The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-01-04
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| him mayor.
Daniel Mcfarland hat been indicted
by the Grand Jury for the murder Of A.
D. Richardson.
Mrs. Swisshelm is lying very low, at
her residence in Indiana county, Penn
sylvania.
The bonded debt of Illinois on De-
cember 1st was IS, 104, 1858, "a, decrease
of Sss3. $3.50 during the year.
Lydia Thompson received vote for
City Gauger of Chicago. Pauline Mark
ham was prop osed for Inspector of Fish.
Miss Prudence LeClerc, Universal.
ist preacheress of Madison, recently
united couple in the bonds of We'd
lock.
George D. Prentice, the celebrated ed
itor Of the Louisville journal" is lying
dangerously at ill his residence in that
city.
Two maiden daughters Of Genera!
Miller, OF Lundy's Lane fame reside in
Temple, N H., and carry on farm with
much success.
A few miles from Nashville there is
an old negress who is one hundred years
old. She says, De Lo'd done forgot to
call for me.
| A New York maiden has been arrest
ed for 'heavin' rocks at the schoolmas-
ter in retaliation for the sleeps eyes he
| cast at her.
| Kentucky increased its debt one mil
lion in 1868. and the State Auditor esti-.
mated that there would be even an
greater deficit for 1869.
| The Shakers now number eighteen
families in the United States, owning
real estate to the value Of 81, 1867 900,
and personal property worth 1854 ,528.
Another State will soon be added to our
great family. A delegation from Colorado is in
Washington to ascertain the views of the
powers that be relatiye to the admission of that
Territory as State
Governor Flanders. of Washington
Territory. is out-doing johnson as d
"vetoist." He has vetoed one hundred
Territorial legislative bills, ana is still
at it.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, while
attempting to get into a carriage at
Galesburg, Illinois, few days ago, Slip
ped and fell, and sprained one knee
quite badly.
Some of the Bostonians say they are
usually gratified at receiving specimens
of New Hampshire granite, but they
would prefer not to have them come
packed in butter.
The snow storm of Saturday prevailed
as far West and South as Evansville,
Cairo, St Louis. Memphis, and Vicks-
blurg, with rain and gale at New Or
| cans at night.
The New York Sun thinks the Agri-
cultural Bureau nothing more than
continuance for the employment of
large number of clerks, and spending
millions Of dollars of the public money
for no useful purpose whatever
The wife Of laboring man in LIVER
pool recently presented to her husband
| five children at a birth. The Queen has
sent her f7. Twice she has had trip
lets, and she has had twenty-five child
rem.
There was a narrow escape from q re.
petition Of the Avondale mine disaster, at
Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on Friday, the
breaker over the shaft having taken fire
from gross carelessness, in extending u
stovepipe through the wood work with
out any protection.
u
few days since, for cruelty to animals,
in having skinned his poodle dog alive.
The prisoner, in extenuation, said he
was suffering with rupture, and dog
fat had been recommended for it's cure;
and thus creased he slipped out Of du-
rance vile.
A Coop RULB.-'Tis we'll to walk with
a cheerful heart, where ever our fortunes
call, with friendly glance and open
hand, and gentle word for all
Since life is q thorney and difficult
path, where toll is the portion of man,
we should s-@ endeavor, while passing
along, to make it as smooth as we can.
The Busy Bs.-It is curious and sue
gestive fact that several of the most
prominent members of the National Wo-
man Suffrage Association have as the
second initial of their names the letter
b. At the last meeting of the Associa-
ton, Mrs. Elizabath B. Phelps took the
chair in the absence of Mrs. Henry b.
Stanton and Miss. Susan b. Anthony,
and introduced Mrs. Charlotte b. VIII
bour TO read an essay on suffrage /
"H0w do the little busy BIS improve
each shining hour" "B We wise as ser
penis and harmless as doves.'' B yirtu
Gus and you will be happy" Beeswax.
Soar BUBBLEs.-It is pleasant thing
to make soap bubbles, if for no better
reason than that we can have rainbows
about US at any time. But there is art
about making these short-lived TOYS. as
in everything else. The best way to
make them is to take three-quarters of
pint Of water that has been boiled and
become cold, and put into it quarter of
an ounce of CASTLE soap, cut up fine Put
this into pint bottle, and set it in hot
water, in a saucepan, on the fire, there
let it remain an hour or so, now and
then giving it good shaking, till the
soap is dissolved. Let the fluid stand
quiet for few hours to settle: then
pour off the fluid aud add to it four oun.
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