New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-06-01
NEWS ITEMS.

ing.
Napoleon has become white headed during
dye.
Out West when VIGOROUSLY law man is
caught at work, they say he is med Hing with
industry.
1t costs the United States annually for t..
bacco S6to. 0OO.oOO, nearly onc.ihird OF The na
tonal debt.
The total amount OF currency lost or
WORKOUT while in circulation.win exceed Sd
'o"oH, or 10 per cent. If ths whole issue.
A correspondent OF a California paper saws
there are ore lodges in the newly discovered
silver mines in New Mexico which stand up
like row of Broadway stores
-GOvernor Clafin, Congressman Dawes, DIR.
Heorge Il. LOrng, General Butler. Hon. Har-
yey Jewell, Hon. Alexander H. Rice. and net
lew others, are candidates for the nomination
Tor Governor Of Massachusetts.
| -Rullof's remains were buried in an mn
occupied lot owned by physician in the odd
cemetery IN Blnghamton on Friday evening
last, and the Republican says that the phys.-
can got possession of the head ~ a considera-
ton Tor permitting the burial Of the body i'm
his lot
Jennie Adams, Of st. Louis, while on a
visit to the country recently, thought she would
test her lovers sincerity, and SO sent him word
that she had lost her right hand by getting il
In teed-cutter. The result was a square
back out on the part OF the heartless swain.
amt Jennie thinks she has made lucky escape
A family i'll Cincinnati found for several
mornings that their mlk-can which had been
lett by the mllkman outside the door had been
empted. After putting up with this some little
time, some crOtOn oil was nut intn tbn cap on1
the next morning the police, whose beat was
IN front OF their house was taken suddenly
very i'll.
The Prussan papers, and also the French,
are load in their praise Of Clara Barton, for
her services in behalf of the sick and wounded
OF the two armies. Her humane efforts at
Strasbourg are especially glOriied. Every
American will rejoice at the honOrs paid To our
phllanthroplc cOuntrywomen the best and
noblest OF the noted women of our time
The very large proportion of immigrants
In the population Of the Northern States is
sngularly contrasted in some of the Southern
Thus, Dorchester county. Maryland, on the
eastern shore, has several districts in which
there is not resident from any other State or
county, and most of the " foreigners" in other
districts come from Delaware.
The tradesunion in London, representing
no less than 100000 men, members of the vari
Gus trades unions all over the country has
sOemnly resolved that for the future recourse
shall III no case or place be had To a strike but
all disputes shall be referred, rs they arise, To
JOINT delegations OF employers and employed,
presided over by an umpire.
The international Grand Lodge of the
Knights of st. Crspin unanimously passed, at
the recent session, a resolution cOndemniug
strikes and violence as tending To lower the
dignity OF the order, and calling upon all good
Crlsplns to abstain from such acts, and To trust
only to legitimate and honorable means to Sc
cure the final triumph of the cause.
The fastest trains on American RAILWAYS
are slow IN comparison with those of England.
! A London paper says that an express train on
the Bristol and Exeter aud Great Western
| now runs from Exeter to Paddngton, "A distance
! OF l94 miles, in four hours and quarter
including stOppages Of fifteen minutes. On
! other roads trains run with almost equal speed
A lady writes TO the New York Post that
"a Mr.. Putnam, who was killed by a rutiian
While protecting a mother and daughter from
insult III New lork street car, has left any
family who were dependent upon him, it is the
duty OF the women of that city to see that the
family is placed in position never to know one
care which money or sympathy can relieve.
Two hundred and fifty Swedes-all men
arrived at Oswego, y. Y, last week en- route
Tor the lands OF the Northern Pacific Railroad
| 1t is expected that this is but the advance
/ guard OF the thousands who will come from the
northern countries Of Europe to aid in the
| construction of the great work of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, and settle the land. of the
| company.
Most yOun. men consider it misfortune
TO be born poor or not to have capital enough
| TO establish themselves, at their outset in lie.
In good, comfortable business This is a
mistaken notion. SO far from poverty being
! misfortune to them, if we may Judge from what
We every day behold, it is really a blessing
the chance is more than ten to one against him
who starts with fortune.
"A story is told of young couple in Hart
ford who wanted to hear Dickens read. They
could hardly afford it, but screwed up THERE x.
travagance to the necessary pitch. As they
had concluded to invest, they bethOught them
! selves of poorer family near by who were suf.
! ferlng from lack of work. SO they gave up
Dickens and paid the price of two tickets to
their impoverished neighbOrs. The poor people
took the money, bought tickets with it, and at
tended the readings.
-lu the year 1865 if you will take the trou-
! bic to examine, you will find the dates Of the
months and days of the week TO correspond
exactly with those of the present year. Those
who have diaries of 1865, will find they are OF
use this year, and the diaries of 1871 will be OF
! service in the same way in 1876. For instance
| the Goth Of March came on Monday in 6j as
we'll as II, and will be on the same day in '7G
Such is one of the laws of the universe, which
time alone makes and governs.
"A New Haven man reports that as he was
/ going up flight of stairs in his house during d
thunder storm, few evenings since, there was
fash of tightening, aud Immediately there
rolled the hall at the head of the stairway
a ball of fire. rOse-colored and blue of distinct
spherical form, and scarcely touching the floor
until it dissolved or disappeared. He says ii
was about as large as an ordinary football, and
after its passage the adj acent chambers were
| filled with slight sulphurous Odor.
The Dome of the Capitol at Washington
is the most ambitious structure in America. 1t
is one hundred and eight feet higher than the
| Washington Monument at Baltimore. sixty
eight feet higher than that OF Bunker Hill and
twenty three feet higher than the Trinity
| church tower of New York. 1t is the only con
siderable dome of iron i'll the world. 1t is
! vast hollow sphere of iron, weighing S,OOO,Oe0
pounds. How much is that? More than
| 1000 tons, or about the weight of 10000 full
! grown people, or about equal to l,OuO laden
coal cars, which, holding four tons apiece,
/ would reach two miles and u half.
/ Maine has q superintendent Of schools who
| is courageous enough to demand that the PIES
eut rubbish Of higher algebra, the puzzling with
| metrical conundrums, the superhuous guessing