The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-05
News Items,


White the celebrated pedestrian ia TO walk seven
miles in ono hour on wager Of 2,000 at Buffalo to-
day.
II Is announced that an express company Is now being
organized with headquarters ut Albany, 10 be known
the National Bankers Express Company" The CAPT.
tai Is TO be ten millions and though national banks
take stock by the their charters their presidents
and directors can as individuaa
number Of gentlemen In Philadelphia, by private
subscription, have collected sufficient funds procure
statue Of Mr. Lincoln for Jefferson square, The figure
to be OF bronco six feet high and when in position
VIII be on granite base OF the same height
Major General Dodge now receives IS 600 per annum
as consulting engineer OF the Union Pacific Railroad
When he resigns his military position and takes full
charge his salary will be $4,000
man In Pittsburg has invented an ingenious contri-
vance, which, If brought INTO general use will prove a
great convenience TO persons travelling street cars
especially at night bell is struck just before the
reach the street crossing when tho OF the street
makes Its appearance obvatng the necessity Of peerng
into the dark, or making inquiries Of the conductor.
Donegal grand juror writes TO the London Tines
Boosting that in this there has not among
hundred and forty thousand people, been single
try, and the Judges reduced to fishing order kill
time.
In Edinburgh, fow days ago, (says English papcr
laid the foundation stone of Institution of novel
and peculiar character II is to be called Queensbery
Lodge and its object r. the safe accommodation and
reformation Of females in respectable position In So
cety addicted to habits Of drunkenness
The Pssi Nopt', Hungarian journal, gives letter Of
speaks Of the cold there az so intense that the nhab
tants were obliged to go out clad In furs.
The King Of Siam has just ordered the reorganization
OF his feet and has decided ordering corvette and
four gnnboa a b. constructed in France
These vessels intended n act against the numer
ots pirates which necessarily ravagng the of
his territory. few months back these maruuders ap-
peared In the Gulf Of Siam with nifty junks and assembled
the Mcinam, spreading alarm for as the capital
Tho discovery Of rendering powder non explosive and
incombustibe BY simple mechanical means has attracted
the attention OF the British authorities that
probable that the plan which alleged TO produce such
a marvellous result will be tried board ships OF war
and In the batteries
England tho 18th inst carried of jewellery to
the value Of sixty five thousand dollars
Paris thief ately detected in the act Of breaking
open maid servants box. When found guilty he
apologzed for being discovered In such petty robbery
assuring the Judge and the public that he only entered
into IL TO keep his hand In practice for great coup which
he was meditating
Tho Bombay correspondent Of the London Timer esti-
mates tho failures in that city at f26 000 Most
voting at the meetings Of the mushroom
and the Of the evil Shareholders accuse the drec
tors the latcr retor the shareholders of the
directors said TO have acted without the Others who
would fan rcpudate responsibility for their acts Mutual
In ono Parsce manager OF one OF these bubble
companies rescued from his Infatuated victims only
by an English constable. The government comm ssIoner
has OF course, refused to sanction any land
clamaton schemes
The Mec.dnics Mcga,ine learns that at tho iron works
OF Homberp Co., at Lund, q invention has been
applied by which tubes Of iron be cast by centrifugal
force. The machine is Of very simple construction II
10 composed OF cylinder which be opened and
closed, and into which molten metal is poured rapid
rotary motion being impaired to the cylinder the liquid
mass Is pressed against the Sides and the result is the
formation Of perfectly uniform and straight tube Tho
machine was invented by young workman named Au-
cessfuL