The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-01-20
Miscellaneous Items.

Eugene is Just the least bit bald, and covers til
spot with frizz.e and a rosette.
How to prevent sea sickness-keep On shore. n. B
This is a sure preventative.
go to the ant, thou suggard !" yet there man,
:: idle poor who prefer to go to their uncle.
Why should Ireland be the richest country in The
| world? Because its capitals always Dublin.
The son of an English archdeacon shot himself the
other day because he was caught in a taschood.
Western advocate of open air preaching, says he
would at any time rather preach in a vacant lot than
address church full of empty peWs.'
correspondent writes that g it is remarkable how
the number of scholars in sunday school increases
when holiday Christmas tree is announced"
As wild and revolutionary maniac as Garibaldi has
ever shown himself to be- he has vet shown sufficient
discretion to keep out Of the Grecan army, in which
be has been offered position to fight the Turks.
The cotton crop figures now published show that the
yield is larger this year than it was last and that the
crop of 1878 will be close upon two and half mil
lion of bales or half million bales over the crop Of
| 1867.
Two hundred stalwart men lately went into W est
chester county, New York, to hunt wild ducks. They
successful The average per hunter was one two
hnndredth part of duck time day.
Josh Billings recently wrote to lecture committee
that the price of one of his lectures $40 40; that
he had in some instances been careless enough to throw
off the $780, but the 40 cents he must have to main
tain his reputation.
| There is a family of FIVE persons in New York who
require three brown stone houses to live in, and six
teen servants to wait Oh them They keep
ragcs in the city, owing to their houses being too
small to accommodate the necessary servants"
A devotee of Bacc1us was overheard the other
night addressing his lat, which had fallen from his
| head: If | pick yon upI fall if fall you won't
pick up; therefore leave you," and he staggered
proudly away.
A Toledo (oho) citizen who pretended to make
astonishing cures by 'animal magnetism" has been
arrested and six electric batteries found his person.
with which he kept up the necessary supply.
In a recent French press trial one of the lawyers
urged that there should be camness and gravity
in French politics, saying that in America the people
prepared themselves for election by several days OF
fasting.
A young lady who rebuked by her mother for
kissing her intended, justified the act by quoting the
following passage: whatever ye would that do
unto you do ye SO to Them"
Two ladies in Canada recently rescued skater from
drowning while his male companions were running
ashore and crying for help. They tied their cloaks
together and hauled him out.
A New England divine devotes an entire pamphlet
the clucdnton of what he calls three facts standing
in the way of women's being helped by the ballot.
Those are, he asserts God Nature and Common Sense
Perhaps the facts stand in the way of his becom-
ing great man.
A dispatch to the New Orleans Times, from Mem
phis, January s, says:
Edwin Whitfield, Of the firm of Moore & Whitfield |
factors shot aud killed this morning by S.
A. Doran, gambler. The affair grew out of a card
published in this mornings Avalanche derouncing
Whitfield and his father. There has been considerable
excitement all day, and strong talk Of resorti.g to
Judge Lynch Whitfield leaves wife and infant.
Mr.. Dliard was also killed by the militia at the same
time with Organ, as reported last night.
The steamer Linton was boarded near Madison, YES
terday, 10y the militia, and the bargutted. Afterabus.
ing the officers, they ordered the boat to leave As
she backed out yoley was fred into her, the bar
keeper narrowly escaping.
The Avalanche's Little Rock special to night, says
the militia from the southwest being paid off II
is said they will be disbanded Clayton says be will
Withdraw the militia from the northeast on the lst
proxmo.
Great surprise is felt at Porters report to Grant as
Porter only here day, and had none but Radi-
cal accounts Of affairs in the State.
CAIRo-An incendiary fire this morning destroyed
the brick buildings at the of Fourth and Levec
streets, occupied by Bonebrcks, Fitzgerald, Stenhei
mer and Marx. Loss $4,000, insured for $4,000.