, 1870-06-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

achieved, OF the dearest hopes Of our country
and our Zion must fail to be realized.'
AflSOELL4ANE0U Us. b, >:
In Spain this years crop Of wines, gra1n,; !
oranges, figs, and especially OF Malaga grapes,
is greater than has been known for years..
A child's nurse at Oakland, CAL, has been
sentenced to Bi1 months imprisonment for
beating her charge.
a Strange team was lately seen in 4 field
near Atlanta, Ga. II consisted OF white man
OF unusual Dimensions harAcssed to q plow,
and female Of African descent driving and
steering the implement. =,
San Francisco ia excited over pony Win
two tails, from China.
A blind bcggar Of New York city adver-
tises for hoy to lead him about tho streets,
and offers liberal wages for tho service.
"A woman in War1on, Pa, while IN the act
Of pu,ting her child to bed, recently, found 3
laree blacE-snake coiled up under tho bed
clothes. When tho snake WAS killed it was
found 10 measure five feet in length.
Paris owes s.o9, 400, 600, and is still run-
ming III debt.
"a celebrated physician says that IT is cake
that ruins tho teeth, and not candy, as il gen-
-'fhe Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Quebec
has made an appeal for aid for the Saguenxy
sufferers i,y tho late disastrous fire, saying
that C55 families, embracing ,595 souls, Lave
lost their houses. barns, furniture, clothos:
agricultural implements, animals, dc, not
even saving tic grain Gown in the earth.
"a pajnser in Pittsburgh, while ut work on
the tot, Of = ladde. at the third story OF
house, on Thursday last, fell, the round
breaking. His fall broke seTeral other rounds,
er, and wss precipitated forward through the
second story window, and fell spraWlng,
not seriously injured, on the floor Of tho room.
The Loss Of Life says: more quarrels
ariso between brothers, between sisters, be-
tween hired girls, between school girls. be-
between hired men, between husbands and
wives, owing to electrical changes through
which their systems go By lodging together
night after night, under the same bed clothes,
than By any other disturbing cause. There is
nothing that viii so derango the nervous sys-
force as to lie all night all night in bed with
person who is absorbent in nervous force"
Tho New River Company, which helps to
supply London with water, has been in exist
enco two hundred years: Tho Original cost Of
sum at that time. There were seventy-twp
shares, half Of which Sir Hugh Middleton, who
started the undertaking, had to hand over to
the King, James the First, for pecuniaEy as
eistance he bad given the enterprise It is
uretlv good ipycatment-one ahAre now pro-
ducing II 500 per annum, and among those
Int ely sold Was four-tiftl1s Of Kings share.
OF King james Ahare tfiirty-si1 descended 70
llis eon, Charles the First, who sold them lor
f500 year, which sum is still paid under the
natne OF the Kings Clog Tho capital 81
me- company is now over f2.500, ,00o, and it
supplies about 114,000 houses with 2a,7oo
t.afjons of water,
-Tbe number of divorces granted in Con-
uecticut in 1863 was 49l, q greater number than
| in any one OF the ten years sinco tie stonstlSa
were recorded: There was ono couple q.
I - ~, ~
the State. OF the 49l divorces granted, 16a
| were on the petition Of the husband, and VT
on petition Of the wife. The Causes alleged
for the petitions for divorces (many petitions
giving several causcs) are Adultery, 137 ;
fraudulent contract, 5 cruelty, LA inten1.
nerauce. I9; misconduct, 254. :
The New York Commercial Adre,tise'
saws: "Duripg the season Of 18G9--70i it is es,
tinated:that sd, 200 barrels Of lager beer wore
manufactured in the b1eweries OF this city nnG
vicin;tv. reprcsenting a money value oi
~ sOIG' 745. Froper Deductions from tho tota
| number of inhAbitants-women, children
temperance men, etc,-leaEe stead,
beer-drinking popu1ation within the circle o1
about twenty-five miles In dam ster, with tht
City HILL for centre, Of 4J5, 900 persons, Will
consumption for each of about sixty galloni
per gear. Tho amount Of money spent IN re-
tail for beer is also somewhat astounding, Re
drcing the number or gallons na given above
there is drank the apparently enormous guam
tity Of 419, ,76o, 600 glasses in this city and tA
immediate vicinity described. Ihe pf1e
1sy a easapon is deat reta
| orer fha counter-iB five cents Der glass, max
inc a total amount Of nearly e2l, ,000, ,6OO, 0
r. mora nrecisc- a20. .9HS, ,O06. (which 425, 90
.o,aons nar nnt ner yea- for the luxury 0
t,,;a refresTnent. All ayarago Of nearly $50
.aas s-
5e~ .,,~;7:ra - t,,o row yo,
+,,i!e ut1S. u.J, aH.u Eno,'1:,s i, fni1 nm;
tn-ne - snrnnr,ntod s,r m ornToasiyo ereo
r7,,n,n enta-ei tha neIicn ~ tha Nritigg, Cousu
md ;non;rcd for Wr. Arcbihaii. Tie cuArlia
Of thc SntSrosts Of Great britain in New Yor
wns informeil that Nj. Edwards, the Vice Cor
snl was nrnBent. TLe warrior then observed
II have to inform ron, Sir, as the immodias
representative OF Blitiah interests in this city
that for oyery one OF my captured country
: mems lives that shall be taken in Canada, til
lives Of ten Britieh subjects shall answer i
the United States:" Having said which, th
Fenian took his leave.
About thirty Cuban ladies met on Monday
at the st. Julien Hotel, Now York, to adoE
some plan whereby all tho ladies' OF tho cit
irrespective OF nationality, might 90 unitea
help on the struggle for independence in Cubs
J | The ladies', disgnsted Will; the slow and fut1
efforts OF Cuban gentlemen, resolved on
combined eIS1t Of their own, and propose, .
. 1neans of raising funds, to hold grand IA
on the 9Th Of September next. Mrs. Wills
Sse ths g lssis s",t =. sqk as
., der to become acquainted with the use Of fire
aTms, and after she has sufficiently drilled he
recruits, If she cannot induce the Cuban GET
, temen who spend their time promenadin
,, b1oad%ay ana "s14ne letters TO tue papers
50 to Cuba and light, she will lead her arn
Of Amazona there and drive every Spaniard o
the Island.