The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-10-28
RreVItles.

dlemarch."
A 2,OOO-poutd bar OF soap took the place o
the big cheese st the recent Atlanta ((SA
iair. Milk is scarce, but grease plenty there
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, having been
burnt cut By the fire at Chicago, will com
mence her lecturng tour mneciaiely.
George Alfred Townsend has gone to salt
Lake, and will write from there to the ChicA~
20 Tribune.
Hdrper's Weekly printed 800 900 copies lss1
week, aud the monthly magazine has reached
sale Of 10000.
The K ug Of Sian ofired Mr.. Seward An
elephant, during his sit to that country.
which be was Obliged ID decline.
Two ladies' were travelling, when a stranger
asked the elder what relationship she bore he
younger "Sne is nv SISTERS daughter, and
nv daughters sisterl' How
Chinamau's account OF the Chicago
calamity is as follows Mexican Ilish roy
take keosne lamp aud milk COW; Gov kick
over lamp; up 60 Chicago"
Eugene, the youngts- son OF the Baron
Rottschid. is coming u A ntrI - to help for
ward tee old scheme Tor the colonIzlIion o
all Jews at Jerusalem.
Senator Spraeue aud his brother, OF Prov
ideIce, are erecting in swan Point cemetery
Of that city q monumental tombstoL e, at %
coet Of 500 COO
The matrons OF Leavsnworth, Kansas, have
erected an illuminated clock, in order thai
their hus: ands may have no excuse for mot
thinking ii was so late'
The Boston Psi says many young ladies'
are accused Of wearing their engagement
rings in their pockets except when T" he " 10
around.
Messrs. Lee & Shepard, publishers, Bosto IA
have sent recepted bills u all parties in chi
cago who were indie bted to them. Tue amour
, will reach several thousand dollars.
Aunt Chloe, the colored nurse OF Wlhn1c
! Il. Seward. and one OF his fathers hberstsd
1 slaves, is still living, aged 95. in FONDA, ALG
e is supported by the Stewards
y Chicago will htnceiorth be great place for
D opticians, as the glare and beat Of the IRE
A have made fearful work with the eyes OF the
: Inhabitants.
: The Lo,os Club OF New York has Just re-
ceived a marble lust Of I. W. Robertson, he
y aramatisL IRON tue Savage Ciu1, an sssocn,
o aon u London actor.
5 The American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science promises to meet in San
e francisco next year. Huxley, Tyndall, an a
I other big wigs from Eugand. are expected.
: ID. A. Willard, OF Troy, n Y, has pur-
! chased bis hro.her's interest in WIZARDS
hotel, at Washington Tor $50 QUO, and the
/ world famous bostelrie wi 20 OF As before.
e Oae thousand five hundred head Of swine
are annually raised on the " pork farm" Of A.
, & W. sprsgue, o. Providence, anu constitute
] the principal foou Of the operatives 10 the ex
tensIve mills owned BY that firm.
Inc handsome house OF the late BENJAMIN
Nathan, in New York. has remained tenant
lees since his murder Before that il was
worth $1,000 year, but now cannot be
rented.
Henry Ward Beecher says that the most
! gratifying circumstances il biz Life was beng
kissed by Korsuh. A contemporary asks
Isn't this little hard on poor Mrs. Beech
cry"
DHwin's new book will be freely illustrat-
ed, and will eIdeavOr 10 prove that dogs and
monkeys can laugh, smile, sheer, loo K cross.
or throw csep pathos into their speaking
countenances.
Mr. Parton says there Il a tradition in Viz
gina that Mr.. George Washington was a lii
re tart in her temper, and favored the Cen
eral, occasionally, with Loc'uInal discourse
too much in the s'yle or Mrs. Candle
new journ.l mas been started in England
devoted to thc literature q smoking. 1t win
discuss all matters eonEtcIed with that bad
habit from coloring pipe to wrapping a Gig
arctic.
Miss Miriam Cole, author Il "Rutledge,
/ 10 E.teh ~ -
come Mrs. sidney :. Harris Of New York, and
will shortly appear in print with q new story
entitled Richard VzpdeIma.ck."
The homes o. the English poor viii bios
som as the rose this winter. as the "beddipx
out" plants Of all the royal parks snd gardens
are TO be distrbuted among them by the
queens command.
sharp newspaper war u In progress il
LoLdOn on the subject oiliterary piracy TIE
correspondents are very were on the Ameri-
can publishers OF British productions, and 81
international copyright Is universally as-
manGed.
General Sherman, accompanied BY his STAFF
will soon sail with Rear Admiral Alden in the
flagship Wabash FIR the European squadrop-
Gen Sherman intends making a military iE-
specLion OF European armies and fortibes-
tons.
Ayoung woman in Oh City, Ps., while
washing dress, ran q needle through me
palm Of her hand, from the effects Of whick
she died ia tive miautes. she Is said 10 hare
been IL entire health at the time Of the a..
eideDL
The once celebrated d8useusa, Fanny
EIlser' Is row said q be hvirg quietly at the
Hague, oecupyisg most Ct her time in raising
flowers, of which she Is p4ssonately fond.
Though sne danced before our grandmother,
she is only 81 ars W aye
Thespirit photographers have moved frou,
Illinois to Ttxls, and are making bids TO-
fame low down IN the stables. A iarmer
there, who recently u5ed some sheetiug t1
protect bis wsg N, found 11 removing II, tAls
well-dehned sketches . tees, shrubs and
and decayed legs were traced upon il, which