The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-08-22
There . : happy family Of seven
IN New Brunswick, all mad.

-Four Arabic nevspapexs have been
established in the large cities Of Syria.
- Tennessee paper is jubllant over
the marriage Of Knoxville lady to an
Austrian Prince.
Edwin Forrest will play a six
weeks engagement in New York, COM
menc'ng in September.
The Mobile Times declares for
Gen. GRAFT for next President, and
Senator Fessenden for Vice-President.
Gail Hamilton thinks the worst
thing about Minnesota is that it is /, 800
miles from Boston. Good for Mime
sofa that, but bad for Boston.
-1dlewlld, the home of the late n.
P. Willis, will be opened as young
ladies' seminary next month.
The Chinese. tea markets have
opened this year with prices one-third
less than those Of last season.
| "a colored academy" is about to
be built at Montgomery, Alabama. This
is another horrible result of Radical
fanaticisn and tyranny.
The Roman Catholics are circula-
ting tracts Of the same form, style, and
size as those Of the American Tract
Society.
The man whose sleep would cost
the most is said' to be the Lampligtter
OF Paris, where the estimated cost of
lighting the city is FIVE thousand fraucs
per minute.
The Pasta Of Egypt has given to
Eugene the ground on which grew the
tree under which, according to the
story, the Virgin rested on the flight 1n
to Egypt.
Goodwin Smith has published a
book called "Three English Statesman:
Pym, Cromwell, and Pitt in
fact, course of lectures on the politi-
cal history of England.
-One of Boston's oldest and most
respected citizens, Nathaniel T. Brad
lee on Wednesday celebrated his golden
Welding, and on Thursday died, Just at
the close of his seth year.
There is said to be man living
at Chatham, New York, who drinks q
gallon of rum day, and has done so
for the past eli ght years. What spien-
did subject for temperance society.
A Newark Justice of the Peace
thought he could unmarry as we'll as
marry-a very logical conclusion GER
tainly- He tried it the other Gay, aud
the result is two cases of bigamy. for
both parties to the divorce were mar
ried again by the same Justice.
On Tuesday evening, August 9th,
Lewis c. Miller, younger SON of VIM
81. Miller, aged seven years, was
drowned in the La Sueur river. at the
ferry.-Aankato Union.
The first installment of Greeley's
autobiography in the Ledger goes back
in time to James l., aud to 1911. 4
picture is presented of the house il
which Mr. Greeley's mother was mar
ried.
There is happy combination OF
artillery In the engagement of Major
Rodman aud Miss Dahlgren, daughter
of Admiral Dahlgren. We shall beat
the British now, beyond doubt.
Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg, the
pr,msa donna, has purchased the old
homestead in New Hartford, and after
her return FROM Europe, this fall, will
retire from the stage and take up her
residence there.
-Gustave Dore is scarcely thirty
years old, but he has made designs for
over fifty thousand wood engrayings
which have been published.
The St. Paul & Pacific R. R. Co.
have commenced building a new rail
road bridge across Rum river, just be-
low the old one. They have about ffty
men engaged in the work.-4noka
Press.
The reason assigned fer Mr.. Ten
nyson's abandonment Of his beautiful
residence at Harrington, Isle of Wight,
and his retreat to Hashmere, IN Surrey,
is, that be was tormented by the obtru-
sivc attentions of the '']ion hunters"
who hung on to his palings, peeped
through his gates, and fairly crammed
F:eshwater church on Sunday in hope
Of seeing how poet laureate said his
prayers.
The Uniontown Standard gives
the following important information for
wool growers: t'1f sheep are kept IN
the same lot with COWS OF fat cattle no
dogs will disturb them. As soon as
the dogs approach them they run to the
cattle, who drive off the dogs. A far
mer Of thirty years, in Selby, by adopt
ing this plan never lost sheep by dogs,
although in the neigbo'hood the dogs
killed sheep to the north and south Of
him."
Speaking of the ball to the Sultan
at London correspondent says:
"When the preparations for the
dance were completed the Prince spoke
to an equerry, the eauerry walked
across the room to a lady aud said,
"Madame, the Prince of Wales will be
most happy if you will commence the
dancing? and turning to see what lady
was thus honored, / found that the
royal invitation had been addressed to
Mrs. John Wood, Of New York, who
courteously declined it. Mrs. Wood
was regally dressed in robe Of white
satin, trimmed with pearls, with c-na-
mcnts of pearls and diamonds"
Brave Corporal John Loreuce-
he whom Gen. Burnside called the he
70 Of Roanoke-is trying to earn
livelihood for himself and family by
dispensing cigars and. patriotic airs on
hand-organ in Providence, r. 1. John
was = member OF Company K, 9th
New.Jersey Volunteers, and was in the
front At the landing on Roanoke Island,
In the engagement round shot took
off both his legs, but he kept up
good heart, and was able in the hospit-
al, when he heard that victory on the
Island was ours, to arouse up and call