The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-10-27
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miscellaneous
Hitherto no Jews have been admit
ted to any Austrian University as pro
~Fessors. This prohibition, has now
hssn removed, and-the first Jewisl
professor mas been appointed in the
person of DIR. Maiftiiher, who has oh
tained to the chair of Opthalmic Sur
gerry insthe University of Innspruck
Broadhead, the English trades I'm.
ions murderer, is going to settle il
Chicago. An experimental philoso
pher having demonstrated that funer,
ais are cheaper than divorces, he
probably expects to build up a hand
some business in his line by economi
cally d~isposing Of unpleasant matrinio.
NAL partners.
The Chicago Post complains that
''the abu e of General Grant by the
Chicago Times continues in all its bit.
-terness and malignity 1t. calls him
n liar, a drunkard, and as good as a
thief" And thereupon the Franklin
(Indiana)Herald wants to know if the
Post means to assert that he isn't as
good as a thief?
The Chicago Tribune is informed
upon the best authority that General
BeIknap, the new Secretary of War,
is now and always has been Il Demo
crat, although he may have voted for
Grant" But the Tribune also learns
that the appointment gives entire sat
isfaction to the Republican neighbors
o: the new Secretary, in Iowa.
The Book of Mormon, entire, has
been translated, by Elder Orson Pratt
into phonetics known as the Deseret
AIuhabct, and the Salt Lake Eve
ming News predicts that cit will do
more toward spreading a correct style
of speaking English among the poly
glottian people of the Territory than
any thing else ever attempted"
The French papers are still harp
ing upon the proposed annexation OF
Baden to Prussia. The incurable dis
ease with which the Grand Duke OF
Baden is afflicted confirms these APP
p%rehensions, as in the event of his
death he must be succeeded by his
wife, a Prussian Princess, as Regent
of Baden, until the majority of his
son, who is only twelve years of age.
The statement made by the Civitta
Cattolica, the Papal organ at Rome.
that the bishops hive been summon
ed to the Council not to deliberate on
md decide questions by the vote of
the majority, but to ratify decisions
already made by the Sovereign Pom
tiff, is said to have created a good
deal of surprise and dissatisfaction
among the clergy Of the church.
The Marquis D'Orches Offered .
prize of twenty thousand francs to any
person who would discover a practical
and cheap method of determining ac-
tual death. This prize has been gain
ed by DIR. Caniere. His method is to
place the hand of the subject before O
light in a darkened room if the sub
.ject Is not dead the light will make the
hand semi-translucent, with arosy hue;
but if dead it will be perfectly Opaque.
Mayor Cookery, Of Terre Hau,c,
was unanimously voted champion snor-
err of the United States at the LOUIS
vile Commercial Convention. He
has a snoreous voice, which was some
what exasperated 10y a slight cold. He
slept while thirty-fve of the Calf
House guests, quartered in the same
room, ground their teeth and SHE'D
at him through the silent watch
es of the night HIS trombone snore,
with bass drum accompaniment, is
pronounced the greatest thing on the
bills. being like the rumbling of dis
tant thunder, with a scattering of
earthquake in it.-Indanapoh, Miryor.
The London Globe says: ga por.
ton of. the Doria Palace, in Rome.
has been let for three months, by
Prince Doria Panill, for 5000 ma
polions, for the purpose of being fitted
up rs an hotel and restaurant during
the sittings of the Council, not for
cardinals and bishops only. but for the
generally. In the splendid apart
ments built Tor Donna Olympia,
man with Il few francs in this
pockets may soon take his plain, quiet
meal, OF all the dignitaries soon TO.
e een rolling in their gilded chariets
on the Pincian Hill, the American
bishops, it is believed, viii be by: far
he richest. A Catholic banker, from
Missouri, has been specially appointed
by them to marriage, their financial af-
during their stay in Rome"
TIE Miner, published at Prescott.
in Arizona, says a deadly disease has
broken out among the cruel paches,
VINO roam throughArizona Territory,
robbing and numbering. = The Miner
reports : rThe sudden death oftwelve
strapping, mur1ero2s In Ii ans killed in
the recent fight, is sufficient cause to
stir the blood and gladden. the heart
of any fr-ontiersman. Then, be it
known, that, OH the 22d day Of Aug
asst last. Peace Commissioner Somer-
by, who alsoholds the ra tkQof Cap
tain of the Eighth Cavalry, with TWEEN
tp-nir, e fighting, friends of Coupany
B Eighth Cavalry; citizens Willard,
Rice, and Geo. Monroe had the very
good fortune to get within shooting
distance of a band of about thirty vii
famous Indians, nine of whom were
suddenly Ill and died on the spot
with their moccasins ON. The re-
mainder saved themselves by flight.
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