The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-08
THE NEWS.

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In the year ending September last,
! 4, 224, l6G lbs. of sugar were consumed
in the London breWeries, and 1886
| 603 lbs in the breweries of the provin-
ces. In the Scotch breweries, 200, 799
lbs. were consumed, and in the Irish,
81, ,l75 Us.
The most curious work at present
| going forward in Paris is the leveling
Of The hill Of the Trocadero, on the
right bank of the Seine, opposite the
bridge Of Jena. One fourth of the work
is completed. The ground is mined,
| and four mines are fired simultaneous
| ly by means of an electric battery. A
surface of moro than two acres is raised
by each explosion.
Fort Erie, captured by the Fenians
and retaken by the Canadians, is a viii
| lage opposite Black Rock, and in sight
of Buffalo, on the Canada side Of Mag
ara river There is a small fort there,
built in 1927, but long since dismantled
and unoccupied.
singular cattle disease has made
its appearance near Danbury, Connec-
ticut. The COWS sickened suddenly
and died within thirty six hours after
they were attacked Upon opening it
was found that the brains and shoul-
ders Of the cattle were mortified, emit
ting stencil almost unable to be
| borne. The disease is said to look
much like the rinderpest
Henry Dougherty shot and instantly
| killed Thomas Oliver, at Salem, Ind,
on Sunday evening. Dougherty's wife
! had left him, and he suspected her Of
| being too intimate with Oliver When
the murder was committed, Oliver was
standing talking with Mrs. DoGgherty,
near the house where she was living.
Dougherty afterward ran of, and at
! last accounts had not been apprehend-
ed. All the parties bore bad charac-
| ters.
Judge Drake, of the United States
/ District Court for Utah Territory, has
refused to issue naturalization papers
to any persons practing polygamy, since
the passage of the act of Congress with
reference to that crime. The Judge
holds that man who defies the anti
polygam act of Congress, or any other
law of that body, is IN no way entitled
to citizenship.
In the course Of an investigation in
New York, on Saturday, it came out
that the practice was common among
cigar manufacturers to put American
cigars into boxes bearing Spanish
marks, and sell them as imported
goods.
During the three weeks ending with
Saturday, June ,, the officially declared
exports of gold from New York we're
rather over than under S25, 600 600
During the last month the premium on
gold has pretty steadily appreciated;
beginning at 261 and ending at All.
Last Thursday night an iron safe was
broken open, in Aberdeen Ohio, and
robbed of $1,000; $4,000 of which be-
longed TO the Odd Fellows, $1,000 to
Mr.. Sharp, and 81 900 to Mr.. BrooEover.
The Congressional library at Wash
| ington now numbers 100000 volumes,
beng the largest collection of books in
this country.
The editor of the Raleigh Sentinel
says, on the authority of letter from
Gen. Lee TO himself that the General
desires to write a history of the war,
but has not thus far made satisfactory
progress, because of the loss of his
papers.
Anton Prohst, the murderer of the
Deering family at Philadelphia, will be
executed in that city on Friday of the
present week. It's said that no special
change is noted in his demeanOr.
The Fenian prisoners at Buffalo were
paroled yesterday, in pursuance of or
ders from Washington. They are not
TO be found in arms again in American
waters.
Head Center Stephens is in Washing
ton. He INDUCES in impartial denun-
citation of both the O'Roberts and Nc.
Mahony Fenians.
A hundred Canadian residents of
Chicago have gone to Toronto to offer
their services to the Provincial Govern
ment
James Redmond, a lad five years old,
was killed in a shingle factory at Chi
cage yesterday, by being caught in the
machinery. His head and limbs were
literally torn into fragments.
The Wheeling InteIligencer cites the
animated business of the iron mills of
that city as an evidence Of the growing
prosperity of that place Heavy or
ders sre reported from home and for
eign buyers.
The Rhode Island legislature has
elected Charles S Bradley Chief JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court Thomas
Durfee, Associate Justice OF the Su-
preme Court, James c. Collins, State /
Auditor, William w. Blodgett Bank |
Commissioner and Walter B Chaplin |
brigadier General OF the Third brigade. |
Governor Burnside has appointed as |
his aids r X l. Goddard, Duncan A. /
Pell. William Ames, Charles J. Mason, |
Charles A. Merriman and John s. Engs /
all of them men who served under
aim in the war.
To CLEAN WHITE MARBI.E large |
lump of Spanish whiting soaked IN |
water in which q piece OF common /
washing soda has been dissolved. The |
quantity of water should be only just
enough 10 moisten the whiting. Take
UP some of the whiting, now become a
paste, on flannel, and rub the marble
with il, leaving it on for awhile, and re-
peadng the process twice or three
times If necessary. Wash it all oil
with soap and water, dry the marble
well and afterwards polish If with
soft duster. A little of the whiting
thus moistened is more useful for wash
ing ornamental china, which must Of
teTyard be well rinsed in soaPy water,
and will be found to have acquired
very bright polish.