, 1870-07-23

The Neeker County .yaes has heard Of 4 pew
enemy to the potato-buE. A nelghbor noticed that
slmosr all the pQtato-bugs in bis garden had
aud short tine after. he Killed u
large striped snake With bis hoe, and foand thaI
was full Of he larve OF tho potato-hag~ 1t had
about cleared out the gaften. lie says he Will |
Kill no more Of those snakes.
KANSAS .....
New Chicago, twelve miles south Of Humboldt, |
said to be only I'VE weeks DID, and to contain l50
houses
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HLscELLASE0Cs
4 young man In Pittsburgh recently committed |
suicide by jumping on the roof OF his house.
III IA contemplated to employ coolies IN con.
Et1uctinR new railway to ruu out ut Ln~ell,
Massachusetts,
Diamonds hare recently Increased In value
OF 8 per cent.
1t Is said that the connecting link between the
animal and vegetable is hash.
The helmets worn By the London police are
''on the pattern Of thai worn hy Alexander the
Great"
a sEord-t1sh, weighing nearly two hundred
pounds, was recalled 10 customers Of the Fanuetl
Hall Market, Boston, lately, at 1slX cents per
pound.
The Second Advcnus,s of New York are
making preparations for tho second coming OF thu
sav!os. They say this event will take place this
the infa1libl1it7 Of the Pope.
"A writer In Dublin medical Journal says that
many sworn teetosallers In Ireland have acquired
THE habit OF Intoxicating themselves with eIher
The annual consumption Of the liquid In the region
l. about Belfast ls 1, 900 gallons
| new vaiye-slIde has teen iuveated by Hud-
sop, y. j.. man. which, It Is sa1, Will greatly In
| crease the power Of locomotives 1t will draT an
| urdlnsry passenger train At the rate OF eighty
| miles an honr, md save 20 per cent In fuel
The eonstabulary ip one or two districts IN the
County Meath, Ireland have discovered threaten
Ing notices posted against the use Of moving ma
chimes, and also against any person pulling down
| The nn1tcea-
i The Scw Orleans Times says: English ale
and brown Stout sold in England and Ireland at
1orty-nve cents per dozen, il retat1ed in New Or
leAns at nfty cents per bottle. Good case claEet,
sold In navrc at sesenry-nve cents per dozen, L.
srlaiietl In New Orleans at seveutT.1ye cents per
bottle. And yet We stand It."
| "A late English paper has m elaborate article.
entitled s' Beer Scientifically and Socially Treat
ed" The writer shows that the common people
Of that country drink chiefly beers aad aics which
have beca nt'nitesased with deletezsous drugs 4
great Increase ofinsany Is attributed 10 this statt
Of affairs, and an earnest argument ls made #
f1vor OF visiting sesere Punishment upon brewer
or publscans who thus poison the people
| "A E4Atl LULA FEA3+<A NJ AAa4'tAA1 1h4-
land, recently. An excursion train left that towt
| Tor Lincoln. at noon, and IN the evening tele
! gram wa4 received from Lincoln. asking for
! as.c.~r, wine, and han1ages to be sent immediate
ty, 7, war o. course, supposed that III accidcn
mad occurred to the excursion train, which tool
about one hundred persons from Halifax. an'
grcat excitement prevailed until the train return
cd In safety, few minutes after tta appo!nte'
time. The railway aulhot1tles arc trying TO dis
| cover the author OF the hoax.
An en,crpEistng newsooy has conc to gricf i
LondoD. A mercnant, the other night, v as walk
Ing along the STREET, Ehen his attention was al
tracsed by hearing the ncwsboy and another ma
shouting. s1mpoitlnt news-Death Of the Eupe
! rur Napoleon" He askcd to look a. the news
PAPER. offering him sixpence. The boy refused
said that he was selling the papers at q sh!lltn
each, aud that he had already sold twenty y-serct
The witness save shilling for one, AMI, 'ook!n
at 1t, found there was no news OF the xln,
| lie then followed the boy, gave him into custody
and he was relnanded for t1ial
"a certain man In Ripley, Me-, was about to b
married, and 80 distressed ras he At the prospcs
I that he TOOK two ounces Of 1audannm to avoid tt
{ Calamity. Dut the cxpectant bride twh0 n,
+ probably 3 widow was promptly on hand With
doctor, and tho poor Creature VAS pumped iuto
1T condition for the altar. Ooly fortnight befo
the ytc,lnl tiled to baug himself. but Was savs
= | lul LIE u1A VI lAC " A4u4GJ 'kAat4
: doTr.
:. The proceedings Of Lord Nor1hbrook's cor
u m,tec. which assembled at the British War Otlc
y | show tha. Sir Joseph Whltnorsh, Sir ". All
!. strong, aud Cblonel F. L. Campbell, R. A., Surt
iuteutcut Of the Royal Gun Factories, were cxai
med. and it Was resolved t*that an order be Civ
= for s5-ton gun, according to the design submit
t. by the Superintendent of the R0gal Gun Eacl
Is rcs; and TINT steps he taken to make trial Of
! properties Of the Whitwortn metal, II it can
- tfscnscd from Siz Joseph Whltwors.."
% In New York the decoration OF horses vi
N sEr-1y0uuets is being carried on thls suulmcr "
III Al elaboration that bids fair to convert the mar
featuring Of them into a separate branch OF 1'l
nesA Buctphalus' bonnet-esf,ch Is In TACT na
10 Is made OF various kinds Of c1oth, Is elevated abt
le an tnrA above the equine head, 60 as to alloy
III Tree passage OF air between, and corers the sps
between the animals cars, By which appepdss
lis kept in Its place by means Of two holes, Il
Cd give lodement to thusc oryrna- With the het
oftos. and acknowledged position Ia tue fashloua
IL world, theee hats are sometimes very elegant q
he costly Affairs, made Of expensive materials, 8
ty edged Ttth pretty fringea
10 | Tie ta-<td iuiskd announces tha. seve
~ Russian capitalists hare started the project o
r. Siberian railway. The proposed line is To be
ward OF 1900 miles In length, and the grea
~ part of Il will pass through desert tracts IN
Of Kions Ehtch arc covered with tee aud SNOW d
ea. Ing Ten months Of the year II Is to commence
10 Nitui Sovgtro<f, the market for goods from Sol
cru Asia, Persia, and TurEestau. The valne
led the goods brought to this market has, during
~ last ten years, averaged 1e5 ooo, ono rubles te
ooo,oto} per annu,n last year 1t Was 1ss,ooo
Oh rubIcs. Another important station on the FaiI'
me will lc the town Of Iro!t, at the junction OF
MIA rivers MIA and 1rb,ta. There Is u market b
ap "n,so ' sna t ,,ae @ os tho town Is yaiue
or ~ Go o4,o rubes The Ga.fta Puzsta says TINT
in 1al,w ay viii naa consilerG1'S 10 the coEn Sui
Ter. OF Western Europe, by opening comnunica
with Southern Sibcra, whose corn may CON
'e' successfully With the best qualities produce
the I,n,u,arr nnd America.