The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-13

Norfolk, Va, became borough m l156.
Racine College has billiard hall.
Guisot completed the eighty second year Of hia
age on Il fifty of October last.
The cost Of the London lowlevel or sub-sewer
system was stated to have been SIS 100000.
population of six hundred millions, it Ia said
can be supported by the United states.
Psychologists now say that to be ill.natured ID
to be sick, and to be sick is to be sinful.
Stealing geraniums from front yards is the last
phase Of thieving 10 Charleston, 8. G.
One of the best Of Punch's artists is young
lady.
The taxes in Spain amount to Ell 600 900
yearly.
The outskirts of New York are said to abound
in pig-peDs.
There were 1850 marriages in New York during
October.
Thanks to the officers of the steamer Louise for
late Mobile papers.
The Louisville Courier and Journal have been
consolidated under the title Courier-Journal.
A slight shock Of an earthquake was felt at
Charlotte, N. c., on the morning of the Sd inst.
The officers of the steamship l. G. Harris have
favored as with late Brownsville papers.
Thanks to the officers of steamer Richmond for
late Shreveport papers.
The officers Of steamship Josephine have our
thanks for late Texas papers.
The Elevator Company of this city want to pur-
chase SOC. 900 bushels of wheat.
1t took three clergymen to perform marriage
ceremony in New Britain. Conn.,, lately.
B. p. Shillaber Mrs. Partington) was defeated
for member Of the Massachusetts Legislature.
One thousand dollars purchases q perpetual
scholarship at Dartmouth.
A bloomer, wearing higher colored psntaloons
and gray overcoat, promenades Broadway.
Ten millions worth of United States bonds are
held by the savings bank of Connecticut.
Earthquakes are said to be very common in the
region of country embracing southeastern Mis-
souri,, northern Arkansas and the Indian territory
Twenty seven beautiful white swans were seen
on Lake Monona, near Madison, Wisconsin, re-
Gently.
Three prominent merchants of Pittsburg, Pa.
are under arrest for committing the crime of
arson.
The cost of the last Parliamentary election in
the three kingdoms amounted to about G., OO0,.
900.
The area Of Spain, including the Balearic and
Canary Islands, is estimated at 1900 square
miles, and its population is about Ii, $50 900.
VIM. H. Aspinwal has presented a bust of
Daniel Webster to the New England Society of
New York.
In 1865 Spain had 672, $50 horses, l. O01, s7s
mules, 1904 59s horned cattle, 22,o54, 967 sheep,
4429 SIC goats, 4,264,sl7 hogs, and 3,l04 camels.
on da that the city park keeper charges own.
ers of milk cows six dollars per month for privi-
lege of pasturage in the park.
Charles Livingstone, brother of the famous
African explorer, arrived in New York by one of
lass weeks steamers from Glasgow.
The marble being quarried in Marshall county
Iowa, is said to be equal in ineness to any In the
world. Grace church, Chicago. is being built of it.
The naturalization treaty with Bavaria is Of
fcially proclaimed. 1t is, in substance, the same
as the North German treaty, already promulgated
There are Is, 900 women in the city of New York
who do literally nothing except to dress, dwadde,
eat and sleep.
Paul de Chasssgnac, the youthful editor of lie
Pays, and favorire with Napoleon, contemplates
purchasing SOC. 900 francs estate.
For more than fifty years William B. Astor, the
richest man in America, has been daily worker
at his desk.
NJ. Bournet Aubertol. one of the richest trades
men in Paris, has just died and left fortune of
Six million collars.
bookkeeping is the business Of Switzerland.
There are, usually, for the four months of sum.
mer, So 600 visitors here, all the time. These pay
out in that time $50 100000.
A man in Coventry, VT, recently presented a
bill of thirtysx dollars against school district,
for water that the scholars had drank from his
well.
We had a visit yesterday from Rev. A. L. Hay,
OF the Shreveport News. who is on a visit to our
city. He reports the vote in DeSoto parish 1920
for Seymour and Blair.
The Norfolk Virginian says the negro is at this
time the main resource, the great and only labor
magazine, from which the South can at present
be supplied.
South Norwalk (Ct) manufacturer ilumin-
ated his hat factory one night last week, and an
unexpected bonfire of all his possessions was the
result of his political zeal.
Jay Cooke is president of a newly-formed
evangelical association in New York. the purpose
of which is to intersperse moral and religious
truths among the miscellaneous advertiser Of
all the leading periodicals.
At Sitka " fhe average annual amount of rain,
melted snow and hail that fell between lS47 and
1884 was within fraction of seven feet, and the
averase number of days upon which rain. snow
or hail fell. or heavy fogs prevailed, was two hun.
bred and forty-fve."
New York letter writer gives the following
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