The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-09
GENERAL ITEMS +

MAol +
soldier with artificial legs recently de
- that he had much rather be ION hi
aII Iags than his new ones.
London paper expresses regret at the
,;I;ation of Austria it was such 4
uu..Iananly old Empire" 81
Ont dogs tail short and he can't wae
81 revity is the soul of wit, but not Of
raggery
they make telegraph poles of mahogany
South Australia.
The Mavor of a western town proposes
iii half the dogs in the place, and tan
S,,ir hides with the bark OF the other half.
rrod Douglas. who lives in Rochester,
- renorted and income of $5,175
for 1865.
WI Russell, correspondent OF the Lon
-, 1,;mes with the Austrian army, receives
~" a,arv of $500 a month and his expenses
h,. Mose. CORRESPONDENT of the same journal
W. pr,,ssian headquarters, has $500 month
and expenses
Tho GREAT seal of Missouri, which was
u ~, 1851 bv the rebel Governor Claib,
&Stoien -, has been found in we'll at Marshall
Texas. s. 81 ~.
AMONG the degrees conferred at the late
commencement of Union Colleges, Seize
ootadv N. Y, were that of LII. d. on Sec
'tarv Seward. and that of D. D. on Rev.
Hnciils w. Bancroft, of Gambler, o.
On the leg and thighs of Mr.. Jones, who
r,. killed by lightning in Piqus, and on the
ct of his little son, was daguerreotyped a
.tect image of the tree under which they
rrrr standing at the time of the accident.
One of the monster farmes of modern
Emes is that of Gen. Urquiza, of Buenos
lvres. 1t is composed of an unbroken body
foO0 square miles, over which countless
bousands of horses, cattle and sheep are
gazing.
The Richmond Examiner don't like the Phil
delphia delegation at all, saying that they
are not the representative men whom the
rcasion calls for" 1t is not only disappoin-
81 but amazed that not delegate was
Elected from Richmond. 1t calls upon the
toters of the district to repair the blunders
By eecting other delegates.
The Houston Texas Telegraph of the 21st
AS election returns fir m II counties, which
rive Thro ckmorton 81 ,573 votes to S,723 for
[P-ase, 4 correspondent of the Texas Re
i Hmm names Gen. E. B. Nichols for United
Senator. He is principally known in mercan-
tIe classes and was an energetic and deter
|nined Rebel
. The Tribune, of the 4th inst, says :
pubIic ovation welcomed Speaker Colfax
his home at South Bend, Indiana, on the
Ect of the month. He will give his whole
lime to the canvass in his State, and will I'M
5,uhtetily be returned to the House by a
arger majority than ever.
The wigwam for the meeting of the Ma |
ional Union Convention will be situated In
Eont of Girard College, and is being rapidly.
nt Substantially constructed. Accommoda- |
ion will be afforded for 800 delegates and |
900 spectators, and the building will COM |
rise committee rooms and other convenien-
5 Tie place of meeting can he reached
: three or four different lines of horse rail-
Dads.
A gang of boy thieves has been discov-
ell in San Francisco. who have constructed
lyerns underneath sidewalks in unfrequen-
ri localities, in which they barrow, and
ON which they construct tunnels to ada
ent stores conveying their stolen goods
hence to the upper air.
-Leprosy is said to be devolving itself in
arious parts Of the world with all its an
ent repulsive characteristics. 1t prevails
1 the present time in the West Indies and
Norway, two widely separated countries,
ccording to recently published statistics,
here being no less than two thousand lepers
! the latter country
Two editors of the New York Times re-
emily died on the same day. One, Hon. j.
] Thorn, late member of the New York
Egislature died of consumption; the other
BRAN Funda, fell from the third story of
e Phoenix Hotel at Laningsburg, causing
ls death.
The Boards of Aldermen and Council
Fen in New York have granted the privil-
Zee to the West Side and Yonlsers Railway
Company to build an experimental line of
Eevated railroad in Greenwich street, to be
Fztended, if successful, through different
tars of the city and Westchester county.
Head Centre Stephens has addressed
f0cument to the Fenian brotherhood, in
fIich he saws the Fenians in this country
re, of right, subordinate to the organization
Ireland, and that they will do mischief in
ftead of good, unless they work solely to
/ i've aid to the organization in Ireland. He
|aerates the statement that the fight for free
fOm On Irish soil will come off this year. i
NJ Theirs is now sixty-nine years old.
He came to Paris from Providence, in 1920; {
Fied to be lawyer; failed; turned histo- /
ban, and his history of the Consulate and
Empire brought him five hundred thousand
rancs
Mrs. Anna Cora Richie is living
b London, and is the correspondent of +
fhe Home Weekly, Baltimore Gazette
Rnd Duty Netos. She lost her all by
per husbands investment i'll Contcder-
ate bonds, and the failure of her voice !
by bronchitis puts the stage out of the f
question:. (
In the Prussian army all the young S
men try to Gu their hair so as to initiate J
the Crown Prince. A correspondent
says that inaslnuch as the Prince has a
sort OF average Prussian face-what
N may he called a representative face ,
lAe vast number of lads and men one $
meets zee with features, complexion, mus
tttche and whiskers like his is somewhat n
angular 1t is also the fashion for the
'".s ol the army to assume fine mill
F''! SeoWl, as ifthey were very anxious
Goat :