The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-01-13
SGNDRIES.

Wolves are announced " an extinct
race in New England. iss
! Wild pigeons were never seen in the
Rocky mountains.
There are now about 50,o0y miles of
railroad in the United States.
The eolored Roman Catholics are a
numerous body in Washington.
California is building street cars with
compartment for freight and dogs.
The new Russian uniform is said to
be the richest ever worn by an army.
Eight of the foreign diplomats at
Washington are married to American
wives. t.--.
Horace Greeley, in recent Tempe
rance lecture, declared that New York
has 6, 600 rum shops.
The idiots throughout the country
send $780, 600 per month to the swind-
ling firms in New York.
Anold maid, speaking of marriage,
! says it's like any other disease-while
there's life there's hope. is -
New Mexico wants no unmarried
Christian ministers, because they spend
so much time in dress.
There will be fifty-three Sabbaths in
| the year 1871, the first and last days Of
the year being Sunday.
A model surgical operation-To take
the cheek out of ayoung man, and the
jaw out Of woman.
"What is home without a mother"
as the young lady said WHEN she sent
| the young lady to chop wood.
Duke Aosta has officially notified
the deputation of the Spanish Cortes
of his acceptance of the crown Of Spain,
There are 2s4 loaves of bread made
! from barrel of flour, which, at ten
cents loaf, would yield $29. 40 a barrel.
A Connecticut paper knows of seven
persons i'm that State who have burned
themselves to death this year by smok-
ing IN bed.
A farmer in Woodbury. county, Iowa,
came upon bed of chips thirty feet
below the earth, as lie was digging a
well, the other day. sui5., llfss-g 4
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry is,
authority for the statement that bOrax
yet discovered. t- --s....s
! In Wisconsin divorce suit, the wife,
who was seeking to he separated from
her husband, was upon the witness
stand six entire days. 49, ~
/, A leading statesman said he never
paid any attention to lies and ISLANDERS,
J because five could he Invented whilst
he was disproying one. - as}e 7.
+, A little girl wants 10 know. if tleas
tIt...lka talH IIpr
that /" Mary had little lamb with tieas
! As white rs SHOW" -. --fir. 1ss.
Religious liberty is TO Le assured
] throughout Italy. The Minister of
! Foreign Affairs pledges the Govern
ment 10 the support of tlle broadest tol-
Grafton. -f
a writer in an English paper says
| that an effort will be made to acciima-
i tize the fire-fy in England. That
beautiful insect is entirely unknown
! there. 81
The Queen of Holland has offered
Mr.. Motley the free use of fine man
! sion at the Hague, in order that he
may complete his history of the Meth
erlands, which he has accepted.
, Itappears there is no prospect Of a
+ RECONCILIATION DctWeeu senator summer
and tie handsome wife he married
three years ago, and with whom he
parted within year after the glorious
marriage.
Near the ruins Of 'rhebes, III Egypt,
! is lake called The Purple lake, from
the fact that its waters at u certain pc
riod annually assume purple tint.
The cause Of this phenomenon is unex-
planned.
In the Antarctic seas there are sea
! weeds which have stems about twenty
feet high, and with q diameter so great
that they have been collected by mari
ners in those regions forfuei, under the
belief that they were drift-wood. They
are as thick as mans thigh.
Father Farrell, pastor ola New York
Catholic church, stated to his congre-
CATION, on Sunday, while submitting to
them the proposed address to the Pope,
that he objected to it, and being an
American, would not raise his arm " to
restore any king under heaven to bis
throne"