The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-17

"A DR.. Feketc has been arrested in New
Orleans and Leld in $4,000 bail, on the charge of
causing the death of little girl and little boy,
who, suffering from chills and fever, botn died
in two hours alter taking some medicine he al
ministered to them. After the little glrl had
oled, when the medicine given to her was pre-
scribed to her brother, he sald:-"Uncle, | don't
want to take that medicine; it killed sissy, and
1t will kill me-" 'Oh, no." 1t was responded /:
sit was not the medicine that killed your sister,
The little fellow replied, MAYBE not, but wish
you would let me see my pony before | take 1t,
because | don't believe will ever see him
again" He was shown the pony, took the
medicine, and in one hour afterwards was
corpse.
1t is related that recently, in sleeping
Car coming from the West, man in one OF the
berths became greatly annoyed by the crying of
an infant and the efforts of its father to pacity
il. The irate individual at last shouted out:-
What the devil Is the matter with that young
one" And soon again;-"Where is the mother
OF that child that she is not here to pacify u"
AT this, the poor gentleman in charge of the
child stepped mp to the berth, and said;-"Sir,
the mother of that child is in her coffin, in the
baggage carl" The grumbler Immediately
ose and compelled the afflicted father to retire
to his berth ANA from that time until morning
took the little orphan under his care.
Two ladies of Waterford. Conn.,, one a single
lady presiding over her brothers household OF
five persons. and the other widow lady with
six children, undertook to see who could do the
most work and pick the most huckleberries last
Friday. The single lady cooked large quant-
ties of pies, cakes, ETC., and, besides doing the
regular work, picked twenty-five quarts ofhuckle-
berries. The widow tended a SICK child, and
with the aid of her children, gathered market
wagon of vegetables TO sell on Saturday. and
herself picked twenty-three and a nalf quarts
Uf huckleberries.
The richest heTess in Paris Madlle Heine,
niece of Fould, the French Finance Minister
and OF Heine the poet, was married the other
day to M. Michael Ney, Duke of Elehingen and
grandson of Marshal Ney. Her immediate
dowTy is a million dollars,
General Henry NJ. Naelee, of this city, is in
vited TO pay $780, 900 to Miss Mary l.. Schel of
California, Tor neglectng to marry her as he had
promised. II is said that the plaintiff has about
one hundred letters to offer in this case that will
scandalize many prominent individuals.
in 1645 the number of houses in Boston was
88O2; in 1865, 26,649. During the five years
commencing IN 1855 and ending in 1860, there
we're 4049 dwellmghouses erected, but during
the war period of five year,, ending in 1865,
there were only 720 houses built.
"A wedding took place last week near Cam
| bridge, Illinois. The bridegroom was thlrty-two
years old and the bride was eighty'hVe. The
| papers out that way wish them all Imaginable
prosperity, but think 1t unnecessary TO wish the
bride long life.
Savannah is enjoying perfect freedom from
/ epidemic diseases, and the general health, as
indicated on the bills of mortality, has never
been eQualled at this season OF the year.