The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-26
Miscellaneous Items.

-Whilo Professor siarkos was recently
digging q we'll nj Pilot Point, Texas, he f0und
q solid log 20 feet under ground, and after
digging through o fnrty-foot rock. Also, at
the same time and place, several pieces of
silver ore.
Florence is to have q great medical CON
gross in september, to last o fortnight. Med
zeal men Of ali nations are expected 10 at
tend.
Those two unsightly, unsavory struc
lures, entitled the New York and Broad
way theatres, in New York, are 10 he torn
down.
1t ia said that The whole number of books
published and sold In the United States by
subscription agency during the past eight
years, does not exceed one hundred. Yet
the busines in Hartford alone involved over
five million dollara, aud required ten thou
sand agents to sell less than thirty books.
The warm springs near Carson City, Ne
yada, have sunk two feet IN a very sudden
ana myHteripu7 manner, aud the prisoners
confined in the poniteutiary, wlichis imme-
diately over the springs, are in a constant
state Ot% terror, expecting to be blown up by a
natural C0nvulsiun.
Marshal Mcmahon, tho Duke de Magen-
ia, told one Of the Algerino editors, a short
time ago, that no did not care what the uress
a authorized editors to write; If they op.
posed his policy in Algeria he would have
them tried by cOurtmartial, and, If need be,
summRrily shot.
"A boa-cohstrictor IN Singapore, has
swallowed a young lady who had on a dla-
mond necklace valued at fifteen thousand
dollars, and the natives are hunting up the
snake.
Five lucky White Pine spooulators re-
Gently arrived in San Francisco, each with
$1,000 0 to his credit I'm bank. All these
fortuna we're mad by selling ont, not by
mining.
Canada ia receiving the bulk Of this
winters snow. There has been another great
fall Of snow there, blocking up tho railroads.
The snow 10 reported eight feet deep on the
level.
fudge Hoar is The third Attorney Cen
orRl from Massachusetts. Levi Lincoln
father of the Goyernor) served in JeHers0n's
Cabinet during his hrst term, aud Caleb
Cushing was Attorney General through the
Presidency Of Franklin Pierce. T~heophilus
Parsons was invited to the position by John
Adams, but declined.
The German who lately, at Pleasant
Ridge, Mo-, put a little girl IN a corn-crib,
tied her there, and crushed her 10 death by
piling on her sacks of wheat, and who after
wards robbed the house OF Mr.. Weiss, has
been arrested at Edwardsyille, No, and has
confessed the crimes.
"A newspaper published in the regions of
Lakes MemphremagOg and Winnepesaukee
says that 'tho fish in Lake Holleyhunke-
munk, Me-, are said to be superior to those
Of either Lake ~WeeleybacOOOk on MOosetOck-
megantuc. Those Of Chauhungogunga-
maung were very good, but they all got
ehokod to death IN trying to tell where they
lived"
1t II a pleasant piece Of fashionable in
tolligonce, that the dirty fashion of long
skirts, and the horrible fashion Of pannier
dresses are entirely out of style for spring
wear; and that short dresses, generally with
two skirts, are h be worn on all occasions.
70 make up for length aud paunicr, howov-
oT, an unlimited humber Of skirtH-two, three,
even four is TO BIO allowed, and lounces dd
WAugp.
Russia has conhscated the treasury Of a
Catholic convent In Poland for having allow
ed insurgents 20 use its printing press du-
ring the late rebellion,
Two delegations visited the President on
Saturday afternoon, one representing the
soldiers and sailors of the war OF 1912.
headed by Con. Skinner. They SIMPLY paid
their respects. The interview lasted about
five minutes.
-Ponr miles and a half OF the track OF the
Central Pacific Railroad was laid on the 10th
Of February. II was anticipated that FIVE
miles would DO laid tho next day.
Fractional currency printed during last
week, 1850, 700; national bank notes issued,
Sl45, 500; actual circulation, S299, 901, 1913; irac-
tional currency destroyed $4,000.