Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ne STATES lnaC out Ol lne uYe Huhufeu Iuou-
sand men called out and sworn in by. the'
United States Government no more than one
hundred and sixty-eight' thousand actually
reached the field as soldiers although they
nearly all received their oounties. 80 "a
E& A New Orleans physician ia trying
TO prove that mosquitoes are blessing, not
curse. !: He says their bite is healthy.
ES A man who advertised to give the
best OF sound, practical advice for fifty cents,
that would, be applicable at any time, and to
all persons and conditions of life" on applic-.
$ cation Of, Victim, "per mail" sent the"fol
lowing: Never give a boy dime to watch
your shadow, while you climb. tree to look
into the middle Of nextweek. Itdon't pay"
aG- The Macon Telegraph tells of freed
: man who asked Council 10 pay him for dig
ging the grave of his OWE child and Of sew
eral instances where colored women, after
procuring cofins from The city, could get none
|, of their own color to dig .he' grave. ''' -
Is TIE N. Y. Herald has special from
. Greenwich Observatory, England, describing
ashower of metaors seen on the morning of
the l4th. They ere described to have been.
ofgreat beauty and brillancS.. Five thousand
were counted in one hour, and nearly twelve
thousand il all. 80
! II. The Times reiterates that the sole
object of the; mission of Cen. Sherman lis To
aid Gen. Caste!nau, sent out by the Emperor
6f France to superintend the evacuation, by
acting as tho. representative of this goyern77,
ment, possessed Of authority to discuss the
question at sspe, and to speak Cor American
interests.
Rs Fernando Wood is out in q card deny.
ing the statement of some Of the Washington
specials that he has been TO Washington Ell.
deayoring to urge upon the President to re-,
commend negro suffrage for the South. he
denies also that he is in faTor of the Consti-
tutional Amendment. ss1
E A house was rented in Minnesota
"till cold weather." and during the late cold
snap tue occupier received notice to quit.
lie refused, went to Court and the Courts de-
cided that cold weather does not come till the
FIST of December.
E Late edvices from Arkansas report
great damage to crops in that section, the
rains having beaten the stalks which had only
undergone one picking into the earth. The
second picking in some loca:ionsis considered
a total loss.
E a merchant who started in business
in New York a few years ago, with capital
of $l60,000, was admitted to the almshouse
last week as pauper.
Es An ovarian tumor, weighing forty
pounds, was successfully removed last Wednes.
day from woman in Lake county, Illinois
E A SHE DEv1r-lA female, school
teacher of Edensburg; Cambria county, Pa,
recently whipped little caild oc Mr.. John
Blair, until it was hardly able to stand, be-
cause the ttla fallnIu .Af,an1'- ia sit hes;dA,a
tiurkey. me marm's" name is "Eliza
Jones'" She should be sent to the. Massa-
chusetts Legislature to keep company with
the two negro fellows lately elected to that
body. -
E& A darkey was "extcling the clever
ness Of a neighbours son: Jim Johnson's
chile" said he, is de smartest little nigga
you eber see. Why, wat co you tink-he
went down to de Blacksmith Shop de oder
day, and while be was dere he picked up a
piece OBJ red hot iron and laid it right down
again widout nobody tellin' aim"
LE Mr., would be prophet out
West, said in one of his sesmons, "that he
was sent to redeem the world and all things"
Whereupon one of the audience pulled oIta
| Confederate shinplaster and asked him to
fork over the specie for it.
9- Sanford Conover, the witness charged
with perjury in the plot charging Jefferson
Davis with Mr.. 'Lincoln's assassination, rs
still in jail. He declares that he is innocent.
lie has been unsuccessful in getting bail, and
has been presented BY the grand jury: 1t is
stated also that he has been indicted for per-
ljury. 49, Z.
ET The people of North Carolina now
travel almost exclusively in alnbulances-%ar
relics. -''e y
geg Three tons of steel ere daily manu-
lactured into koop skirts in one. New York
establishment.
ES George Dennis, o. Scarborough,
England, lost his wife on Monday, married
another on Tuesday, took her home on We'd
nesday, and she brought him a child on
| Thursday. -
R9- The London, Times gises.the credit of
the original idea of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable to Mr. 'Wheatsone, and in an article OF
column does not once rpentiur Cyrus Fields
name. Cyrus will explode. -
rN. On the first Sunday that the King of
Prussia was prayed for in the churches in
Frankfort many of each congregation left
when the time for reading the prayer came.
ss- The Shiloh Burial Association, formed
for the purpose Of purchasing portion Of
the field. where the gallant Johnston fell, for
interrmg' the Confederate deat, whose bodies
lie bleaching from Shiloh to Corinth, have is
sued an appeal to the people. 1.-The object is
1 to obtain, two hundred. acres Of this sacred
soil, fell the lumber, make fence, and plant
Usage orange for.a hedge. Contributions may
be sent General SD. Lee, at Columbus.
ES5- The New York papors announce the
breaking up Of, various specializing move
msnis in the snccessaries of Life in that city,
which has caused most gratifying decline il,
prices,. Pork has fallen four collars o barrel,
wheat from Eve to eight cents bushel, and
corn eight cents q bushel. Buyers, It is re-
ported, even at these reduced figures, are
very scarce.
> AZ A young lady, accompanied by q
lady friend, called into ono OF the stores in
Hartford recently, and after they had dgone,
the clerk found the calves of her limbs on the
floor, the lady having evidently lost them off
unkuowingly. This is ole Of the most pain
less cases of amputation we have ever
heard Of
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paE The Paris Cham pays his respects to
cashiers as follows: ".An applicant presents
hi nself at bankers, I have been cashierin