, 1870-06-22

There is clock in Monterey, California,
still keeping correct time, which Was brought
to that place by the franciscan Brothers in
I764.
j, "A four-year old boy in Hartford took such
diElike to his baby sister that in tho absonce
OF his mother he took q poker and killed her
by striking her on the head.
Ladies in Philadelphia arc so reluctaut~to
tell the census takers their age that Marshal
Phlfer, of North Ward, has determined to
commence Elit against several parties who
have refused, for tho recovery of the penalty,
which ia $50.
A curious police regulation for the punish.
uaent Of into1icatiou exists in Russia. Per
cons found drunk and incapable IN the public
thoroughfares ATE taken into custody and con-
demned to work for day at sweeping the
Streets Consequently, weIl-dressed offenders
are sometimes seon performing their task
broom-in-land-
Tho Lexington (Ky.) Observer eayH: "A
young woman, OF this city, who is struggling
to lead better life, met her betraypr sailntcr-
Ing leiaurely along ono OF uur streets the other
day. His uncollcern aud her own misery
waked the tiger in her, and sLo let into tho
ecoundreI and gave linn such drubbing aB he
bad been needing foE long time. When she
had thrashed him till Hhe got tired, she walked
or"
DR.. OEcar LebreicA, to whom wo owe Pro-
tagon, and the now well known Chloral, has
discovered anew anodypa, to which tho nano
of Chloride Of Ethylde (ieutyltLeneAlorid)
las BEEN given. This Eubs' anca Id said to be
more rapid and agreeable in it's effects than
chlorofurm, mud it may be administered With
out interfering with tie free and natural
breathing OF the patient, an advantage which
It Possesses over most other annBthetics.
AN. Hikh correspondent Of the New York
Herald relates how an old woman, named Gore.
VIE driven into the atreets in snow storm BY
an agent Of tho 1andlsdy, the Marehioness Of
Ely, aud allowed TO perish She was nnablet to
pay the MArchione&s her rent.
Tho Chinese Nashefmen In San Francisco,
having formed l protective union, nearly !
Hundred laundry women in the city hare
eiGned an agreement to form Woman's Co
operative Anti-Cliuese Laundry Association
for the purpose OF securing the custom they
are now deprived o. by Chinese competition.
Monkeys, on the African coast, Taught by
bitter experience Of the powers OF the oyster
in gripping their paws when inserted IN It's
open mouth, will cunningly roll in > pebble,
70 that the oynter cannot close its sheli, and
then devou1 it at leisure.
Tho HMickeacst woman in Paris." says
correspondent IL alive siill, and IN the prison
Df Bk L1xate. She uns 4boxp in 1924, and has
been arrested 166 tinler; nine tinnos for rob-
berry, sevcnty-one tor i,stoxication, throo as
dangerous llnatic, .thItss attempted suicide,
and once for boxing T-anglais On tie high
~sy. In the same prison is the Oldest Of the
fncs DE- Paris This old dame: anr caGaelias
liz over 90 years of-sge1 and-Wss for time the
mistress of Mnrat, Uho was a8s1ssinated BY
Charlotte corday IN 1853.
in Queen EIizabeth's reign there is . re-
port for the, yezr 1850, il ahich- it is stated
il that the mAida Of honor desired to have their
chambers ceiled, nnd the partition. that IL of
boards to be made higher, for that the SET
wants looked over" And about the same time it
is said that certain young noblemen and gen.
tlenen were guilty Of similar indecorous be-
hayio1, being fond Of peeping over those
boards, to tho great annoyance Of the ladies'
when at their toilet, vheroat Her Majesty was
highly displeascd, and severely reprorcd them,
"A society tot the suppression Of gambling
is being instituted in Boston, On the plan OF
the New York society, which went into opars-
ton ttree years ago. The agent OF the society
has been ii Boston bnt short time, and ststes.
that there aro 200 gambling houses in tile city
fact that is likely to astonish tho State Police
who pride thspsplFeG upon: keeping al tue
gambling heils tlosed.~ After visiting the prin-
cipal cities Of Nen England, he is also forced
to the conclusion that thera is moro gambling
IN Boston, Springfield, aud especially, in New
Haven, than in other placea in the country do
i1K M equal amount Of business.
The excise returns for the first qnaftsrsof
tho year 1870 show thakj s, ~, ,232 gallons Of
homemade Spirits Terd taxed IN that period ~
Istailed for ce2a1EiE tiaa in aa United lag>