Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-03-15

1RAustria has Just been troubled with one
OF her periodical panics, and has been trying,
and happily acqnitting, bevy of young Ital-
ian girls for the heinous crime OF singing pa
triouc songs on the banks Of the bright blue
lake OF Garda.
HS- Five Paris theatres receive assistance
from the state, amounting in all 10 1,5O0Oo0
francs. Of this sum the Opera receives $4,000
francs the Theatre Franchise and the Opera
Comique 10000 each, and the Odeon and the
Theatre Lyrique 1O0,000 each.
RS-Fair young lady-I see somebody in the
crowd outside waving handkerchief. I sun.
pose the bride is approaching.
Light Young Man-Handkerchiefl White
one! by Joye. perhaps it is a reprieve.
81 Near Reese river, in California, there is
an isolated mountain, about 500 hundred feet
high, whose entire surface on all sides from
summit TO base, is covered with agates. Upon
digging into the soil they are found like pots-
toes IN hlli. They are oval in shape and from
one 10 four inches in diameter.
nFA wife in San Francisco lately nut a ne
titien TOR divorce in the court on the ground
that her husband was ssconfounded fool {"
admit the plea, because every man would be
liable to ths same imputaton who gets mar
ried.
HRAn interesting paper recently read before
the French Academy OF Medicine, shows that
impediments in speech are very often caused
by the adhesion OF certain portirns OF the front
OF the brain to the skull.
HPistols, dirks and clubs Were freely used
u V.
because the teacher whipped big boy. sixty
pupils engaged, and the teacher was badly
stabbed.
~A gentleman having horse that started
and broke his. .wIfes neck, a aneighboring 50 uire
told him he wished TO purchase il for his wife
10 ride upon. "No, no." said the other, 81 will
not sell the little fellow because intend 70 get
married again myself"
USome men have Z passion for the petite
girl. The smaller her size, the huger their
sighs.
arUpwards Of f3OO,OO0 have been subscribed
for the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and an
appeal will be made for f250,00o more.
gThe most astounding piece Of news yet,
is the statement that the bonds Of the Irish Re.
public are being extensively counterfeited.
HMrs Mansfield, of Madison Co, Mo,
had the misfortune TO lose her husband last
week. She murdered him.
HJust as one John Elton had closed most
feryid exhortation for sinners 10 fee from the
wrath 10 come, at one Of the Baptist churches
at New LoRdon, Conn, on Sunday night the
sheriff arrested him for stealing minister's
overcoat.
DAs proofo of the intelligence of the peo-
pie OF Nevada IL is stated that OF thlrty-nlne
persons in the State Prison (mostfy lndansl
all were able to read and write and most Of
them 10 play draw-poker
nSrMaior Ficklin has taken In the sail Of the
National Express Company. he has dismissed
a great number OF clerks, abolished a number
of nor r-paying routes, &c. The salary of the
President Is reduced from $1,000 TO 5000.
REGen. Malone, late OF the Confederate ar
my, Is President OF the Southside Railroad,
and receives salary of $4,000. He is also
President and Superintendent OF the Norfolk
and Petersburg road, for which he receives q
salary OF S5,OoO per annum.
sSTbe Cork Herald says that emigration
10 the United States has already commenced
on large scale. It " not the poorer classes
4, re If they conis only be taught 70 be con-
INT Sitb their lot.