, 1869-04-07

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United stste& 1t turns ont yearly eoooo hides Of
colo lezsher using 1000 oosds Of herlock bark to
tan Il
These arc fourteen persons IN Na.ne under sen
ttnce Of death.
An Kansaa clergyman married 4 couple, who
paid him potnln9 stAld to dinner a. II WIS rn!ny
day. and when they 1eft borrowed hls umbrella,
which he has never seen since.
Frcneh chemht e1AtuI to hAye Invented 4
process BY which printed paper c2n bc 70 cleaned
- 10 make It suitable fos receiving fresh mpres
ston- He stAses thAt by tmmerstng the prluted
sheet to RllRht alkaline solution the Ink dlsnp-
peasA, Ard leaves the aheet Of 4 pure, spotleAa
whlte.
s The New YORK Herald states that, Of tho sevan
Or eIgh. societies organized In that city elghtean
month"; ago, for the purposo Of furnishing gIu-
ceries And other supplies a. cheap rates To the
stockholders, only oue succeeded In establishing
stosr, and that has been cosed At loss Of q 500
There arc, however. several building societies In
the city and vicinity that arc more or lcsa sueeeas
ful
There Is at st. Petersburg Chinese Library con-
sistlng Of 11,6o1 vo'utueA ZIG manuscripts, and
LIES wood eugrayingA 1t was collected hy b.
6kAtchod, RuAian Consul General In pekln, dur
Ing Eealdence Of nfleen ycaE1 tn the Chinese en-
plFe. Recently II. sk2tchod offered to sell 1t for
about x1o 600 to tho Imperial Library II ST. Peters
butg and the Rnxstsn Academy at science, hut both
institutions were compelled 70 decline the purchase
for ~ant Of f1ndA
During 1853, the seventeen street ra1lxAya Of
Fhilade1phia, With total length Of l'sH miles Of
track transported 70, Is 51a passengers, received
a,sos,ssa, snd pald out ss,&6o.s .soa During th&;
same time, II horses were killed On the roads and
II injured.
1t Is proposed to construct q rallroad connecting
the New York Central and Great Western RoaAs.
The line will leave The New FORK Central {Aupurn
Braneh} st Genevk running so1thHnFdlF up the
Flint Greek valley 70 Rnahfllls, thenca along the
valley to Naples, thence to pansvil!e, and up the
Whitney Valley until 1t strikes the main line Of the
Ez,e Railway, thence westerly To salsmanea.
A correspondent Of the Practical Farmer clalus
that celery Il poDeaaed Of important medicinal
ptopertteA He says thst moderate use, daily, Of
the blauched fcos-staks Of celery leaves sslAd
will cure nervousness and papltation Of the heart.
POLITICAL.
An Individual In Cincinnati oresa to saYe hun.
dfedA Of dol1ass To svesy person teslroua ot OBJ
tslning otI1ce Under the new administration" By
furnishing "ful Information how to get tp their
papers, who to apply to In Washington, nama and
rc4.derceA Of Ill senAto7s, Representative and
Judges proper hour to call on each, aud WhesA. "a
stop while In Washington, etc. ~,
At the Michigan election, on Monday, the State
elected Justice Of the Supreme Cou1t and two
1segenta Of the Enive1aty. In each Of tho sixteen
for Superinteudents Of Schools, and In some ln-
Stances for Drain COMMISSIONER In many
cities The charter elections and II aA the towns the
animal town meetings were held.
The London dhea1uns gets on the following:
"AnnouneeunentB that M Hererdy Johnson VIII
preside 1t the next annual dinner Of the Newspaper
PTeas Fund are surely little hastJ. Events On the
other side make 1t very uncertain whether MI.
johnson will be In England 20 late as June"
The editor Of the Boston Medical and surptoal
Journal says: awe do not vouch for the follow
ing item which has been sent us: "A surgeon IN a
distant place Is said to have removed tumo
weighing st1sy-three pounds, and thinks Of pre-
sent!ng 1t to President Grant"'
The e1-rebel General VIM. c. Wickhan, In let
ter to R1chnsohd paper, says:
During md since the Warf have etten ssid so
ho5f 80 Hno ~ ~ or 1s Of fsndsp
approaching ne In bnttle that did not teal afts
ing those emotions IN reRAtdto 1t that It bad been
wont = e insgise & na5e n ~ manner sald that
on the night Of the t1rst hattie Of Mnuasse2 when
eaW an officer tsattn2 the dag ii the dust oetole
that there was no da{ during the war on which I
would not have hailed With pleasure N announce
ment Of the restoration Of peace and the Union."
1uncnbe,g County, Va, Ia IN bad way. ". ".
Webb, late Clerk Of the county, writes as follows
| 10 President Grant:
tour young men arc applying to me as late
| Clerk for marriage licenses. eaa do nothing for
them. We are certainly In lanentaele condition.
KNOW thero IL not a man In nj county
that can taKn 1t that has sense enough TO issue q
come down here and hold o.llee when he knows
thepeople DO mt ~anl him. esnecia1ly small oa.oes