Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-11-02


The fy-leaf of Lord Lytton's recent
ly published drama, ''The Rightful
Heir, bears the following: ''To all
friends and kinsfolk in the American
Commonwealth, this drama is dedicated
with affection and respect" London,
Sept. 2S. 1868.
A good example for American courts
and iuries has just been given in the
Papal States, where sentence of five
years at the galleys has been passed on
station master, at the Roman Railway
terminus, in consequence Of two trains
started by his orders having come into
collision, and so causing the death of
five persons. The station master has
fed.
! In the town of Devonshire, two bro
theirs recently married a mother and
daughter. The mother must say to
her daughter, Good morning, sister"
and vice versa. The husband of the
mother has become father-in-law OF his
own brother, who, on his own side. can
call his brother papa, and his sister-in-
law mamma. As yet there are only
four members of both families. There
ore, therefore, mother and daughter,
two brothers, father in law and two
brothers in-law, and two-sisters-in-l law,
and, if the mother should have son,
he would be half brother to his aunt.
Mr.. John Routledge, engineer, Of
Durham, six feet two or three inches
in hight, and of great personal strength
is traffic manager at Cordova. The
battle of Alcolea going on, he went out
to see it, and seeing it, saw the wound
ed necessarily neglected. He could
not help the battle, but he could help
that incident of it, so for hours he went
in and out under the FIRE, steadying in
the ambulance corps, bearing the
wounded in his arms to the ambulances
He seemed, says the writer who de-
scribed his achievement, to bear q
charmed life. Marshall Serrano, who
Seems to know man when he sees him,
went up to him. and decorated him
with his own order, that of Isabella the
Catholic, which bauble Routledge
quietly put in his pocket, perhaps the
most characteristic feat of all he had
done that day. Clearly, hero Of the
simple. unconscious, best sort, luckier
than other heroes in this, that he has
has found his sacer Yates in the modern
form of newspaper correspondent
He will find himself famous on Tyne
side, the reward he would most prefer
The Corriere di Sardegua gives some
account of Garibaldi. He is always,
calm, kind and affectionate. He said
recently to visitor II do not suffer
so much, but feel am growing old
l am weather beaten hull, which has
made many voyages plank is at one
time wanting, at another nail-always
something but an earnest will sup
plies all deficiencies and, when the
country may need of the last timber of
| the old bark, / shall willingly make the
sacrifice. !" The Movimento published a
letter from one of its correspondents
describing a visit he lately made to
Garibaldi at Caprera. He saw Garibal-
di at eight O'Clock in the morning, inst
after he had come out of his bath. The
General was calm and friendly as usual
He said he felt better in health, but
that he was growing old, and that like
an old ship which has sailed long,
something is always giving way about
him Sometimes it is plank, some
times nail but good will helps the
old boat along, and if my country
should call for the last plank, will
willingly offer it" His family treat
him with the greatest care. All of
them are engaged in agricultural and
domestic pursuits. Menotti is an ex-
cellent farmer, laboring daily at the
pillow or hoe. The harvest in this island
has been very favorable one; and
there is more corn than the colony
wants. Garibaldi has also obtained
8, 100 litres of wine from his vineyard !;
unfortunately he has not been so sue
cessful with his sheep, 200 of which
have died. The shepherds on the