, 1870-02-08

1oEo difficulty.
The Lacrosse Republican Of the 4th ssys: "Wo
learn from judge Lord, who haa been up tho river
as far a. Red Wig, that tho people on the west
bauk nre IN eaIrest fer completing tho railroad
from st. Paul 10 Winona, already running TO
Hastings. They tutn,sh aonds 70 the company for
over taso.ooo Id the following proportions: Red
Wig, 100000; IAke CitJ, $7b,ooo; Reed's
Land!tg and WabashA not Jet deter.
mined. depending on the location Of the
road through Wabasna-iE favosab'e, $4,000 to
$4,000; Minnetehe, $4,000; Wlnona, 100000.
with the assuf1nce that the road will ne antahed
In two Jearah mud tho eastern connection (ihe
cut o TO calieo on this nioe Of the river 70 La.
Crosse completed BY ne1t November"
In Mturespoilp, during 1859. t1oa.Sea war e1-
pended 1n buildings AID impEovenentA; and. IN
St. Anthony, $2t2,ooa
SE0us.
A young ladies' seminary In Philadelphia has
Just graduated 0ve "Eallies' ard one "SAdIe."
but not one Sarah"
An Albany woman who was ar7ajgned bsfore
Police Justice for stealing goose, persased 10 ad.
dresssng shas otllctal "a Lave7-"
pustrg the year 1859 there were nineteen btths,
eerenteen deaths, aud seven marriages. IN the
ro5al families Of Europe.
A sick young lady In Worcester, Mass, has
been attended by thirteen physicians, and atll
lives.
An English coast steamer lasely burned one
hundred pigs IN c1der to get into port, having e1-
haunted her coal
a frightened horse in Port Hope, Can, recently
successfully crossed u v1aduct quarter OF mile
long and a!1ty feet nlRr, on ange plank, AZ tuls
epeed.
At Brad7s Berd, Pa, in vlolent quarrel be-
tween man and bis wife. tnetz ch:lt, = strl IA
years lo!d, In trying to part them, lost her
reason. ard Is now topelessly insane.
The Cubsus manifest the,r admiration for opera
ass,sses In an odd way .tIns'ead Of tsro wing bou
quets On the stage, they throw a 5ouug negro
covered With bracelets OF gold and silver.
The California Legislature, having repealed the
SUNDAY IaW, nnds that by the ea!re act II has
taken the penalty OF prtze-1Rhttug Ton Sundays,
leaving it IN full force on other days
A number o! the most respectable co1ored men
OF Ft tdertcktburg, Va, have united IN q pa.td1n
to Congress to relieve Of ait polltical disabilities
such Of she white people as arc In their employ.
Connecticut paper boasts Of > s-year old
boy In that State nho Mas taken to rec the cara
for the nras tine the other day, and, upon return
irg home, took pencil sud paper and drew an
accurate picture Of tho iron horse.
They have cat n Augusta, Me-, which can
open doors bsytnR Qlas5 knebs, and, moreover,
frequently with her pavs wipes moisture from the
Wttdows OF tcsa'caes en- tue Ice, to enable her to
look out snd rec what Ia goirg on
A nautical Instrument maker Of ssn Ffanclsco
baa made telercnpe for the Marchanta' Ex.
change, of that city, by which the uaues and sig.
ateea
An extraordinary a0atr recently occurred ID
B1esc!s, Italy. Two boys caught mouse, which
they haihed tn keloseue oil, aud then set IRE to
l.. The frightened animal bit both boys 10 EoYere-
If that the5 died within three days.
4 Trenton Husband, disappearing OF his wife =
receiving presents, tore fTom her neck and into
sn1eds dress which male friend hal given her.
The JEdae before whom tbs ataauas vas tried ad'
viAed them 70 "patch It up between thtM-f
In Bridgeport, Conn, the other day, an unwili.
Irg maiden, driven to desperation BY the persist
ent calls ct an ott-reifc:ed youth, called in the
police, and the poor fellow Was 1ned ia the Police
Court, alter spending the night In the station
house.
The New York Tribune sals that some pro
foundly speculative minds are agttated by tht
euucsng possibility Of putting steam engine and
sc1ew machinery aboafd.of an arctic iceberg. and
propetpg the concern down to New York to sci
for high priced ice in the dog days
A Portuguese youtb, With thtee legs, fon1 feet
ard tTenty toes, Ia on exhibition In Londor. II
OF the legs ate perfectly formed, but the thtrd Il
bent Upward from the knee ialnt, and has twt
! rather ;mperfect1y formed feet The young mar
| Ii twenty.tWo years old, very Intelligent, ant
! speaks aevetal languages.
