Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-08-17
NEVIS ITEMS.

discharged within the past wv e1ys N'n- the Springfield armory'
 ua-It is said that foreign marquis, who is staying at aNew York hotel, spends $500 week. A fool and his money is soon parted.
 nrThe Carrol,ton Conserratipe says the extremely warm weather hts put stop tothe mania for marrying ameng the young folks. wA-The conduc. of the Turkish com mander in throwing six Israelites into the Danube. aroused strong feeling in Buch- greet.
 n~The money value of the crops this year, i, is estimated, will hes400, 900 900 greater than last year, so large has been the increase.
 The tobacco trade in New York, amounts to slo0,000 annually, employs 25,o00 persons, and is conducted by 1913 distinct firms
 The democrats Of Kentucky have carried the state by over 60,o0o majority and elected congressman to the vacancy caused by the death of Mir. Hise.
 -Californsa rewards infamy. The people are goingto give Juarez splendid gold medal, set with precious stones, and inclosed in a silver mounted box.
 --In Canada there are seventy three gold mines, employing 7Os miners The yield of gold for three mouths is valued at s690,955.
 In Wisconsin, recently, large me- tcor was seen, which, after traversing an arc of 10 degrees, burst into three glow ing balls, exhibiting red, white, and blue colors.
 The laying of the cable between Cuba and this country has been completed and the first dispatch will probably be transmitted during the coming week.
 nA.It is calculated that the human race numbers between 200, 900, 900 and 1900, 900 900, and that there are seventy births and sixty deaths every minute.
 --London will shortly have it's pub lie memorial to Richard Golden. The site chosen for the erection of the monu- snent is in Camden-town at Q spot where an expensive area IS formed.
 -Republcan mass meetings are now in progress all over Alabama. The total registration in the state is 300. Oi this number the blacks count up 65,00O
 -There are 500 GOO people living in New York, with less than 5o,000 dwell ings for their accommodation Therefore an average of about sixteen persons reside in every house.
 The report that 8 large portion of the town of Fl Paso, Texas, hss been washed away by the late flood in the Rio Grande, is confirmed The fiehset has also caused much damage at other points along the banks of the stream.
 gA. Latest song of the radicals:
 For the e5oRy nigger
 We 20 the whole feger--
 H'e love him because Of his scent
 He must sit by our side
 He must vote, be must ride,
 And one must be Vice-president
 ----The Russian army, in 1863, con sisted of over 800,000 men. This num- Der can be increased in time of var to l,l80 900 md counting irregular troops to nearly l,5oo,0o0. The population of the Russian empire IS upward of GO, o,000,- 000
 nG-A somnambuls. in Milwaukee rob bed himself of his own money and valu ables, burying them in the yard at night He was at last watched and the hiding place discovered.
 -Chief Justice Chase now pays an income tax on s7o0,000. It may be re- mcmbered that few years ago he was a poor man. Radicalism has this recom- mendatlon at least, it generally pays
 The latest novelty in connection with the Paris Exposition IS series of dog races The canines entered the con tests are from various countries, and much national feeling has been enlisted
 - Charleston has recovered from the effect of the war The newspapers of that city state that the burnt district is being improved with great rspidity, and in other parts of the city old houses are being torn down and replaced by new and more modern structures.
 Since the cholera appeared on the plains assertions among the infected reg iments have been numerous. Some of the regiments lost about fifty men each It is thought that many of the absentees will return when the scourge disappears
 We find the following fact in one of our exchanges: The estimate of the treasury department for the support of the United States army in the Southern states during the present year is from SS5
 
 000,O0O to $40, ,000,00o.
 ----Eighty cases of yellow fever and four deaths were reported at Corpus Christi 'an the 3d inss Al Ealvasfon on Satur.