The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-10
lncidentaIs.

-SitSo is the residence of Russian lady 1O7
years old and blind.
New and wel-executed counterfeit S2Os on
the First National Bank of New York have made
their appearance
The estimates of the heads of the various
departments for the coming year amount in the
aggregate to S2l0, o7O, Sos
Harvard has now, for the first time in seye-
Ial years, more under graduates than Yale Yale
has 5lS, Harvard 563
New Orleans and Chicago papers express re-
gret at the presence OF armies of unemployed
men in the streets of those cities
The Mobile Tribune has discovered the zone
sound plum in the burnt pudding of the Union"
III Is the tull opportunity for free trade between
the States.
The Springfield (Mass.) RepuJlioon saws
that the result of the charter election in that
city on Monday was triumph for the Boston
and Albany Railroad.
"A man who moved into a house in Niagara
Falls the other day found therein bottle con-
tanning what he thought was ketchup, but really
was, as he learned too late, bug poison.
-Ihe Washington Chronicle says that Sena-
tor elect Lewis, of Virginia, while i'm that city
last week, did not conceal his intention to act
win the Republicans when admitted to a seat in
Congress.
Chief Engineer Hendrick, of New Haven,
complains that in almost every instance when
the Fire Department Is called out by acts of
is cut.
One hundred Georgians, principally from
the northern part of the State, have been con-
Verted to Mormonism, and removed to Utah
since last spring. Four elders have been labor
ing in the State.
Chief Justice Scott, of Maryland decided
on Saturday that the Emancipation Proclama-
ton was without authority and void, and that,
although the object of the unjust act has been
accomplished, that does not make it Just.
"A poor woman in Worcester, Mass, who
for twenty weary years has waited to hear from
her husband, has just received letter from
him, saying that he has amassed q fortune in
California, and is waiting for her to enjoy its
advantages with him.
"A Brown University sophomore undertook
to prevent a freshman from wearing a silk hat.
The freshman entered n complaint against the
sophomore before the Police Court, and he was
fined 80 and costs But if hazing has not been
abolished at Brown that freshman must look out
sharp.
The radical members of the Tennessee Legis-
lature have issued a long address to their party
In the State. The document abounds in strong
accusations against the party in power, and
ominous forebodings to the future and the
signers, in conclusion, recommend the party
throughout the State to vote against the COnsti-
tutional Convention.
The San Francisco Bulletin, speaking to the
people of California, says that their submission
to the petty five cent swindle seems magnani-
nous, but is really ignominious, as the rejection
of half dimes shows them to be laggard in the
progress they have made towards diversified
production in a State offering more varied op-
portunities than any other.
"A stage robber, recently arrested in Califor-
nia has made confession revealing the fact
that there is an organized band, with code of
laws, grips, signs, and passwords operating from
Oregon to Arizona, and into Nevada. The band
was originally organized at Portland, Oregon,
and has for months pursued a career of robbery
and murder
An Iowa Postmaster neglected to certify on
oath to the correctness of his recent report and
wrote to the Department in iustifcation:-''If
hant give oath enuff then you Can take the
office and shall be very glad of i'll shall dc
the Best can for the united states that don't
think it pays to go so far to Justes once in 2
years is nuff-I should have to hier a horse il
is up hill"
1t was found necessary to subdue the ele-
phant Romeo at CovingtoD, Ind, last week. To
accomplish this he was thrown down, his legs fet-
tered, and then for eight hours he was beabored
with stout iron rods and wounded with the spear
innumerable times. When released from his
bonds he rose to his feet in very sorry plight
and, as his keeper said, child could drive him
with rye straw.