Ii l. said they planted, not in the
usual way, in beds, but separately. As soon as
the plant arises short height from the ground
1t is covered with bottle. under which the plant
attalns an enormous size before il is fit for use