Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-02-20
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News Items.
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"Nadame Moorer the spedestrian, is Licensed
In Buffalo to wear male attire.
Prussia is. bsyfng So, 100000 worth of guns
made in this, country, and desires peace.
JEFF Davis and. family intend wintering in the
south ofRranct, JEFF himself being n wretcneo
The gold fields of Cape Colony, South Africa
are not likely to prove 90 profitable rs was eA-
pected.
James T. Brady, one of the most eminent law
yers in New York, died in that city on Iuesoa''
the 9th instant.
ST. Louis, the capital of the French possessions
in ahe Senegal, Western Africa, is beng oec'n.-
ted by cholera at the rate OF 100 daily %.
The national debt of Great Britain has oeer
estimated at about $4,000, ,0OO.eOo, OF very
nearly double that Of the United States q, 81.
The cross on the cathedral, at Pittsburg is
lighted at night by gas. The gas IS 'gnHeup Wy
electricity. 1t makes splendid appearance
The Suez Canal will be completed the lst OF
October, 1862 and the total cost of its constsae-
tion will be 400 900, 900 francs, or Soo,ooo'pVV-
Mr., Moore, of fWatervilie, Maine, has solid
silver ftteen-onnce. brick, smelted from ore
lately discovered in Garland. Workmen are
struggling to discover more.
Georgia's new capitol, at Atlanta, opened
January 12th, is known as 5Kimbalrs Opera
house. ana is said TO be one Of the most magnin'
cent structures the continent.
The Senate of Wisconsin, has voted its as
sent to the formation of new State, 70 be called
Superior, the boundaries Of which are to be
carved QUITO Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
The Pacific Railroad company has about 900
men employed chopping wood on the mountains
in he-ycipity OF the Humboldt Wells.g-fti %
10 l~1. h. o1ftt Ma pf4f
that way. 'ffFaif fi's = ~ -
General Sickles has declined appointment as
member of the Republican General Committee
of New York city, ,on the ground that he g can
not without prejudice to- other duties, take part
in local politics..
Catholic Archbishop Spaulding, of Baltimore,
has nterdicted indiscriminate attendance upon
church weddings Ully those invited are to at
tend. The order is intended to prevent levity
and improper conduct.
The father-in-law ex-senator Nc Dougall of Gall
ifornia, N. Mcconnell, of Jacksonville, H., was
murdered in his office at that place on the morp-
ing os the 9th instant. He was one of the oldest
and most prominent citizens of the State'of hi
nois.
The small pox is becoming very prevalent in
New York. tits of very virulent type, and
physicians are unanimous in saying that unless
tho iHpst StIinBeut pEeheutifcf ueaitu uleasureS
are adoptad, the epidemic will become a
plague. -~s..., -
The town of Wells, Vermont, has a citizen
who married at the age of seventeen years. His
first child was daughter, who married at thir-
teen and eighteen months afterward made her
father grandfather at the early age of thirty
one years. r..1~
VIM. B. Astor, according to a recent letter
writer, " never did an hours work in his life,
never did kindly act, never knew q want un-
gratifed, and has not real friend the planet.n
This miserable cuss is the weathiest man in the
United States. n &74t
The Cocos Island gold hunting has proved
wretched failure. The parties have returned
They were htty-six daysat seasin alittle, whal-
ing brig before they could find the island,
and then remained there nineteen days digging
when they left in disgust. SCN|
The Secretary of the Interior reports that
there is but one Revolutionary soldier now iiy.
ing and drawing pension, while the nam es of
eight hundredland eighty-eight- seido,cs appear
the rolls The mothers of the Revolution
were evidently younger than the fathers, or else
they live longer.
In Kelloggvlle, Kent county, Michigan, the
other day, several boys were crowdng upon
each other and striking wildly, when one, named
George Fleming, received tap on the nose from
a friendly associate that caused it to bleed.
Fleming was subject to bleeding, and continued
10 bleed until his system so depleted that
death ensued.
After careful examination, on Christmas Eve
Professor Syme informed the Samese twins that
in his opinion, it would endanger their lives to
be separated. Sir James. c.. Simpson, Bart,
held the same opinion; but Chang and Eng de-
termined to go to Paris to obtain French sur
geon's advise on the subject.
woman who is being tried for bigamy in
Pittsburg told the second suitor for her hand
that she had husband living, but be, thinking
sue was Jesting, persisted, and succeeded.
When the first husband returned he immediate-
ly commenced suit. The two husbands are quite
friendly, and are trying to settle the difficulty to
their mutual advantage.
A certain Nile. Marie, in Paris, who is with
out either arms or legs, sews, embroiders and
writes by means of her mouth The Fyodro
weleh confirms this phenomenon from ocular
oemonstrauon, says that nothing can be riore
~ohoerIui than to see this young girl, whose
iace Is very pretty, threading needle and using
ner scissors by means of her lips.
The new rules for the guidance of Catholics
ABOUT 10 marry, adopted at the last National
Council for the United States, provide thai NO
CatnoHc who mas husband or wife al;ve can
be married again unless by application directly
to the Bishop, the priests formerly having had
this power; and secondly, that a Catholic Who
has beenmsTried outside of the church can he
absolved from Such violations of its rules o,Ir
upon application to the Bishop and bv Tho nnh,
lie approval of repentance.
An armless dwarf 80 inches high, weipbine ss
pounds. and "a years Of age, arrived recentlr in
Salem Mass, from Africa, where he was horn
He had been educated at the mission school q,
Sierra Leone under the instruction of Rev NJ
Hoffman, speaks English fuently, can wri,s
well with his toes, holding the paper with ons
foot. and the pen with the other. He can
thread a needle and sew, make baskets, fill his
pipe with tobacco, of which he is quite fond
ard do many other things with his toes. a3
negro girl has been astonishing the people
Of vicksbarg, Mississippi, By her performances
on the piano. She is eighteen years old, and as
black as the ace of spades, does not Know sin.
gle note of mnsic, aud cannot spsH the simplest
word She was a house servant, and as such
was permitted to play upon the piano. She can
play any piece, however difficult it may be, aftel
hearing il played and her accuracy and dehc