New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Fanny Fern having said that ''the men of
the present day were fast,n Prentice replies
that they have to be to catch the women"
An order for one million seven hundred
and twenty-eight thousand cans of con-
densed milk has been received from China
by house in West Brook1eld, Massachu-
sets.
Houston is to pay $4,000 to have its
streets shelled. A number of Southern
cities have had theirs " shelledn at a dearer
rate than that.
An ex-city official in Troy, New York,
lately corrected his wife with an ak handle
for a breach of etiquette in helping herself
to butter at the tea table with her own
knife.
The Filth Avenue hotel during the DEM
ocratic convention presented a scene of
rare disorder. 0ne-half of the Democratic
delegates had lost their carpet-bags, aud q
man with clean shirt was considered out
of order.
Judge" Keckley, for many years prom
inent caterer for ST. Louis, and the husband
Of the Mrs. Keckley who was dressmaker 70
Mrs. Lincoln, and the author OF q gossipy
volume about her, died in Memphis on the
seventh instant.
George Francis Train says he Is restrained
from writing his life because he Is ''natur-
ally sensitive, constitutionally difHdent,
with shrinking frem public gaze, since hia
earliest infancy"
A fond mother In Cincinnati broke her
arm while spanking disobedient infant
the other day. 1t Is a pity that the infant
was too young fully 10 enjoy the catastrophe.
The interchangeable Barnum is again in the
field, and viii visit Racine, Wisconsin. with
the beautiful Gfrcassians, the celebrated fat
woman, a Pickwickian baby, and a giantess
over eight feet high.
Southern lawyers who have settled in New
York city are generally building up iucra-
tive practices among the rebel sympaihixerB.
Roger A. Pryor, for example, Is REPRESENTED
to have a practice WORTH SIS, 900 3 year. II
An enterprislAg lady in Paris hires babies,
which she rents out, handsomely dressed
up, 10 members Of the demi.monde, itbeing
fashionable for the latter 20 drive out u
the Bois de Boulogne with their little once.
Twenty francs an hour are charged for the
poor worms thus rented out.
In dispatches from New York It Is asserted
that Seymour sWears he will decline; /" HIS
honor 81 Involved, = and besides: 81 Il d bad
enough iorun losing race; but when you
ut4l qn itn Wen, Seymour Is man Of
some ashle
NJ bfackeg, a recent lecturer In washing
TOT n deacrihinR the South Carolina sane
hiNe says that there are about twenty
eight thousand Of them; that reading and
Wiling are considered IS among the = LOST
arts and THAI SO fond are they Of eating
snuff u b on record, in order 10 obtain an
ounce, one has been even known TO wash
himself
The Governor Of Nov Hampshire has
issued bis hr5t veto against the bill repeal
ing the usNEy l4s, and the Leglslature siis-
faiNed t He Ehipks II unfortunate to be-
introduced q ne time when the 6tata
cou1ties, and towns owe an eggrez1te 81
ll,eg5.QyQ, and pay an e1nUal interest %
$3.50 900.
Afactory gin - Fan river rethrned day
or two ago 3 roll ol bills Amounting y
nearly 800, which had been mad tly
dong uQ 10 Package Of good she had pnl
cA4se3 10 q store in that city, She ralnsed
% eacept any reward in money but was
pr9 upon g take good dress paflefp,
4hsE View fcIk Tribune iagss
VIII "a bnrnIne negro q
Qhnn aey luua s AlE ~ f1lcMaR iIigBerGiUI
the Estate governments 81 the 1datIl r
are promised lively times "a f'e event C lI8
election % the Democrats cand ldaiea.