The Scots1Han, in speaking Of the case With
! which the Egyptian pyramids axe asceuded, BAY
Highland Keeper Of Lord n1dleyis. unaccus
toned to anything but Gieugarrg aud tbs Blacl
Mount, Was backed to 90 up faeter than any Aral
Of the desert, ard did IT,
Al remedy for the tuconventeuces reEulsInt
from excessive Precipitation Of tha feet, evlnces
IN the soflenlng aud peeling on Of tne outer aEIl
Especially between the toes}, . German paystcial
recommends the application Of tannlc acid or tan
| nins by Which tue onter s11a Of epdermla Ia con
verted into kind Of leather, without ohsHuclo
the pores, Though which the perspkation ssu
paFBee readily.
The Newark Adrtrsiser mentions ne1 soclet,
| at Scotch Plains, New Jer9ey. Toe call for tn
meeting reads "WHKsEAs. certain cy,l dlspose
| pertons are introducing innovations on our an
| cteut customs and pnviteges a. r1ee-born Amer
| can cttzels, especially a8 regards our Fight (
! drink when aod what We please; ReaoIret, Tbs
We, as 1ove1s OF freedom, fan, love, aud deTlItrJ
do hereby o1gantze onrsefges into society to b
known as the young Mems Drinking Associa.lo
! OF Scotch platuA'"
The London TImes attempts to give an inde
each day Of itB contents. An enter1s!u2 Londo
AtUNiy 44tI4POlCa AVS kAG AGot VI ANE lQulualE
and puoisnes every day At noon q little paper G
twelve pages, about the slze Of Au the Y<o
Round, called the Netrs List and ]ndt1. In 1t
given list Of the subjects discussed by the mort
Ing pspe1s-the correspondence, reviews, and tr
telllgerce. The weekly psptTs aud the msgaz'ne
are dealt With IN the same way. The pr1cs Of til
c1ttons little sheet Is penny.
The total amount expended Ii connection ait
Lord Mayors dag In Loudon was q, ISL. o. tni
cum The dinner and H1ces cost .E1 ,2s5; the deck
ratoDa, fssa; the prcceeefon. Ee15; the uu;ic
Gul!dhat'. $50: printing and stationery. els:
The "Re1ela1 expenses 1eached total {
esss lis, Amongst the. Items arc GIG 10 .he bel
ringers Of eight churches; f3s 10s for the hire c
plants, and ESQ for the "scenlc representation c
Coustautinnps," ard the ttatlafy And picture
involved an outlay Of E5a. OF the amount cl, ~
Was paid by the Lori MsJos, $3.50 By each @
the Shcrl1s, aud eco BY the City Lands Comul
tee.
General nreckinrtdge closed his a1Rumeus i
iaVor Of the Southern Railroad before the Kc:
tucky Leeislatute thus: "1n MT minds eYe, ger
uebcp. see tTo pictures. IN one Of them tt
light OF returning LIE and prosperity Illuminate
every part Of The State. She 1s penetrated
every direction by railroads, and seems grea
lind Of transit for all parts Of the continent I
tha other picture there are zone sgn8 OF Mte |
oCc part Of Kentucky, hut across the larger ha
| 8 deep shadow Is cast. It resembles one Of thps
calm and desert ttacSa Of the ocean where no a.
ta ever eeeu, while the tidea Of life aud commere
now all around It. Over that vast solitude IT.
silence broods, interrupted only at times py II
crack Of the hunters rl1e az he seeks precar
ous subsistence under yonr Wolf and fox tsca
!aTs;' and TO the wondering s11ap4er who ~,
the cauae Of this desolattop, the Sad lnhsh,ta,
replies: 'Tats is q monument erected by OF
State 10 IFS comprehensive policy, Its inparrt
justice and ita foatertng care Of Its people,"
| Personal.
Papers from Western New YORK announce II
Earrtsge Of Marx Twain to Miss Olivia Langdo
| esoun9 lady Of Enita. who. after many 5eat
confinement to sick.room, WAS cured 65 Il
! mar1pulations Of magnetic doctor.
While the Malne Legislature was vncIlIaHg
over the question Of attending the Peabody fun
rs1, respectable member from tue back count
said: Iii. Speaker, an dis9usted with the CO
duct Of this Houae. This fnreral at Portland
agoDg to be great a6atr; hot when i sec II
House te1eT!nE apd see saving 2s II II didt
Know its oTn mind. / declare tsish Af. Feaao
hadn't ditd!"
J. J. Wright, tho colored LEAD, tast eltctt
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF 5ou
Ca1o!ns, vas born In PeDnsJfsanis, graduated
the LAT tcastet1an University In New York, stud!
| law for two yeaIa at A01truse, Penn and was I
t}Ist colored man admitted to the bar IN that Sss
In 1865 he vent South. and was made legal advts
| Of the South Carolina freedmen. He Vas dc
; gate to the Reconstructton Convention, aud v
/ after aards elected 10 the State Senate. T
Charleston fe1rs, from which We CLEAN thele fac
adds that he ts quiet, well.oehaved. and decided
, Intelligent
Dorfey, the eccentric R4ode 1siand philanthI
ptss, being repeated1y csled on for speech
lhe dinner lately given BY him to the inma'