The New Orleans crescent., 1869-02-10

vme concert and Dali was n progress ct 81
Pstrlcks Hal, Montreal, on the night Of the Sd
ana over Two thousand persons were present. th,
cry was raised that the roof wss giving wsy. ant
ah rushed 70 the street but while the Last wer,
getting out II fell with Q crash, and several per
killed. s ~. = 80 1TII- =
The cargo Of the bark Susan N. Dudman, con
sistng Of b400 rails, is the property of the West
ern Railroad Of Alabama, the new liue betweer
Montgomery and Selma, and is now being for
wsrded TO it's destination. The iron for the entir'
road has been bought and paid for, and Is nov
completed. We learn, BY the lat of October, and
| when finished will make Savannah nearer to Sci
ma BY nearly hundred miles than any other At
lantic eeaport.-lsavannah Republican. DAD
The New York World, which has been puzslinl
stanton's handwriting is less clear than her con
vctiops. By the way, 1t ia related than when this
lady was child of seven, playing one day in hel
fathers ofice. Q couple OF women entered with
some pitiful complaint. Her father. an eminent
informed them that there was no redress, and read
out the passages applicable to their cases, mark
ing them with his pencil. The child listened
burning with indignation, and, when alone In the
ONCE, found the obnoxious passagesI which her
father had marked, and proceeded TO amend the
code By cutting them out with her scissors.
swarm of bees and Q bountiful store Of wild
honey were recently found in tree by wood.
choppers on the west side of the Sierra Nevada
mountains. The incident is recorded as the first
discovery Of the kind on the Pacific slope. There
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grants from the Atlantic board, but II was soon
discovered that bees imported from the States''
thrived well, and several persons who engaged
early in the business acquired large fortunes from
the production Of honey for the markets.
Champagne and other sparkling wines have to
pass through the tropics to reach California. and
fY IN p<od hat Arrfx <ko
dergo 90 great an expansion as to force out the
contents of the bottles past the cork and tin foil
Out of one hundred and fifty cases. purporting to
contain dozen quart bottles of champagne each,
recently imported BY San Francisco house. 1t
was found that In thirty.fou cases the wine had
almost wholly escaped, leaving the corks and
fastenings intact. - N1t rIT
Reports from the interior of New York State
say that several deaths from frichina spiras have
occurred recently, and considerable alarm is felt
In consequence. Two deaths occurred near Utica
last week from trichina, and one at Skanes-
talus.
A. II. Miller, wholesale grocer on Market street.
Louisville, closed his store on Saturday week and
absconded: he is supposed to be Q defaulter to
the amount Of $4,000, considerable amount of
which is due to parties In Cincinnati.
Ex Gov. Brown and Fl. 7. Sineval left Mssis-
sippi on the I'd for Washington, and represent
the people OF Mississippi before the reconstruc-
ton committee. They go at the solicitations of
parties. l
The petition of Irish bishops for the right of
eonvocation has been rejected. 90. i
merchant OF Biloxi, MISS, Mr.. E. Lsfaure,
was found dead in the rear of his store on the
morning Of the 30th ult. His face was spotted
with the marks of powder, and his body had
bullet wound, showing that he was killed by some
one very near to him.
The other day We published q card written L.
r. Shewell, recently dismissed from the Boston
Museum Company for his .fasco in q certain part.
The cause of Mr.. Sheveli's break down Is thus
explained byI q correspondent I" The museum
makes aspeciality of foreign novelties in the way
of comedy. 'Cyrill's Success, has been running
put in rehearsal. Shewell and Miss Annie Clarke
sustaining the leading roles, as usual. The main
interest Of the comedy Is contained In the brilliant
sparring and Irritation Of these two characters re-
curing careful and vigorous acting on the part Of
each. Shewell is an excellent actor, and usually
up to his work; however, it was with no little
surprise that he was observed to limp through his
part with the utmost difficulty, requiring incessant
prompting. displaying no action, and, in short
killing the piece as dead as q salt herring. Miss
Clarke bore it as well as she could, though con-
was visible in her pretty features and
the action Of the whole comedy was depressed In
The cause Of this singular failure
Of one of the best drsmstic -impersonasofs m she
city was one to excite pity rather than indigna-
ton. Mr.. Shewell, some time since, married Miss
Rose skerrett. an actress at the museum, and
though that sdy's fair fame is not touched with
breath of reprosch, and they have beautiful |
child, II Is yet unfortunately true that the domes
c relations of the family are of the most troublous
sort. Rumor charges ii all upon the lady. At ell |
g vents, 1t was from painful scene at home that
Mr.. Shewell appeared on the stage on Monday |
evening, racked and tortured with emotions 90
contrary TO those which it was necessary for him
to depict before the footlights. that nature re.
belled. The failure was complete"
A complimentary entertainment was given TO
Mrs. O'Donovan Rosa this evening at Farwell
ball, Chicago, on the 4th. Several European ns-
tionalties were represented on the stage by well
known citizens, and an entire Fenian regiment
was present, in uniform. The lady was intro |
duced to the audience 10 brief address by Hon.
B. @. Csulfsld. and proceeded to give readings |
from Irish and other authors.
The large copper shop Of Hull & Wright, in |
East Boston. was burned on the 4th. Loss sl2 900.
Insurance $1,000. t.ai-.
There are at present in the New York Toombs |
rwelve murderers, two of whom are women. |
Most of these prisoners were arrested during the
past month. .f
The annual report Of the New York metropoli. |
an police shows that there were 6S .45l arrests |
made during the past year, Of which 2l,66S were
females. OF these arrests IS were for murder.
1t is stated that additional facts have been OBJ.
lained, clearly establishing the fact that Msher,
Among them it will be established that the coat |
given Maher was worn by the accused on the l
morning Of the preparation OF the stabbing.
Coffee is spoken Of In high terms as q deodori. |
,er for the neutrslizng Of foul oders that ema. /
,ate from organic bodies In state Of decay, as 1t
,an be used TO advantage where other disinfect- /
ng agents would be inadmissible. In cases where /
ats die In the spaces between the floor Of dwell. |
ings. the intolerable odor arising therefrom can
'e effectually removed by placing pound or two |
4 fresh burned coffee between the floors. For |
he purifcation Of Q sick room il is incompsrably
uperior to burning rags, as 1t has beneficial |
hemical action on the atmosphere OF the room, |
md gives besides an agreeable perfume.
The old Moravisn mill In Bethlehem, Pennsyl. |
Iania, was burned down on the 9th ult. 1t was /
,uit in l744, by Luckenbach q Son, and has con. |
inued in possession of the family ever since. II /
vas built of massive stone. The first miller was /
,hristlan ChristisDson, who was placed in charge
4 it under Count Zinzendorf. He was q man of Il
kill, and projected the present water works in
the first works of the kind In the
tate.
Jonathan Burr, wealthy citizen and ex banker
I Chicago, died on the 4th inst, aged seventy.
We. =, A. 49,. ..s - .s .--.t .-r i
The receipts Of customs from January % to
anuary 80, were upward of 81. .0OO, 600.
The president has nominated to the Senate Hen.
8. Watts, to be secretary of legation at Vienna,
ice Hay resigned.
In the examination at New York of parties
harged with conspiring to defraud the Union |