The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-11
GENERAL ITEMS.

The minutest fossil horse yet discovered. va
lately found by Professor d. @. Marsh, Of YAH
College, In the tertiary deposits OF Nebraska
Although full grown. q the ossltcstion Of th.
high. This makes seventeen species of fossil
horses now known to have lived 10 North America
although until quite recently IL was generally be
lievsd that there were none indigenous to the
continent.
The wentzville (Missouri) News warns bach
elon against going to that place ito teach, and
points out the danger of their doing 30 In this
wise: Bachelors who desire to remain such should
not link Of applying for situation: as teachers ia
place for bachelors. In less than two years three
teachers who went there unmarried have been
eubdued to wear the yoke of matrimony.
Captain John Patty, who died recently at Hon
olulu, sailed from Boston many years ago with q
cargo of rum, part Of which he sold at the Sand.
witch Islands and the rest at San Francisco. At
Inc latter place he took piece of land in pay
ment for barrel of rum, and that land was sold.
after the gold discoveries, for $65 ,000 which en.
abled the captain to leave his family in good
circumstances.
On Saturday, 2sth ult., couple were married
IN Milwaukee, the bridegroom being sixty.one,
the bride eighty,se Both are Germans. The
wedding was celebrated ct the brides residence,
and after the marriage In the evening. q dance
took place, which was kept up until O'Clock
Sunday morning. The dance opened with reel
performed by the newly welded pair. The bride
always desired young husband.
young New Yorker recently gave SAC, 900 TO-
ward the erection of o church. He owned q fine
country seat on the Hudson; an elegant estab.
ishment In New York; had his fast team on the
road made seldom less than SIS 900 Q day.
Thirty days ago his name was good for any
amount at the banks. His country house has
gore, be has given up his city establishment, and
oats for his fast team. Erie and Pacific Mail car
Iied them under.
The large distillery being built near Lexington,
WITH : capacity Of making 240O gallons OF whisky
per dsy, will commence operations on the lst of
January. This is the largest distillery in the
country. Thirty others In that district will COM
mehce on the same day, and 1t is estimated that
they will manufacture about $4,000 gallons of
Bourbon and copper whisky per day.
The following somewhat doubtful story appears
IN the western news summary Of the st. Louis
Repnblican OF the 9th ulr.: " Strange phenomena
are reported In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, at
the BEAD OF Kern river. The earth Is said to have
been shaking for mere than two weeks-slmosts
constant shake, rolling rocks down the mountain
and the earth waving like the sea. 1t 10 supposed
that it is volcano getting ready to burst out.
The mountain Is supposed TO open like hinge,
hence It Is not felt great distance of. The at.
mosphere has been very thick there for weeks"
A young woman Of New Haven, Connecticut
while walking to Fair Haven recently was followed
by young man, whe, when she arrived at the
bridge. stepped up and spoke to her, and At
tempted to put his arm around her, when she
drew revolver and fred at him two or three
times, one shot just grazing his face. He fed in
great ;asste, and the woman resumed her walk
home.i
On Tuesday evening, LIST instant, party of
negroes stole beef from man Of their own
color named Virgins, living near Newbern, N.
C., when party Of five blacks started in pursuit
OF the thieves, both parties being in boats. After
vigorous pursuit the depredstors were over.
taken. the pursuing party firing on them. killing
AT WOu00uO - han toll IN
woo.'s. leaving their dead comrsde and the beef
in tbt boat.