, 1870-04-19

1lCAGO TRIBUNE.
Francisco are the following: The op-nine of
MontEomery avenue, it ia eatmated vii eost
Sl.ooo,etn; the erection Of buikhnafls .ionr
tne Easet front OF the city will cost Ell .O0o. COS
.1 soo tn9 11eoaon of New Montsoucsy etYcct
.an.ooen Mncon Ill! will coat another e5oo, ,0O0
and q, 800 900 Of the proceeds dsvntas AZ ~ eaa w
erection ct dty hall On tho reeidus ~
,,-lhe in1ts Pioneer notices 4 vory rsnnsrk.-
o!o caee winch Was lately tried 1t Lueknov. 4
Aahometan eued for the restoration OF thu
peison s = OF na VIE for Thon it Wa contended
having embraced Christianity. In onen conTt
tho woman made i full profession II har nev
faith. The case WAS decided in f.ynr NJ tho
plaintiff Tho woman is said 10 have been bar
tlzed On the sa1ne day Is her mother ana 81
ter. "7-" 016
Tho Quebec Mercury is very much di,,u,-
bed by the proposition in the Dominion Par
lament to tap tho ST. Lawrence AL Tach;ra
and divert the whole tide Of the Western tr.dss
1Eto the lap Of New York, Lake cta g,atunisin.
n ooaghs over such a1ieida1 scheme as tie
1augtnA"s6a Canal. and, In N interval of
the patu1ytm, e1ca1ms sfBetter to shsn7on
tho country and strike our aag forthwith. thsn
consent to become the bywsy OF Snw YorI
anu The bsword Of III ahfewd counmereiaI
"A gentleman vas robbed in the streets Of
San Francisco on Sunday night, tho Sd it1st.nt
ny three men who lay in wait for Lina M
having firmly lassoed him. knocked lin down
and dragged him away from the thnrnnrh.
iAre. Az his ar1un wero pinioned. ho cotfId not
resist, while they riaed his pockets. Tina1Iv
tae thieves stripped him almost entirely of
his clothing, and left him in that Interesting
condition in the street to make l.is w.e hnrnss
As best be could. ASA'1o
lithofracteur is Of a deep blush color. Iesa,n.
LAng mud, about the coDsissency Of nuttv Il
put into hole drilled for the purnose,
MNnout tAInpsnng or covering Of any knd e1,
Il is h1ed By fuse terminating in 4 connet ei
cap, made esperiatlr for tho purpose. Wien
lighted = ith match it bu1ns ike wet naEier
and the danger Of its use is even n1ch fcss
than 6y ordinary powder, The lithofrscteur
y aaia 70 nave i've times the force of nitro
g'!cei1ne ard twenty times that Of powder.
from Montreal, reports the fcar Il tie Feuisus
IN that city to 10 intense. On Tuestlsy tho
dead walls were placarded with mammoth no
hcea 70 Americans 10 quit the CITY, Tuesday
night 500 men guarded the Montreal end Of
tue Victoria Endge to prevent surprise. Ro-
csGiting parties were parading the atreet. and
calling for volunteers 10 sepel The inTslers.
a large detective force has been despatched to
the states for the purpose Of asccrtainiuc the
designs Of the Fenians, and it wAs reported
t'At the Fenianb hare been moving inlo Cana
os ~ winter, and that an army viii spring up,
muahroom-lke, in night.
In Nora Scotia the number Of gold ,ninoa
N operation increased from 68 in Jan4ary.
1869, to 81 At the close OF the year, Tho au,ount
OF quartz raised soc1ns rather to hare dimio-
'shed but tho yield Of gold from it improved
during that time at lesst 10 per cent. Tho
g. .42i tons, yielding i, ,S6s ounces o! gold, or
nearly one-han ounce to the ton. This ia far
hctter than the quartz ct Australia, where
thfeeelEhths Of an ounce to tho ton is named
ah good result. The richest quartz in Nov.
Scotia: found in tho Montagu district, curioraly
enough gives the OK act proporton-sbout /
nia mines, the Eureka Of Grasa Valley, from
which more than ha1f million t,ol1ara was
taken in 1862 But in one diatrict on tho
islAnd the quartz only yielded two penny
weights per ton, and the London assays Of the
Hastings ores are equally divergent from each
other Two OF the latter, taken from tho aAtue
lots. varied from ZIG or eli to $3.50 per ton.
