, 1870-09-19

RuSsih haS 900, 600 mobiles.
A town In North Carolina has three residents
each aged over 1o5
The cotton crop OF last year IS valued at over
sae5, col, ,ooo.
The mourning establishments are the on:y
fashionable shops on the paris boulcYar.ls which
do n thriving business
In Catoosa County, Ga, woman. recently
shouted herself to death uncC excessive religious
excitement
In Georgia. IN agricultural fair Is to give
premium OF $50 to the best printed newspaper in
the State.
st, Domingo is quite blue over small indso
crop.
The pala1s Royal, a new place OF entertain
ment, capable OF holding 1000 persons has recent
y been opcned In London.
~ ccnsus~takcr near Springfield. Mass, found
man who had forgotten the name Of one OF his
own children, and, after many efforts, gave up
trying to recall 1t.
lii. Russell, the Secretary Of the Board OF
Health OF New Orleans, publishes card denying
that there Is any danger IN visiting that city, and
asserting that its mortality since July has been
less than that Of any other city OF the United
Statcs IN proportion to population.
Two San Francisco BARRIERS engaged to fight q
duel, agreed to part and walk around block,
nnl when they got In sight Of each olher, to
bla2e away. When they turned the corner, ont OF
tons, and one has sent from Alaska for his winter
clothes, and the other has written to his wife
from she City Of Mexico, asking her to send his
linen has anu pa}m-leaf coat.
In New York, for some time past two won.
en- {neselbors] have had an i'll feeling, Last Mon.
day Que Of them gave IS to negro bog to ELL the
others daughter, q child on1y 5ea7s old. The
negro found the child playing On the Sidewalk.
and strucktt several times with great violence on
The back OF the head with an empty champagne
bottle, innictlng terrible Injuries, and leaving 1t
sense1ess and bleeding on the ground The necro
has been arrested, charged With murder, The
woman Who prompted tnc crime Is still at large
-Ine Boston Journal Of the leth SAYS: IA gen.
ueInan from New Hampshire, in speaking Of the
excessive drouth .hat Is at present affecting near
y the whole Of Sev England, relates that
farmer. an acquaintance OF his, who pastured his
cattle some two or three miles from nIs residence
anu *ho vistc'l them once week to see that they
were oil right in his visit to them last week found
the water ali glvcn ont and seven ot his best It.
lie dcatL Farmers In many sections Of Massacau-
sets are obliged 10 bring Tatcr for home use, as
well ns for their animals, at distance In some
cases CT three and four miles, Entess we are b1est
With speedy rain there will bc large amount Of
suffering IN New England
"A citizen OF Massachusetts, having undergone
very severe operation at the hands Of the sur
8euLs, MAS st11tn Nltn the CONVICTION thSt they
had removed all the internal organs from his
body, and left him mere anatomical shelf. All
Their protcstations to the contrary only convinced
him the more OF the peraay Of the whole medical
profession. They had stolen his v1scers, and didn't
intend he SHOULD know anything about II. Under
Inc circumstances 1t was, OF course, useless for
MIN to cat or drink, and he steadily refused to do
either. Food was administered to him while un-
der the influence Of ether, but he elected It I'M
ncdtatcly upon awakening. After lingering In
this condition for nearly month"; he died the 9TH
CT day in Salem hospital, bewailing bis stolen
vitaIs, and exccraung the thierlsh doctors. III
justice to the latter 1t should be added that the
gentleman IVES latoEtng under mistake.
AT a recent meeting of the New York Liberal
Club, Professor Van der Weyde exhibited pud-
ding, OF rather jelly, made ont Of an old boot.
He explained the process of Its manufacture.
Skins, be said, are nothing else but gelaune but,
after they are exposed to the action Of tannin,
they become leather, and are in that condition i-
soluble. II, however, the leather OF a boot
- pu! INTO close vessel with lime and water,
Whesc 1t can be subjected to the pressure from
r ne steam OF about two atIuoSnhcres the tann m