, 1869-06-14

The English journal Onee Feef Is to be sold
ut aoction.
MI. Burlingames two bai1s In Paris cot the
Empasor Of China o,oo1
In some parts Of California wine Is cheaper than
milk.
The Second Advenusts, IT Is said, have n1ed up |
Oh the 10Th prox. as the day on which the world
will come to an end.
An ice-house laborer being Killed by q limp OF
Ice falling on his head, the vesdict was "Dled Of
hard dr1nk.''
Piper pesttooata are now aald in London At six
pence each. Shoes ore made Of the came ma
ter1aL
A boy aged IS has been sent to prison Tor a !
week, In France for sediuoua hulrsh In the pres
ence Of the Empress.
4 Kansas City paper contains the following busl-
ness card: Notary Pubic-Miss Fannie LYONS
Main street"
"Hox and Cox" has been turned into IN one
retta In London, Nj. Sullivan the composer hay
ing tltted It out with music.
The number OF immigrants arrived In New York
during the first dEe mouths Of this year vas
63o, against 81 ST. for the same period last year
4 lady vocalist appealed to the musical critic Of
the New York Tribune, the other day, tor a lenieut
notice Of her forthcoming concert, because she
!" had bad cold and large family Of children"
The report Of the loss Of the 1nmAn steamship
City Of Paris is without the slightest foundation,
and Is believed TO hayc been the coinage Of some
oret-zealous adherent Of rival line.
TWO hundred and slxty-three churches In Spain
haTe performed exp!atory ceremonies for the
many blasphem3es vented tn the Cortes by the
Deputies
Two men have been lined In London FOR crop
ping dogs ears, on the ground that 1t Haa cruel
It was stated on the tr1a1 thar the Queen would
never have the ears OF one OF her dnga cropped
~ hAn f.ooy, Trad
into the Church Of England By baptism, aud Of
dered her ministry to do likewise, under penal
ties.
Keene, n. 4. has twenty-five voters bearing
the name Of Elt1s, and Strntham, In the same
State, out Of 21o yoters, has twenty-1Ye named
Wiggtn.
An octogenarian says: "1 WAS born At the
wrong time When WIS young man, young
men wese OF no account Now an old, find
old men nre Of no account"
A season Of French opera VIII soon be COM
nenced at the New York Academy Of Music By
the French troupe until recently performing tn
New 0slea0s.
There are only twenty-five persons In Oregon
who pay Income tax On suns exceeding flo.oo1
The largest income il ss5o,ss returned By tho
agent Of an estatc, and the largcst persona III
come Is So, ,o1A
A gentleman residing In LeHtstor, Maine, left
lakk40 A. AViA1S l4G AC
church, and when he returned found them busIly
employed in cleaning the inside Of $500 gold
witch With soft soap aud water.
The St Paul Press says: "Hali the business Of
the court8 IN Illinois seems to be to satisfy the
vengeance Of women because they can't get the
men to ma17y them, and the other half to enable
women to get lid Of men who have married them"
A new opera by Qounod, called "Les Deux
Re,nes, " will be presented at the opening Of the
Paris Theatre Lgri4ue next fall Wagnes's
" "Lohen8rin, - and q new opera written By F1otow
especially for this house, will also be prodneed.
In the course Of recent conversation held by
the Emperor Napoleon. on the subject OF the cleo
tons In France he Is said to hare uttered the fol-
lowing sentence: AT present France only &C.
knowledges Bonapartlsts and reyoluuonists."
The authorities OF Dresden and Vienna set free
large number Of singing birds which had been
brought to those places. for sale. In Sa1ony and
AUSTRIA the usefulness Of birds Is des1oyers Of In
seets Is officially recognized.
The British Museum has recently acquired de-
cree Of the Senate and people Of Ephe5us, granting
the citizenship to Agnthohles, Fhod1an for sell
ngH, 900 measures Of wheat at Afate cheaper than
the market price In Ephesns.
In Havana, on Saturday week, Soldier OF the
Engineer Corps Killed his sTeethea.t, aged only
II, her mother, and her tTo sisters, In 1T Of pas
8lou caused By the refusal OF the matrimonial
bonds which he proposed, and then quietly sur
rendered himself to the police Authorities.
Fifteen hundred eggs we're accidentally broken
In front Of the Datavia G. ~ Posi- Once not long
since, md the President Of the v1lngc had to
spread barrel Of coai tar oyer the street aud
then set IRE to It, to destroy the smeu OF had
eggs.
