The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
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Utah has less than tive thousand five
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In Russia the telegraph is now Chief
ly worked by women.
Boston papers expect the census to
show for the consolidated city 270, ODs'
A, Trenton young lady of high family
has Just died of delirium tremens. r.
The greatest magicians of the age are
the paper-makers.a They transform
the beggar's rags into sheets for editors
to lie on. ..-..-.-- gsHft Oh 8" slte- -
Nicholas Longworth once purchased
the business portion of the city of Gin
cinnati for the value Of q horse. ''''''
loOf q man who recently died, 1t is
said, His name will be- remembered
wherever his deeds and mortgages are
known. ',fa a9Ss 81 iiF -1 til'6 ,'TleiiA II 10
Fifteen hundred Parsian hack men
have volunteered for the French. army
They are accustomed to horses, and in
charging" cannot be surpassed. q
Metz, theheadquarters of the French
army of the Rhine, is 170g miles, from
Paris. Troops can therefore reach it
from the capital, by railroad in about
five hours. ar 80 ~ ST.. ~ al Sffl- "a
The present crop of Virginia, this
year, Is estimated, at 4O0, 600 bushels,
while Tennessee raises 300, 900 bushels
and Georgia and Carolinas from 150, 600
to 175, 600. I,sibn'' IL =
The Cincinnati Oon,neercidl says:
The most destructive epidemic that has
ever visited this country is the census
of 1870. .Itsthas swept off 175, 600 in
Chicago IL itiy .-'ai ~ -
JOHN Morrissey's gambling house at
Saratoga, is to have apartments for la.
dies who q, ay be ambitious to 8 fight
the tiger" In this respect Saratoga
will outstrip Baden Baden before long.
A lady who refused to give after
hearing a charity sermon, had her
pocket picked as she, was leaving
church. On making the discovery,
she said - -, 4,
/" The parson could not find the way
to my pocket, but the devil did, 81
milwaukee is getting up great beer
festival. The best brewer is to have a
gold medal, and the biggest drinker
silver handled coffin. - .tsl-s az .ls,
Wall paper is printed IN all colOrs at
a single operation, and so rapidly that
a single machine will print fourteen
miles of paper per day."ot 'i'' 'h
1t is said the. Boston, Common is
splendid place to wander off and die,
there being a superstition among the
Bostonians that one gets from there
right straight to Heaven.
They say an Idaho girl puts on style
because she cleans her teeth with the
butt end of backing brush She says
she was brought. up to be neat, and
doesn't care what folks think. -
Nathaniel P. Thayer, of Boston, is
building hundred thousand dollar
dormitory for the students at Harvard
University. This is only one of his
many benefactions to that institution.
A nom German speaking census TAX
er in Teutonic New York district has
resigned. He found ever family NAM
ed Nichtsverstay, and that was all the
information he could gather. .,.,
A countryman in Detroit factory
bet The engineer dollar that he could
seize the fly-wheel and hold it. He
seized it, and was picked up. on pile
of bricks outside the building, with a
window sash for a neck tie.
A grizzly bear was killed recently
in California, that measured from the
tip of his nose to the top of his head
Is inches, and weighed over 600
pounds. It is. stated that he has des-
troyed more than 81 900 worth of stock
in the last two years. .' -. "'. ..7
In the bull-fighting days, a black
smith, who was rearing a bull pup, in
duced his father to go on all fours, and
initiate the bull. The canine pupil
pinned the old gentleman by the nose.
The son, disregarding the paternal roar
ing, exclaimed, Hold him, Growler
boy, hold him: Bear it, father, bear
it!-a'U be the making Of the pup"
Pa,rs Adrice.-" What! Mr.. NJ"
said wedding-guest to a clergyman,
don't you drink wine at a wedding?"
"No, sir" was the reply; 81 will take
a glass of water.r "But sir" said theOf.
ficious guest, "you recollect the advice
of paul to Timothy. to take a little
wine for his infirmity." 81 have no
infirnity," was the sententiots reply. i
Compositors in the New York Tri-i
b,me Office are fined ten cents for each
prOfane word uttered ON the premises,
the money so gathered being given to
the poor. One unfortunate chap, a
new hand, lost nearly weeks wages
one night, oveFabit Of Greeley's manu-
script.-.Sewdrt's Quarterly. n Z. a. y
An Irish officer, upon seeing a beau
tiful picture sketched upon wall in
America, exclaimed, at is a fine
painting, butsai was never done in
America" sob, sir,r says his friend
"don't you see it is OH a solid wall,
an / therefore must have been done in
this country" "Ah," replied he, ~
see that plain enough, but [ only meant
that the man who did it was never in
America" ,.'.-,,,-... 6. 80.
Several years ago, a noted highway
man was arrested in the South of Ire
land, and curiously drew, numbers to
the Jail to see the man loaded with
irons who had long been terror to the
county. Among others was banker,
whose notes at thet time were not
held i'm the highest estimation, who as
sured the prisoner that he was very
glad to see him there at last. The
highwayman, lookingup, replied, "Ah,
sir, did not expect that from you
indeed I did not; for you know well
that when all the country refused to
take your notes, took them" '-i
2 General b, had been, financial
agent to The penitentiary in Texas for
many years. Warmly opposing Gene
raj HoustOn's last election as Governor
of Texas, and not wishing to lose his
place, he, due time, preseated-epe-
tition asking to. be retained, his long
and faithful services being urged as a
reason for granting his prayer. at
appears from this petition, General"
said Houston, :" that you have been in
the penitentiary eight years. ,,5 g Yes,
sir" And you say that you have per-
formed faithfully every duty imposed |
upon you during that time ?" |" Yes,
sir" "Then, sir, I pardon you out"
The Cedar Rapids Iowa Tines says |
that, one day last week, a lady resid-
ing in that city was attacked suddenly
with severe cough, which continued
without intermission, and resisted all
attempts to suppress it, until she !
cOughed up, a singular-lOOking sub
stance, which, upon examination,
proved to be large-sized pin, thickly |
corroded, and having the appearance
of having been i'm its hidirg- place for
long time. What is most singular in
the case is, that the lady, though not
feeling very well, had no symptoms
the presence of any foreign
substance in the lungs, and she has