, 1870-07-15


and abutting on the stream, It ia need
less to add that it destroyed everything in its
course. The following is list Of the parties
whose crops are total ruin-most OF whom
were dependent on their crops for support
and are left without anything; G. &. Blake,
Rock bush. A: Lasocquc, Peter Young, Cap
Oliver, John Lyon, Lake Peterson i and part. part
ner, and Jos: Macon. The cloud broke orer
Mr.. Bush and Captain Haw1ey's farms, where
hail Lag ten inches deep ut noon the next day,
although the sun WAS scorching hot. Cattle
were knocked down By it, and suu-iowcr stalks
were cut into threads.
MISCELLdNEOHS US.
An exhibition Of feminine work OF all
kinds il to be opened in November at Flor
ence.
DR.. Wolf, Of Zurich, and other Eurorean
eavans, are setting on foot movement IN IA
vor OF the decimal division Of time.
An infant was recently found in tho sto-
mich Of huge catfish csught IN the Tennes-
sec River, near Chattanooga.
Brick tea is q common Russian beverage.
It is made of the dust OF tie tea plant pressed
in the form Of bricks.
"A man living in Boston Highlands, by GUS
pending small silver bell to tho neck Of his
cat, prevents, By the sound, that household
pet from destroying the birds in his garden.
"A man in Meigs County. Tenn, recently,
while STOPPING to gather shcaf, WAS struck In
the forehead BY rattle8nake, and died in two
hours.
"A lady in Michigan writes to the New Bed
ford Shipping List for information OF person
who "sniled from somewhere On q whaling
voyage, between 1895 and 1906" She supposes
tho port either New Bedford, Nantucket, or
New buryport.
SOME dastardly fellows fred into apsrty
f~H14 t3.n
Fourth in hall at Lebanon, Kentucky, and
caused a general breakage Of legs and arms in
the panic which ensued.
"A lawyer called on Kentucky editor and
told him lie mnst rctract some uncomp1iman-
taty words or fight. There was no retraction,
were black and his nose bloody.
An analysis shows that cotton seed is q
highly concentrated food, and il richer in
lesh-producjng elements than corn, but some
what inferior to corn as fat-prolucer.
"A Now York lady received, among her
wedding presents. three sewing machines, sl1
Boston lady had tweDty-one pairs Of silver
salt cellars among lcr bridal prosentB.
1t costs three cents lesa to raise pound
of cotton now than it did before emancipation
was proclaimed. There is still . prodt OF
$3.50 per bale Of 450 pounds. or S9O, 900, 900
on crop Of 5000, 900 bales. This is exclusive
charges Of middlemen.
AN Alexandra Va.) ruf1ian, tho other day,
seeing two little negro girls on the opposite
side Of the street. eIc1aimed, "Wel, til kill
3 nlgger," and picking up q stone thrpv it
with fatal aim, striking one Of tho children,
Who t3ifM il il tho hours.
AT Les Apgelos, California, couple Of
women are creating sensation by holding
impromptu prayer meetings in the bar-rooma
Of that town.
According to recent English decision, the
word patent has come to be applied in com
mon language to yarious manufactured arti-
c1es, as descriptive Of particular quality with
out any reference to ''letters patent" and
hence Court OF Equity will protect the use Of
the words ''patent thread" as part Of the
trademark on an unpatented article.
"A Boston lady, now studying medicine at
the High School at Zurich, is said to be con-
slant surprise to her Professors on account OF
the extraordinary nerve exhibited By her ut the
clinica and post-morten examinations Of the
institution. There are eleven other girls in
the same class, but most Of them got rather
nervous when the blood spurts freely and the
saw is kissing through the bones.
The semi-annu1l review OF tho commerce
Of San Francisco to July !, 1870, furnishes The
following interesting statistics: Arrivals of
vessels, SIS, 900 tons: foreign imports, in cus-
Iency, e1o, ,oo0, 900; FREQ good. ria Panama,
:6,1o3, 900; frcights paid sailing vessels from
collected, 81, ,00O, 900; internal revenue. % 81
Gs5, 900; exports Of merchandise By sea, &C.
100000; exports Of treasure, 9l7, ,950, 600; ar-
rivals Of passengers BY sea, IL, 700; Iepaft-
uree, $3.50. Tho arrivals by sea and By rail-
road arc estimated at $4,000, against is, 600
departures.
Tho Hon. Hiram Appleton, Of Mystic,
Conn.,, recently forwarded a letter to neigh
boring town, requesting the Postmaster to de-
liver 1t to any respectable attorney" After
ten days it was returned with the significant
endorsement: "None here
The women Of Bengal arc coming forward
to assert their rights. A yesnacular paper has
been started under the narne Of Bungo Mohid,
which may be interpreted, The Girl Of Dor-
ga]," and this paper is bona fide edited BY
Hindoo lady. Another lady, tired Of the re-
straints and monotony OF domestic life, has
turned highwayman.
Among the petitions recently presented
to the Fench Corps Legis1atif was ono from
an Algerian, who asked for = pension 70 ~
siat him in supporting tho miaety into which
the occult influence OF q magician had plunged
him and a Frenchman Of Lot-et- g. Garonne de-
manded the Introduction throughout France
and all its possessions Of tho manufacture
and use Of Illuminating gas, coal oil, petro-
leum oil, and the electric light. =
The boston Directory, for 1870, il q vol
uma Of ZIG pages. It contains the names Of
81. .G9G persons. an increase Of B,203 over 1859.
In compiling the Directory. 20,603 names were
ernscd from the volume for 1869, and 2B8lG
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This Will be 40 bushels to tho acre; and, il
correctly reported, il worthy Of noto. II is
added that TeES heavy cropa hasc been raised
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hv I Sir john Jnhn Dnke nj Caiar;ira thai tbe so1;ctor Gcu.
er,i in cross~oram;n,nv y .js1r witneaa n,i,n
aatiy refnsed to state he2 are a1d in rnr,,v r.
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fhe IsiIv wns nhtlnratc aha vonjd mt toii hcr
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cfnded viii, tba aescrtion that ths Enc];sh i,,g
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S;r John Duke Co1eridra WIS entiraiy baf,5si
ternpt to obta;u au anewar. Oh this state oj
fsnts the nnestinn fos hecn askaii yyhatha1
tha sp;tr eaa !v.a r;pht in bnr 1aosI nos+;nn nn;
srhether fho laws NJ Tnriani recornize thf
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