, 1870-07-19
afe Christians, snd hsyo been res,aent, =, mi.
country tor seyesa1 yeara v. '"''

ale Gnfishaus, ma hsvo been readents of this
country Tor seTeta1 yeaxa
-4Ae t1uauon Of the taI1hlc property of MaIna
spunn ~ 70 S419 ,es5,oN this Jear. an fnrnrsar NJ
eosroo' Wy slnce 1st9. The valuation ot n. rc,l
S4te u portland amounts to "a, ,&ao, ,s,7: tn nan,
XVI, 70 ss,s5l.ed in LextstoTn, to 3ss1aes9: In
.1'u' ~ so,s93,5s6; In Biddefo7l to ae3a 4oa. In
IN 60 ~ ~ s7,esl 10; Rocsiana. to $lals, Isl:
oa.o, 70 ss'l1e COO: In Belfast to 81, so.
49,. e Uu'el 1t< relates E1asTel1ons gtory, Il
e@3h tnht nj. Fatrer, OF that eltr. VIII er,nv i.
sa1Al cannon. at the side Of the river cn ~
souna, Aad By some freak took notion n mt m,
natcu aalo Ine nuzzle Of the gun, holding On n
Nus euA'n' Bang went the gun, and OF ren. thn
"aGor Tue oWneT knew NOT for a time wh,th.r
uat Has picked up during the day On the other
Nue y! lae tocneco, with no other damage. II Ia
sau' han being minus crystal, and Il now doing
Rood business as umeketpet.
-IaeJ ontE bounty for squirrel sesln, in
sautofna7 and one m1n In Contra Costa County
aAe a1ain 47e Of these spnghtly little anlmala. It
II sala t1As the Justices OF the Peace In that
county have received 10000 Of these Trophies
duHng the present BeSson, snd Issued certlaca.es
foT the payment Of the same.
III nas been generally believed that 4 featheY
oeo ~h5 suro protection from lightning. A
cucamssance which recently occurred In Green
oeld- Conn.,, Rcatterz this belief to the vtndt
nshmn2 entered the apartment Of VI. and
MT baaks, Iofe open the feather bed mon
Which tue paftea mentioned, with sua1l child.
nelo Aeepln9' and Set the bedclothes On utc:
Hnseo On Inc nsir md eye brown OF NH Banka,
pnSteFed her chest from thu nece town .n1
knocked her completely senseless. Mr. Bsuks
Has also momentattly stunned. but recovered in
time to e1un2ulAh tue nIe. The child. although
lying On ita mothers arm. Waa lot hurt.
line PfscEice OF abortion aud the Eyst.nattc
method o1 d!spostng Of infantA, iu New York.
whether OF legitimate Or Legitimate birth. has
'1tely been carried on to such.an alarming extent
aud In such 1agrant manner, that 4 nu,nber ri
numaniEa3ians In thnt city have formed a society
Tor the suppression Of infantclde,r y and we're On
Wednesday Incorporated as u society, The pro-
posal OF tne nc" society Is to bring before tudica1
tribunals those parties who daily and weekly si-
ve1use for the suppression Of all evidence Of INV
departure from the strict path OF y1rtue.
The report OF the Board Of the Boston Water
Department, for the year ending April 80, 1s,o,
states that the average daily consumptton of
water IN that city was lt,070,1oQ GALLONS.
hin8 an Increase OF sol ,ea3 gallons ore. the
previous year, caused principally BY the A.
ne1htou OF RoxburJ. The least average datly
consumption WAS II, COX. 600 gallons, In November,
ard the hsEcst, Is, SIS 900 gallona, IN July. The
income NOM water rn1es Was $ds3, ,sse, being
hA4 - s-'To"A o'ca Au1 PREVIOUS gear. 1de e1-
pentlsures were *'sa,oss. including es3s,17o In
tercst On the water loan. The excess Of e1pendl
tufe oscf Income was 81, ,sGs, against similar de-
deiency Of S16ot*o6 In the previous year. The
amount adled to the W4.er debt nnce the intro
duct4on OF the cochituate water,.by the excess Of
Interest and expenses over receipts, Ia ST. 3&a
The total cost OF the works, including tho annual
deficiencies, on Nay !, 1s10, amounts to -. $780,
The number Of wAter-t1kess in Boston Is 81 go,
and the number Of H1iel meters to measure the
consumption Il i,0s9.