The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-05-05
No. 40.
Miscellaneous Items

I4seecfetary stanton is slowly improyinp in boo1.,
Inc rate OF postage to Sweden has been reduced ~,
cents on single letters seaeso TWO
me CITY debt OF 1oston has been increased nearly
tour millions OF dollars in the last eight monhs le'''
| Secretary Stanton was lately bantisad and io;.,
church in Pttsburs uo Joihea a
1he New Orleans Picayune has been eleced oeio;a,
journal OF the City Council of New Orleans 0"'e'"'
They have an "air cure estab,;sh..,
York. 'leh1 IN New
Inc revenue from lager beer manufactured in Na.,
'N.sey luis year, II is estimated exceed $500 600
of S11 ,62s o. 90 'e'ui'is al income
The heaviest income payer in Atlanta s 1ohr R,o,
VINO returns for last year S34, 1926 s3. 1''ee'
Prentice says there are scores of nol;t;oo, {. ..,
o1 every character but that the greatest of a rns j.
Grants family circle. - ai' rings Is
me fashionable church of Chicago has rentad =,
dollars. Nunu'ea thousand
:. lse Fars correspondent of the London Te,eoranb
young and pretty woman who writes some of tba
host entertaining letters sent from that ety.
In Helena, Montana, at a recent fire water b,;,,.
scarce, barrels of cider and beer waro ro,,a,
the fames "e1e poured upon
o. Charles, Minnesota has child only three no,tbs
o'u VINO talks, all of which is attested to in tho no
papers by the family physician. ''' ''"S'
Two siavers containing hundred andnrty slaves
have been captured by the British ship Penguin near
Madagascar.
We noticed fellow, Yesterday, wearing very large
ring, with brilliant setting; but he wore it in rather
Il queer place for a ring-around his eye
Houston Telegraph.
The people Of Clarksville, Tennessee, are talking
OF forming vigilance committee to rid the town Of
the scoundrels who have made several attempts to fire
the town recently.
The Columbus (Ga) Sun says that the tax collector
OF Jasper county, in that State, went to Atlanta make
a deposit with the Treasurer but made mistake and
left it on a :" pool' table.
religious paper states that fashionable clergyman,
who recently abroad for the benefit of his health
was able to eat four meals day on board the steamer
on the passage out and cured seasckness with brandy
and water.
An 1rishman was employed to trim some fruit trees
He went in the morning, and on returning at noon,
was asked If he had completed his work
=" No" was the reply, "but have cut them all down.
and am going to trim them in the afternoon"
cousin of Mrs. Grant has come to grief at the
hands of the Senate The President nominated hin
to very important office, Marshal of New York
but the Senate finding he had bankruptcy case pend
ing, in which his debts put down at s3sS,574,
and his assets nothing, rejected the nomination.
It's almost incredible that in tie Massachusetts, Leg.
lsature a few days ago, an amendment TO the liquor
bill was offered providing that any clergyman furnish
ing lermented wine at sacramental communion table
shall be deemed guilty of keeping public bar! The
Boston Herald reports this fact.
Forty years ago young lady of eighteen in New
York State, became Insane. few days ago she sud-
denly recovered her faculties Now after forty years
of blank existence, she is DID, feeble and gray in the
enjoyment only of the fact that she is again rational
and busily engaged in making her acquaintance.
A writer in the Ohio Farmer says that after tho
horse is nine years old wrinkle come on the eyelid
and every year thereafter he has an additional we'll
defined wrinkle on the spot. If, for instance a
horse has three wrinkles he is twelve if four he is
thirteen. Add the number of wrinkles to nine and
you will always get the age.
The New York Herald says that Secretary Fish has
been convinced that's decisive must be pursued
in matters relating to outrages the American flag
in Cuba, and has assured Captain Campbell of he brig
Mary Lowell that his rights should be protected If
the facts in relation to the Lizzie Majors
aggerated he has determined to demand ample repara
ton, indemnity and apology.