The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-12-27
NEWS ITEMS.

grnphed and for sale In Richmond.
lssy~ The late Abraham Lincoln was
ungallant enough to style Miss Dickin-
son "a growing pullet.'
ns- A North Carolina negro shot
down the sheriff sent to arrest him for
theft, In the presence Ofa file of United
States troops.
sey- Zaccheus Greeley, father OF Hor-
ace Greeley, died at Fort Wayne, Penn.
on the 18th inst, aged SO years.
t9- The grandfather Of George ii.
Pendleton was the second of Hamilton
In his duel with Burr.
ss.y- A Chinese thief, having stolen n
missionary's watch, brought IL back to
him the next day to bo shown how to
wind 1t up.
Hsy" About Il million children gather
weekly in the Methodist Sunday Schools
ia the United States, under the instruc-
tlen of l50,O 900 teachers.
Bss- When the ladies at the Court of
sweden got through hugging and kiss
ing Admiral Farragut, they each md
all exclaimed--"f fairy goot."
ssy- The Savannah RtpUbi;caa thinks
prize fighting Is twin sister ofuniversal
suffrage. Of course; black ayes and
noes are the result Of each.
gsg~ Charles Mulhclrn, of the Canton
of Url, in Switzerland, has been fined
eight hundred francs for refusing to ac-
cept an Office. The only case on record.
pzs- Six brothers in Mclean County,
Illinois, named IIoughman, weigh
twenty-five hundred and nineteen
pounds. The smrllest weighs two hun
dred and eighty pounds, the heaviest
four hundred and fifty.
pSS- Baptism and the sacrament are
now administered at Henry Ward
Beecher's church with water from the
river Jordan and wine from Jerusalem.
la The widow of a former member
of Congress, residing in II Howell, Me-,
lately married her nostier. He treated
her cruelty, and she applied for divorce,
whereupon he decamped with $50, 900 in
bonds, leaving her in destitute circun-
stances.
Ra- Mark Twain, lecturing on the
Sandwich Island, offered to show how
the car n balls eat their food, if some lady
would hand him baby. The lecture
was not illustrated.
sas- Henry Ward Beecher defended
novel writing last Sunday evening, on
the ground that the parallels of the
Saviour were little novelettes.
lsH- Henry Ward Beecher received
$4,000 from Mr.. Bonner for tNorwood,n -
and as the story was longer than was
anticipated, an additional Ave thous-
and has been paid
Bag 1t is said that one ticket specula-
tor, in Boston, has realized $4,000 by
buying up and re-sellng the tickets
for Dickens first reading.
TO strike out of the deficiency bill an
item of $4,000 for newspapers for the
members. Twelve thousand We hun
dred dollars for Radical newspapers!
Think of that taxpayrcs, but don't
swear.
tes' Had Abraham Lincoln lived and
shown the nerve that Andrew johnson
has, in favor of the Union policy, all
the Radical abuse that is now heaped
upon the latter would have been piled
upon him.
1e5- During the war a diamond was
found at Camden Mississippi, in the
rough state, which upon examination
is found to be worth $4,000.
tES~ Twogentlemen of New York city,
whose names are kept profound secret
for the present, have just purchased five
Pa, for the purpose of cultivating the
winter-green berry.
lss5- Two Tennesseans built fire un-
der COW to make her move, and the
creature died Of the torture. The next
day one of these men passed the place
on horseback, the horse became fright
ened at the led COW, threw his rider
and nearly killed him. A neat case Of
poctical Justice.
D1- Abraham Lincoln left his family
$4,000, to which Congress added Sa5, 600
making total Of $1,000, ,OO6. The
annual income Of this, 10 was estimated
by his executor, taken in connection
with various handsome sums presented
by friends, one being to fhe amount of
$4,000, would be sufficient for the
maintenance of the widow, and the
education Of the only minor child.
Eas- A woodsawing tournament came
on at Lafayette, Indiana, a few days
ago, during which thirty-six cords of
wood were sawed for the poor by four
contesting parties Of nine each. A large
crowd with lands Of music, attended
the contest, and large sum of money
was realized in contributions, admiss.
lon fees, and from the sale of saws and
bucks, at the completion Of the contest.
iss- Mr.. Greeley recently wrote to
Senator Wilson to exert his influence to
restrain the Alabama Convention from
adopting extreme measures. Senator
Wilson writes Gen. Swayne that the
policy pursued by the Convention in
lcgislating for divorces, and in other
ways transcending their authority, and
the ultra speeches of Mr. Bingham and
men of that class, is doing gaeat injury
to reconstruction, and bringing odium
on the Republican Party.
4sa5- The word Time is the only word
In the English language which can be
thus arranged;
Item
Nett
Emit
And the different transpositions there
of are all ut the same time Latin words,
These words in English MS well as Latin,
may be either read upward or down.
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