The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-09-15
Miscellaneous items.


i The New Orleans papers of the 1st, mention til
death, on the sIst, of Louis Surgi, City Surveyor
/ Western paper announces the birth of her thirty
first child to lady Of the place where it is published
The Oldest OF the family, if living, would noW be onl
twenty-nine years of age. There were three pairs 0
twins in the lot.
The Bee understands that within tile sixty day
all the necessary slaughterhouses will be erected Oh
the estate of Charles Cayorac, below the city, wher
the slaughterhouse monopoly will then have power
full rival.
1t is said that the reason why Nilsson, Titens, an,
other noted singers refuse all offers to to thi
country is because they have dread of seasickness
which they think will ruin their voices.
Cor INTO BUsINEss.-It is stated that Mrs. Harrie
Beecher Stowe has been engaged to write up at $500
column the true story" of all the separated wive
of distinguished individuals. They will be published
in the Ledger.
law was passed by the Thirty ninth Congress pro
viding that employees of navy yards should be dis
missed for political taxed to carry out pc
| litical purposes Commandants of navy yards now
! find themselves poweress to remove even Democrats
who were in the Confederate army
| New Bedford lady bought pair of white sill
gloves to be returned in they did not suit. They
were returned not suiting when it was discovered
that they had been used to decorate the hands of
corpse, and removed after the friends had wept ove
it and before the lid of the coffin screwed down.
Fanny Fern says: ssIf one.haf the girls knew the
previous lives Of the they marry, the list of ole
maids would be wonderfully increased" Whereupor
the Boston Post asks eff the men knew what theil
future lives to be- wouldn't it increase the list
old maids still fnrther?' rE5 a
| SUPREME CoURr DEcIsIoss.-T following is a re
captulaton of the decisions rendered by the Supreme
Court at its late term at this place. compared with
those of the lower courts from which appeals were
| taken: Affirmed 81; reversed, "A; dismissed, Is;
versed in part I; remanded in part 3; amended in
part, l. Total cases, 100. Natchitoches Times.
/ Sometimes the loss Of limb is an advantage II
certainly has been such more than to General
Sckles who lately has been furnished by Marshal Ser
with small basketcarriage and team of ponies
which he is allowed to drive in the Royal Gardens oil
La Granja privilege hitherto only accorded to per-
sons of royal blood. So much for leaving a leg at
Gettysburg
They have queer law in Delaware 1t requires a
man, before leading woman to the matrimonial altar
to give bonds for good behavior The unlucky swain
who may have more love than credit may cast about
in agony of suspense, waiting for enterprisng
individual to go upon his bond in the of two hun
dred dollars lawful money, and be compelled, in de-
fault of this conjuga straw bail, to forego all the
sweets of the honeymoon. ... ---- i@m..--s... ..
hefellowing singular phenomenon is related by a
Nashville paper: A young lady of this city wearing
highly polished silver pin, was looking at the eclipse
considerably through ordinary smoked glass; during
the time Of transit and afterwards discovered that the
eclipse had daguerreotyped itself upon her pin at the
time the sun was half obscured. The impression re-
mains there permanently, resisting the action Of rub
bing as well as exposure to the atmosphere. This is
phenomenon for artists to study upon -s
BUFFALO, N. Y, August 3o.-About seven o'clock
this morning ninety Texas cattle, landed from the In
ternational ferryboat, stampeded in every direction
through the streets gorng and trampng everything in
their way.
One tossed into Niagara street park, one
woman fatally gored and number of persons
more or less Injured Five six of the infuri.
ated animals were shot by citizens and about forty
head are missing. Some swan the Niagara river, and
scattered on the Canada side Others are still running
at large in the suburbs. -
A SCHOOL FOR WATcHMAKING.-In 1924 school
for teaching matchmaking was founded in Geneva; it
is still in existence. Pupils are admitted at the age
of fourteen, and may remain for four years and half
during which time they taught all the theological
processes The terms are for natives of Switzerland
five francs month"; IL year, and for those of other
countries, twenty francs. The pupils in the winter
months have the privilege of attending free courses of
lectures in the evenings on geometry, mechanics and
linear drawings. -.- .u#
TExAs.-A Washington dispath of late date says
number of Texans are here to appeal to the Presi-
dent to take sides at once in the political contest in
that State. They say that nearly every one Of the
oicehoders there supporting Hamilton for Governor
If they are not prescribed and removed they believe
that Davis the Radical candidate will be overwhem-
ngly defeated. They have addressed letters to the
President and Boutwell, and Creswel asking that these
officeholders be at once deeapitated
During the an old woman went into village
shop to buy half pound Of candles. Being told the
price, she found it more than she had been used to,
and asked the reason. The shopman said it was be.
Of the war on which the old woman exclaimed
Deary me, sir have they taken to fighting by candle
Light"
THE TRIBUNE ON GETTTsBURG.-The New York Tr-
bunes Gettysburg correspondent writes:
To conclude, the present gathering at Gettysburg
does not seem to to have had sufficient motive, or
to have answered any large purpose to have salts
fed the vague expectations it aroused. 1t was re-
buke from the South simy attended from the North,
and it will probably be the last inflated effort to length
en- out the mercantile uses of this battlefield.