The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

room In Itlcnm0nu Is 10 be rem0deieQ.
Another steamer TO he put on the line
between Norfolk and Washington, d. G.
The tobacco crop in the neighborhood
of Hartford, Connecticut, will be unusually
large
At Dry Grove, Miss, a thirty eight year
old giant married ten year old child very
lately
A grand ball in honor of Mr. Peabody
takes place at White Sulphur Springs, Au-.
gust II.
French soldiers whose furloughs are about
to expire, are to have unlimited leave of
absence
1t is said that the laws relative to the
coolie trade are totally disregarded in San
Francisco.
There has not been days interruption in
the operations of the ocean telegraph, since
July 81, 1866.
The new railroad bridge at St. Paul will
be 1923 feet long One hundred and fifty
feet have been completed.
California consumes fifty per cent, of its
own Wines the Atlantic States twenty-five
and Europe the remainder.
The Nevada Miners Union compels men
who get less than s. per day in the White
| Pine district to stop work.
| Among the issues of United States FIVE
twenty bonds a few DAYS since. was that of
$3.50, 900 10 a wealthy French gentleman.
The Pullman Palace car will leave the
Hudson River depot at New York on Satur-
! day for California, through without change
Lightning struck and bliehted about
half an acre ofcotton in an open field of
Mr.. Hollands, near Columbus, Georgia. re-
Gently,
! J.. j. Thompton, near Hillsdale. Michigan,
| has sheared 1909 pounds of wool from 100
/ sheep. From five rams he sheared SS5
| pounds.
! The Pacific mail steamers take 81 COO, 900
/ worth of silver per month direct from Cali
| lornia to China. where it is made up into
ornaments.
4 barber in Logansport, ILL.,, spoiled
+ young mans moustaclc in trying to color
/ it, and The ambitious youth has sued him
/ Tor $50 damages.
| A man living in Scion, Me, recently at
+ tempted to beat out his brains with an AK.
He mangled his head fearfully, but the
! brains wouldn't come.
! The purchase of FIVE twenty bonds by the
/ Secretary of the Treasury has had the effect
Of increasing their value fully two per cent.
since the purchase began.
The value of sheep killed and injured by
dogs during the past year in Lorain county
Ohio, is estimated at $SS4-more than the
whole canine race is worth
A disguised party lately took from the
Jail at Appling, Columbia county, Ca,
negro man and woman. and they were after
wards found dead on the road
The Indians at Yancton, Dacotah express
their intention to live up to the treaty, and
are highly pleased with the efforts of the
Great Father" to take care of them.
In ST. Louis on Monday, forty-two dia-
mond rings, worth 5000 were stolen by
woman WHO entered the store in broad day
light with two men us conlcderates.
Dr. Mary Walker threatens to expose some
things which ought to be concealed, if not
provided with an office Mary evidently
thinks there is reason for dreading an I'M
proper exposure On her part.
Alcohol is not added to California cham
payne. With every three Thousand bottles,
eighty-two pounds of sugar is used. One
bottle in ten bursts The workmen wear
wire masks to protect their faces.
Mr. Austin Sanbridge. Of Augusta county
Virginia. formerly of Albemare, committed
suicide on Saturday last. by shooting him
self through the head with a pistol. Loss
of property and domestic troubles are the
reported cause.
Bismarck's temporary retiring from the
Prussian ministry is traceable to his desire
to throw upon the remaining members the
burden of the contest with the Chambers
ov,r the deficit Bismarck desires. the
defeat of the ministry.
AT one of the last bull fights in Madrid,
one of the most prgnacious and stubborn
animals was called Andrew johnson. This
honored Andrew johnson died game, after
ripping up the bellies of several horses and
hurting the matador twice in the air
The French Empress will he accompanied
to Egypt by complete staff of writers and
artists, charged to reproduce by the pen and
pencil the principal episodes of the excur-
sion. At the head of the craftsman figures
Gustave Dore, and of the chroniclers
Theophile Gautter.
NJ. Butler. the proprietor of the Partisan
dancing garden, dear to students and i'm
mortalized bv Paul de Kock and Alexander
Dumas, has LETT a large fortune. His will
bequeaths a legacy of 12,000fr. to each Of
eight servants, and one of 30,000fr. to his
wiie's lady's maid.
The amount of money sent through the
mail by pastal money orders is increasing at
the rate OF one hundred per cent annually.
This year the aggregate loots up thirty mil
lion dollars against sixteen millions last
year, and it is estimated that this amount
will again double next year.
A citizen of Philadelphia who used a
weak solution of carbolic acid as wash to
neutraliZe the offensive odor arising from a
cancer discovered that the latter was entire
ton consisted of one-fourth of an ounce of
acid diluted in quart of water
The Committee on WAYS and Means left
San Francisco for the East Saturday. The
committee. after a thorough investigation.
express satisfaction at the management OF
Federal affairs on the Pacific coast A few
DAYS were devoted to obtaining information
in regard to the Alaska fur trade.
There is an antirent movement in Renssel
laer County, N. Y, Deputy Sheriff Gregg
with posse OF twenty men, on Monday af-
ternoon, attempted to levy on the goods Of a
farmer named Graham, in East Greenbush
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