The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-08
NEWS Of TIE WEEK.

Milford. Pa, has seven times as many
women as men. u. as. Nua
rs A Mem phs hotel has some trained
owls to catch mice.
The warm weather is decided sur
prise all over the country.
The Russian Prince Imperial expects
to visit this country.
Ohio candidates for the Metnooist MIN.
Coffee leaves are now extensively sold
in London for tea leaves.
Nevada sends asilyer brick to the Ber-
lin Sanitary Commission.
Berlin has tweniy-eight theatres, but
only nine Of them are now open,
| San Francisco has ew library which
Is said TO he credit 10 that city.
1t is now autboritaiively reported that
King William wears his collars stiff. q.
Germany has had fine grain crop,
but not enough laborers to harvest it. %.
A Wisconsin community is shocked
! by ghost which only wears a night
, shirt.
The indianapolis Journal snys the
whole of Howard county is shaking with
, ague. ilsf
Cattle are dumb beasts, but, by getting
together in large numbers, they make
themselves herd. u fs
Senator Ross. of Kansas set type last
! week for his newspaper, all the compos.
2 itors having struck and left the office.
n A list of 5000 deputy marshals is being
J. made up for the protection Of TIE ballot.
box in New York city, next election.
Poor Napoleon is reduced. by French
Z accounts, to a beggarly personal incom,
4 bof SAC, 000gold per annum. t8L
,r New Jersey isto have woman suf
slfrage ticket under the auspices Of til,
II Yinsland Womans Suffrage Assoeia
y ticn. ,.,.
Is A ridiculous story is going the round
at of the country that Mr.. Bergh had q
young woman arrested the other day 70
beating an egg. tfs hS-H
n At Wamego, a place in the extrem
=, West, is a shanty which bears the sigr
sllrHere's where you get "a meal like you
i mother used to give you" ea.as
ms The Chicago Board of Education hs
en- adopted a rule prohibiting teachers froi
n receiving presents from their pupils o
penalty eli dismissal from service.
=, Last year, up to August, the Bosto
p beer and alo manufactured amounted
~ l2,793 barrels. This year, ending al,
h in August, the amount fvots up 25,5l3.
uvl The Archbishop of Bogota has reno
sai ed an image ofJohn The Baptist from
Cathedral because the sculptor hs
dressed Johnin astove-pipe hat. "H
ess Washington county, Indiana, has !
Ills Jail, mt the supervisors have imported
y couple of iron cages which can be pls
ed in any room, and hold criminals We
0op nicely.
T u This Elizabeth Monitor says: 1t
proposed that the Railway church be
IN be rung every hour, SO tiiht the citizt
n will know when to take their fever a
agne ''beyerage."
20 In Queen Victoria's crown there
Z IL 1893 brilliant diamonds, 1878 rose d
,.tf monds, and 147 table diamonds / lal
So, ruby, IL sapphires, III emeralds, SIN
nre rubies, aud 227 pearls. '''
'e sr First Mormon. "I wonder who Il
blonde isg A nice figurei" Second Nj
d "a mon. why, dDR't youtknow?
los. our wife, First Mormon. 80 it
not / thought had seen her uefore.'
W A slab of petrifed bacon is on exhi
ton at sacramento, which was found
1866, near one Of the Fremont's
= OF cauups, and is supposed TO have beer
Mi portion of the provonder of his party.
~ A hog entered a grocery store 10 Bru
= wick, Me-, recently, when dog Alta
ed him, bit Off his TAIL, then seized i
the by the ear, and led him shrieking ba
ton, to his quarters in the rear. The
lead then returned to the store, picked up
om- tail and carried il out 10 the hog.