The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-06
Miscellaneous Items.


A Boston minister reports that Grant has promised
to oin the Temperance society after the 4th of March
Poor fellow the will then be in the White House
literally " cat in strange garrett, for ne wontknoW
himself.
The Mikado of Japan has issued proclamation re-
moving the seat of his government to Ieddo and
changing the name of that great city to Toukei.
Commodore Patty who recently died in Honolulu,
had crossed the Pacific between the Sandwich Islands
aud San Francisco, more than hundred times, and
was the ancient mariner Of that ocean.
The New York Herald calls Tilton the molasses of
journalism, and Phillips the vinegar Mixed with the
birthstone of Bennett, they would make an odfash-
toned cough medicine. Boston foss
The Evening Express says that the friends OF Gen
Mcclellan in Washington, say that he will be offered
the SecTetaryshp of War by Grant, because OF his
country that be is not partisan. -
A Western paradise is thus described: +" No income
lax internal revenue spies to see il you treat
friend on Sunday; no special police; no dog tax,
school tax bounty fund. And, to end with, the In
dian tIabreeds can't tell one greeuback from another,
so our ones are tens"
There is hardly rich BOBBY in the country who is
not named for Secretary of the Treasury under Grant
No first class have yet been named for any post
in Grants cabinet. AT the present moment it looks
as though he will form bed. garden, in which the
crotches of Greeley, the fanatcism of Sumner, and
the malice of Washburne will be Blended.
The New York Times favors allowing President
johnson s50,0G0 to defray his expenses in the I'M
parchment trial Out Of whose pockets should it come,
| Mr.. Times the taxpayers or the impeachers'?
| The sudden flow of immigration to the Shenandoah
(Va Valley has had tendency to increase the price
ofproperty there very rapidly, recently. Farms have
than doubled in value during the last tse years
/ The whole territory of Maine, containing area of
$4,000 square miles, was purchased by Massachusetts
i-PJ Ir
1924 by the Plymouth Company, for the paltry sum
Eof el250-an amount sufficient only to buy ii decent
farm at the present day. Wonderful changed
The Jews in Warsaw have theatre in which all the
plays are founded on Old Testament stories, and all
the parts are taken by males. "
/ In his last manacally idotic bulletin to the World
/ Train says: Have ordered the hotels in Omaha to
be set fire. That blaze will beacon Ireland to lib
erty, England to her doom, America to the empire
of the world Mems sana in corpore sana. Turkish
baths. Tell the truth. No tobacco No whisky. Never
say die L still live"
/ The project OF an airline railroad from Washington
New York is again revived, and Washingtonians are
organising to press the matter upon the attention Of
| Congress.
A little girl in Vincent, N. J., was attacked by a
game COCK and received wounds that resulted in lock
jaw,
Bayard Taylor says that the successor of Pope Plus
/ * is already chosen. So is the successor of Baron
| Munchausen, and his name is Bayard Tavor
Mobile Tribune.
A California paper says the Chinese are getting
50 numerous Oh the PaiGc coast that they contemplate
appointing missionaries to go among the Christians to
convert them to the Chinese religion.
/ The Emperor of China is fourteen years old, while
/ his intended wife is nearly eleven.
A Boston paper says an old lady in that town got
exceedingly angry at horse car driver because he
would not drive up to the sidewalk and take her and
| her bundles aboard.
1t is said that the President will veto the Southern
States militia BILL the ground that Congress has no
power to regulate the militia force in the several
States of the Union.
There is report that Santa Anna has on foot pro
ject to form into one confederation Mexico, Cuba,
iIay and Porto Rico, and then annex them all to the
/ United States.
/ The " oid says that Mr. Belmont contributed hun
fred thousand dollars towards the expenses of
the Democracy in the late election.
/ The old ladies of Richmond are dsputing over
letter which arrived at that post Office, addressed to
/ my dear grandma"
The Macon Telegraph learns that party of fifty
PENNSYLVANIA farmers are about to settle in Morgan
county, Ga led thereto by observations made during
the war.
Josh Billings says: Most ennF man will conceed
that it look very foolish tn see boy drag heavy
STAY up steep bill for the aeetin peshur of ridn
down again, but appeers TO me that the boy is sage
by the side the young man hoo works hard all the
week and drink his STAINS up Saturday mite.
The city Of Providence, r. L, with population Of
10000, has taxable property amounting to S92,I26,-
i 900, and tax this year of 81, l12,7l2 Sxty.one
persons pay city of than $1,000, thirty one
over $1,000, seventeen over 5000 and eleven ever
/ $4,000.
A Chicago paper thinks that fashionable marriage,
which recently took place in that city, not much
r. II. III sa-n
900. That may be rife in Chicago, but really many
1 fashionable bride here would be content with it.
A smart Yankee, who iuaugorated at San Francisco
the plan of having female Walters at his restaurant, is
now deserted his girls having all found husbands in
i the four weeks that the establishment
At the late municipal election in Boston the Demo
i Gratis made gain of 1890 votes over November.
/ This is doing well for the "hub."
There is a proposition in Congress to extend the
time for taking the benefit of the bankrupt law all
classes OF debtors until January /, 1870.
Married Methodist ministers in the Cincinnati con
ference average s945 year, and the bachelors s545.
/ A thief lately broke into R.tron Beust's house in
Vienna, during big absence, and stole ell his deeora-
1 tons.
Gen Rosecrans rather likes the manner in which he
was received at the City of Mexico.
A process has just been discovered for manufacture
ing iron without pudding, which greatly lessons the
expense Ile discovery has created much excitement
| at Ptsburg, where it is in practical operation.
II Alta temperance convention il Rostonthc other day,
| Senator Wilson said aduring the past year he had
Travelled ten thousand miles, but he had nowhere seen
/ SO much drunkenness as in Massachusetts
i Hon. J. w. Nenard Washington correspondent
states says he was born free in the State of Illinois,
attended Liberia College in Ohio, voted for lincoln i'll
I 1860 and sat on jury in that State.
The following sentiment IS attributed to--Napo!eon
Bonaparte: "a handsome woman pleases the eye, but
a good woman pleases the heart The one is jewel,
the other is a treasure.
/ The meancst man that has turned up was in Albany
! n x, a few days ago. He gave five cents to boy
who found and returned to him pocket book that lie
lost containing three hundred dollars.
The population of Great Britain is now upwards Of
thirty millions.
I Commodore Vanderbilt has been snrt BY the Eric
Railway Co., to recover the s5eoooa which PAID
Ito him to compromise suit of his road last summer
Penelope is ontdone by wife in Iowa who has
waited patiently fifteen years for intelligence from he
husband He went to California in 1858, and during
all the intervening time lie has not written word te
Il let her know THAT he still living She las no
even asked for divorce.
/ Horace Greeley says if his wife should go to thu
polls to and electioneer, he would stay at homie
and attend to the cooking and other household aairs