, 1865-03-26
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At the recent billiard tournament in Bos-
ton, William Tobin won the golden cue. l.
There has been great fire at Port au
Prince loss seyen millions,
The Newburyport (AIass.) mills are suspend
ing work.
Bllhop Potter, of -iennsylyania, has gone to
Califo1nia for his health.
4 new journal has been started in Turin
called the Count CapouT.
Prince Alfred of England has been on
visit to the little Prince Imperial at the Tuil |
lc,ies, and had nice time.
Horse flesh is becoming very popular On the
Continent.
Eight hundred thousand francs are spent In. |
masses at Rome, aud GA 600 in education.
There arc 1859 religious houses In Italy.
| A Chinese giant is exhibiting In Hong
| Kong, measuring 8 feet inches in height.
he makes why at single meal with two pup
4 pies and rats dd 10.
There are 81, coo bachelors in the colony Of
| Victoria, and only Ii, ,eA spinsters.
Potatoes arc drug in Name at 70 ceutsPer
bushe1.
There were 1854 i1legitimate births In Scot
land last year..
| A man in Hartford. Conn.,, has cali, one
year old. weighing o45 pounds.
Mrs. Wood, who was severely burned at the
Metropolitan Theater in Buffalo, recently, is
dead.
II, yenet, in the Aondt, says Of the Paris
style Of dress: " If one Of the present queens
Of the Partisan beau monde were to walk ont
Of doorsIn ball costume, the sergens dc vile
would lock her up, ind the correctional trl-
hume visit her with the withsrlng effect of .
conviction"
The last Of the Swiss Guards who we're
present ut the taking Of the Tullleries In l193,
died In Berne recently.
4 rational conservatory has been founded
at Perth for the education Of actors and
: singers. ... .....-
: 4 new translatton of Faust is announced
A sister Of sslyanus Cobb hanged herself
l the other day.
( Dumas is publishing new novel: " Les
Souvenirs dune FaSoritc."
!, The great library In the Rue Rtchclieu has
100000 printed volumes, 100000 manu-
: scripts. 5000, 600 ]lthogtaphs and engraVlngs'
, and 55o, 900 maps.
4 Tom Taylor has produced another success
ful play called !" Settling Ddy."
The discovery has been made in Paris
among q collection Of autograph lettefs
Mad de Maintenon, Of BIS. Of Louis Als
The subject of which is tia Vie de Caesar"
s The Oldest officer in the army is Adjutau
d peucodu, whose commission bears date Marcl
), 81, 11s3.
e Of,he s,072 births In the eight largcs
il towns Of Scotland in 1864, s, ,4SS were legtt
c. mate, and s,6s4 illcettimase.
l. At the Prince Napoleon's ball, lately held
:. the principal gastronomic novelty Of the ever
If lnc was q salad Of iced asparagus and Tres
i'd sliced truftlvs.
t. buried In Fort Mou1trie, Charleston harho
i'll | A press correspondent who recently Sisite
lis the place, writes: "Ins,de Of Fort Monlu
of is Osceola's grave, plain slab Of marble vii
.as an iron rail fence. Everything round 1t ha
;. been knocked to pieces By our shells, but n
~ one had touched it, or even clipped the ao'
:, era around his gzave. Tho inscription On
~, was this ITO the memory Of osceola, Indii
vs. Chieftan, died In Fort Moultrie, 1897"
~ An elopement Of a painfully sensational chi
~ acter has taken place IN London In high Il
The brother Of noble Marquis, borden
unon three score years, himself the father
to a numerous family, is one Of the parties;
her the lady. who is nearly reaated to him
to marriare. is the wife Of q noble lord, but Q
ass | degree removed from the hcirshtp OF one
ow the Oldest aud wealthiest marquasates IN
ute kingdom. The offending fair one. who
rhe mt yet reached her thirticth 5ear, leaves
nag hIns her several interesting children, but
ded has taken with her the title deeds to an
rcas traeuye feature in the shape Of recently
ght' qulred property OF the value OF ne'
The New York "Fashions,1' say "ths val
8 Of and display Of poplins, s.ass. Mareea
the French calicoes, and, above AZ, osesas
orce were never 60 remarkable and oeaut
bis Dresses arc to be gored once more-at As s
has that ia the latest. .Hat-and short SACKS
He ,anuty pockets, and buttons answering 70 q
ma. coat caIled "Flplcy'' among men, VII
not r1ea+lv In vogue. Walking suits Of b1
onrt s,,k vita long, c1ose.htting basqnes. a.
w,u fs hn,,l ton, skirts are profuseiy tE7m1
~ It and fancy goes wild in desising new patt'
,.,.a hnt they are now 20 universally and gsae
viii " disposed over the gorgeous pett1coats
II he Tie fcstoons alone are trimming enough
N Of and then some regal. creature gtTes
their tu51ll Of envy, with the careless ew
r the thread lace barors in dozens on Tue NJ
"a no silk ssi,t. A novelty in J}apons Is tue
, I'M white brilliant and cross-barrcd muslin
y lire | fo1ate.y braided with black, and the De
= nnd are NIL effective. Patasole arc loaded
nco1n b<aa work or embroidery. and the styls
&c rr1oceful Innovation. As for bonnets-a
, con- emnll ha1fsqua,es oflace and silk can
:. ia. deeipnsted-1hey remain unchanged IN I
~ ~. -n1v at;s more hnit and less bonnet al