Evening star., 1866-05-24


fTIn certain townships of Michigan there
ls vigorous enforcement Of the local anti-n-
quor law.
e1There is in New York boarding ..house'
Tor organ grinders monkeys. SI-50 a week
per monkey is charged.
81 Robert Martin, a printer fell ont of a
third story window at Rochester, N " on
Sunday, and was killed
S1t is saId there are upwards of 15.OOo
members of Union Leagues In the state of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF wholI can take the
test oath.
HA nan named Ellis has made prepara-
lions TO hatch sixteen thousand chickens" by
steam, during the coming seaton, on his ranch
on the American river, IN California.
~A liquor seller in Philadelphia was as
tonished on Saturday by a hodcarrier who
called for and drank successIvely three half
pInts OF clear whiskey. without any visible
effect upon his health or nerves.
ga Mobile (Aia-) paper reports that but
ter is selling in that city at a dollar a pound
and, spite OF the high price, Is by no means of
hrst quality
~It appears by official reports that the
amount of whiskey consumed annually for
drinking purposes, is estimated by the Com
mission as averaging gallon and a half per
head TO the whole population of the United
States.
DAYS OF ILL OMEN-A work has inst been
published IN Paris containing a collection OF
dates that have been ill.omeA to celebrated
personages in France. Amongst others, the
O..
men of high distinction.
WOMEN OVERWHELMED By PorAroEs.-
Eight women, at work in the hold of a ship at
Plymouth. England, on the 9th ultimo, were
nearly sufocated by a bulkhead giving way,
and causing several tons of potatoes TO fall
upon them. The women were extricated with
little delay, and though severely bruised their
injuries were not serious.
DEAR EATISG-The Raleigh Progress of
yesterday says: .Spring chickens, larger than
sparrows, were offered in market this morn
ing at three dollars per dozen. Twelve dollars
worth would make a comfortable dinner for
any sick man"
~YeIiow noisette rosebuds are a favorite
adorpment for Paris. .-.
"Somewhere in the Old Testament 1t is
stated that the Jewish women were once pun.
ished for adorning false calf. The lesson has
its warning.
.SThe ladies now wear Mohair head-dress
es. They should be called more hair.
ga brides dress in Paris recently was
branches of white lilac on q snowy material
Sfifteen thousand Of the inhabitants of
New York live In cellars.
~ The flower bill for a wedding in high life
IN New fork amounts 10 one thousand dol.
lars rs-
DOne part Of fAlabama Is rapidly filing ND
and that is the PenItentiary. -
a0Five hundred men are engaged in clean.
ing the streets and alleys Of Chicago.
1Tbere never was q sect, party or faction
IN which the most ignorant were not the most
violent. FL. - ~ - = -
9Th. A. WISE intim ates that he NAV 20 into
the boot cleaning The boys would object
SThe dialect Of young ladies divides all
things into two classes-the horrid and the
splendid rfa
ga paper has been started in Iowa called
the Stiletto. How much they charge for an
insertion is not stated. r. E-..
G%The boat in which james HamiIl is to
row Kelly, the Englishman, NJ Newcastle on
CANDY I0hnR0DD
~ IL is SAID 10 be not unusual for q ship TO
20 into Hong Kong with q cargo OF opium
worth q million dollars.
~The New Albany Ledger says Miss Nj.
N, Of Anderson, Indiana. nd dvertises that she
As eighteen and not married yet She wants
men TO write 10 her. She is IN a bad fix
HIt is intimated that Edward Ketchum
will be pardoned before he acq uires a decent
knowledge Of shoe making at Sing Sing
~Cigareties and scandal are the attractions
at the aristocratic ladies clubs in London
aVAn old gray headed man has eloped with a
fine young girl in Petaluma county, Cali
fornIa. sf.-r# r.--
NA ST. Louis rat had TO be beaten with a
club before IL would stop sucking the blood
from a cosored baby's neck.
~Property to the amount of i30, 10i acres
has been restored by the Freedmen's Bureau.
ga wave on which many poor fellow has
been carried away Is thewave OF a lace hand
kerehief
IJ. L. Hays, of Paducah, Ky, a poor man,
got married on the lst and killed himself by
drinking poison on the 9Th Of this month.
~Emanuel Miller, of Ecosse Mich. threw
himself under the wheels of q locomotive the
other day.
land"
~kansas raised nearly. s.,ooaooo wor.n Of
corn last year.