, 1869-07-07
MISCELLANEOUS,

over Europe In their pirate calIlAgea-
CognAc, the great brandy town OF France, Is
said 10 be of the weaith,est placca In prupor-
t!on 10 isa size, In the world.
A man In Georgia Is SO foud or riding horseback
thai he sboGIdered saddle and walked alIteen
udles inter- hursr for The pleasure Of riding hun
hack.
A convention Of American rhltoogists la called
to meet at FauEhkeersie on the 9Th Of July, 10
continue for 'seyefnl days 4 -nattonA society
viii then be organized
Since the vlcerpy o: EGypt's arrival tn Paris he
has received over COO letters a day from personn
reQuhinE assistance The total amount Already
asked Is over 1,ooo, ,oouI Requests for employment
ATT n nose modest, amounting 10 oniJ 800.
A San FIrncisco man has sued suo1ber for
~, ,ooo damagrs for cnuctng away his wife, and
d-taiuIng her In opposition to hts utmost peaceful
etlorta, whereby he has been deprived Of her ~
c,etS and pss1stAnce.
A few days ago, white nan, q fisherman, re-
siding on the ogcccbee canal, SOHO ten OF twelve
miles from SavaunAh, GcoEE.n, sold his wife TO
atother fisherman (whltc> for Elxiy lunches Of
nsh, ynlued NJ nifty cents per bunch. The wife
| was perfectly katls1cd with Ihe s41c and ts now
living With her purchaser.
..An English paper says 1t Is not an Uncommon
thing IN that connt1J Tor ladea travelling In nss
class raE,waycarraceB 10 cut dos and ca:7y away
tue Fix curtains OF the w1Edors for the purpose
prnctice become on one llne that all new curtains
| we1e made o! material that W1s not worth
| stealing.
4. West P7thole. PA, last Thursday, MrA, F..
| EEi,h, And her chid, Aged yearA, wire bu1ntd 10
! death. The nathee VIZ throwing crude OF on \
Orc, when the buruing oi1 caught the clothing Of
The child and ens ctUpcd II IN lanes. Tue mother
| attempted to save the child, whrn her own cloth
ing lEu!1ed Doth dlcd In few hours.
| The l4chnnul VA HhGy hAyH:
"Ey she tcs!4,sAu .f les The t..eks appe.ret se
#. rs tselsf r nts1 Il sh 1: ,5 se 4
| fater. AchHani and Atnrtco With tIkhL and Norfolk
;ss q efssS s n:91!: IT, ~ II aeTf
1h.n 1h1ra trv, unp ai4e aa1rd ~ ~ sth.t u.2
tbe stn.sr fy p7r,r,ui'nst majority"
The 1,s:o hanks Of the Unttd States represent 4
carnal Of little less than nse hundred millions oi
tlolturs-Sts3 t6d to0; while The railroads In opera
tion (4aMO mies, represent d capita, Of nesf,,
two thousand million doilaTs-3lr 50, 90, 600. Tne
earnlpSs Of shr banks mar s,e estimated 1t frpu
oto, 600 to $50. COO 100 annually: while the cam
lnRs Of the railroads OF New YORK Alone last yea.
werc ~, ,t61 ,otn, and Of The whole Cnlled sAsea
! an,G0eo*A.
The French Government. rtqaircs tia. the 'front.'
Of MI DIV eulues shall lie cleaned on alss after TIT
| Ist Of May Of the present year ani periodically A.
| tcrw1fdG- A Law to the ZANE eject has been en-
acted for soEe time, hut, mol being well Observed
the oroer Las teeu pc1enp,oFily rrneNed. and
g! to bc rg,diJ enforced Tbs usua1 method Adoptet
for such cleaning in Paris consists In the use OF I
": Of water forced OUT b. escatu pressure, and
SAID 70 be sely effective.
AT G1cnl's Tails, \. T., between II and l:
otlock Oh TUESDAY night OF last week, gang @
| hp,A v ept 10 HuIa GID Aeatie " house, denAadet
1 an entrance, md trore tney wopld break tn th'
deor II l, WAS not opened. They supposed thu
como drrcputable girls wert stopping there, ant
wished to IND them Mrs Mead told them taers
was no Que In The house but herself and llts1'
grind dsuEhtcr, Thc boys confined to throw
l41Ee etone8 against the house mud door until the.
60 frightened Mrs Arsa wozuAn s. year2 cid
that ste died between : and o'clock N the moFn
Ing 4 humber Of the rowdss were cAught, pnf
havc been held fur nansiAuShtet u the fourth dc
Erec-
The gentlemen mentioned In connection Will
the succession to Seuztor Gsfnes, Of fowk- arc
! George @. Wright, Of De1 Aoints. low on tht
| representing for the fourth tsme The Dubuqu.
I District IN Congress; james F. Wilson, Of Fair
Held. late Chairman Of ths ludiciarJ Committee o
the National Houss Of Representatives And sAn
ueI J. kitkwood. Q! lows cis!, four Jcxrs Gov
csnor, and Tn.ted States Seuatol for time, 10 81
the unexpted second term Of Naria0. Appointed
SECRETARY Of the Interior. The Fairfield Lefa1
says tAt Bon James F. Wilson vii not crte
The lists in the SenatoFszl eonteslH
The Cincinnati C1umerr.al says that a Don P.at
! Il up for Fourth Of July Grafton At KeaA Il I
| an open question whether he VIII not auack tn
! Declaration Of Independence II wAA n
believe, In hM Last FOURTH OF Juiy effort 1bAt b
| pitched INTO George Tsanington.'
Tho Oqua*ka TLl lSixaator saJs; s. Ths whea
and oats covered by nc recent ne1nst 3q Hendet