The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-05-05
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3 New .Torkds fearing a smailpox epifiemic'i
The report from New York is that the
S"golden hair mania" is vanishing.
no Victor Hugo has dozen new novels
ready, but holds them for a rise.
Z An Englishman has done Rossini's mass
into quadrilles .nii9n
!, Nine hundred dogs die weekly in Chicago.
Sausages efl9etsgI i9ii.s'a iitif = g ss1f'
a More earthquakes are reported in Mexico
and Japan. eiase sa49S'@ p el -
The civil war in Japan has been vigorous
ly renewed. igasf a45i si'isit'.'i % y
Diamonds, of one and two carats weight,
have been discovered in Georgia. 4ii.sA
The 5.26s coal mines of Great Britain
welded 1O4, 400, ,490 tons in 1867. iia8fn ile
- Brignoli is singing his way through the
South en- route to California. r9 sisl55A h
Female loafers " is Brigham Young's
brutal description of fashionable women
.ili The utility of Alaska has been discovered
at length. 1t is a good country for cranber-
ries. 80, ,4V jgnl13.I - Dst9 'a9a2lst lai
f The Havana press advocates the expulsion
of all Cnban. American citizens from the
island. a63UE lc .Gezs954 iolGit a4
The semi i-centennial anniversary of the I.
O. O. F.. of the United States was cele-
sibrated in Philadelphia on the 26th inst. dif
A man in England recently burned HIM
selfto death in his own fireplace, because
of his own evil deeds.' asiaqee " asisfq,
A Brazilian sacant claims to have "made
discoveries which indicate that men were on
the banks of the Amazon 10000 years ago."
While blasting in quarry a few days ago,
near Quincy, H., mans body was found
imbedded in the solid rock. .a n9 Il
A native at Sitka recently ate ten pounds
a castor oil cocktail. G4ho4 H4ligi I
4. The health officer of New York urges vac
ination upon all citizens, as precaution
against an anticipated small pox epidemic.
p Clergymen are writing to the London
papers in support of the practice of preach
ing I" bought sermons" 11g ei Z
Five hundred and eighty-seven executions
by Spanish drum-head courts martial have
been reported by the American agents in
Cuba. a a faiS5qs
One of the Peruvian monitors started
from SANTANA and was caught in gale out
side and foundered. All on hoard were
lost but four
General Joseph johnson, of Lee County,
Va, was killed on Wednesday of last week,
by James and Redman Coston, who fred
ten balls into him.
The pedestal Oft the statue to be erected
to Pierre Antoine Berryer, at Marseilles,
will contain medallion head of Abraham
Lincoln.
During the forty-ive years of its exist
cnce. the American Tract Society has issued
2S,500,0 900 bound volumes, 800, 600, 900 tracts
and 112 100000 periodicals.
A ''fish- lizard 1.-TWO feet long has been
discovered embedded in quarry near the
New York Central Park. 1t has lungs, gills
and wings, and, it is reported, showed signs
of life
A resident of Clinton, La, gathers suffi-
cient quantity of tea leaves from the Chinese
Tea plant grown in his garden to mere than
suffice for the requirements of his house.
hold.
Prof. Gabb, State Geologist, writes that
the whole people of st. Domingo, from the
President to the native hcrdsmcn in the
mountains, are in favor of annexation to
the United States.
At Ebensburg, Butler Co., Pa., on Sunday
week, two children of Mrs. Martin, aged re-
spectively nine and five years, quarreled,
when the younger stabbed the elder, caus-
ing his death in two hours afterwards.
There is a suspension bridge still in use
in China, which was built, according to
tradition, in the year of our Lord 65. 1t
is 800 feet long, and has q roadway of plank
supported by chains.
Toads are sold in Paris at the rate of
fifty cents dozen. The animal is used for
the protection of vineyards and garden from
the ravages of insects that escape the pur-
suit of the birds.
Mr. Lamont, ex-member the British Par
Lament, is going to start on private expe-
dition to the North Pole this month, in a
steamer which he has fitted out at his own
expense He is a good sailor and is favora-
bly known as an author. J s|ts
According to, German statistics more than
250.0OO emigrants left Europe in 1868 to find
homes in America. Of these, 10000 en-
barked at Liverpool, $4,000 at Brennan,
A 900 at Hamburg, 10000 at Havre. and
about 1000 at Antwerp. ai r.
A movement is on foot in Hardiman coun-
ty, Tenn, torestrain magistrates from kiss
ing the bride when performing the mar
riage ceremony. But the judge says: =" If
the court knows herself, her vested rights
shall not be taken away" De
A lady has voted, in Iowa. At the late
school election at Newton, she went to the
polls and presented a ballot, which was re-
fused, parley ensued, and during its con-
tinuance she managed to slip the ballot into
the box Once in, it had to he counted.
The Petersburg Express says that "E. A
Pollard has employed lawyer of this city
to go to New York and institute proceed
ings for divorce from his present wife, Il
| ia said that If this undertaking succeeds