Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-11


would have done no harm. The pero-
ration was earnest and feeling, and
made a marked impression upon the
jurors and tn large audience. Mr..
Joseph P. Bradley followed, and in a
convincing speech again rehearsed the
facts of the tragedy. He affirmed that
in this case the homicide is excusable,
The summing up on the part of the
prosecution will commence this morn
ing.
Velocipedes rent at go cents an hour
in Boston. ao eaR
st. Paul is ambitious to be called the
Saratoga of the West.
The latest in Paris fashion is the
I" Conference hat" an Astracan fez,
with the beak and eyes of an imperial
eagle in front, and Grecian borders all
rouud.o as "a as4avl!ss, shees1
A man in Milford, Massachusetts, is
making velocipede withwheels eight
feet high 1t is intended to make 80
miles an hour. ssniil@ ,esA
The grave of Gen. Zachary Taylor is
six miles from Louisville. There is
only simple slab with his name upon
it to mark the spot "~r~
The coal mines in Prussia, during
1867, yielded 1O5, 100000 tuns of coal
from 426 mines, and gave employment
to 102, 773 men and ITS, 229 women and
children. s-s. .r-i .s-rg}y
Ayoung rascal in Pennington, Maine.
poured water into the ietter.box at the
post office one night last week. In the
morning the letters we're frozen into a
solid mass. .--..,, .,,., ..--..-,..
Three swindling bogus guides at
Niagara Falls were arrested last week
by Buffalo detective who affected
innocence, aud allowed them to cheat
him for several hours. 90 ''' q
The Hon. T. w. Park of Bennington,
VT, has presented to his parents an ell
egant residence which he built express
ly for them This is reversing the
usual order of generosity. ia'ea
The Ohio Temperance Alliance"
in session last week, resolved that the
State has no more right to license
drinking saloons than it has to license
counterfeiting establishments. f,
An old Spanish silver coin of the
year l017 has been found by a gentle
man in Bangor, Maine. 1t shows how
rude the art of coinage was, at that date
being g hammered out"
A member of the Missouri Legisla-
ture wishes law passed by the State
to provide for the analysis of patent
medicines, and the prohibition of the
sale of such as are condemned by the
Faculty. &s-As-qs
The Boston Chief of Police recently
dressed two or three trusty officers in
female apparel, and sent them out to
detect ruffians who have been insulting
ladies while quietly walking on the
street. One of the officers reported
that more than 81 men accosted him.
Some of them move in the most respect
able society.
A large white Bactrian camel in Gin.
cinnati has given birth to beautiful
little camel, as pure in color as itself.
The young camel is a little larger than
yearling calf. It is an interesting
little creature, and is the first of its
kind born on this continent. s.
The Wisconsin Senate on Monday
evening voted to assent to the forma-
ton of new state from Northern Wis
consin and Michigan.
Both houses of the Louisiana Legis-
lature adjourned on Monday till We'd
nesday, on account of Marde Gras,
which is a " high old day" in New Or
leans.
An enthusiastic citizen ofSt. Louis
rnronoSas q nav hotel To take the lnlaca