-Aletter from the Lon1on Daily Netcy cor
respondent in Rome gives an account Of the
expulsion from that city Of three English
ladies', under circumstances which are said to
hare excited great deal Of indignation Against
the Papal Government. On the eth ult., tho
ladicS In question recciSed visit from three
gcndarmes and i police agent in private
clothes, who made thorough search OF their
lodgings. Two data Afterwards they received
orders to quit Rome in twenty-tour houra, 3Ir,
Odo Russell and tho English Consul, 3Ir. Sey-
EN-, exerted themselves in the mstter, and
Cardinal Antonelli was communicated with.
The Pope himself Was appealed to, but Ill in
vain At the expiration OF forty-eight hours,
respite Of twenty~four hours haying bean OBJ,
timed, two OF the ladies' left Rome and wont
to Naples. Tho other LIS resolved not to
Leave until actually compelled. A rumor that
the indies had been engaged in adistributing un-
authorized Italian Bibles is emphaticallyS con-
tratlicted. No reason whatever Tor the oxpni-
Fion appearH to hAve been given. It Is Thought
that the order proceeded from tho Pope him
self.
Tho Washington E'pa5Gcnn Of the 18th
says: Among tho curiosities incident to the
sus Bureau IL the following: Ona Of the
young gents who went in to 50 through this
interesting ordeal, tho other day. took il in
this wiso: After sitting down at lilo table mi
taking a general glance ovcr the tables Of
asitimetical problems which, wcrc placed be-
his hat and responded, auiting tho action 10
tho word. well, 1t would require the President
q college to so through with these sams.
TIL bo id II l would not rather work on
railroad. Good byc.' and out he went. That
vas the last that has been seen Of lin. An-
other gentleman, Of good rtaeticsl ability, and
through the list, circulated, This is the
d.dest eweatho4 ever saw, and concluded
it had about Is much to do with the census a.
the old-Gnle problems which will be remcu1-
bezed in the back psu of Daboi's arithmetic"
Tho Syracuse n. - Journal OF tho 14th
says: ~ yeg renarkabIs phenomenon oc-
which We have ohtaincd the following part;cu-
Lars: tract Of land containing about ilaree
ncreR, lsiDg upon both sides Of tho highway,
and situated about four niles south Of Mar
ce!lus village. At placo called Ty1crs Hollow,
wsaa upheayod during the night Gy setae sab
hislocks as high and as large Is . house,
and hugo cracks and czaEasses wero opened,
which extend irrcgularlv all over il.
The ground where the tract crosses tho public
road WAS thrown into tho most fantastic
shapes, rendering the road impossible. Tho
notified Yesterday, and At onco proceeded to
visit the locality and to tako measures to re-
mir the road. Il IN supposed the earthuuxke
look place about midnight, hut no noise Wss
heatd in the vicinity, although sone iue1pli-
gable eonnds were reported as being heard at
noticed in the vicinity OF this remarkable o.
cause Of the uphcava1."
The Massachusetts registration report for
1868 is Just published In that year there we're
50, 1888 births in the State. In Berkshire,
Ma1orden, aidd1ese1., Norfolk. Suffolk, and
outnnmoercd the s'abies Of natives. In forty
three towns there wero no births OF foreign
Pa1entage. Tho marriages in 1868 wero 1855
complies. November Was the great rnar4ying
month. and sfteE that October, December, and
Iesfy June The fewest marriages we're in
March, and the next lowest months werc Au-
gnet and july. There were 234 males ma.-
ried under tho age OF 20 years: thirteen be-
tween 70 and 50 yeara; and threc Rtood up
at tho altar who wera over SO. Three fe-
malice over so years weEe Also married, and
soycu others oScr 20 Fea1s, while tho number Of
brides under 20 years WAS GS3. Two females
rntlcf 20 found llusl.ands over IS years OF age.
OF the hyiIes under 20, eight were married
the second time OF tho gifts married. three
wern IL; five were IL; twenty-si1 we're Is:
and one hundred and tlliItv-fivc we1o 1B.
There were boys married 1t the age Of 49,.
and thirteen boys wero but one year older.
\ girl Of II was married to i man mora than
th1ee tines her Own Age. Ihe oldest bzchr-
lor married Was GO. Two boys OF II married
widows OF 25: one youth Of q ma1sied-net
his grandmother-bu widow OF s.; and =
widnwer OF Is WAS married to = widow of c..
4 Wf1owet Of 81 WAS married TO twlce-mA1e
widow, who WAS oul5 20.
Personal.
Dalfo, tho composer, has been lnishted.