The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-01
Dreuittts.
Miscellaneous Items.

mlSceii0lcOtS lteUlss
Indiana chickens are dying Of cholera.
IAN exchange calls prize-fghters "the
knights of the Broken Nose.'
The ague epidemic is very prevalent in
the Wabash Valley, in Indiana.
"A grizzly bear skin has been received
ut Omaha measuring 8 feet long and
wide. HAE.
w. J, WiIetts, q prominent citizen OF
Detroit, was murdered by a burglar ON the
night Of the 18th inst.
The French settlements in Kanknkee
County, ILL.,, Is in n great state of dostitu-
ton and a call is out for reliei.
The Powell expedition arrived Mt tho
mouth Of Virgin River, the head ofnaviga-
ton on the Colorado, ON the 3Oth ult.
The millinors of Now York are doing
an immense business. One of them has
fallen hoiress 10 n considerable amount, and
oil the young mon are investigating the
matter.
"A card was hung out of a little oyster
shop in Sandusky City, Ohio, while the
State Sabbath School Convention was in
session i'm hat place, which read: "Oistcra
in ovry stile, cooked to order. Friends OF
the redeemer will please caul."
"A Cleveland surgeon was sent for hur-
riedly by n wealthy family lately, TO set n
fractured limb, and, making great haste TO
The house, n pet poodle, which had met
with an accident, was borne in with house
hold lamentations by n domestic.
An exchange says: There are two
crimes practiced 10 some extent in this
world that approaches nearer than any
other TO tho objectionable sin; one Is
cheating n minister Of the gospel, and
the other is doing the same %uumnnncrly
act toward n newspaper office.
And now comes the Washington Star
ruthlessly tearing away from the dead Mel
son Kncass q part Of his slight claim upon
postcrity. II says Thomas Dunn English
was the writer OF tho ballad "Ben Bolt, a"
and Kneass only composed the music Ia
which IL was generally sung.
Two noted Saratoga bellies got into a
dispute on the piazza OF the Clarendon the
other day about which had the longest
trail each II stOuuy claiming 10 have
the longest, II was finally settled by
measurement, when the difference was
found 10 be Just half an inch, the longest
being 10 feot 60 inches.
The mosquitoes of Alaska are most
agreeable insects. They distill n delicate
aroma when they bite which has the anes-
theiic effect of chlorofom, and their bite
* not yeuomous. Tho tired traveller courts
their music as II presago Of n good nights
rest. Mr.. Seward was SO pleased with this
product Of Alaska that he took pains Ten
have some specimens sent & the Patent
Office in Washington.
A prominent physician of Portage Co.,
Ohio, relates n case within his KNOWLEDGE
where u boy, now some fifteen years ofage,
has used tobacco since lac wRg five months
old. Being q nervous and tretful child. u
plug OF tobacco was placed in his mouth,
and produced n soothing effect. Tho
remedy was often used during infancy and
through the teething period, and before
tho child could talk plainly II was n con-
nrmed chewor.
1t is rumured in literary circles that
Miss Harriet Martineau * the writer Of
auti-Byron communications m the London
News. The October Galaxy will have n
sketch Of tho Countess Guicciuli, Lord
Byron's inlimat friend, by friend of hers.
a New York lady, who speaks from her
own knowledge. Tho Lord Wentworth,
who has published n letter about the Byron
scandal is Ralph Gordon Noel, Viscount
Ockham and Byron Wentworth.
Tho entrance examination Of the Cor
nell University, was held last week. Tho
number of candidates has been nearly four
hundred, and the entering class will be
about three hundred aud twenty, although
tho standard ofadmission was raised. They
represent almost every state in the Union,
with several from Europe and tho West In
dies. Six additional professors havo been
chosen, including Inyard Taylor, ami
Charles A Schaner, lately of the University
OF Gottingon,
Delaware is n small state, and IL grow
ing smaller. Tho Delaware e~ncroaches up
ON II from ten 10 twenty feet every year,
aud tho sites of houses that once stood in
the midst of fields AFRO now under water.
The lighthouse near Bowers Beach has
boon removed three times, and n small ho-
tel on the same beach, that once stood in
the midst OF cultivated grounds, a consih-
orable distance from tho bay, with large
troes in front Of il, has its walls now wash
cd by the waters.
During the terrific gale last week q lady
in Providence, II. l., became alarmed for
the safety Of her two little children, who
were ut school, and sent n servant TO bring
them home. The teacher refused to trust
them In the streets in such n tempest, and
the mother, seeing the servant coming back
alone, believed that her fears were true, and
that something fearful had happened. No
explanations could satisfy her, and she
went into commissions, from which she soon
died.