Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Ter than the sword. r,.,5 ,-,,
One New York concern this year publishes
432 varieties of valentines. ,se..-a r. ssa4 "
Ina Hillgen, a Swedish maiden, is said to
excel Jenny Lind as a vocalist XII :. =
hascos nearly three millions of dollars to-
supply the national banks with notes. ,o5 :
sggMrs.a .s'Stonewall,' jackson has received
$4,000 from the sale ofthe lie of her husband.
Havana lottery, it is said, draws a mil,
lion Of dollars annually from the pockets of the
inhabitants of New Orleans 2t@o3 5oassII
Mr. Gladstone, the great Englisha statesman,
is ajfne amateur vocalist, and has lately, been
singing at a. concert in Hauarden. faiqa:a.cs {:
,sn The State Capitol of California hascost up
to the present time $500, 900 in gold, and will,
require as much -more~to complete it. =
IS The Pope has. this year. sent to. the Queen
of Spain, the golden roset which he blessed,
as usual, at the mass on Twelfth, Day. sls4
% The Chicago Tribune says. the recent un-
s2wonted activity in real estate In that city lndl-
: Gates an earlier beginning for the spring trade
than usual. ,g,s. tA5a :,
The wife of journeyman carpenter in Gin
s. cinnati deserted him because he did not buy a
. house with frcestone front and a divorce has
been granted him. 52aa oa9E Ec5 ,ti>i@.-, 70
aa4 Alta Iate'meeting of the New York Chamber
of Agriculture, it was stated that oyer 1886
!. 600 head, of cattle had perished from the rim
= derpest in England. 20 sd llg5s .3iITl 4f
l5d Among the effects of a Spaniard who lately
e died in New Orleans was an account Of money
$ spent for lottery tickets at various times, to
s the amount Of ,$l0O, 900. sa ;srrsl Gz s1}yr
% IA freedwoman in New Orleans bought a
skyrocket under the impression it was an orn o
ament for the hair, in which position she wore
= it until a sagacous urchin touched 1t or -,it g.
The last Of Wellington's s old comrades, Sir
John Burgoyne, has retired from the service at
;s the age OF Sc. He has been given the rank of
ID Field Marshal, and Parliament will probably
= continue his pay in the form of a pension. q
- A Partisan left directions before his death
q that acopy Of one of the Paris morning papers
8 should be placed On his tomb every day The
eccentric request is duly carried out, and on
his grave may be- seen q heap. OF nasty old
papers. $# a.
d Russiaiis building many important railways.
$ The funds for. building are supplied out OF the
. Government treasury, and the shares are also
guaranteed by the Government, SO that rail
way investments must be pre- tty profitable an
that country. W s.zae.saG .vsaa..I iga8soL /
The very latest novelty in Paris is a. scarf
pin in the form Of some animals head, Which
Is connected with an electrical battery carried
in the vest pocket. By setting the battery 10
motion, the eyes of the animal move at the
. will OF the .wearer. sos5i aarnaasi .tia@ y
as@ William Brandon, 10 St. Louis, has recovered
q verdict of $3.50 damages against D. j.
Jocelyn, a dentist The plai ntitf claims that
Jocelyn broke his jaw bone, and otherwise
damaged him in the process OF extracting some
o teeth. The dentist has asked tor a new trial.
: Vermont raised fifty nine thousand pounds
: of-tobacco in 1866. Wool is now worth so
: little that many farmers arc disgusted with
sheep raising, and arc now going into the dairy
business. Twenty new cheese factories are
contemplated in the State the coming season.
:. There are now on Wards island, New York,
harbor,g one thousand able bodied emigrants
living upon the charity OF the Commissioners
isof Emigration. Strong efforts are being made
to induce them TO settle in the Southern States,
for the purpose of supplying the loud call for
laborers In that section. .t! ~ d :5il2 -s ~
Sheep are wintering in Illinois very vel this
season, it is announced-a marked contrast
with last year. This season key went into
winter quarters in fine condition; last season
was exactly the opposite "A large and very
excellent wool clip may beexpeoted the coming
spring 50: 4sHsa3 ! ssif.:..1 2. I7@t. i...>. :.
:. In Westport, Mo-, Belle Bernard, daughter
of Rev. Joab Bernard, was dangerously wound
ed aon the 2Sth ultimo by pistol which had
been left in bed she was engaged IN making
aud which was discharged by accidentally tall
ing. to the floor. The ball passed entirely
through her body, above the right lung
IA movement is :jon foot in New York, for
the call ot a NATIONAL Convention to represent
the producing industries. OF the u. S. 1t is
tobe called under the auspices Of the Nation
nal Cheap Freight League, and candidates for
. Presidents and Vice President, to represent
the interests of production, are to be put In
nomination. "a . = 8 o "a = ii
: ! Some iaborers employed by i Commodore
Vanderbilt applied to have their time reduced
'9 to the: eight-hour systen. the Commodore
ordered their time reduced to seven hours, and
!, paid them pro rata. One Of the men wished
2 the Commodore in very hot place when
another said it would be of no use, for Wander
s Ebilt, would have control of the locality In one
week. se.s5aa5,aGf-
~ Renewed prosecutions of the Jews are re-
/. ported in Moldavia. { Their houses are burned
i or torn down, their stores sacked, and Il their
persons horribly maltreated. I'm some cases
- they have been obliged to escape secretly to
save even their lives. It is said that the pre-
tect did not even attempt to prevent these out
RACES. All who attempted to defend the Jews
were treated in the same manner. .tg,.. a..l} .'
ohm Quincy Adams was Russia at the time
Of the invasion by Bonaparte, but he once de-
cared that he never could discover precisely
tI w who was the cause of the burning Of Moscow.
'5t Ihe Governor of Moscow denied it, and the
Emperor denied having ordered it. Mr..
hdamss theory was that if the government
aad acknowledged that they caused the fire
sufferers. -. 81 49, : 'As-s-' -