The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-25

A story is told of prominent man liv-
ing near Delavan, Wisconsin, who, think
ing his wife on her death bed, made pro-
positions to a widow, who had disinterest-
edly dropped in to comfort him in his
sorrow, looking to their speedy union after
the anticipated funeral. Unluckily, how
ever, the sick woman heard the conversa-
ton, and the effect it had upon her was
most wonderful. Her anger rose, and 30
did she. Jumping out Of bed she told
her astonished husband that she was not
dead yet. "No, not by 10 means" and
she has left no occasion unimproved since
then of convincing her unhappy husband
of the truth of her assertion.
THE Mormon community in Utah has
just lost its Oldest inhabitant, one Mrs.
Mary Phillips, veritable mother in Israel.
She was ninety-eight years Of age, and had
enjoyed the blessings of Mormonism since
their first revelation by Joseph Smith.
Under their benign Influence she had
flourished like the green bay tree. She
had twenty-one children, and carried on a
farm of her own for many years, raising
cattle and corn for the market by the labor
of her own hands. What fractional part
of the wife of saint she may have been,
we are not informed, but her worth seems
to have been appreciated, for we are told
that "sixty-one we'll loaded wagons and
carriages, besides seventy horsemen," fol-
lowed her to the grave as funeral pro-
cession.
The iswelry store of John Gordon, in
New London, Conn, was robbed on We'd
nesday night of gold and silver watches
and other goods to the amount of $4,000.
Entrance was effected through trap door
in the sidewalk, into an adjoining candy
store, thence by cutting through board
partition to the jewelry store.
The engineer of the shoe factory at Hop
kinton, Mass, who shot and wounded
three Of the Crispn strikers who made an
attack on the factory, has been bailed in
$4,000 for trial, and reinstated as engineer.
Two children of Daniel Crowley, at
Moundsvile Wisconsin, were poisoned by
eating wild parsnips on Monday. One
died in lew hours The other is regard
ed out of danger.
All the ladies of Cincinnati are saying
30, my p over female infant born in that
city on Wednesday, and weighing precise
ly one aud half pounds at its birth.
A French author has satirically address,
ed book to civilian l., King of Prussia
by the grace of God, and Emperor of Ger
many by the eHusion of blood"
A number of employees Of the Chicago
and Alton railroad, engineers, fremen,
conductors, &C., have recently been sus-
pended on account of business being light.
The human hair" exported from
Bohemia to the United States during
1870 represented the value of $S,545.
The religious societies Of France are said
to be the possessors of property to the
amount of 500, 200, 900.
A man who assisted at building the first
brick house in Chicago died recently at
Springfield, Missouri.
There are 10000 real estate owners
in the United States, two-thirds of them
being farmers.
They have an imported Percheron horse
near Allentown, Pa, that weighs 100
pounds.
During the past Eve years twenty-seven
of Brigham Young's mothers-in-law have
died.
Seventy officers of the army are sta
toned in Washington at this time.
It costs the United States government
$9,388 month to occupy Alaska.
A dentists Office may, not Improperly,
be called bis drawing-room.
Garibsldi has seven grandchildren.