The workingman's advocate., 1869-02-13


Frsnklin's birthday with ball
EXTENSIVE plate-glass works are to be
erected at New Albany.
NEARLY 1000 bushels Of coal are mined
daily, in Rock island county, IT., and over
300 miners are employed.
A KENTUCKY farmer is exhibiting an egg
in the shape OF dumb-bel, laid by one u
his eccentric hens.
An emigrant train, with cooking stove i'd
full operation in one Of the wagons, passed
through Maysvile the other day.
NAPOLEON has subscribed fva thousand
'rsncs towards erecting a monu nent 70 Max
iuihar's memory. Cold consolation. N
GEORGE FRANCS TRAIN IS delivering a
course Of seven lectures at Cooper Institute,
New \ ork. He advocates Woman's ights,
Irish Independence and Train.
BoEsE.-A neat and well-turned biography
OF this celebrated ring master is in hand
Its literary features are quite unique Every
thing about il is done by contract
MACHINE has been invented and put into
operation ia California, which it is said has
cut, thrashed, cleaned and sacked the wheat
from twenty acres In ten hours, with only
three men to work it.
BINGHAM You've has publicly notified the
printers Of Salt Lake city that il they pub.
lsh bis remarks without allowing him first
to revise them, he will not consider them
his friends.
HE case Of the wife whose husband whip
ped Ler for eating both butter and mOlasses
on her bread, has been already published
1t is now the leading suit before West Vir-
ginia court.
ALL c0lllery explosions occur III England
soon after q sudden fall in the barometer.
Extra ve0tiiatiOn al such times is said to be
preventive Before the last fatal explosion
in the Ardley collIery Scientific writer il
the London Daily Ners mad been predicting
such accidents.
THE preparations making in Philadelphia
for the celebration Of the semi centennial
anniversary OF Odd Fellowship il April next,
are on grand scale. IL Is expected that
100000 ODD Fellows will Be present
MASSACHUSETTS paper y bold enough to
express the opinion that the effort now max
ing to give woman the right to vote, will, il
successful, demoraliZe the world more than
any event since Eve was induced to eat the
forbidden fruit in the Garden Of Eden.
A NASHVILLE mechanic has invented
shooting machine, which he calls POlyfer,
which will destroy a regiment Of soldiers,
distant mile and half, in four minutes.
The first marriage certificates issued II
Boston this year was to a colured man, who
contemplated marriage tor the sixth time.
The wouldDe bride IL a white woman, who
enters upon the matrimonial voyage ior the
first time.
A FRENCH chemist has invented a new
way Of preparing glass for mirrors. 1t Is
coated with an exceedingly thin layer Of
platinum, and becomes, mysteriou ~, not
only perfect mirror. but also remains SO
transparent that it may still be used for
windows.
DURING the year just closed, there were SO
murders in Philadelphia, Ill more than in
1867. The number Of cases Of Infanuclde
was 80, against 66 in the previous year.
THIS shows fearful increase Of the crime Of
child murder.
BARON James RoTHsCHILD had four or five
times as much money as George Peabody.
Tens Of thousands Of the poor bless PEABODY
Tor his munIfi;ent charities. Who blessed
Rothschild for anything Of the kind
THE wife Of Oliver Dyer, the well known
journalist, and the author OF the "W WIckedest
Man" papers, died Monday evening, at her
residence IN Winchester, N. ", from Al
over dose Of chloroform, taken for the pur-
pose of mitigating the pain 81 neuralgic at-
tack.
Nh. FELL, an English engineer, has offered
to the Swiss Federal Council to undertake
the construction Of three railroads over the
Alps, for guarantee Of interest or 600 900
l.. a 4
that over the Simplon at from eleven 10 thir-
teen millions and at fifteen to eighteen for
the Luckmanier.
A SISTER of Gen. Grant, Mrs Mary Grant
Cramer, Is the wife OF our Consul at Leip
zig, she is also an amateur artist, and used
to paint in the art galleries. There some ol
the German artists saw aud admired the
purely classical features Of their unknown
colleague, and when they were painting the
frescOes in the new art museum Of Leipzig,
| they introduced her head for the Grecian
goddess Diana.
SERIOUS JoKE-A very serious, though
laughabIe joke was perpetrated 10 ST. Jo-
seph, No., last week, on young couple who
desired to be married. gentleman having
no authority, kindly offered to marry them
and went through the forms, telling them to
call on another officer for the certificate. To
his surprise they failed to discover the Joke,
or call for the necessary document for near
" week. The lady il very indignant and
bushes, but another ceremony has now been
performed, and the certificate dated back.
FOREIGN.
The court Of inquiry held ut Glasgow into
the loss Of the Hlbernia. has decided that
Capt. Monro could not be held responsible
for the catastrophe. the accident having oc-
CURED IN the engine department.
DIsrREss AT WooLwIcH.-The Emigration
Commissioners have, at the urgent request Of
the Woolwich committee for relieving the
distress Of the discharged government oper-
atIves, consented to convsy twenty carpen-
ters and other artisans to Queensland on re-
ceiying ca In each case. A deputahon has
been appointed 10 wait upon the secretary Of
war and Mr.. Gladstone, requesting their CO.
operation in procuring the emigration O.
number OF the men. The amount alr adv
received exceeds E1 800, including f2O
each from the two members for the borough
Of Alderman Salomons and Mr..
Gindstone