Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-26
GLEANINGS.

There are 118, 459 buildings in Phila
delphia.
| Venison is selling for four cents q
pound in Mississippi.
Jessie Fremont weighs sixty pounds
more than the General.
Mcfarland has his cell carpeted and
hung with pictures.
A German savant has succeeded in
making wine from the tea plant.
A 'Red-headed Mans Ball" is to shortly
come off at Bridgeport, Conn.
A Chicago Justice has Fined Napoleon
Bonaparte SIS for beating his wife.
A journal devoted to health is out in a
warning against boxing children's ears.
The Ohio Legislature has passed bill
making Christmas legal holiday.
Some Bohemian is making a book out
of the adventures of James Fisk, Jr
A literary thief in Cincinnati has gone
to Jail for stealing copy of Mrs. Stoves
book.
The English Government aims to secure
females for telegraph operators almost en-
tirely.
Two Paris women rushed under the
guillOtine to dip their handkerchiefs in
Traupmann's blood.
'Died from the effect. of mixed collat-
erals, is the way they get at dclirium
tremens in Cheyenne.
A country paper says: sour summary
of Congress for the past week is as fol-
lows: 'ShOO, Fly"
A Texas paper chronicles the hanging
of horse-thief under the heading, "The
Health Lift
Old wine put into new bottles some
times bursts the bottles. Old wine put
into young men sometimes leads to
''bust"
George Peabody died on the 4th of
November, and was finally buried three
months and four days after his death.
Philadelphia has executed twenty five
criminals since 1789-one for mail rob
berry, two for piracy; and the remainder
for murder.
A New Orleans pOetess 50 wrought
upon the feelings of a pickpocket by
New Years thyme, that he returned her
pOrtmonnaie with note asking forgive
ness.
Essays on "What Horace Greeley
doesn't know of Farming" are declined,
because the supply of paper in the coun-
try would give oyt before they could be
printed.
Two journalists of Naples discussed
finance in their papers until they could
stand it no longer Then they had a duel
with swords, and one was slain on the
ground.
The Cincinnati lawyers couldn't find
any charge that hit the case of the bogus
doctor, who doscd a man with six gallons
Of warm water for rheumatism, and
finally killed him.
NJ Maxine du Camp, who has made
study of such subjects, says that French
prisoners under sentence of death, show
a great fOndncss for Fenimore COoper's
novels.
A sensational preacher in Iowa CON
ducts Sunday services in a billiard saloon,
opening church with beer all around, and
closing with treat for the crowd. He
draws large audiences.
Milton Page, of Alexandria, n. H., is
the champion egg eater of New England
On the 2Sth ult. he stretched himself out
side of eighty-fvc of the largest eggs
that could be selected.
A liberty Qnd.) schoolmistress at
tempted to correct youth of fourteen
summers, when he pitched in and drag
ged her round the school room by the
hair and otherwise maltreated her.
A keen politician in the city of Glasgow
heard one day Of the death of a party
opponent, who, in fit of mental aberra-
ton, had shot himself 'tAh!" said he,
''gane AVA that way by himself, has he9
| wish that he had ta'en tWa-three days
shootin' amang his friends before he
went -
The Chinese receptions of Prince Al
fred lacked enthusiasm. 1t had been re-
ported that the son of Victoria was ten
feet tall and had three eyes, and the celes-
tials expressed their disappointment by
contempt.
The principal San Francisco theaters
received the following sums of money
in December last: California theater,
$2S, 6l0; Maguires Opera House, ST.,
534; Metropolitan, theater, S7,006; Al
hambra theater, Sc, 100; total, 500, $40.
A newly married man at Manchester,
n. H., left his wife few weeks ago on
prospecting tour During his absence he
sent her money for her support. Upon
his return, last week, he found that she
had spent it in getting a divorce,
on The plea of dcsertiOn, and had married
another man.
A young lady visitor at the house of
friend in Kingston, Canada, INDUCED in a
little circus acting just before retiring the
other evening. The hostess threw
hand spring in very neat manner, which
encouraged her guest 10 attempt similar
feat, but it resulted in the dislocatiOn of
the hip joint.
A DR.. Dryden believes he has found the
birthplace of cholera, in what is described
as the "epldemic area of Lower Bengal"
Carried thence by the monsoOns, and
rendered active by heat and moisture, it
behaves in a way that may be predicted,
and in which water and human beings
play but a subordinate part.
A private from the engineer corps at
West Point wandered into the mountains
last week, while crazed by liquor, and is
still at large, though large numbers of
men are searching for him. He appears
at times bercfl of his uniform, and near
ly in 4 nude slate, and at other times
having his clothes tied about lis person,
and thus far has Guided tie vigilance of
his pursuers.
A London court has decided that a
cigar case and a tobacco pouch are neces-
sarics for wife of the period. She hadsI
I....,.rLt tLn,r, fcr. her lnunr- and the hus-