Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-09-10
FACT AND FANCY.


DURING 1869 there were 80 900 deaths by vio-
lence in England.
OSE hundred thousand settlers entered Kan
sas in the year 1869.
In Virginia the oak is said to be dying out,
and the poplar succeeding
FIvE-sIxTss of the American railroads have
the four feet eight inch guage.
TnE George Peabody statue in London is now
complete, at cost Of $40 ,000'
ACCORDING to the census returns the popula-
ton of Marysville will probably aggregate about
$500.
The Prussiau Government, it is said paws
SOU 600 Il year 10 the political spies whom 1t
keeps ~ Paris.
CAR lead of machinery for the Sacramento
Valley Beet Sugar Company, has arrived from
the East by rail.
A.CtNCtNNA1I gentleman offers to contribute
500 ia gold to Prussia every week during the
continuance OF The war.
CoNs NscIENcE-srIRCKEN New Jersey tippler has
entered It complaint against himself for drunk
rnneSS, and PAID lhc fine.
ONt of the RUE, Of the Philadelphia free bath.
is That no person shall remain in the water Ion
ger Than twenty minutes.
IT is but FIVE years since ntro-glycerine was
introduced. During that time it has been the
direct cause Of 700 deaths.
VOICE comes from Washington Territory say
ing, " Send MS wives - And thousand un-
happy Benedcls respond, " Take ours"
IT is stated that Daniel Webstpr's head grew
larger as his intellect expanded, and he had to
change the size of his hat every few yenrs
A LADY, in reply to some guests who praised
the mutton her table, said " Oh yes my
husband always buys the hest he is great
rpicac."
TmERe is a farmer in Yorkshire who has mile
of children. His name is Furlong, and he has
four hoys aud four girls, Eight lurongs make
one mile.
JAMES FISK. JR., has just built at Concord
New Hampshire, another showy carriage, cost
ing % OOO 1t Is to be drawn by six horses,
with harness costing $4,000.
A WOMAN lecturer says that woman's sphere is
-' bounded north by her husband, on the east by
her baby, on the south by her mother-in-aw and
on the west by a maiden aunt"
THE wire Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company was completed to San Diego August
20th, bringing our most southern port into in
slant communication with upper California.
POUND of fried meat, says one who has stud
led up the matter, does not contain so much nu-
iriment as four ounces Of boiled meat nevertbe-
less, many people will have their fry-and dys-
pepNia
HINT for Mr.. Schenck. Swift at one time
proposed to put tax on female beauty and TO
rate her charms. He said the tax would
he cheerfully paid, and would be very produc-
tive.
The corpse of the late King of Siam was
burned al Bhnok ou the 9Th OF May last in the
presence OF tue new monarch, the mobiles BONES
and ministers The pyre was lighted by the
present king.
TAKE man from Adam down to April fool,
1870, and would respectfully ask IL Ihare Il
single paShnn ov his n'tur, up to date, that you
kan take the halter ov civil law oil from and
turn 1t out TO grass?
IT is rumored that the friends of Ex-senator
John Conness are making an effort in the East
to secure his appointment as the collector of the
the port Of San Francisco the position now
held by T. G. Phelps.
BE not vacilating in your purposes lei not
every bright meteor that shoots across your
path attract you TO new aims. This would be
10 make your life but us whirlng sands born
about by every fckle wind.
A NEVADA merchant closed his store and went
TO Grass Valley. While absent, mischevous
urchin tied piece of Grape to his door and
when Mr. merchant returned he found arrange
ments made for his funeral.
a KEROSENE lamp explosion occurred recently
at Rocky Mount North Carolina, setting fire to
n blanket, which was hastily thrown out of the
window. 1t turned out, however, that baby
was wrapped up in the blanket, and died of the
fall.
TUE County Auditor and Treasurer of Sacra-
mento, during term of two years had over
three-quarters of II million dollars pass through
their hands, and a careful examination of
their books, only a variation of one cent could
be found between the two accountants.
IN a Chicago divorce case now on trial, the
husband alleges that Caroline had, on several
occasions, ba'en him. spit in his face, thrown
hot water onS.iim, and on one occasion kicked
him down stairs. The Court seems likely 10
grant the prayer of the poor, ill-treated husband.
The records of the French War Office shows
that during the first half of the eighteenth cen
tury, ending five years after the day of Fontenoy,
four hundred and fifty thousand lrishmen died
in the French service aud that during the last
half of The century one hundred and fifty thou
sand lrshmen fell in battle under the banners Of
France.
COLONEL WILLIAMS, OF the Lighthouse Board,
made a final examination of Blossom rock on
Saturday. The water was found to be twenty
fonr feet deep at all points the debris having
been washed away and the loose rock removed.
Colonel Won Schmidt can Of course now call on
the Government for S75, 900, the contract price
for removing the rock
A TRAVELLING insurance agent had been ex-
planning to Western pioneer the advantages of
an Insurance policy. Pathfinder mused mo-
ment in grave silence. and then said: - See
here. mister, have lived out in this country
now twenty-five years, and have bucked agin
most all the games they've started but darn me
to beat the bank