Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-05-08
tIisceIlaneOus Items,

Shanghai rooster killed small child in
Kentucky the other day,
One Vienna music dealer has a stock of old
Cremonas worth over one hundred and fflv
thousand dollars.
Senator Carpenter, Of Wisconsin, is now the
handsomest man in the Senate chamber. Since
his advent Sumner is nowhere in point of beauty
London covers lee square miles, contains
400, 900 dwellings with an average of eight per-
sons to each, and has population of nearly
100000
White Pine is becoming civilized. We learn
from the Inland Empire that two divorce suits
have been commenced in the District Court in
that county.
1t is said that since the President proposed to
to let the QuakerS control Indian affairs all the
Indian ring politicians have taken to wearing
broad-brim hats.
lunatic locked himself up in Chicago ho-
tel and commenced smashing things. He was
captured by an army of thirty men armed with
chloroform spnnges.
game at cards was played in Iowa, recently,
by three bachelors, the conditions OF which were
that the loser should marry during the year or
support the other two.
tract of country in Southern Africa, four
hundred miles long and from fifteen to a hun
dred and fifty miles broad, has been barned over
Several natives perished in the flames
majority Of the Second Adventists assem-
bled in convention in Massachusetts have con-
cluded 10 give up fixing the time for the second
coming of Christ, although they think it will be
soon.
Two juniors were spliced at Gotrstown, New
Hampshire, recently, the bride only eleven and
a-half years old and the groom sixteen The
wife attends school and talks gravely about her
old man.
vast bed of rock salt has been discovered at
Dax, France, which is reported to extend over
more than a mile in diameter and is one hum
dred feet thick. 1t lies at a small depth and is
of great purity.
No wonder the British government is tired of
the colonies, when it costs Sl3 900 900 IL year
to support the military force in them, of which
the colonial governments pay back but a little
more than one-tenth.
The watch which the Duke Of Wellington wore
at the battle of Waterloo, and which he alter
wards presented to Lord PalmerSton, was left BY
the latter in his will to the son of Baron Bunsen,
to whom old Pam was greatly attached.
The Hoosac tunnel, when completed, will be
over 81, 900 feet five miles) long. Only ! 900
feet of the mountain has been penetrated. The
project has cost Massachusetts, 81 900 900 al
ready. and viii require IS, ,ooo, 600 to finish it.
The Franco American Messenger, of New York.
says: II there is country in the world in
which people drink bad coffee, it is the United
States, and gives that Americans
''do not know how to make it." All OF which
is, alas too true.
4 marriage has been arranged between the
Prince of Austria and daughter of the Duke de
Madrid. The Prince is very young, and the
bride elect is not yet born. 1t is sad to imagine
the blight of young affection in case she should
happen to be boy.
Black double-breastcd frock coats light 'sun-
mentionables," Lord Stanley scarfs showing the
edge OF n white vest, light gloves and pink in
the LETT button-hole, is now the correct fashion
able and stylish ball, reception. dinner and WIS.,
iting costume tor modern society men.
Guppy, who made the tour OF Spain last year.
says that so far ascertained the parentare o,
Queen Isabella 5 iitt1e ones is as follows No /.
unknown No ,, Prim No. ;, O'ponneH No
4, ODonnell No. ;, ESpartero No. &, doubt
full; No. I, doubtfu-claimed by the King, but
probably belongs TO Martori No. S, Narfoir, etc
A young lady, resident liz Manchester New
Hampshire, member of one of the Sunday
school classes there and of the Good Temp!ars
lodge, had for many weeks bee1 in the receipt OF
threatening and defamatory letters. Correspond.
ence of similar nature had been sent to several
of her relatives, and notwithstanding the vigil
lance of her family and friends whose sympa-
thies and anger excited to the utmost nc
clue to the mystery obtained. At length
the Postmaster insisted that the writin, of the
young lady herself should be examined when
notwithstanding the art Of disguise, it was dis
covered that she was her own defamer. Subse-
Guently she acknowl ledged the fraud, but claimed
that she had done so because Manchester was
dull and she needed excitement.