The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-08
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A Western exchange complains that 1t
costs two bushels of corn to send one to mar
ket. a distance of one hundred miles; one
hundred bushels to get pair of boots, one
thousand bushels to get suit of clothes,
and two tons of corn for one ton OF coal
Brigham Young says he has men, muskets,
pistols, cannon and ammunition enough
and men to use them, and that he viii use
them if the GentileS come to Utah TO IN
terfere with pOlygamy. He denounces the
Government, and declares that he VIII De
Governor of Utah forever
Harper's Weekly states that if Congress
does not soon modify the taxes-some fif-
teen in number-levied upon these publish
ing books in this country, the entire book
publishing business of the United States
will be transferred to England 1t Is now
much cheaper to print and bind the books IN
England, and pay the duty on their lmpor-
tation, than it is to PRINT here
Dolly" leading gambler of Cincinnati
distinguished himself the other day by eS-
corting a crowd of shoeless refugees, from
North Carolina, into shoe store covering
their feet with leather, and paying the Dill
The Boston Herald says that about four
months ago Mr.. Lewis Fisher, a trescO paint
er, while engaged in his occupation on the
ceiling of a church in Chelsea, accidentally
fell from staging to the pews beneath,
distance of twenty-five feet, breaking sew
eral of his ribs and receiving serious inter
nal injuries which will disable him Tor nte'
and from which he is now confined TO ms
house few weeks since the unfortunate
man had bill presented to him by the trus-
tees of the church for repairing the pews on
which he fell, amounting to the sum OF
81 co. and he paid it
Two young men commenced the saiEmak-
M. ILL Il. hon Srhf
a lot of duck from Girard on credit, and a
friend had engaged to indorse for them.
Each caught roll and was carrying 1t on,
when Girard remarked:
Had you not better get dray 2"
NO; it is not far, and We can carry 1t
ourselves"
Tell your friend he needn't indorse yOpr
note, I'll take it without"
| The Washington Chronicle of the 25rn
ult, says The Secretary of the Treasury
| Yesterday decided a novel case, by means OF
| the telegraph wires. 1t appears that gen
| tIeman in Liverpool, England, shipped lot
of swine to New York. During the voyage
a SOW had litter of pigs, which, upon thelI
| arrival at New York, could not be landed, as
! they were not included in the original man
| ifest The Collector of Customs immedl
| ately telegFaphed the Secretary, asking
whether the stock is liable to seizure where
|
result Land the pigs"
! An old negro woman in the Richmond
| Va market was interrupted in the sale OF
| some articles she exposed contrary to the
market ordinance, when, highly indignant
! slowing away her stock, she said wish
| Mass Lincum had done KEEP his freedom
Its ,jes like Confederik money more you
| get on it the less count it is
| THE ORIGIN OF THE GAME OF DOMINO
| Amedee POnthleu has written an elaborate
article about the origin of the game OF
Domino" (Or, as it is often called, Dom
| inoes") and contends that it dates back tt
the sixth century. Two monks of the Gel
| ebrated monastery on Monte Casino, wh(
were confined in the jail for trlt1lng dis
obedience, invented, in order to kill The
dreary hours of their imprisonment, game
with small white square pieces OF chalk
into which they cut small holes, which the!
colored, and with which they played
Being watched by the jaller OF the monas
terry, they commenced to sing with lout
voice the beginning of the psalm 'Dlxl
Dominus Domino" as soon as they heart
the jailer coming, and repeated those word
until the dangerous man was gone. Ate
having been released, they manufacturer
square pieces of wood and ivory with blacl
holes, and sold them to other monks Tim
the game was soon spread throughout ltaiy
japan must be good place to go to. 1t i
said that you can buy first class nous
there for thirty dollars, and live comfoI
tably in it for two cents day. Servants
charge fifty cents month, and horse ant
groom NAV be had for the same time TO-
one dollar and fifty cents. If you don't hk
it when you get there you can open your
self with cheese knife, and no question
| will be asked