The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-21
Miscellaneous Items.

lanes Gordon Bennett has daughter Of seventeen,
who, with James Gordon Jr will share the old mans
wealth ~
York receives salary OF $4,000 from Mr.. Bonner, to
write exclusively for the New York Ledger.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the United
States have decided on a centennial celebration at
Philadelphia on the 18th Of April next.
The project of crossing the Atlantic in a balloon is
being revived by the aeronauts AL willing to
have somebody else try it.
The thirteenth SECTION of the Constitution of Liberia
is as follows None but persons Of color shall be ad
mitted to citizenship"
The mother Of tie notorious Reno brothers, who are
charged with the express robbery near Seymour,
Indiana has died Of broken heart.
One issue of the 100000 copies of a New York
weekly weighs 81 200 pounds over fifteen tons This
makes column three feet by two at the base, and one
hundred and forty feet high.
care you going to take the next train back to New
YorE 2" asked gentleman OF another, in Hartford,
the other day. mo, expect the engine will take it
back" was the cool rejoinder.
Rev E. Capers, Brigadier General in the late Con
fcderae army was week before last ordained an Epis-
copal minister by Bishop Davis, Of South Carolina.
At the great canned goods eatabl hmen at heyport,
Nj six hundred thousand bushels of tomatoes are
canned yearly. Recently sixty thousand pine apples
were landed there, cut up, steamed and canned.
A lively scrimmage happened between two ladies' ~
in A. r. Stewards store in New York recently. Mrs.
Gill spat in Mrs Sinoas face adding the insult the
cutting remark that the laers husband had deserted
her; whereat Mrs. Spinoa smashed her paraso over
Mrs ellis spitefG head; for which assault she
rested.
D. O. Sullivan, editor of the Irish People, has COM
menced a suit against Brick Pomeroy laying his dam
ages at SO 900 for libel in stating i'll the Democrat
that he had been brbed or bought to change the poll
tics Of his paper.
Two attempts were made last week 10 burn the White
Sulphur Springs, (Va.) property. Three OF the cot
tages entirely consumed, and but for the timely
assistance rendered by the citizens present. much Of
this valuable property might have been destroyed
Two negroes arrested in COvington, Va. suspect
ed Of the crime and taken to Greeubar county, where
they will haze hearing.
Dr. Joseph n. Mcdowell, one Of the most dstin
gushed surgeons in the west, aud resident OF St Louis
for twenty eight years, died the morning OF the
26h uIt of congestve chill, in the sixy-thi year
OF his age. DR.. Mcdowell will be remembered by all
survivors of the Army OF Tennessee, identified as he
with it from the commencement until tie close oil
the He noted for his eccentrictes as he
for bis skill Il surgeon, and IN that he was not
surpassed by any man Of his time the continent.
In 1871 the first really thorough of luda is
TO be taken. The population is estimated at 10000
900 souls.
Eve-the only woman who never threatened to 90
and live with her mother.
There is lady in Boston who hasn't washed her
face in fifteen years She thinks water injurious to
the skin, and uses fine Indian meal in its place.
Boston social circles have been startled by the an
which has just left US, has become engaged to belle
of that city and is to come back to ratify the
matrimonial contract.
Accounts from North Carolina say the yield Of cotton
TO the acre has been decidedly better than last year
Gov. Orr has removed from South Carolina to St.
Joseph, Mo.
'My notion Of wife at forty" said Jorrold, e is
that man should be able to change Aer like bank
note for two tWenties."
Hood in describing the meeting of a man and a lion,
ma ran off with all his nirht and the lion
with all bis main"
Missing the train-puttng sweetheart aboard.
One exchange says the New Jersey Republicans are
working like beavers to which another adds that 1t
must be " dam business.
Geo W Jamson, the well known actor, was run
over and instantly killed at Yonkers near New York,
Saturday evening, by AL EXPRESS train Oh the uud
son River Railroad
recently died because her blood turned to sugar But
in copyng the item another editor expresses doubt
on the subject for he says " We know girl Who ii
sweetness were fatal could not live minute"
Three enormous cables have just been completed at
the doclyard at Chatham, England. They are to be
used in towing floating iron dock to Bermuda. The
diameter of these cables is 2G inches. They are each
10l tathoms in length and their aggregate weight is
about twenty tons.
The Astor House in New York pays so, 900 per
wear for butter $4,000 for -four, $4,000 for meat,
sl2 600 for eggs S14 900 for milk and cream, $1,000
for friction matches, 900 for gas and $4,000 for
coal.
Espartero. the Duke of Victoria, whom the revolu-
uonists are proclaming President Of Spain is the son
of wheewrght, born February o. 1897, in the prov
nce of Cuidad Real, ands seVenty-six years old
He is a distinguished statesman aud soItIer.
A Justice better verscd in law than gospel not long
since married a couple in this way: Hold up your
hands You solemnly that you will perform the
duties of your Office jointly and severay, according to
your best skill and Judgment so help you God. Fec,
one dollar"
There are seventeen hundred and twenty tailors in
the city of Paris who about S13,OUO,o,O
annually This does not include the mandatory Of
chdrens Clothes military supplies which together
reach the figures of about SIS 600 The trade
gives employment to $4,000 work people, Of whom
5000 women.
mountain of magnetic iron has been discovered in
Lapand 1t is sufficient to supply the world with mag
nets.
Queen Isabella, Of Spain, weighs two hundred and
twenty-five pounds. She has become very h0mely,
and when she appears i'll public with her two eldest
daughters both of whom very handsome girls, The
contrast is very striking The queens husband Is the
very embodiment Of stupidity he looks in his gorgeous
uniform like idiot wondering why they have dressed
him up so nicely
The Judge of Chicago court requires his lawyers to
post list of the saloons frequentcd by them, and or
dcrs that notice of any motion left at such saloons shall
be considered sufficient in any case pending.
The following is said to be sure cure OF ielOnS: AS
soon the parts begin to swell wrap the part affected
lobelia and the felon is dead. An old physician says
he has known it in OF cases. and never
fails if applied in season.
At Deppe, in France, the following notice has been
issued by the police The bathing police are re-
quested, when lady is in danger of drowning, to
seize her by the dress, and not by the hair, which
oftentimes remains in their grasp. Newfoundland dogs
will govern themselves accordingly"
ballast for the Grecian Bend is advertised in
New York store window.
The mammoth new steamer Thompson Dean, cost
$4,000.
A dry goods firm in St. Paul, Minnesota, advertised
for salesman short time ago. and received one hun
dred aud thirty-fve applications in answer.
restaurant keeper in Richmond, Va, refused to
deliver up the corpse Of who had fallen dead in
bis house, because the deceased indebted to him.
fond mother in Cincinnati broke her while
spanking dsobedient infant the other day. It is
pity the child too young to fully enjoy the ca
tastrophe.
Russia sends to prison all persons suspected ohaTins
spoken Polish.
1t is stated that August Belmont has $500 600 worth
Of pictures.
Isabella needn't come here. We put down Bourbon
in this country with less hesitation than they do
in Spain
Five thousand children are offered for adoption in