The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-11-05
Items of Interest.

!
was exhibited at the Board of Trade Rooms in
that city on Monday.
Two ladies, suffering with the "Grecian
Bend" were recently hoOted from the streets of
Montreal.
letter from Wayne county, Mississippi, says
that ROochpOrt, u Radical Registrar, shot lad,
the son ola Democrat, while on drunken spree.
A new State seal for Illinois has gone into use.
The main difference from the old seal is that
"NatiOnal Union" is now put before estate
Sovereignty"
Whalen, the murderer of McGee, confidently
expects to get new trial He has been led to
believe the Judges will decide agaist the ruling
of Chief Justice Richards.
! The branch road to Richmond, Kentucky, will
be finished on Saturday night next. The citizens
of Richmond propose having celebration of the
event about the 10th of November.
| A French viscount has been kicked by Pa
risian for insulting his dumb wife, whom the
viscout had piled with opportunities, on the
principle that silence gives consent.
NJ. Gaulden BOilleau, Consul General for
France in the United States is to go to some
South American Republic as Minister. His wife
is sister of Mrs. General Fremont.
The subject of R. W. Emerson's next lecture
in Boston will be history of the Brook Farm
Association, under the head of Historical Notes
of American Life and Letters"
Parties interested in revenue matters are writ
ing to Congressman urging a session on Noyem-
Der 10th, for business. They desire a mOdifca-
ton of the Internal Revenue law at the earliest
practicable moment.
The total subscriptions to the McGee fund in
Canada amount to between seven and eight thou
sand dollars. 1t is stated that it will be suf-
fcient to leave Mrs. McGee's estate free of debt.
An aged local preacher, of the township of
Bleuhelm, Ontario, died last week of an apOplec-
tic fit, while preaching the funeral sermon of
neighbor, from the text "There is q rest" etc.
Horace Greeley has been nominated for Regis
trar of New York, as the Republican candidate,
in place of General Sigel, declined. Mr.. Greeley
accordingly vacates the nomination for Congress
in the fifth district, and James McCartier has
been made the Republican candidate.
| The Boston Post, suspects, from her presents
of tea-pots and bed-quilts, that Madagascar's
Queen has matrimonial intentions upon our
Secretary Of State.
The instruction in Cuba is not so insignificant
pear to exist in large numbers, and they have
made their recklesuess sufficiently apparent in
the destruction of town by fire, and in main
tanning one or two fights with the Captain-Gen-
erals troops.
| On Wednesday afternoon the prairie at Al
toOna, about twelve miles from Des Moines,
Iowa, was set on fire by sparks from locomo-
tive. The wind was very high and swept the
flames at once to the farms of Levi Yant, Mr..
Cummings and Mr.. Nicely, which were COM
pletely desolated. Several other farms were
considerably damaged.
A Paris letter-writer who saw Victoria in that
city says: "She is little dumpy, red faced old
lady, dressed in black, and having in her eye
dull sort of CLEAN, which makes one involuntari-
ly think of lunatic asylum" ..
Ben Wade has SO far made the hugest joke of
the campaign. 81 tell YOU" said he, Grant
will have peace if he has to fight for it." That
is like the deacon who declared he never swore
himself and he'd be id if he would allow
his boys to swear!
The Norwich Comm Bulletin says "Among
recent interesting matrimonial events in this
city was the marriage of 7. B. Blackstone, of
Chicago, President of the Chicago and Alton
railroad and well known in railroad and finan-
cial circles-brother of Mayor Blackstone, of
this city-and Miss Isabella F., daughter of
Henry B. Norton" .,.,
There have arrived in California 1O7,7OO
Chinese, of whom 5000 have died, and AZ, 900
have returned to China, leaving on the coast
Chinese population of 1000, exclusive of those
born there.
Thomas M. Marshall and James K. Morehead,
Of Pittsburg, Benjamin H. Brewster and VIM.
Fl. Kemble, of Philadelphia, Galusha A. Grow,
of Susquehannah, and Gleoni W. Schofeld, of
Warren, are candidates for United States Sena-
tor, from Pennsylvania, tosucceed Mr.. Buckalew.
A grief-stricken father in Iowa had the body
of his little daughter who had died and been
buried in his absence, exhumed that he might
take last look ut her loved face The body was
found turned upon its face in the coffin, with
both little hands clutched in the hair-eyident-
ly buried alive.
The Radicals have raised terrible howl over
the murder of Mr.. Martin, member of the
South Carolina Legislature. 1t was declared to
be another "Rebel outrage" But it now ap-
pears that he was killed for his money by q cou-
pie of "black men and brethren"
1t is stated that the Radical Mayor of Wash
ington has dismissed the white City Physician
and has put negro "quack''i in his place. White
women, who in sickness are compelled by pow
erty to resort TO the public proyision for relief