The loyal Georgian., 1866-01-20
NEWS SUMMARY.

ga s NEWS SUMMARY. H}
4 New York has one policeman for every
four hundred residents Boston one for
every five hundred, Chicago one for siA
hundred ffty-six; Baltimore one for
eight hundred; Philadelphia one for one
thousand and fifty.
About $4,000 applications in all have
been filed in the Attorney Generals
office since the amnesty proclamation was
issued. r ve5f vag
A manly little fellow Of FIVE years old
fell and cnt bis upper lip SO badly, that a
surgeon had to be summoned to sew up
the wound He sat in bis mothers lap
during the painful operation, pale, but
very quiet, resolutely keeping back his
tears and moans In her distress, tie
young mother could not refrain from say.
ing, oh, Doctor, fear it will leave dis
figuring scarf Charley looked up inp
her fearful face, and said, in comforting
tone, Never mind, mamma, my mustachc
will cover it 7
The celebrated Eastern traveller, Mr..
Layard, in excavating the ancient city of
NineYeh, discovered the name Jonah in
scribed upon the ruins That prophet,
as our readers know, was sent to announce
to the people Of Nineveh the destruction
Of the city for its wickedness.r
The Charleston Courier publishes the
following joke: 1t is perhaps not gene
rally understood that Postmasters, when
receiving letters not prepaid, are required
BY law to send to the parties to whom the
letters are addressed printed note with
the blanks properly filled out, informing
them that they can obtain the letters by
paying the postage due. 1t SO happened
not long since that Postmaster Trott, oi
this city, had occasion to send,a note OIL
this description to colored soldier in
one Of the interior district. On the face
of the envelope was stamped in bold
letters the word Free meaning, Of
course, there was nothing to collect for
postage. Judge of the hearty laugh the
Postmaster enjoyed on receiving the fol
lowing reply to his note: a sss
Mr.. STANDBY G. Trott-If I was you
/ would not trouble yourself about tell.
ing me I am free. I send you six cents,
Please forward the letter. Yours,
CHARLES JOHNSON.
The latest novelties of Paris fashions
are jewelry made in the ancient Egyptian
and Carthagenian style, and hieroglyphics
stamped or worked on ladies' dresses and
erinoline. aNea 1.a13
Penny trains are now fully established
in London, England. They run entirely
under ground, late and early. They viii
take person to his neighborhood for
two cents in ten minutes, while if he took
a bus above ground an. hour would be
consumed in reaching his destination, and
have to pay twelve cents.
A soldier belonging to the garrison in
Toronto, undertook the other day, to
beat his wife with his belt, but accidents
ly struck the baby in her arms with the
buckle, and killed it. He and his wife
buried the child, and kept quiet, but
their dreadful secret was discovered, and
the man was arrested.
The Emperor Of Russia has just car
ried out an important reform by the re-
construction of the courts Of justice and
the appointment of trial by jury.
A Dutch lady is exploring Upper
Egypt in her own yact Her crew con
sists Of ten English and ten Egyptian
sailors.
If an earthquake was to engulf Eng.
land tomorrow said Jerrold, "the Eng
lish would manage to meet and dine some.
where among the rubbish, just to celes
brate the event
A steamer, constructed after the sys-
tenn Of Wynan's cigar ship, has just been
launched at Havre. Its length is seven>
sty-three feet, and breadth nine; it is
provided with eight screws, of which six
are entirely submerged; these are worked
by engines Of twenty-five sepower.