The south-western., 1870-03-30
Miscellaneous items.

lure vi tIlS GaL1eT1CaH lIOleiS Is lueF CitFhs
The Democrats of Logan, Ohio, have nominated
colored for County Auditor, City Marshal and
councilmen.
An Illinois domestic lost her voice in "a fit of rage
and has since worked in silence. Such "help" is in
demand, Boston Post.
A brave brakeman saved an Erie passenger train
by eaping from his swift.movng car and going
back to give lotice Of q broken rail.
A Pennsylvania editor has an axe which was used
to commit murder with and he says that delinquent
subscribers had better pay up without axing.
Mr.. Motley doesn't miDgle much in London society.
Perhaps ''motley is not the wear in London the
present season.
A young lady in Chicago made bet of kiss the
other day. but the bet declared null because she
didn't put up the stakes
The young lady was seusitle. She preferred to hold
the stakes herself.
A New York "artist in hair" has " switch f We
feet and four inches long, weighing ounces and
valued three hundred dollars and for it claims the
championship.
John Chinaman writes to his countrymen in San
Francisco, Me Likely Texasy; plenty worky, plenty
payey, plenty eaty."
Mr.. Seward says that specie payment will be re-
sumed in ninety days. We are rather suspicious of
Stewards ninety day prophecies.
1t cost Sl4l5 to wash towels for the Treasury De-
partment at Washington laat year, and there were
80 900 towels washed.
An enterprising gentleman turned an honest penny
by renting augur hole at 81 peep in stable
looking the jail yard, at the last Pennsylvania hanging
Only two members of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs so far are known to be in favor of granting
belligerent rights to the Cubans.
The Committee on Territories have agreed to make
Alaska county with representation in the Legislature
of Washington Territory.
Writers of obituary notices. at loss to say anything
good of the deceased compromise by adding, He
died poor" N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Three hundred and thirty y-seven doctors of medicine
graduated last week in Philadelphia including fourteen
graduates of the Womens Medical College
The following might be regarded as rather imper
tnent question "Why should a star on $500 night,
need to be supported by other actors?"
An Ohio murderer, who escaped conviction on the
plea of insanity refuses to pay his lawyers for
the same reason. They think there is too much meth
Cd in his madness.
An exchange says: "Forty years ago there was
such noise made about New Hampshire member of
Congress sending home package of garden seed I'M
der his frank that the offender failed of reelection"
The New York Evening Post edited by the venera-
BILE William Cullen Bryant, says John A. Logan is
" soldier and honorable man." The Post was es
abhed sixtynlne years ago, and yet this is the first
joke that has ever appeared in its editorial columns.
Courier-J Journal
WEST POINT CADETs.-Since Prosser of Tennessee
announced his intention of securing appointment
for a negro Mccormick, Of Arizona proposes to re-
commend an Indian and W yoming delegate declares
that he will bring forward woman.
church in Dupere, Brown county, Wis, glories in
aoft tha Tuit Rapti
CongregatiOnalst Presbyterian Moravian Protestant
Episcopal Luthuran Dutch Reformed Catholic
and United Evangelical Church and Christian Brethren
of the Glorious Reformation.
Emile Olivier, the new Prime Minister of France
intends to lay before the Chamber bill making i'm
portant changes in regard to the penalties imposed
dueists. Instead of being imprisoned, persons
viced of having fought duel shall henceforh be fined
100000 francs.
Ex-Governor Letcher, Of Virginia, has published
statement respecting the proposed monument to Stone
wall Jackson, saying $4,000 is needed and that no
local or sectional views restrict the scheme-that it is
national in its design and the North has cordially
sponded to the appeal, and the East and West
moving
The people of Weston, Mo, having recently hung
an innocent man for horse stealing, raising
money to get him gravestone. Exchange.
There is nothing like promptly repairing an injustice
HERO GoNE-By recent notice in Lynchburg
paper learn of the DEATH at his residence in Han
cock, Nd, of DR.. James Breathed, better known in
the old - Army of Northern Virginia" as Major Jim
Breathed of the "Stuart Horse Artery.'
The last tow of coal taken out from Cairo by the
BOaz, for New Orleans consisted of eleven large coal
boats, eleven barges boats of COAL barge
and one small latboat containing fuel 1t is said to
have covered two acres
\ Sunday School teacher asked little fellow if he
had learned anything during the week
Yes" said he.
"What is it you have learned?"
" Never to trump your partners ace"
As evidence that strawberries can be successfully
grown in this latitude, it is only necessary to mention
that the editor has open bed in full fruit, and ripe
fruit gathered from the the 10th of this
month-who can beat this?
Henderson (Texas) Times.
Two nice old maiden ladies from Boston lately spent
a couple of days in this city and when about leaving
expressed to friend benign satisfaction in regard to
the morals of the capital eve bad heard, =" they
said " great deal of the wickedness of Washington,
but really we have not found it much worse than
other cities-not even than Boston," Wash. Cor.
A San Francisco Judge tempered justice with mercy
by hning starved girl twenty cents for stealing
can of milk and then raising twenty dollars for her on
the spot from sympathizing spectators.
That was justice tempered with charity The man
softened but the Judge was resolved.
Undoubtedly. the business of the whole country is
settling down to gold basis. Prices of all kinds of
commoditi 8 are falling The reduction in wheat is
bringing down the prices of other living. The coun-
try is really in sound condition. and it only requires
the impulse of healthy currency to impart new
stimulus to all branches of business. Old King Cotton
came very nearly restoring old King Gold, and may
succeed in doing So last in spite of Congress and
the politicians. u IN. Y Economist
On Thursday, the 10th inst, about noon, three men
IN buggy drove up to the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank, in Birmingham, Pa. Two of the men entered
the bank, one of whom knocked down the cashier,
who was the only employe of the bauk present while
the other went behind the counter and seized all the
money on the desk, amounting to some $4,000,
placed the money in basket and ran off A crowd
collected and pursued catching two of the men and
securing the money.
IHE CRIME OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-It was
Daniel w ebster, we think who said that the Aboi-
honlsts OF the United States would g bankrupt the
country and deluge it in blood" There was one pre-
acton more he might have made in words as well as
by implication. He might have added that "they
would also destroy the virtuous sentiment of the coun