Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-12
ALSSomrs OF PARAGRAPHS

Down in Texas. Cousin Sallie is the popu-
lar name for the late q. 5
There have been thirty four suicides at the
fashionable watering places in Germany this sea
son-all gamblers
Connecticut did not owe dollar at The out
break OF the war. 1t now requires $500 900 to
pay the annual interest on her bonds
-Gerritt Smith declared at Saratoga that the
temperance movement had been a signal failure
through the want of fidelity in its own par,isaus
A wealthy old man just deceased in Paris,
left 100 900 frances to Young man who DO.
ltely gave up his seat to him one night a, the
crowded opera.
As showing the value OF land In the city Of
London, il IL noted that piece of land, occupy
ing site of $500 feet, on Cannon street, sold
for f3O. 600
There is a reason for everything. A young
fellow in BarnsteAd. New Hampshire. cut his
throat the other day because he was going TO be
married. A woman in San Francisco drowned
herself because she was not going to be married
The waterfall is an ancient institution. Wit.
ness Mark Antony:
wat er faR was there, my countrymen."
This gives it the date OF Julius Caesar. unless
Shakespeare vas guilty of anschronism
A California paper of late date, speaking
of the progress of the Pacific Railroad in that
State, says: The hills are being cut down,
valleys filled up, bridges erected, aud all kinds
of railroad wo x going fast as 2 $40 able
bodied men, With toll complement Of teams
can do it,
Ohio boasts OF a Military Academy about
Al " INF ha rtOt. a..
OF Captain j Benson Williams, a graduate OF
the United States Military Academy. The loca-
ton ia the Theological Seminary building, at
Paramount, on the hills that encrcle the CITY of
Cincinnati The enterprise was planned by sew
eral leading citizens
The wife of Peyton Langley. of Fulton.
Missouri dshonored him. he talked the mat
ter over with her. when she agreed to let him
kill her, if he would himself commit suicide
This strange aud horrible arrangement was
carried out-Lsngley shooting his wife through
the heart while che lay in bed, then placing
himself beside her. and blowing out his own
brains
JEFF Davis alleged assumption of the petit
coat, whethe TIT occurred or not, is undoubtedly
very good thing TO laugh about. but no candid
person think the worse of him Oh account of
it. If he thought that TO put on a petticoat
would save him from imprlson ment and death,
be would have been fool not to do it, Nearly
half century ago, when General L4valette was
in French prison his wife obtained permission
to visit him. She avaled herself of the occasion
to make him put on her dress and go out in il,
whilst she remained in his place Thus he et-
fected his escape, aud tbs whole civilized world
rang With praises Of the heroine Of the romance
Louisville Journal
.sT IL.
The Nord, lat the royal villa Of Weinberg, near
PhiInitz. in Saxony, four sisters. whose ilus,ri
Gus destinies are seldom equalled in any one
family, namely, the four daughters of King
Macmillan |, of Bavaria, one OF whom married
Frederick William ", of Prussia; the second
became the wife of the late Frederick Augustus
III. of Ssxony; the third married the present
King of Saxony, and the fourth is the Arch
duchess Sophia, mother of the Emperor Of Aus
Iria. This family reunion at Weinberg is rendered
more interesting by the fact that these Processes
are also twin sisters. Queen Amelia, of SAxoDy,
and Queen Dowager Euzibeth, OF Prussia, were
born the 18th day of November, 1901, and the
Archduchess Serbia aud the Queen Dowsger
Maria, OF Saxon on the 9th OF January, lsO5."
The wealth Of Colorado" is spoken OF in
Denver letter n. The Goth ult., as follows: "A
new impetus is now being given to the develop
meDt oil the mineral wealth of our mountains.
Men of energy, business capacity and large capt.
tai are daily arriving IN our midst, and all OF
them are not only highly pleased with the pros
poets of rich remuneration, bat are proving their
faith by large investments IN gold and silver
property. These investments are not made
under the excitement of the moment. but after
the most careful surveys, and most thorough
analysis OF the ores. made by practical metal
lurgists and men OF high scientific attachments,
sent out from the East expressly 10 test the
argentiierous and auriierous qualities OF our
mountain lOdes."