The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-04-08

In Wexford, Rhode Island, two boys, aged
eight and six years, we're killed by falling in
an old cave, near which they were playing.
William Il. Burleigh, one Of a whole family
of poets and speakers, died in Brooklyn on
the 18th ult., in the 5sth year Of his age.
Two men in an iron foundry at Lowell,
Mass, recently quarreled, when one threw
the contents Of ladle full of melted iron ut
the other. burning him terribly. =.
Aterrifc tornado recently occurred at st.
Clair county, Illinois, destroying over twen-
ty farm-houses, outbuildings, trees, and
fences. near Lebanon, and killing one man
and two women. M SE bnAa ae
tits said that Theodore Tilton is the au-
thor Of "Shoo, Fly" At least he wrote a
poem called the Fly aud the subject is the
same. "Shoo, Fly" ought to have respon-
| sible author!
The Archduchess Sophia, mother Of Fran
els Joseph Of Austria. is declared TO be .
monomaniac on the subject Of dress. She
spends,most of her time in her private apart
rnents trying on gowns.
A young lady, aged 27, of London, Eng.
land, has recently sued an old man Of IS, for
breach Of promise of marriage. The veusr-
able defendant is a widower, whose youngest
child is more than - years old.
The fine elm trees around the church in
| which Shakspeare il buried at Stratford-
I on-Avon, have been fclled and sold. Their
decayed state rendered it necessary 10 cut
them down.
Since 1860 no fewer than thirteen daily
papers have been started in Sar Francisco,
but one of which is still published. The
| amount Of money sunk in these enterprises
1 10 irno tod ~ k20A <o
Hartford is about to take active measures
| to raise the requisite funds for monument
to DR.. Horace Wells, of that city, whose
sia is no~ said to be recognized everywhere
but in Boston. pax
b. The latest intelligence from london, is to
the effect that '.t.,e Qaeen gave an order that
the poc ket- handkerchief to be woln by
the Priueeas Louise, ON the occasion of her
marriage, was to be manufactured Of HoEi-
/ ton lace - &1-t - A1sf ss -
The last form of Poor Carlotta's inssnity Il
her determination to speak nothing but Span
ish. I As none Of her attendants can upder-
stand her, their apparent neglect and disobs-
dience throw her into new paroxysms.
E The Delaware was never 90 full Of 6sh as
lt the present season. Rockfsh. perch, ana
catfish, are taken in immense quantities -
/ and the prizes in consequence are very low.
An immense catch of shad is anticipated.
i A ghost attired in red instead of the tradi-
tionai white, has appeared, it l. said. in !
country town Of Pennsy lyania. Its favoxite
| resort is the jail yard, where . murderer was
recently exscntsd. OF course il il visibls
only BY night. - sE.sss4
Througha misplaced switch on the Norris
and Essex Railroad, nsar Tie Bergen tannel,
| . serious collision WAS occaaionsd, by which
an engineer and fireman viii most likely loose
their lives. The loss to the rolling sock d
estimated st ga, ,0o0.
3 The salt mssdovs. lying between Newark
and Elisabeth, wsfs ~ on iro roceutly ~
the owners, according to custom. The IRE
sxtended . distance Of several miles, and du-
ring the evening the sky was brightly lin.
| minated.
TIE Food Journal says that he sscriaes Of
horse pEopsrty during The siegs a Paris wss
terribly severe upon its owners. All horses
IN privats hands wess taIeu without listinc-
tion - they were wasted. a spleadl Enr-
iish stallion worth d, ,Ooo, brought ito owner
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