The weekly Butte record., 1867-08-17

LUCKY escape.
THE area of the Valley of the Mississippi is L.
200, 600 square miles, while that of Amazon is
more than ? 600 600 square miles and is equal to
the whole area of the United States of California
and Oregon and Washington Territory.
Nor TCOMPLIMENTARY.-Mr Robert Tombs, in his
entertaining little book on the Champagne country
remarks thar in yerzenay. if the cry of "Stop
thief is raised, every nhabitant takes to his heels
A ROYAL SALUTArIoN.-The Princess of Prus-
sia gave her brother Alfred of England, hearty
kiss upon suddenly meeting him in the Exposition.
The smack astonished the crowd like pistol shot.
A Coon CoNP ARSON. ON.-Solon Robinson, in the
agricultural columns of the Tribune, says: Glow
er is to farming what faith is TO religion. One may
go through the whole list of manures and good
works, but must come TO clover and faith at last
THE New York ladies, according to the Home
Journal, have adopted the French fashion of wash
ing in wine. which is said to have a peculiarly
sotening effect upon the skin. One young lady
uses two bottles of green seal every morning
while performing her ablutions.
MaxIMI1IAS was brother to the Emperor of
Austria cousin to the Queen of England. the Queen
of Spain. and the Kings of Italy Sweden, and bro
therinlaw to the King of the Belgians.
GENERAL LOUIS 7. WIGFALL, formerly United
States Senator from the State of Texas, is about
entering upon the practice of the law in England,
in connection with American cases.
Proc. S. F. B. MORSE. the venerable inventor of
the telegraph, is now residing in Paris with his
family. His health is good and he is busily en-
gagged on history of the telegraph.
A LARGE steam thrashing machine at work near
Vallejo requires twentysix men and ten teams to
run it. In good wheat it will thrash two thousand
bushels per day.
A WRITER asks how divorced husband and
wife can repare the injury done to their children.
Perhaps they can in most cases best repair it by
repairing themselves.
A SourH CAROLINA paper says that, of all tine
expatriated leaders or Office holders in the late
Contederacy J. P Benjamin is apparently the only
one who has at all prospered abroad.
tract in Chicago. is treated of far less impor-
tance and soemnity then a note of hand for ten
dollars.
A TRAVELLING correspondent writes from the
'Far West that great many of the water privi-
leces advertised in that region not worth a
dam
FIVE hundred and ffty-three policemen and fifty
two detectives. commanded by twenty-nine officers
superinleud the Paris Exhibition: . 81
Oven lo2 900 busheI of corn have been distri
buted among the poor of ffty-eight counties in
Georgia.
SECRETARY SEWARD has requested Professor
Agsssiz to organize and lead scientific expedition
to WalrusSis in the Summer oil ls6s.
LoSDoN has a newspaper whose special mission
is TO defend public houses and the drinking system
against all enemies.
On Saturday June 7th. the United States Treas
ury held slS0 900 900, the largest amount of mon
ey every held in it at one time
ysRxoNr lady has produce three welcome hit
tie strangers at birth. The father is as well as
can be expected.
THEKE are now in operation in Chill ten gold
twelve silver. and about one hundred copper mines
Or the births in Massachusetts, in 1865. II, 94l
were OF native, and l5-55s of foreign paEentase.
ProSEkR and Historical Society has been
l formed at Prescott Arizona.
THR French Empress was forty-cne years old the
! s,h of May, being born on the 5th OF May, 1875.
AUSTRALIA exported in 1S65 over $50 900 900
worth of wool and gold.
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