, 1869-04-25

TN fnxn<oD, II Mount Vernon N appropriation
Of 1000 hartng been mAde By Congress for that
putpo<e.
Frederick HAnlon and Frank sWif1 hAvu agreed
to run milo vefocipedo fAce for q, 900 Nde and
the championship: the Face 70 take plsce In New
Yorf or Brooklyn Oh tho sd day Of Jane next
The sush f1pm Canada to the Untted Etates u on
tbs !ncscasc. The noocanadfss, publsned II
81 Johns, Canada Aays that at tbs station Of that
town alone ernlSYant tickets arc sold To the amount
OF 800 70 q 900 per day. Other atstons near tho
lines sell still larger anountA
An Engiish1uAn aged 50 tried, few weeks ago,
to mA173 . widow Of 90; but nls daughter, =
Bptnster Of 10, caughs him while On the way to
church and brought him home. He succeeded
IN enecttng N elopement md marriage tho nuxt
day.
In New Tort, the other da,, a man named Fl,
put pistol 10 ha forehead and palled the trigger
when the bullet, tnstead Of penetrating the asui.
fell upon the pavement ~ nat a. penny. Fay
haa given up In despair the idea Of blowing out hs
bra!nA
4 Atw>miJe tace between trotttng horse and
vtloctpede took place 1t Toledo On The ed. Tho
conditions Were that the horse WAS to be un-
hstched when the ve1octpedc started 10 be hiiched
up. nuke the distance ana Be unhItcned before
the seIocipede got hacf 70 lts starting point The
velocdpede made the two miles In 5k and the
horse In 1tA minuteA
Tho locomotive and machine worf1 OF Mckay i
Adus, In Boston, are offered for sale By tho a.
Agncea, The pElce limited 1t $a3o0oo II not
sold, the works are 10 b broken up Tnn Bostor
Traveller meutson2, ~ singular coincidence thas
there arc three other locomotive works Ia bank
ruptcy offered upon dntlAr terms-one In Jc1scJ
City, limit eco; one In Philadelphia, $500 900:
and In Inncaster, Pa, $aD0 0oo-
There u great sooundrel IN Toronto a col
cred barber hss been arrested for robbery, and It
u alleged that he kept m assignaticn house which
wAs frequented By odlclals 1nd other1 mog1nc in
the highest ranks. The poliee ase1 that they
found lady there the mention Of whose name
wonlo create the utmost conformation, and It has
therefore, been scrupnlously Eept back.
The way to cure bau1ky horse-so AAlne
paper saJ1-ta to take him irom the carriage aud
Ehirl him rapidly round TIL he Is giddJ. It re-
9u!res two men to accomplish this-one NJ the
hnrseh tail. Don't let him step out Hold him to
The smallest poGAtb1e circle One dose will often
cure him, and two doses are flnal With the worst
| horse that ever refused to Atir.
! young French priest was relating somo Gu
rous facts Of bis profession 10 some friends II an
evening party. 81 shall never forget, " said he,
"thAt tho trst confession received was from a
lady, who acculed herself Of having deceived her
| husb4nn." A few moments Inter Lady ytslIor en-
tered the room, and on perceivtng the young
priest, accosted him with: "Ah, reverend father,
| shall never forget that l waa yonr dfst convert"
Lynch law Is said to take It's name from Janes
Lynch P1t1-s&ephcn, Warden of Galwny, Ireland,
IN l5ed, Els son having committed brutal pur-
der, Fitz-8tepheo, exercising his authonng a.
Warden, had him arrested and brought for t11al
before himself. The father, On convection, sen
tenced hla son to death, and, fearing his rescue
from prison, caused him to be brought home and
hanged oetore his Owl door.
A letter from the Adirondack Mountains March