, 1870-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS,

there Ia no spirit Of aposasy, and very few grass
hoppers' eggs were Laid Last fall.
MISCELLANEOUS
An Imperial ukase has been Issued ordering
the suppression Ia Russia Of lotteries for socaled
charitable purposes.
"A clerk In the Treasury Department has been
diAmissei for leudlng money TO his brother clerks
at usur1ona rates
a man Just returned from Alasks, says that he
lived there thirteen months and VAS not once
asked for the loan OF dollar,
The old graveyard at New Castle, Del, IS be-
Ing wished away By the Delaware, and from the
river banS ghassly rows Of human bones project
The biggest shoes for women made In the Phil
a''eIphia market 90 to Etah; the smallest arc Or
.iercl frum Havana.
A California paper chronicles with satisfaction
the fact that the State Senate has rejected hblto
c1eate Democratic vaee,natos-Gene Of the
Chinese at $40 heal.
The Boston Adptrfiser declares that "So city
{Boston) ofhcer can be active In warfare upon
gambling houses and houses Of ill-famc, without
losing his of1lce at the end Of the year"
"A man lle,i In Trenton New Jersey, the other
day, who refused to allow his pantaloons 10 be re-
mosed from h!a person during hts sickness After
his death the Innings were found to contain
s11,ool -
The gauge Of the London street tEamwn5s Ia
four feet eight tnches anu the charge for fare Is
one penny PCT mile. The cars are made TO convey
tweuty-etsht passengers Oh the outside and TWEEN
ty-two inside, and are very elegant
in 1860 the number Of inland letters posted In
the Enltcd Kingdom, exclusive Of Official corrcs-
pondencc, was rs, ,0o1, 900, rea1tzing In postage
e, 49, ts3. In the game period newspaper and
hook packages figured up to &, ,o00, ,o0o, realizing
cios, ,79e
The v1ne ia cultivated In sercptJ-llne DEPART
mcuts Of France, and yields the sum Of ,60J, co.,,
eco fEanca The cultivation and production Of
vine gives employment to $780, 900 people, and
the wine trale slone employs ,ooo. 900 more.
Lcpaic, during the last three months Of 1sa9,
book, Journals aud other printed n7attey, Of the
vatue Of t95 1o4: md maps, paintings and pictures
to the value ct fa,os3-
"A young man recently vent to the banks Of
the Danube for the purpose Of drowning hiMzclf-
lie laid his hat On the ground. when soldlcr on
guard shouted, "FaA hack there, or III shoot
you" The youug man picked up his hat and rap
idly ran nway. Death BY shooting WAS not In bis
programme.
The Council Of Administration Of the Society OF
Accllmaszasion, Encouragement and Progress for
the District OF the Northeast Of France, has de-
ctdetl to open, In 1870, ahow Of fat horses In
tended for the putlic alimentatton. This rcmarsa-
f,le exhibition will take place at Nancy, on Sunday,
April 10.
There Is before the Legislature Of California
proposition 10 furnish the citJ Of San Francisco
with water from the hrtesian wells at San Jose.
party Of capitalists will at once proceed to bore
the wells and lay pipes the Legislature will grant
them the right Of Way.
The following advertisement appears In u
newspaper Of Berlin: "Wrtters VINO can wildly
describe American affairs as well as II thcy had
nSetlln America, and who know the condition Of
things In the United States By thelr personal
observation are invited TO w7ite at once, q Wild,
romantic, German-A1nesican novel We promise
q high honorarJ."
in Florida there are many lakes which have
holes IN the bottom and underground conrnnn!ca-
ton, 70 that they Will sometimes shrink awsy to
merc cupful, leaving many square miles Of surface
uncoverety and then again I'LL UP from below and
sprcad out over their former area Sonic OF them
have QUILTS In the ocean, far from the SHORE,
throwing up perpetual spring Of fresh water
During long, exhaustive dry seasdn men hare
gone underground IN ono Of these suhterranean
rivera from lake to lake, distance Of eight tnles
Whatever may be the solvent character Of the
Russian Princes In Paris. there Is an unpleasant
frequency in the disputes between the Princess
and the city tradesrncn One nf these ladies', With
name ending in "otf," WAS preparing 10 takc
herself OF, when limb OF tho Law detained her
baREagc until her creditors ha,l rise her passport
The total OF her unsettled little bills was 5d,0o
she collec,e,, her diamonds and entrusted them To
her aunt who is called uncle tu other coun-
es-for %, ,oo0i paid OF Ill demands and resolved
never to put foot In Paris again.
Listen to what the editor Of the Sacramento
tCal) htcorR has to nsy about his brother OF the
Examiner: u am no ducllist nerer Killed a
man In a private quarrel, under the pressure OF
political influences But suffer 40 man to Insult
rue With nnpunity, and do not understand that
the fact Of ny being bonn In England prec1ntes
NE froza defending my personal character wncu It
Il attacked ~ the psnptrto7 Of the EzdntntT nAve
seen IL 10 astack II. II any Of these men have
anything further to say to me- In this matter they
| know where am to be found"
"A grand row occurred .: 9s1latin, Tenn+, q
I few days ago-the parties Immediately engaged
bciuG TWO brothers named Harrison on one side,
| and Messrs- Proctor, Exon, AMI DranhAm On the
! other. James Harrison, shot In the tight breast,
died In Less tha1 thrre minutes af.crTAn- Press
Proctor was shot IN the right arm. abore the
chow, 4 negro rnan, not concerned In tho ARRAY,
| wa4 sho, tn the shoulder. William Exon was
| wounded In the wrist. Jnfnes Branham received
! several shots through his clothing, bus wzs not
hurt The parties to the afTzay were 1frrsset ansl
each required to give peace bond In the sum Of
$4,000
The Pist.bnrR De,paaA Of March %, says:
"The woods and 1clds, in this aud two or three
adjoining counties, Are Oiled with millions OF the
| ~ ~Fe. is sts =. 49, rae.so, - 49,, ~
4 on.oAt1'i"A NNA'4A ~ - kAsAt -As " @~7S "" 0
passing osef. 70 taleS, ~ IKE tue tcfs!an arrows
At 1heEIaofSls, 70 defSeo tue snh: *hue th1t1s
years Aso, nose efeat plgeon-roosn, COVERING
miles OF iorcst. Win INC ollus oseaAn9 Gown tae
llaos OF 1he uees "!ta tneH cfoHued *elSas,
we're vel known 10 our faEmeta bus as oas
WOODS nave bccn cas GOWN ana tainnea eut, ano
the country settle.. up. the pigeons nave been dis
| appearing westward, though We stH heAf Of theli
Efrat nocks ano foos1s ID -henfuc1 and lndlAna
tbs year, noFesef' tnet Seem 10 kaFe fctafned fe
us, IN greater 1otce tnsn al any tine within Inc
last twenty !fAfA"
! The Patt4 correspondent OF the SeN21E jour