The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-02


made st and d shs vicinity q Augusta, Missouri.
IN 1868, OF which some 1000 found Q market Ia
st. Louis. II ID expected from 10000 to $1,000
gallons WIZ be made ct the same place In two or
White and eoiorsd children srs 70 attend the
same schools in the corporate townsof Minnesota.
Roman Catholic missIonary priests predict the
&C., e ne . :rp: s9s
BY the English heet, In Chinese waters, In revenge
for the iiusage Of British tars-
The hotel car that = designed to accompany the
hes been eonpistsd At the Central Pacific shops. 70
is thus described by California exchange: Iuis
divided into largo number for compsrtments-
one lined with zinc for meat several for groceries,
ss s S ss .s srs G1Gr S s %
neatly and compsctly - can well be imagined.
At end Of the car there are several berths for
the accommodation Of the several train hands.
.ns r built s1S having ss
riding In the State.
Mount Hood and other high peaks In Oregon
have begun to smoke. and the Inhabitants OF the
s he sss o IT
III 900 feet,) and the Three Sisters-not Bro
Tiers, as come Of the papers print it'll 900
feet,) are extinct volcanoes. and Mount Hood has
been active within the tradition Of the Indian
tribes. rl d, n
The secretary Of war has issued an order coun-
termanding general order No. IL, except that
portion ordering Gen. sherman to assume COM
that all business upon which the action Of the
president or secretary Of war was necessary
should pass through army headquarters. The
new order perpits such business to be submitted
directly from corps and department headqusr-
Mr.. James Fiske, Jr., has completed . con-
tract with the Michigan Southern Railroad. where
BY the Erie Railroad obtains the right to use the
~ cH of bo opti If owf 0cfo
Der. The condition of the contract is the build
ing by the Erie Company Of Q road from Akron
Ohio, 10 Toledo, distance OF ninety miles. The
lease : snsvsSs o. s expiration Y Eunsss
on Monday. The Erie Company have thus Sc
cured continuous broad guage to Chicago.
which, in itself. Ii great victory.
A tremendous storm Of wind and food scourged
the western shore of France on the drst week Of
March, at the same time that the terrible Atlantic
coast gale destroyed so much OF life and labor in
cur fishing fleets. Houses were swept away. cat
tie drowned, trees uprooted, the hopes Of harvest
blasted, the labor Of thirty years annihiated by
the foundations Of the rivers. La Manche suffered
with especial severity. The Adour and the Niye
overfiowcd and submerged Bayonne and other
places in that vicinity. At Cubzsc the suspension
bridge over tie Gironde, which cost 2.sOe, 600
francs, was broken by the winds, and part Of IT
fell into the river.
A few days ego two lads. whose parents reside
near Trenton, Grundy county, Missouri, went into
-
they reached the woods they had quarrel, when
one Of the lads. aged about fourteen years. shot
bis companion, aged about ten, causing Immediate
death. He then dragged his victim 10 the banks
Of Grand River, and threw his body into the
sresm. When questioned concerning his COM
panion. be said that he had become offended and
wandered by himself into the woods. Search
was made. and the dead body found in the stream.
The murderer has been arrested.
Miss AnthoTy's WorkinRwomen's Association
In New York 10 bringing out some interesting
facts in regard to the wages and subsistence OF
the women Wiz live by themselves In that city.
At q recent meeting the plan OF establishing q
model boarding house was discussed one where
persons Of SIMILAR ideas and tastes could live to-
eether. on good food. with good ventilation, for
moderate price. II was stated that at the Work.
ingwomen's Home, in Elizabeth street, there are
$50 boarders, at an average cost Of three dollars
and City cents week. Including washing. At
the Young Women's Home, In Washington square,
there some eighty boarders at four dollars and
fifty cents q week. At the great hotels the rates
are from twenty one dollars TO thirty dollars O
week.
The imports at New York last week were ST.
500 GOO, against s. 297 600 for the corresponding
period Of last year.
Steamers sailing from New York on the 9th
ultimo for Southern ports, carried full cargoes,
proved prospects of the South. There are indi-
cations that travel 10 Europe will be very great In
April and May, many steamers having full pas
senger lists for these months.
fight occurred In q church In williamsburg
between the sexton and two Of the members, at
the close Of the service last Sunday. Injuries not
serioua.