Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-17
FACTS AND FIGURES.

BEGG1Na in Rome, save on the steps of
churches, is unlawful.
CALIFORNIA has abolished the law, pro-
hibiting Sunday theatres.
TOBACCO costs the citizens Of New Or
leans three times as much as bread.
SAMUEL GosLIN lives at Girard, Pa,
aged 9O-almost old enough to be called
goose.
A BERLIN professor says that all chill.
dren are born with blue eyes the darker
hues come later.
REV. DR. OsGooD estimates that per-
son can make trip to Europe for 50 in
gold day.
THE construction Of iron buildings is
largely on the increase In our leading
American cities.
SENATOR CAMERON has recently fallen
heir to 81, OO0, 900 by the death Of his IA.
Their. n-law, James Mccormick, of Harris
burg.
SOMEBODY has stolen the only hearse in
Pennington, Conn, and the authorities
offer reward Of $25 for its return with
the thief in it.
In 1850 the census placed the total num-
Der Of negroes in Kentucky at 236, 1877
in 1869 the State Auditor reports only
40, 445 in the State.
A coLoRED man died recently in Brazil,
at the age Of $50. He could remember
events occurring in 173O, two years be.
fore the birth of Washington.
MARYLAND has three hundred and
seventy three square miles of oyster beds,
ninety-two of which are closely covered,
and the rest scattering.
THE names of S4j new members were
presented for election to the Young Mems
Christian Association of New York, on
recent evening.
OVER a thousand houses have been built
in Charlotte, N. G., since the war, and yet
the population is increasing so rapidly
that more will soon be necessary.
A FIRM in West Gardiner, Me-, have re-
ceived an order from New York for TWEEN
ty-four thousand bat. sticks, for the use
of base ball players, which they are rapid.
ly filling.
In New Orleans there is man Of whom
the papers say "He commenced his
career as pirate 102 years ago, and now
at the age of 1lS he is dock rat and
river thief"
AT tuC luucEdl VI u yOuuk az
Chester, VT, the other day, six young Ia
dies, appropriately dressed for the occa-
sion, acted as pall-bearers, and sang
dirge at the grave.
A MAINE paper enthusiastically des-
cribes the courage of one Of its subscribers
who cut hole in his burning store, and
pulled out 81 firkins ofbutter with his feet
before it had melted.
A EUROPEAN traveller says that II cost
SIC in New York to take his family and
baggage to the boat, and that very much
the same service was performed for him
in Paris for $3.50.
A LECTURER at Fort Plain, N. Y, who
did not appear to suit his hearers, stopped
and offered to refund the money to those
who were dissatisfied The Hall was
cleared in eleven minutes.
FoNTANA, the Paris singing master, who
committed suicide, broke several nails
from the wall by his weight, and was final
ly forced to hang himself to strong
hook only three feet from the ground.
THE Fat Mems Association of New
York have provided, in their constitution,
that 200 pounds shall be the admission
weight, although falling off shall not
be good cause for expelling member.
THE fight offs hawk, when its powers
are fully exerted, has been calculated at
$50 miles an hour of the cider duck, 30
miles. The American pigeon will fly q
mile q minute, and the albatross 90 miles
an hour.
IT lisa curious circumstance that one Of
the heaviest men of the Convention OF the
fat men Of Maine, bears the name ofSmall,
and that another but little lighter, Is
named Littlefeld. One Of the heavy
weights there is named Rounds.
THE champion jumpist in Massachu-
sets claims Newburyport as his place OF
residence. One day lately he arranged
seventeen barrels in a row, and jumped
from one into the other without stopping,
through the whole number.
TIE Empress Eugene sold lately the
dresses she wore during her Eastern trip.
$50 in number, with great collection OF
hats and bonnets, ut auction, for the bene-
fit of her orphan school, but they brought
very small prices. The best dress in the
lot, Of rose-colored satin, sold for about
see.
A COMPLETE catalogue of the works OF
George Cruikshank, the eminent engraver
and artist, has been published, from which
it appears that he has been engaged on
4,81S works of art, comprising 1857
etchings, 1903 woodcuts, 70 glyptographs,
90 Autographs, besides illustrations OF 400
books, tracts and class-books. %
THE vicissitudes Of fortune were sadly
illustrated in New York few days since.
A Mrs. Disbrow was buried in the Pot
ter's-field, who only few years ago was
leading New York bclle-who wore her
$4,000 worth of diamonds, and was beau
tiful without them. Now she fills pau.
per's grave, at the age Of 20.
EMILE OLIVIER, the French Premier,
receives his friends only at breakfast, goes
out at half.past !, and when he dimes st
home, returns at Z. He goes to bed early,
and rises at 9 or o'clock. He drinks
nothing but water, never smokes, seldom
goes to the theatre, and only TO hear
music. He has never, hitherto, given din
ner parties or soirees.
THREE enterprising lads who live In
Trenton, N. j., and whose ages range
from IL to 16 years, have hit on Q rather
novel winter amusement. They have .
miniature telegraph wire stretched over
the tops of the L0uses and connecting
their homes. AL the apparatus Is of their
0vn c0nsfructiOf and though quite rude