, 1870-07-17
California has = Chinese lawyer.


"a pLilaGelphia paper has for its editorial
corps father and his five SONS.
1T Ia said that upwards Of ,000. 900 gallons
Of wine will be produced this season IN Los
Angeles County. California
I'm Connecticut young lady celebrated
the Fourth by lending out her pet pooals dsea
The Newport Qs. ~ Daily Ecscs says that
there are twice as lnany guests 1t the hotels III
that city AZ there were II the same time last
year.
"A New York Judge and jury recently
spent day on \ case involving fifteen cents.
-MAzrhGeld, the gayorite residence Of Dan
;e! Webster, is becoming popular aumuer
resort 1t ia said that moro taaa !, 600 sisitots
have arrived ut Green Eatbo. in one day.
Jenkins has found ont ladies' gambling
house at S.rstoga, and describes its usagnii-
ceEco and fair habitucs-
There is q French librarian near Berklev
Square, London, who has taken the trouble,
for tho rale OF his female subscribers, 10
mark In his catalogue with All asteri.k all
thOHe novels which maMnA may allow her
daughter to read.
: -Ihree persons we're fatally poisoned near
Gettysburg recently, hy eating apple butter
containing Glazing which had become detached
from the preserve jass.
-Yelocrede races are reported from all
rafts Of Europe, and only short time since
Count Hoffmanseck made the distance between
Berlin and Dresden III two days and three
hours on a wager. Three days tinae had been
given him.
Tho Oil City oil producers, in order to
keep down the surplus ot oil, have pledged
themselves not to tegin upon any new wells
s,efore the first Of October.
Tho Chines8 shoeuuakers at North Adams
embrace several capital chess players. They
repay the teachings OF their young American
fr,eLdr hy insst11cting them III that ecieutlds
The TtiIaSelphia Poet says: " One Of the
most brilliant writer's III tho city, nov the edi-
tor Of one cf our best known papers. como
ten xearn ago uscd to write the seruaona Of \
clergyman II West Philsdelphia. for fve dol
| lars week
Austria. which has always been tinkefing
~ The ofiiciai tongue, ETC., has now decreed
| that the IoliAh language alone shall be uscd
At the university OF CTacow.
The Independent Rava: The c1reri-
.pent Of supplying locomotive with wafer
| while in motion has boon successfully tried On
| the Hudson River Railroad, uear Peekski1l. A
trough noariy \ qna1tcr of milo long WAS
| made. and the water scooped up in = pipe thst
was let down into it. By multiplying these
] trougha. aud avoiding stoppages, it is thought
| that train can be run from Sew York to
Chicago in about twouts-fiyc l'ours.
The cssenccs OF o4lorous plants-such a.
clover, mint, lavender. juniper, lemon, ber-
| Ismot-are stated by r1uf. Man.egazk u be
even more powerful in Developing oxoue in
| tunIleht than is phosphorus. lie stsgsstt
| 'hat such highly odorons plants should be
sscely planted about houses in n'iasmasic re-
! l;sous.
| A patent has been applied for in EnGlv,lt
for hollow iron curb, Of the same cxterna
| tlarc as the stone ones nox in use, for TIT
| reception, repair, anl maintenance OF telc
| sraph Nirts." This simple aeyire renders /
rasv to repair tho wlTrs without displaciug tlit
| I~tz on<3k knr kn 4
great improvement upon the unsightly post,
| which dishgure our streets.
! -Ar proof Of the statement that strychnin,
! aud ch1ora1 arc mutually antsgonistic ii ther
| t'rorcrties,a writer In the London Ehdrnacs1s
| ticdi journal reports that = dog OF his acci
tientsll~ took some meat With strychnine on it
| Ard he did not know it until the dog begtu K
show THE er2srns characteristic OF st.yrhuin
poisoning W'he, the Dig Was apparently dy
ing, il occurred to him to try clloral. Abou
! two-this,1s pf dram waro administered, 2n
, tho cure Was very speedy.
-Eomctimcs oar COMMON yellow butterd
eongrcgates about wet patches in 1ocka Of Soy
.ral hundreds: but this is nothing to. til
warns OF butterflies, rivalling the clouds Q
iocnsts, tLAt are soaesmea taet With IN Il,
':onics. Sit Emerson Tennept describe
.!iSh&s Of entteraies occurring in Cevaon" ~
areutly miles in breadth, and Of such prodie
;ouA extension n to occupy hours, and ere
.ayr. un:nterrupse.lls in t6e!r psseage" Ii
| rays. t 4 fricnd Of mine drove for nlue mile
through cloud of whitc butterflies, whicl
weza lassing across the road hy whiclA b
| went"
-Athaneas has celebrated vii case WIG
.sas been hanging in the cou,ts for shirtce
cars The jury At Marion, Ark, recontl
. brought in verdict for the defendant, she
| The opposing counsel demanded that the iudl
thonl Gauss tho jury to be polled and Il =:
accordingly 60 ordered. Ihrec nanea Ii
, rem called, and tue question, Ia this 50,
a scrlict:" addressed 10 The fonftli. = nj
l uttered Eeeu, sharp scream. "a il IN mort
: agony, Rnd dropped apparently lifelesa. Eve
E.snoTt vas u1adc TO restore him, h:l: At last .
counts he VAS still unable to speak, and t
! s1eat Will case Of LAcklAnd e. Jones is still
!, ..bcyanee. The doctors prououncs his disea
spople1y. II ls dies before answering t
, 1rcs,ion. the Whole case will have to be III