Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-09
-NIIsCELLANEOUS IFEsEs.

Up to the 18th of July, ITO person
have been attacked by the cholera at B-r
lin OF the 18th there were IIG new cases
on the 10th lSG total, 2,O72; of which Is.
were cured, 1850 deaths, and S24 still un.
der treatment.
The Dayton Journal, of Monday. say.
that as u lady and two daughters wero ex-
aiming some plants in an open field
about two miles from that city, they werC
twice fired upon by two men, and the lady
was shot. The object Of the men appear
ed to be to drive the supposed intraders
from the field. Measures are being taken
to cause the arrest of the scoundrels.
The American citizens resident in and
around COnstantinople, celebrated the
Fourth of July with a picnic of more
than ordinary elegance and completeness.
Hon FL MOTIFS, the AuleFIcdh MINIS
ter, made an admirable speech, full of pa
triotic spirit and happy commemorative
illusions. The Revs. j. Pettibone and q.
Washburne also delivered spirited ad-
dresses.
The Archduke William, Commander
in-Chief of the Austrian artillery, a Y :
"The needle-gun is to the ordinary musket
what shorthand is to common hand
writing 1t seems to have developed a
somewhat running-hand amOag the Aus
TRANS.
The consumption of beer in Paris is in
creasing in a remarkable manner. Six
trains arrive every week by the Eastern
railway completely laden with casks Of
that liquor from Alasco and Lorraine. and
the quantity drunk annually amounts 10
100000 gallons, and has nearly doubled
within five years past.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, commenting
upon the fact that a recent base bali match
between the pressmen of the New York
World and Times resulted in a victory of
the World men by a score of 60 to 10, re-
marks that the Times people probably
played on both sides, after their usual
fashion.
According to n correspondent of the
London Telegraph in Garibaldis army.
all Daughters of the Regiment are not
be%witching persons: "She was the daugh-
ter of the regiment; but she might have
been its grandmother. a little, fussv,
gray-haired, sun-burnt. wrinkled virago.
with arms as muscular as those of a prize
tighter, and an astonishing vocabulary
of horrible oaths.'
An amusing spectacle was recently
witnessed at Long Branch. There were
many guests at the Continental, and. all
the rooms being filled, the proprietor
spread abOnt fifty beds and hammocks in
the dining hall. About midnight the oc-
cupants OF these extemporized resting
places arose, and each having a sheet
wrapped around him, filed out in solemn
procession, first to the bar for q drink. and
thence into the yard and elsewhere. The
appearance of this spectral file of speech
beings attracted much attention.
a general wake up all over the
place, and occasioned much merrimont.
a monster turtle was caught last week
Seguin, Maine. The Portland Mel
says: 1T is judged that he weighs
more than twelve hundred pounds. Some
or fifteen years since a vessel was
wrecked in that vicinity, with an African
-nrtle or board that weighed three hun
ired pounds. There is no doubt but the
'aPtured one is the same fellow. as he
las been seen occasionally eve since he
vas wrecked. He has improved his time
y growing so that when in the water If
ook four men to manage him, with a
ord tied to each fipper.7