The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-07-25

In Detroit the ladies are raising twenty five
thousand dollars by dime subscriptions for
soldiers monument.
A Miss Mooney, of Kingston, Canada. was
burned last week by the explosion of q coal oil
lamp, and died from its effects. Five others
were severely burned.
The assignees of an insolvent estate at New
ton, Massachusetts, were much disguised the
other day because the court cut down their mod
est little bill for services from $4,000 to So
900.
While Robert II. Barton, of Somerville, Mas
sachusetts, was being shaved in q BARRIERS shop
at Boston on Tuesday, he suddenly jumped
from the chair to secure his horse, which was
moving when the razor completely severed
his nose from his face.
Mr.. Shubse Hutchings, who died recently at
Providence, r. l., left legaces to the amount of
S35, 900, including s. 600 for the education of
the colored people Of the South. He left 200
each to the Bible Society, Tract Society and
American Board, and 5000 to his native town
Of Killingly, Ct.
STATE FAlR.-Oar Annual Industrial Exhibi-
ton is to be held this year at Terre Haute, COM
mencing on the Both of September and contin-
uing until the 5th of October. Extensive prep
erations are being made and it is expected that
it will be the best Fair ever held in the State.
The premiums amount to $4,000.
People who are blessed with health and
strength and potatoes, should never repine at
fortune, ever if their pockets cramped now
aud then. Instead of looking up with envy,
We should look down with gratitude. For
every dozen who are better off than you are,
there are ten thousand that are worse.
The Marietta Register tells story of a lady
who mistook paper Of coarse blasting powder,
which had been "laid upon the shelf" for onion
seed, and threw it into the cooking stove.
Consequence Her stove was in diverse pieces
"lying around loose, = her kitchen window out,
and herself luckily good deal moro frightened
than injured. She didn't want anything said
about it.
WArFLEs.-One quart Of milk, 5 eggs. 2
ounces of butter. Warm the milk sufficiently
10 melt the butter; when cuol, separate the eggs
and beat the yolks in the milk, with much
Hour rs will make it into q thick batter, then
salt to taste; lastly, beat the whites until stiff
and dry, which stir in, half At time, very
lightly. Bake in irons. This method is very
good; by it they may be made within short
time.
The Charleston Mercury aonnounces that
three young Charestonians men of family and
culture, sailed on the Bombay for Liverpool, as
foremost hands, and adds "Cheerfully and
willingly is acknowledgment made Of the noble
Carolina spirit which these young gentlemen
have shown This means. simply, that three
South Carolina young men of good family have
undertaken to earn their living. A thing so
unusual calls for the special mention the Muir
curry gives it.
The Californians are talking seriously Of pur-
chasing from the Government one of the islands
in the late Russian possession. to be used as q
penal colony. They are convinced that the
present State Prison system is humbug. and
they are now herding the villains and keeping
them under guard We hope it may be done
and thus render our Walrussisn possessions Of
some practical benefit to the nation if it is only
to make it q rendezvous for murderers thieves
pick pockets &c. No honest man could live
there anyhow.
468, 900 acres, of which 474 166. 45l acres are
surveyed, leaving S9l, sos, 249 acres unsurveyed
During the past year 400, $50 acres have beer
taken for military bounty, 1892, SIG acres un
der the Homestead act "a. 500 acres went un
der railway grants, G5I068 acres under thu
Agricultural College grant, and there was sole
land to the amount of $388, 294 The total dis
posed of during the year is 8629,312 acres
but still
Uncle Sam is rich enough
To give us all . farm.
L y
lad, printer by profession then living in an
other part of this State, shabbily dressed bu
bearing on his face tho impress of honesty AM
sobriety, applied for employment at the compo
sing rooms Of this paper, but the ceases" all be
ing full be journeyed further.
80 T0-tiay that lad lives in the hearts of tn
American people, has won for himselfthe prou'
stitls ct Americas christian statesman, will ap
spear before the citizens this evening in aid Q
suffering soldiers, in the person Of the Hon
Schuyler Colfax-- lafayette Journal.
Nor BAp,--A colered witness was examine
10 Washington City Court to prove the ident
" Of . white man, the other day.
District Attorney you see the man?'
Eyes, sir, / seed him y 80
- WAS he white manr.
"Don't know sir r. ~
,DDo you tell me you saw the man, and can
tell whether he was white or black?'
jGdbfes, sir seed him; but dars 80 mar
white fellers calm demselves 'niggers' roun
here can't tell one from tod ef ~
Witness dismissed-explanation satisfactory