Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-09-24
BRIEF ITEMS.

Mrs Burlingame will return to America next
month.
Chicago will open a woman's medical college
this Fall
Monterey farmers report half crop of whea,
and barley.
The Chinese in the South, live almost entirely
on water-mclons.
The Humboldt Times complains of huge leaks
in the mails for that county.
There are 99l trades unions in this country,
with l2G775 members.
Alexander Montgomery has assumed control Of
the Mrndocno Democrat.
Cornelius Vanderbilt had fifteen children by
his first wfe-eleven of whom were girls.
The London Times believes Thers' mission 10
be failure, and that the war must proceed.
The Madrid press generally eulogize the peace
efforts made by the United States Government.
Stnnislaus county has more than doubled its
population and quadruplcd lis wealth since 1860.
Tanners in the vicinity Of Marysvlle pay S22
per cord for wood required for tanning purposes.
The Vallejo Recorder says some 450 new houses
have been erected in that city since February
last.
The British Museum Library contains ,G00-
900 volumes, and is doubling itself every fifteen
years.
! Marion county, Ala, has surplus of eigh:
hundred spnsters who have no chance of marry
ing there.
| The largest farm in England consists of 5000
acres. The live stock kept on this farm is val
ued nt SEA 900.
/ Nicholas Longworh once purchased the bust
ness portion of the city of Cincinnati for the
value of horse.
The verdict of the jury in the Nathan murder
,c c,I,o f. ,I,n ,,f
persons unknown
The State Geologist Of Ohio, declares that
there are ten thousand square miles of coal de-
posts in that State.
The woods above Nevada city have been burn
ing for weeks. Thousands of dollars worth of
timber is being destroyed.
Mike Ferguson, for the murder of Jonathan
| Lung"r, was sentenced to be hanged ut Ithaca,
New York, on November 4th.
The new bridge Of the Central Pacific Rail-
road, across the American river, is completed,
and trains are now passing over it.
1t is so dusty in Napa valley that ochardis,s
have to use the garden hose to ascertain the
difference between apple and peach trees.
In the life of every woman there are two grand
epochs when she is willing to tell her age-whcn
she is sixteen and when she is one hundred
man in Albany bought nm acre of land some
luIec NcdIS hpO lOT > ~. anu uNfinE lhe present
season has netted 81, 100 for strawberries raised
on it.
German scholars are accompanying the army
in order to search the libraries Of cathedral
towns for documents relative TO medieval his
tory
The Prussian Government has demanded re-
prisals for the sacrifice of life by the trenchrry
Of the French in exploding the magazine at
Laon.
Adviccs from Strasbourg are that the defense
is drawing to close, AMI that the surrender is
imminent, from failure of ammunition aud pro-
visions.
A letter has been received from Mrs. Lincoln
speaking in grateful acknowledgment Of the
action of Congress, in voting her a pension of
50 600 year.
been killed, six wounded and FIVE hundred head
of cattle driven off, by the Apaches in one
county in Arizona.
! A New England old maid, who recently went
to Nevada. writes home that she already has
husband and twins, and hasn't really got nc.
qnainted there yet.
A correspondent of the New York Herad tel
cgraphs from Rouen that railroad cnmmunicn
tions are cut for forty miles around Paris, and
in Normandy and Brittany.
Berlin correspondent of one of the London
/ J'"lh"io s"lS lHc hlpNlHg up OF tue CltAuel NJ
| Laon, after the cnpituaton was worthy of
! iiends, but not men of honor.
Miss Mary Green, of Ohio, employed in the
Office Of the Public Printer, was by an almost
unanimous vote admitted to membership in the
Columbia Typographical Union.
| Mulet, Inspecting Architect of the Treasury
! Department, lett September 18th for Boise CITY,
Idaho Territory. to make arrangements for tic
completion of II new assay office
The Surgeon of The United States troops on
Governor Island reports the breaking out of 4
malignant fever with symptoms of yellow fever
Two inspectors will investigate it.
The Louisiana Democratic State Convention
September l2rh, admitted colored delegates 1t
nominated Allan Jumuel for Auditor and Jas
B. Blair for Treasurer and adjourned
The New Bedford -four mills, at New Bedford
Massachusetts,, were burned Tuesday 200
barrels of -four and 30 900 bushels of grain were
destroyed. Loss, 100000; insured for $780,
600.
Captain Kapp, of the army, who has for some
time had charge of the Klamath Indian Agency,
has been relieved and civilian appointed. 1t
is supposed that like policy will be adopted in
other cases.
A correspondent of the Globe, writing from
Paris, says the Red Republicans are even more
dangerous to the safety of the city than the
PruSsinns Some are already urging the erect
ion of gullotine.
S. X Spears, of Merced county, has seven
acres planted in sweet potatoes, from which he
estimates yield of lao, 900 lbs. He has raised
/ 20 600 lbs. from single acre. His ranch is
situated about two miles below Merced Falls.
| The Red Bluff Independent says the California
and Oregon Railroad company have rented the
large frame hniliing on Main street, formerly
occupied by Mr.. Corcoran, and will make this
the headquarters for their surveying parties du-
! ring the coming winter.
! surveying parry of the Southern Pacific
Railroad IS moving in the Santa Clara Valley,
inspecting the route for the pass through the
mountains to Los Angeles. Telegraph lines
of the Western Union Company follow this route
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