The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-19
GeneraI Items.


in its infancy. or was possibly swallowed in the
egg state. Mrs. Nelson, who had been given NJ
TO die by the doctors. 10 now recovering.
The new st. James Hotel, in Boston, Is six stories
high, extending one hundred aud ninety feet on
Newton street and two hundred and fifteen on
James street. The Newton street front is adorned
with towers Lightweight feet high 1t either end,
and one in the center one hundred aud ten feet
high, the roof being q Mansard. The hotel Is
leased by James p. N. Stetson, late Of the Astor
House, New York.
A woman in White county Arkansas gave birth
to two female children last week, who each had
twenty 6Dgers and twenty toes. On the outside
of each hand and foot was q pr0tuberance like q
plum, which the doctor cut off, They are healthy.
The managers OF a skating rink in Cambridge
Massachusetts, have excluded negroes from il.
In Lincoln county. Tennessee, the Nashville
papers say, there is q vell-developed white child
ten years old. which has q third arm growing
from its back, between the shoulders. In the
center of plate Of bone, permanently uniting
the shoulder blades, Is the socket or first joint,
permitting the limb 10 be moved freely Ia all
directions. From the socket extends large tri-
angular bone-or three small bones combined
perfectly straight, and about eight inches In
length, Terminating in short flexible wrist, upon
which closely hts the hand. This hand Is some
what in the shape and about the size OF an or
binary funnel, with four finger like projections at
equal distances about the rim. The fogers have
claw-like nails, joints etc., and possess the power
OF opening and closing as In the ordinary hand,
their grip, however, being much more powerful.
With this singular member the child is able to lift
considerable weights.
ar rSa.Sas, ara We - is,h run
M oarIisnosnt ~ ,Sa don,;nio, - c.n.s. -
convened AZ 0ttowa IN The 18th revis; N Of
the tariff and militia system, and some railway
Ijeenses 10 American fishing vessels n IL rsnorted
will be raised fiom one TO two dollars a ton.
Huntington and jaw streets. New London. conaec.
,icnt sss tof.iiv dsstroSe5 10 AZ ~ ~ iaes
oss s1e oeo ;rsnrad ~ COZ ooa '' VI 'Ne ifA
Ths Msxiean govsromsnt re croh;hitad al
oba,itv Iot,sries and tie sals 81 u,vsns iot,.rr
sicle,s nnder a fne Tor eScb ofsnsa 80 sSoyy
xivere, tbs Indian cliaf ~ f.nsrrars hasia,adad
fbe disf2icf of Jalsna and the neonls ,hsrs 90
basr snnnl;ed -ifb srms for aeIfdeee,sa Th
rsyoln,;ar IN s,nalsa r. st,ll nnsnnnrsssad
The yonng neonIs Of the Ststs ~ Nsw yo,t
annesr 40 he faSd;cted 10 The crr;ons hah;t -
marrvine Their grsnSoarsn,s and Hi h. ;,,t
hser r1enossa n the s 70 nut nas 1uss
he svil m nrovides t6et .sroarr;sra hat.re
narar,s ana cbildran ;ncIn5ing @ranJesra, seS
srandcbiIdren of every degree Are absointsIv mi,
and void y 0'-S nun
change Iilslv N ha mad. In tbs c.,ro .,a
Fulton Railroad. of Missouri. Il 10 run II from
Charleston TO New Madrid and from themes. in a
westerly direction. by way of WeavsrsyilIe and
CIarkst9n' In DunkIin comfy 10 acme noint on
the Arkansas line near Chalk Blufs- This II Il
said will give Cairo. by connecting with the river
road at Nav Madrid a shorter line Ia Memnhis
w y
Of the Mobile and Ohio and the Memphis and
Iouisyille roads.
The United states troops of Fort lvon are ont
fighting horse thieves, two hundred and fifty of
wbon are fortified twelve miles haIow Trinidad
ana defy The world. They are in a strong honse
thirty by eighty. with a two-foot wall. which is
surrounded bv a strong corral. The peonle ara
going 10 work in earnest to put down the thieves.
but h has been ascertaiued that some Of the
leading men of that section are 10 svmpathy with
them.
The woods in the neirhborhood of Scottsyille
Macoupin county. Illinois, were set on fire last
fall. and among the other combustibles in the
way of the devouring element was an old tree.
whose roots extended into a vein Of coal ten or
twelve inches in thickness. and living near the
surface. This seam of coal took Ere from the
burning roots of the tree, and has been in
state of combustion ever since emitting smoke
and melting snow for a considerable distance
around
At convention of iron manufacturers. in Pitts
burg on the 18th in which there were re presenta.
tiyes from Cincinnati Cleveland, Wheeling. New
from one.ouarter 10 one.hsif cent per nonnS was
agreed upon on the various sizes of iron, ana nails
were advanced twenty Giants ner kec
Juneau and adjoining counties of Wisconsin
raised So 600 600 worth OF hops the past var. Il
ia estimated that the amount TO be planted this
wear will REQUIRE $4,000 people TO nick them II
Il said that the Wisconsin hops are superior to the
imported Bayarian
Nv the recent flood In the Nssissippi the loss
suffered by Davenport. Iowa was $3.50. 900 and bv
Rock Island and Moline. illinois, 800 600. The
railroad bridge Of the Illinois Central Road across
Rock River A. Dixon was damaged 10 tha av,ent
Of sac 600 " '-' '-''''
The Fall River Times saws that A large nnmber
OF the factory Operatives in that city who are nm
EMPLOYED. are about 10 return homs 10 Fagland
The Connecticut rold digrers are still hsrd AT
work on the Reantie river nicklng drtIIing ana
blasting into the solid rock soma twantS feet
below he snrface of The earth Thsvbaya s,r,ct
The walls of,the treasure.besrinc cave and ss
soor es thsv csr nans,rs,a 90 ,he ;n,,,; s.u as
bays Of cola and chests Of diamond. vii hs ;, tae
their crssn The medium in Rosson sand. dai,-
affections for the nrosecu,ion m the searcb A.:
rived from the snirit of BENJAMIN Frankl;n who
superjntepds the operation. and evervthingis done
In accordsnee with the instrnc,ions ~ the birhar
inteilicence- e-'
OF late wears in England a VERY silv and varv
ras, 49, :y,;ca b a. - ~ y anu Wy
ties ybronsb ,bs naston3ca ls.,sr. .;,S va
rings attsehed sbopt his TINA oS he ssar rnSar
The absurd fancy that thew will he saI;rsrsd a.
valentines.
DuChailu tells OF an African king with 400
,vives ana mo chiIdra, ~ ~, haae ".sI 80
eyery veek "'-' 's' ''A'' no" Dii'o
The Metrooolitan nolice Of N.shvilla IN The lo,b