The New York herald., 1871-02-06
G. NERAL N4Ws ITEMS.

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Gardening has commenced in Grimm, Ga
There five female clerks In the Kansas
| Legislature.
The wild geese are said to be beginning their flight
nOrthward
The Montreal import trade for eleven months
| shows an increase over last year Of $7,00o.O00
The Common Council OF Boston has reconsidered
its vote ordering the purchase Of badges for It's
III embers.
There we're s,9o1 certlncates OF intention of mar
riage Issued in Boston during 1870, an increase Of
III over 1869.
Commissioners recently appointed will begin
taking the census OF tue Dominion OF Canada the
Sd day Of April.
Nearly all the horse railroad companies In New
England cities are running sleighs Tor the accommo-
daton Of passengers.
The number OF births in Boston for 1870 as in.
dcted by the City Registrars books, was 8,O9z, an
increase over 1869 or 67S.
Mr.. Thillnan has brought suit for s1O 900 against
the WOmen's Medical College OF Cleveland Tor dis.
sectfng the body OF his wife.
The scientists at the summit OF Mount Washington
experienced gale Of ninety miles an hour on tho
23d, with the temperature at forty degrees below
Zero
Ebenezer Low, of Marshpee. Mass, died on Satur-
day week, aged 102 years. The New Bedford Mer
cn,y says:-"He was no relation to Lol the poor
Indian"
A Norwich (Conn.) woman, who ran a needle
into her foot year ago by accidentally stepping
upon it, recently had it pulled out from between her
shoulders.
John Bader a colored "hcro OF the Revolution
died in Cornwall, ontario, the other day at the age
OF los years IL should be explained that he "t" on
the British side.
A Chinaman in Sacramento has been fined thirty
dollars for killing fat dog, and In default Is to go
to jail for sixty days. The body OF the dog could not
be found
There are several snow shoe clubs now in full
operation IN Montreal, where tho taste FOR thas
many ana invlgorating exercise appears 10 be In
creasng year after year.
prominent dealer In Bourbon whiskey says tho
Kentucky dlstillers have now on hand fun two and
half years supply OF such liquor, for which there
IS ne remuneratlve market.
The bar OF Savannah, Ca, have joined In pro
test against Governor Bunock's judicial appoint
ments, especially that OF an incompetent negro as
judge OF the District Court for the savannah Dis
trlct.
In the Essex Wal county court last week, Austin
Thomas, cOlored, convicted OF petit larceny, was
asked by the Judge which he preferred, thlrty-nne
stripes or confinement In the county t0il Tor twelve
months he readily chose to be whipped.
Suit has been brought on q note for 3,lSo In
Portsmouth, N. H., and the defendant pleads thar
the note was given In part payment for breW very
and that as portion OF the property purchased con-
sisted OF aie the sale OF which Is declared illegal by
the laws OF the State, the note IL void.
There is o beautiful girl living near Montreal,
Who notwithstanding the fact tnat she has lost both
legs above her knees, has received over q dozen
Oers OF marriage during the past year, and refused
them ALL One OF her lovers is q member Of the Do
minion Parliament This afflicted girl speaks seven
Languages. ana charms everybody who comes near
her,