, 1870-05-13

MISCELLANEOUS
A Pittsburgh boarding house keeper hiss
Ehot a gnest for not paying in advance.
known TACT hit wealthy New Yorker, who
owns superb residence here every spring re-
moves the thiItE-seven tassels from his cur
| tains in New York, brings them on, attaches
them to his curtains here, md in the fall takes
| them back to town with him.
-Thcro is female compositor in the office
Of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard whose
| weakly wages exceed those of any Of the half
! dozen men who set tvpe in the office. Slo is
| Paid by the piece, :" and at the same rate as
tho men.
Tho smallpox epidemic continues nn-
SLATED in Paris, and tho week preceding the
sailing Of the last steamer it csused 132 deaths,
as compared with 102 and lis in the two pre-
ced1ng weeRs-
-Iy the report Of police case 1t Aarl.
borough street, London it sppe.-ed that
husband, brut.lly ll-uE1ng his wife, endeayor~
ed TO st.angle her. While, however, she l1y
thus, farosise est, named Topsy," sudden-
1y sprsnE upon the nan. and fastened her
claws and teeth i2 his face. He could not tear
the cat away, and mas obliged to inplore the
woman he had been ii1-uEipg to take the cat
from him to sara bis life. :.
During tho vaccination excitement at
Paris, an editor invited his emP1oyeato pleas
tbei9 seats ia coaches which were at the doo,,
and we're driven to the DOCTORS, where all were
yaceiuated, snd the Aane lind Office WAS per-
formed for the coachmen. in lieu Of their
rsua1 fees ....,
c.udes lis report with: 'sA petition WAS pre-
tented from the North Dublin Union, praying
Tor the 1epeAi OF the union betNeea Engasnd
and Ireland, when, there being no bnsinesB Of
Importance before tho House, their Lordships
Tho Louisiana Legislature, in repeating
the old and enaeting 5 new code Of criminal
| Law aud punishment, made no provision for
,f1tas between the repci OF the old and the
/ enactment Of the new law, and by this means
| Ecmo 125 criminals escaped jnstice-
I -A Kentucky mother left her infant III
! charge Of an older child, boy OF 6. The
| Child becoming fretfu1, the~boy, according to
bis mothers custom, zdninistered dose Of
landelura. On the return OF the mother she
found her dead babe, the lad having pro
scribcd nearly gil Of the drug
! AT the recent l5uching Of two dcsperadoes
in Mississippi, tLey hung tie ono. first who
made the l0udsst protestationB OF innocence.
Judge Lynch said they would thus be suro Of
the worst Of tho tTo before tho ar1iral Of tho
Sheriff.
Il. is reported that the P2risian llcn,i-nsonae
are about to inaugtuate change in their cos
tunes. They nil adopt most 1igid style of
drees-Aish lecks, no lace o. diamonds, and
no other ornaments tEau 1oHets- TheT say
they mnst distinguish Themselves in some wav
is their only resort
Tho protecting Powers Of Greece faccord-
ing to the Memorial Diptomdfique), after COM
1n!nicating together by telegraph hare re-
so1rcd to make energetic and collective repre-
sentatons to the Greek Government in conse-
anenee Of ue la4e naassAcre. To this elect
identical notes viii be addressed to the Cabinet
OF Athens. The London Glotet Of April 81,
says: Among the questions raised by the
cad event in Greece, whether the kingdom Of
r. al Rnft %
ono Without attempting to deal seriously
herewith, We may observe that ali sentimental
arguments in favor Of it's continuance should
be treated aa valneitss."
Eighteen years ago q minister in Eerk-
shire County, Mase., now g yesre Of age, en-
cautle f1m to the amount OF 50 600. Disaster
came upon the firm, and the frst endorser be-
ing the clergyman, the obligation to pay rested
upon him. lie said: aGire me time, aud I
: will do it, And two Neeks ago this venerable
nan made his last payment and cancelled tho
obligation. The principal and intc1est
amounted to Something over So, 001
I'm SUNDAY morning man named Daniel
Lake came to his death under rather singular
circumstances at Ttenton, y. ;. Being under
stumbled il the street, and, falling, struck
against piece Of Z brCkGn glass bottle, cut
ting the back Of lis hand and severiug au at
tery- Being Aelped up by friend named
Erown. they both proceeded to the residence
Of Dr. Dodgers, but on the wav Lake became
90 exhausted from the loEB Of blood that hls
friend had 70 convey him homo Ia wheelbar>
row. At II O'Clock tho blood had ce1sed to
Ao~, and Lake WAS put to bed, Brown and bis
VIC sAtM5 ur with him. Towards morning
. AZ. anq MIS-. Brown fell aalcep, and when they
me chamber OF Commerce Of Rheims haa
Just punished statistics Of The trade ia spark |
Aug "1nGs IRON the period OF 1914 to April, |
lod9. lna statement ahovs an iaereaso oil
the tlansaeaons N @ @cilampagne from nine mill |
in 1853. However, these figures includo ths |
sales made from one champagne producer
to the other, sales which have 1esehed dnriuc
the year past tho figure Of SIX mjilons Of bos-
ties. + haa also been aaecrtained that 15,-
$4,000 bottles Of champagne hsys :. been sold
s,1M, ,z9s bottles used for home |
consumption During The last twenty-6ye
years, III, ,693, 900 bottles Of champagne hare
hceu ehipped to foreign markets. The tables
show an ascendant course during that period
Of yeasH which hardly ever had been inter
Eupted. On the other side it is stated that the
home consumption during tho last twenty-five
rears has not undergone any considerable
change. France has consumed every year
nbont MO three millions Of bottles-rathsr less
than more.
Near ELkment Springs, Tenn., lives man
who is Familiarity known IS 's Kit' Erwin. At
@ ono time be was highly respected by IN ozteu-
sise circle OF friends, but for the past two
years he has been enzlared By drink 4 few
dasH ago, while under the Influence Of liquor, !
ne eecame en1agcd At his son, about Is year
q s; age; and, and, grsssping chat, struck him
cd Lis death For two or three davs ths ror,r-
dere5 vas kept concealed, but E WINS Vie, |
taring become insane from g1ief and trouble |
finally diTulgcd IT. The unfortunate WOMAN
entirely from her urm with her teeth before
ehe could be prevented, and in lser wild yay.
!ngg disclosed the fearful particulars Of her
husbands crime.
The fruit trade between the countries Dor
States is At present carried oh by twelve steam
ers, each Of 1,250 tons burden, running from
Gibraltar to New York in twenty daya. There
are two lines Of steamers engaged il this trade,
The Anchor, Of Glasgow, and the London. The
steamers Of tho Anchor line sail from New
Iork, with -four and grain, for Glasgow, there
faAe II another cargo OF English manufactured
goods, and proceed to the Mediterranean,
stopping at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Genoa, Leg
hpr11 N4rleR Messins and Palermo Al thnEa ]