The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-10

One of Berdans Men.-A California paper
says:-"Andy Westover, we'll known in this
vicinity as great hunter, arrived at his home
An Sutter county the other day from the head
waters OF the Sacramento, in small boat, Just
large enough to contain himself and traps
He was five days in making the trip to his door,
distance one hundred and seventy-dve miles.
and part of his journey was performed with
great velocity, as he had 10 run, III his hail
bark, swift and dangerous rapids. Mr.. Westoyer
has followed hunting Tor many years, AT the
outbreak of the great Rebellion he went East
and enlisted in the Union army, being one of
Berdan's celebrated sharpshooters. When peace
was declared he returned to California, aud
again engaged in his old pursuits. He has re-
turned to his home at the tules, and is making
preparations for an onslaught on the ducks and
geese abounding in that quarter"
Numbering Creditor A horrible crime, says
the Courier du Bds Rhtn, has been perpetrated
at E0fg A Jew named Wolf, a creditor Of
Farmer called Metz, was sent for by tue latter
under preteXt that the amount of debt OF 1900
francs was to be at once paid to him. He went,
and rs he did not return, his family became
alarmed. The police were communicated with,
and search was made in Metzs house. In the
barn, buried seven feet under the floor, VOLTS
body was found, horribly mutilated. The farmer
had also it was ascertained, forged the mur-
dered mans name to a receipt for the sum due.
Both he and farm.serVanC have been taken
into custody.
The Mont Gents Tunnel.-Itis is estimated that
the number of holes to be drilled by the rock
boring machines in the Mont Cents tunnel,
before the work is completed is about LOCO, 900:
The total depth of these holes when bored will
amount to about 4,265, 800 feet, which is l05
times the length OF the tunnel Nearly
$4,000, coo, 600 blows will be struck by the per-
forators to do this work. The entrance 10 the
tunnel on the French side is 9946 feet above the
level of the sea, and It's termination on the
italian side 1880 feet, SO that the actual differ
ence of level between the two eXtremities is
about 434 feet
Bottle of Brandy per Day-The London
Reuie,o says:-"We have heard rather good
story of Bismark He is said to be partial to
brandy, and before leaving Berlin for the seat
of war, little soH of his asked him how long he
was to be away. He replied that he did not
know. Thereupon a servant came in to inquire
how many bottles of cognac were to be packed
up in the Counts luggage. Twenty-tour,' was
the answer, 'Ah, papa cried out the terrible
infant now know how long you are 10 be
from home-twenty-f days."
Emigration to the United Satisfactorily two
thousand Germans now leave Europe every
week for the United States in the Bremen aud
Hamburg mail steamers. A company is esta.
blished at Copenhagen to encourage the emigra-
ton OF Danes, Norwe9ians, and Swedes to the
United States. The children of all these emf
grants are taught the English language as their
mother tongue.
Short Time in Factories The short time
movement is on the increase in Lancashire. On
the 18th OF November the spinners and manutac-
turers OF the Rawtenstall district who employ
three hundred thousand spindles and six thou
sand LOOMS decided to commence working only
IOur uays week; ana on the previous daY the
manufacturers at Darwen came to similar
resolution.
Memorial of Miss Nightingale's Services
1t has been resolved to spend 915,O 900 in erecting
new wing to the Derbyshire General Infrmary
in England. The building is to bear the title Of
the Nightingale Wing" William Edward
Nightingale, father OF Miss Nightingale, has
been invited to become president OF the inst-
tuition.
immortality of Liverpool Liverpool in 1864,
though 1t contained only oue-iort Fourth of the
population, had one-seventh of the drunken
cases IN all England and Wales. 1t shows one
case OF drunkenness for every thirty-three of
the population, while Birmingham shows only
one In every two hundred and thirty-two.
Postage stamps-The production of postage
stamps IN France amounted in l849 to nineteen
mlillons, increased IN 1865 to four hundred and
fourteen millions, and will reach four hundred
snd nfty millions this year. France is however
stlll tar behind England which produced eight
hundred millions.
Another English Church in France ce-Arranoe-
ments are In progress for erecting new Enisco
pal church at Lyons, for which purnose an
eligible site has been secured on the Ouai dn
Rhone, and its purchase approved by the aatbo.
rites of Lyons
Post Office 0rders.-The Edinburgh Chamber
of Commerce has resolved to memoralize the
Postmaser-General in favor of penny scale oi
stamped post office orders, OF which committee
had reported that 1t would prove advantageous
TO the post office and beneficial to the public
Steam with Liquid Fire-A steam yacht owned
by Mr.. Bart, of Glasgow, has made two trips Ia
Gravesend and back, prOpeled by steam raised