The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


A son of S. E. Huntington, of Norwich,
Connecticut, was recently very badly bitten by
a ierocious dog belonging To Oliver L. johnson,
and Jury have Just returned a verdict against
MIR. Johnson Of $500 probably the most severe
verdict ever returned by jury in that State for
such injury.
The Pitsburg (Pa.) Commercial says that
a general suspension by the iron manutac-
tuTers in that part of the country is likely
to take place some time in January. Business
Tor some time past has become unremunera-
tive, and mills generally have been running
at a loss.
The death of a Hawaiian author is an.
nounced. :. n. Haleole, the author OF the story
of "Lalelkawai," which was published three
years ago, died suddenly on the 22d of October,
at EVA. For Hawaiian, he possessed rare
literary talent.
"A lady visited Petersburg last week for the
purpose of purchasing her wedding trousseau,
and while there also purchased a tombstone to
be placed over the grave of her late husband.
The old and the new love.
-''William,n said a teacher to one of his
pupils ''can you tell me what makes the sun
rise in the east? ?" Don't know, SIR" replied
william, "'cept 1t be that the east makes every
thing RISE
-"Why will you pei st in wearing another
woman's hair on your head" asked Acid of his
wife. She retOrted:-"Why will you persist in
wearing another sleeps wool on your back"
Earl Russell NJ. Olozaga, and the Grand
Duchess Mary OF Russia were present in the
opening OF the Italian Chambers.
The Italian Government has just appointed
as Ambassadors M. Mamlani, Senator, at Con-
stantinople; M de Barrul at Vienna; and NJ.
Doria, at Berlin
The longest English sentences are believed
to be in the British Enlistment Act-6O0 words
| and the three in Choate's eulJgy on Webster
containing $50, 532 and 233 words respectively
In small town OF Plymouth county, an
| aged lady, recently deceased, LETT by her will
legacy Of 500 for the support Of her tavorite
dog.
'-Seventy-fve or The handsomos. ,irls have
been selected from the different houses of cor
rection at Toulon, to send out to Cayenne as
wives for the convicts OF that penal colony,
"A. Ward is an anagram We say so fear
lessly, and DEFY him to contradict it, for since
he has been at the Egyptian Hall he has become
! A. Draw.-PNlch.
There is bashful bachelor who dares not
meet ladies in the street. He says they wear so
many bugles on their dresses that he fears over
\ lures from them Commercial Bulletin.
The railroads of the country employ two
hundred thousand men, and at least million
men, women and children depend for their
| support upon the railroad interest.
There is an enforced exodus of Gentiles
from Salt Lake City. Young has bought them
and their property out at seyenty-dve cents on
| the dollar.
Queen Victoria has appointed Ismail Pacha,
Yiceroy OF Egypt, to be Knight Grand Cross OF
| InC Ofuef OF the OdLl,
Why can persons occupied in canning fruit
| stow away more OF IL than any one else Be-
| cause they can.
| Genuine japanese girls will serve coffee at
the Paris Exhibition in genuine Japanese cafe.
Miss Sidney, of Islington England, has left
a bequest TO maintain a home for stray dogs.
The number Of designs executed by the late
| Gavarni is reckOned at no less than 60, 900.
What is the sweetest if not the latest thing
in bonnets? The ladies' faces, TO be sure
How sweet to recline on the lapse of ages!
that is, if the ages are about eighteen.
Mrs. Malaprop's last-Inviting her friends
TO partake of a cold relation.-Purlcb.
The whole number of wrecks reported in
England during the past year Is 2l99,
Mrs. Siddons granddaughter has made
successful debut at London theatre.
"A white man in Nashville was fined $50 for
thrusting himself into anegrO ball.
There were 260O horses slaughtered last year
to supply Berlin with horse-hesh.
-Revivals of religion are taking place at
various points in the South.
-Charred elephants foot is one OF the ''rare
dishes" Indigenous to India.
-"Zoen has had gold watch given her by the
New Orleans theatre-goers.
London supports 10000 cabmen and 5000
omnibus drivers.
"A lady eighty years old attempted suicide
| in Louisville.
-"Ingemisco7 is the title OF a novel ABOUT TO
be published.
"A Count 9Kesselstadt is in jail at Viennt
J for robbery.
! "A man has been fined in Detroit for kick
} ing dog.
> New pet name for young ladies Chigno
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