The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-12
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Miscellaneous Items.

Cardinal Cullen, in his regulations for
Lent published IN England, warns his people
that, u ffee maaone, htbbOnmon or Fenians,
they cannot be admitted TO tho sacrament.
1t is proposed in Cincinnati To oonsoli.
date several educational institutions, and
found a university after the German model.
Two Young English hoods, on a lark. out
and otherwise defacod the fixtures Of a rail
way carriage they occupied, and had to 20 to
prison for five years for malicious destruc-
tion OF property. F#r#
-Ononbach has been translated into
Arabic, for the amusement and instruction
of the Nsoroy of Egypt.
The fret piano sent from this country to
Japan has just been shipped by New Haven
manufacturer.
An old minister the other day asked n
woman what could induce her husband TO
attend church. 81 don't know, unless you
were to put q pipe and q jug Of whisky in the
pew, she replied.
In the Charles Reado We. Charles II.
Sweetzer trial for libel in criticising "Grif-
fifth uaunt, y IL Is proposed to give every Jury
man n copy Of the book.
Some years ago a man named Brown was
acquitted by a jury in Miami county, Ohio,
on a charge OF numbering an editor In Day-
ton. Since then every ono Of the Jury has
become insane, met an unnatural death, or
committed suicide, and the Judge who pre-
sided Mt the trial died recently in a lunatic
asylum. This an Ohio journal calls a Start
ling instance Of the r%etributivo Justice Of
Heaven"
"A colony to emigrate 10 Nebraska has
been formed in New York city. IL numbers
about fifty, and IL made up of farmers aud
artisans, who will find plenty Of occupation in
the now state.
The courts, police and other machinery
in New York, for maintaining order and pro.
tecting life and property, cost over IS, 500 a
day, and the Times thinks the people don't
get their money'a worth Of the articles this
sum Ought to furnish.
During the month Of January the re.
cetpts Of the Fifth Avenue stage Company Of
New York were SIS, 22l, representing nearly
a third Of q million passengers.
-Pittsburg has had a compound elopemont.
in which n married man has run away with
two widows.
Two Eric conductors were arrested last
week FOR knocking down" too large O per
centage of the fares.
"A gentleman In 81. Louis, a few days
sinoo, lost 5000, for the recovery OF which
he offered a reward of 1900. On the suisse
quont day he received through the post Office
the sum he had lost, minus tho reward. No
name or note accompanied the inclOsure.
"A French paper announcing the recent
manifesto Of tho Pope against all imposturea
and shams, inquiries irreverently " the blood
Of ~. J~anuarius is included in the condom-
nation.
Since the commencement Of the efforts
to purify the water Of the Thames at London.
several kinds OF fish, unknown there for
many years, have maze their appearance at
Blackfriars bridge.
"A velocipedist In New Haven, while cross-
ing a street, ran into a horse and knocked
him down. The horse was 80 injured by tho
fall that the owner was obliged to kill him,
and he now holds the velocipodo rider re-
sponsiblo h tho extent OF 1900.
Artificial ebony Is made In Europe by an
ingenious process, from sea weed. After
treating IL with diluted sulphuric acid, IL Ia
dried and ground, mixed with glue, gutta
percha and india rubber, the two latter sub
stances dissolved IN naptha, coaltar, sulphur,
alum and rosin. II is then heated TO 5000
Fahrenheit, and on cooling II Ia said to be in
every respect equal to ebony.
"A Wilmington newspaper advocates the
formation OF n new state out OF delaware and
tho Eastern shore counties OF Maryland.
doctor, > said a gentleman 10 A physi-
clan, ''my daughter had q fit this morning,
and afterward remained for half an hour
without knowledge or understanding"
many people continue 30 all their livos."
"A man named MackisOn, living AZ Port
Deposit, Nd, on Saturday had some trouble
with two young men named Ohr, both Of
whom ho shot, wOunding them severely, A
constable who attempted to arreBt Maohison
was also shot, and II 10 feared no will die OF
hia injuries. Mackison was finally lodged in
Jail.
There is no clearer indication Of the pro-
gress uf Injury in this city than tho high
wages paid TO women cooks In private FAINT
lies. Time was when thia class OF domestics
received about the same wages as chamber
maids and waiteresses, but now, whilo the
latter get but $40 10 $40 per month, the
former command all the way from SIS TO $40,
according to their skill and experience
". H., San.
There il a diamond in the British Mu-
suem attached to a piece OF alluyial gold.
This specimen goes to prove the ancient idea
that there In an affinity between the gem and
the precious metal. Gold miners, saws an
English paper, should know a rough dia-
mond when they see ii.
Among the 1853 carriages Of Isabella
which are catalogued for sale at Madrid is
one ornamented with Panels painted by Mu-
rillo.
Without counting the Rothchilds there
are IN Paris about one hundred and fifty Is-
%raelites, whose combined fortunes amount 10
5000, 600, 600.
Reports speak very fayorably of Rogers.
colossal statue Of President Lincoln, which
has been modelled in Rome and is to be castin
bronze IN Munich, and to be set up in some
public place in Philadelphia, in cOmmemora-
ton Of the signing OF the emancipation act.
The figure IL twelve feet high, aud IL repre-
sented in a sitting position.
General Grant has been given a box of
stockings by a New Hampshire hose cOmpa-
ny, with a special request to wear one pair
on inauguration.
During the great excitement in the f.
male convention IN Chicago, q hair mattress
maSer offered one hundred dollars for the
privilege OF sweeping out the hall after the
meeting.
One thousand fallen women arc al The
st. Lazarae Prison, near Paris. A novel plan
Of making them good Members of society in
being tried. A benevolent society of French
ladies manage to marry with them dis
charged male conyicts, giving each couple
800 francs 10 start their new life with Thir-
ty.fye couples have thus far been settled In
this manner, aud all are apparently happy
and seem 10 be good citizens.
Tho area OF "oyster rocks" in Virginia is
estimated at 6iO,000 acres, and the annual
revenue at ten million dollars.
DIR. Abernethy asked a student one day,
what he would do in case a man we're blown
up with gunpowder. ~ shouid wait until
no came down. was the cool feply, HAnd
supposed should kick you for your imperti-
hence" said the angry surgeon, what mus
Giles would | put in motion p 1.-THE tensors
and foxors OF my right arm, Sir |"
The accumulation OF models IN tho Pat
ont Office makes 1t necessary to dispose of
all that are over twenty years old. An ex-
change suggests that they be advertised and
sold at auction 10 inventors, as thoro must
be many valuable germs Of mechanical ideas
in the collection.
Wagner looks with some contempt on
Rossini's muaic. Tho latter, being a believer
IN melody, did not have a high opinion of
Wagner One day Rossini and Mercadante
were discussing him, and Meroadante took