In Duncan County, Ga, on the ed ult., JACK
Thompson shot ana lnstantly killed his twin
brother William. The latter WAS endea7oring TO
prevent Jack from shooting o negro, when he
turned and nred with the result stated The fras-
rtc!de made his escape.
The Metropolitan Railway Of London has re-
Gently been extended from four and O half to
seven and half miles. During the las: week Of
March 1t carried 800 oo passengers OF At the rate
OF q, 900, 900 o year. and despatched s6s trains
day. Its receipts now average e2s,0o0 week.
Salt, when mixed with manure, 1t Is stated BY
Belgian journal, will increase the natural produc-
tyeuess OF the soil to the extent Of 80 per cent
Sea water Is SAID to be equally efaoent These
results we're Obtained from se11es Of experiments
ranging over twentJ-six years.
The four-oared boat In Fhlcn Harvard Is to row
against Oxford has been completed, aod Is now At
Cambridge. 1t Is cedar ahe11, "a feet 6 inches
long. 1s Inches Wide amtdships, and Inches deep.
With the crew in, the boat will be bit ~ inches
out Of water.
Going out from representation Of "Lucrece," !"
In PARIS, lady remarked eneEgetically 10 her hus-
band. "uy love, II ever prove false TO you Will
Kin myseu." "Sot for the world, replied the
comp5aisant husband. aJnst think Whist disorder
1t wou1d make IN the house,
The Liquor bill passed BY the Massachusetts
Legislature Is substantially the old Prombi.ory
Law, with the exception Of this sale Of cider. seY:
eral amendments were offered In the House. bot
theS were all voted down. The till will undoubt-
edly be signed BY the Governor, and will become
The law Of the State.
The posts for the New YoEk Elevated Railway
arc set as far Thirtiesh street, three miles uptown,
and 1t is expected that in about ten weeks, the
road for that distance will BE- opened. The rails
Arc to be Of steel, and the ea1-nheelx Of wrought
Iron with nAnges an Inch and half deep, to Lessen
the danger Of running OF the track.
On the spot wheFe General Grant and Pember.
ion arranged the terms for the surrender OF ytcks
burg, there has been placed ten Inch columbhd,
With an appropriate inscription engraved upon II.
The marble monument which wHs originally
erected there had been seriously ma11cd BY relic.
seekefA
The One Hundred and Fi'r,eth Anniversary Of
the settlement OF Derry, n. Il, was celebrated On
the 10Th. Eight thousand people were present,
representing various portions Of the Union. The
Hod. {. q. Bell made tho oraticn Of the day, and
Horace Greeley made some remarks On "The
influence Of the Sootch-1stsn Race on Human
Character and Destiny"
4 journal, called the Point qf Honer, Il about 10
be published tn Florence. It Is the pn1cia1 organ
OF society recently started IN Italy for the pur-
pose OF abotishlng duellng, By establishing court
OF honor for the settlement Of the disputes 4uonz
gentlemen which are usually decided By an appeal
to arms.
The sensational telegram, reporting that high
on1ctal Mandarin In Pekin had struck the French
Ambassador In the 1ace; that the latter had, In
consequence, haaled down n!s tag and that there
was rupture Of diplomatic relations between
France and Chink, appears TO have been fabu-
ions narrative
The Pops has o1uEed one Of his ministers to
address Circular to the members of the medical
profession Of Paris, enjolnlng them 70 refuse It.
tendance to patients Hho ate daugeroue1y u and
who have not confessed within three days Of their
1Est v1sit The question H. Who Is the loser, the
patient or the phyx'cian7
In an English town, Edward Wheeler, while
riding on horseback, WAS followed By dpg.
which frightened -tha horse. D,smountna he
setxeed the dog and dashed cut stA brains agaiust
Tan For This offence he WAS arrested, con-
Nc1ed and sentenced 70 th1ee months t1ppr1son-
! ment At hard labor.
White Pine, the stlyer-minins d.ss11cs IN Ne
| Tadar received ita name from the vast quantities
! OF white pine timber covering the mouutalnz IN
that neighboEhood+ 4 local paper notices boards
tWenty-two feet In length and sTenty-one inches
| wide, cut frum the white pine trees. Ono log
yielded seyeu hundred and si1ty-st1 feet Of luun,
bes,
About week ago, widow lady OF Springfield,
r AM fh T~vr