, 1870-08-25

seven-ahootef; dresses In black cloth suit tight
or drab Int, Mgh-hccled, low-quartcrcd shoes,
and smokes, chews, and had brandy mask. SAYS
ita nobody's business who ahc u; that her
mother knows she's out"
Some SIX years aCo q strunKef called into
Harris clearinghouse, Waynesvte Penn, and
deposited some $500, saying that be woald call
a2an eoon and get It. Nothing was ever seen or
hearl Of the man until a few days ago, when be
chilled. After q short conversation, Mr. Harris
identified him, and told him that his deposit and
interest amounted to certain sum. "All r1gnt,n
said the stranger, "Rtye me my money and I'll
pay your interest"
California Is largely cultlvating, besides the
grape, oranges, umeR. cjtIohsp 1g8- and waluuts.
In Lower California there are now 1000 orange
trees In bearing. They yield from 600 to 1,aoo
oranges TO the tree, depending on the tree.
About 20 trees stand on m acre, which commence
producing In eight years from the seed. For
good oranges the price Is $50 per $1,000. Lemons,
Ames and cttrons yield crops averaged to be worth
Il 700 an acre. 1t takes eight yea1a TO get the
trees IN condition to bear, however. EnGliRh
walnuts are raised in plenty, and sell at twenty
i've cents per pound.
New Bedford, Mass, has population Of
81 saae. against q, ,ss9 In 1865. Lynn has 2ses1,
against eo.747 IN 1865. Ha7e1htu has 1900,
against 10, 40 In 1865
August Is, the Saratoga police maue de-
scent on MoErasey's clubhouse. By virtue OF .
warrant Issued BY the Police Justice OF Saratoga,
the7 were ordered to tafe the gambling appara-
tus In the house and bring the same into court.
PREVIOUS to the descent the occupants OF the
house had been warned OF the threatened danger,
and got everything out Of the way. After this
they appeared before those In authority, and the
matter wRs Settled to the satisfaction Of MI con-
ceIned.
Colombo has community OF " Humanitarian
Pioneers" one Of whose laws prohibits cclibacy
above the age Of rs in man and above the age Of
e1 IN woman, "as outrageous to human dignity
and welfare"
-At,ew Haven Temperance Convention got
away with thirty thousand glasses Of root beer,
and twenty thousand bottles OF soda In two t,ays
THE Saturday feerfew says every American
Is more or less permanently giddy from steadily
contemplating the amazing statistics Of his con-
tincnt
"A Lancaster County, Pa-, Official has sued an
other for charging him with wearing "woman
kislIng moostache.r
Some days ago the schooner Tampico ar.
rived at New TorS, nnchor7ng at the foot Of
Seventh street, East River, having Oh board
four immense scEpents Of the boa constructor
order, which #. F. Sherman, the mate Of the
vessel, had brought from pera, Brazil as spec
! ulation. One OF, these monsters Ia tWenty-one
feet In length and Il said to he the largest snake
OF tta knd ever imported, while One OF the others
L. fifteen feet long. and the other two arc four
teen feet The fact Of the arrival Of the extraor-
dina1y reptiles soon became current among the
dealers In such things, several Of whom visited
the schooner and made offers for them, which
were declined, as the owner valued them at
$3.50, and that price was not offered. On satur-
day morning the box containing the SNAKES vas
missing from the vessel, and from the report
inade to Police Headquarters 1t appears that dur
Ing the night Six men went OIL to the schooner in
two small boats, and having administered chloro-
tos1. to the Captain, who was sleeping in the
cabin, tore opcn the hatcneR, and having secured
the boz in which the snakes were, put 1t iuto one
Of their boats and pulled ashore.