The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-07-07
Miscellaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items
IS heavy majority of votes in the Western Methods
churches has been given in favor of lay
), Dressed to kl-an Indian with his war paint an
# tomahawk
II religious paper in London the House 0
Lords that unless the Irish church bill is thrown out
England will in few years become republic.
s A patent has been obtained for the manufacture
waterproof paper. It will be no uncommon thing
by and by, to carry quart of milk home in pape
!. bag.
:. shoe-string saved little girls life in New Have1
the other day. II caught nail as she fell of
third story window, and held her from death until as
i slstance came
A Western editor named Steel reports having re-
ceived offer from printer named Dootte to &C
into partnership. He respectfully declined account
! OF the bad sound the firms must have" Dc
little and Steal" pice uersa One of US would soon
be in the poorhouse and the other in the penitenary.
Young ladies are generally honest, but they will
hook dresses. Exchange.
| We know plenty of young gentlemen who would
willingly hook dresses for them. Rome Courier.
We know who would sooner hook the girls
than their dresses. Springfield Leader
And we know girls who would rather be hooked
themselves than have their dresses hooked.
We hooked the last piece of wit from the Bonham
| (Texas) News.
CHEEKY.-Dr. Apologize, of Memphis, lately took
the family cash and eloped with Mrs Singer He has
since written his deserted wife from Iowa. asking her
to raise his three children respectfully and hoping to
meet them in Heaven, if circumstances which he
had CONTROL should forbid their meeting again on
earth. Exchange
Mrs. Curtis who had her foot crushed by railroad
car, four years ago, Detroit has just recovered
SIS, 900 damages. At former trial, years SINCE
the jury gave her $4,000 but that set aside.
The guano on the Chincha Islands is nearly ex-
hausted In few months these lands will be deserted
and then all the ships engaged in the trade will
make for the Guanape Islands, five degrees south of
the equator. There is supply of guano at Bakers
Island, in the Hawaiian group, estimated from $780,
600 to 2,00o,0 900 tuns.
PATERNAL TEAcHINGs.-The beautiful daughter of a
very wealthy Radical merchant in Washington, who is
aspiring to foreign mission, recently ran off with
negro, her fathers coachman.
90, Desdemona Desdemonal"
1t is said that Gen. Ames in the Mississippi elections
intends that the whites and blacks shall vote at sep
arae pos-these to be two miles apart at each pre-
cnct. The ostensible is to prevent fraud on
the part of white Democrats; the real is that
the white Democrats may not have chance to n1u-
ence them towards the right.
Chattanooga was wild with excitement upon the re-
ceipt of the news that that place had been selected
Cannons fired the main street. A large meet
ing was held and everybody was jubilant
Rich discoveries of gold are reported to have been
made in Northern New York, and several parties have
gone from Albany to examine them.
The New York Tribune, which earnestly advocates
universal suffrage, says All the signs unite in the
indication that the day of prescription approaches its
close"
Heaven and Horace speed the day.
The average length of life in this country is much
greater than in England and the result is that life in
surance companies pay much larger dividends than in
England
Some idea may be formed of the state of education
in village in Hampshire, England, when it is stated
that out OF thirteen jnrymen summoned an inquest
only four could write their names.
1t is announced in most of the French papers that
the principal shops i'll Paris will henceforth be closed
on Sundays This important social reform is not the
result of religious movement but has been brought
about by the same kind of agency which in England
has introduced the Saturday halt-hoiday.
TERRIBLE TH1NG.-The New York Sun keeps IN
It's IRE on the recent decision of Judge Chase on the
18th amendment. In late issue it states the case
hus:
The recent decision of Chief Justice Chase is lust
80 important as this If it stands as law all the fruits
Of the war which have been planted in the Constitu
ion are plucked out [Exchanpe.
Late advces from Arizona discouragng. The
Indians appear to have the upper hand, and settlers
ay that ii protection is not furnished, they will be
obliged to abandon the territory to its original nhab
ants Three hundred children of the forest recently
captured train of nine army wagons filed with stores
1ear Camp Grant killing three and woundrg the same
lumber of the escort. At another place a herd of
700 cattle were run off.
realistic manager in San Francisco introduced
i've baby on the stage-with disastrous results.
VIM knox, prominent banker of Montgomery,
Alabama, has handed in his checks