The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-23
Miscellaneous Items,


hedsteaas and bedding We suppose the linen nus
have been sheet-iroH.
Ralph Meeker says that g fifty years experience Wit
the ballot will abolish pettienats forever. Make
ballet, and the work is three quarters done already
little boy, disputing with his sister recently, 81
claimed, Its true, for ma says So and # ma says SC
it's So if itaiut So
4 Kansas paper states that woman out that wa
Mrs Buffum is so strongly in favor of her rights tina
she closes her prayer :. Awomen'' and not amen:a
teamster in Maine says he can the most balk
horse by taking him out of the shafts and making hin
go around in narrow circle till he is giddg. If TIL
first dance Of this does not him, the secont
will.
An early reunion Of the two great bodies Of thu
4 Presbyterian Church, now in session In New ork
seems rot improbable. A meeting of the joint com
mtee of both the Old and New School met yesterday
and agreed recommend union of both branches OF
| the basis of the standards.
I The reason whe the British Parliament refused tc
publish O'Farres confession, was that it contained the
statement that he didn't care shoot the Prince Of
Wales because he certain to disgrace royalty.
| Ex-President Tylers daughter is to be married in
New York, June %, TO Dir. Spencer one OF the so
ciety lions of New York. The wedding is to be sol
emnsed in St. Johns Church, Staten Island.
| Frenchman who was exhibiting some relics and
other curiosities produced among other things, a
sword which he assured his visitors de sword
| dat Balaam had " A spectator remarked that BALKAN
had no sword, but only wished for one. every we'll,
! dis is de one he wished for"
Report saws there is a breach in the friendly rea-
lions heretofore existing between the President and
A. T. Stewart of New York The desire of the latter
control the patronage of the New York city offices
is the cause.
No SPooN.-Gen. Butler was taking tea at the house
of laiv friend in Washington the other day. The
General seemed 70 look as though something Was
lacking and the following dialogue took place. Hos
tess" Can it be possible General that you have
spoon?' Butler, rising indignantly and holding out
both hands" No madam; if you don't helieveit you
can search me- -- .. -.
A correspondent, who appears to have been success
full in procuring good domestics says that the
method by which to make and keep good servants is
to make them know their plaee"-that is, to teach
them to consider themselves servants and nothing else
In a free country, too Only think oft Sd
"My son." said veteran at the foot Of the stairs,
arise and sec the newly risen nminary of the day.
and hear the sweet birds singing their matin song OF
praise to their Creator come while the dew is the
grass and tender lambs are beatng on the hillside
come say or III be up there with switch and give
you the worst licking that you ever had.
At Columbus, Miss, recently, one Wilson, carpet
bag teacher OF negro school, severely threshed
ny Ben Moore, negro for improper conduct to Ben's
wife.
An exchange describing procession says: The
procession very fine and nearly miles in length,
AZ was also the prayer of DR.. Perry, the chaplain"
Anna Dickinson il conplimented with inrumerable
love letters each closing with request for small
loan .4
Bismarck lately said in reply TO some English crit
cism on his policy, a If were an Ahy>sinian, or
Hindoo, or American, L might perhaps care
what England thinks. But being European, do not
CorroN FACTORY AT SELMA.-The Times. of Nav
2Sth, says: W glad TO learn that there is pro-
eet foot, with fair prospects of success, to estah
ish factory n Selma. Que party proposes to
invest $50 900 in such an undertaking, and we have
no doubt that others be induced to Join him in it.
The Jarksonport (Ark) Herald says: We have
been informed BY gentleman living in Big Bottom
l dependence county, that Young lady named Pow
ell shot and killed herself one day last week. Her
mother, who is widow but recently moved from Mis-
souri, and located few miles below Col Morgan Mag
ness. The OF the rash act is supposed to be
disappointment in love affair, she killed herself
with the pistol of the young to whom she was ar.
IDENTIFY attached
The New York Tribune gives currency to the rumor
that the Nations widow, Madam Abraham Lincoln, is
about to be married to the Count De Schmdtvilie
Chamberlain to the Duke OF B,deu.
On the day Of his jubilee, the Pope received tele-
gram from the frozen regions Of Lapland. the bearer
Of which had 600 miles in order to reach
HeIsiugfors, the extreme telegraph Office in North
Europe.
Thirteen hostile expeditions from these shores landed
upon the island of Cuba After this fashion do we
gather facts to convict England OF violating the prn
cple Of neutrality Pity can't see ourselves 9TH
crs see US. N. !. Commercial Advertiser.
The JEFF and Joe Davis plantation thirty miles be-
low Vicksburg is leased by an old hegro at $4,000
year. He hires $50 hands to-wori1 it, Not white
man is to be about the place. The whole panta
ton of several thousand acres is planted in cotton
which appears very promising
A RAILROAD CENTRE In the Railway Time Table,
arrangement, published in the Chicago Post of
the 25th count ten different railroad companies
running in all sixty daily passenger trains in and
of Chicago, say nothing of the freight trains.
Poor Commodore Vanderbilts income last year was
only SIS, 900 It ought to have been S50O,00o. The
Commodore is supposed to lie worth S70,O00,o00. If
he can't manage that as to get more than $4,000
year out of it, he ought to get good business to
AXE charge of it for him.
An attempt viii be made at the next session of the
Rhode Island Legislature pass resolution request
ng Senator Sprague to resign. Unless mistake the |
nan the harder the efforts made to remove him the
harder he will stick. #