Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-03-28
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Jay Gould has resigned his Eric dires-
torship. '1r .. .,1it1 BOZ 20
Maria Shea died ofabortion. as Ogdens
burg N. Y. ssa. y
The best lessons man learns are his
mistakes.
A Pine Bush, N. Y, bedqnilt contains
2,040 blocks.
Which is the Oldest woman's Subf
The broomstick. e
An honest employment is most stssl.
lent patrimony. -,,s,,, ma.
The raw material for hydrophobiA In
Ohio consists of 1S3,424 dogs,
Contentment is Of so great valus thAi 10
can never be dearly purchased. -id
G. w. Dickerson, of Jasper, Mo-, hiss a
gun seven feet and four inches in length.
Cairo, III, avoke the other morning aud
found herself beneath six inches Of snow.
The Republicans of Michigan hold their
State Convention at Jackson, May 10th.
Governor Padelford, of Rhode Island.
has been renoininatcd by the Republicans.
The Rhode Island Republicans are in
favor of Grant and Colfax for ren0mina-
tion. rs
The New Jersey Methodist Conferences
passed n resolution closing camp meetings
on Sunday. t
The World hopes the Democrats Will
hn,. ~, - Il. .sr
Convention.
Women arc getting their rights in Cana
da. Toronto is to havo new prison ''ex-
clusiyely for ladies' a.-sr
To all men, the best friend is virtue:
the best companions are high endeayors
and honorable sentiments.
Detroit manuft tlred 431,100 cigars
in 1871. There are now seventeen firms
engaged in the business.
They say" that women eompositors get
through their copy very rapidly. being
anxious to get the last word. ,,.-.
We hate some persons because We do
not know them, and We will not ksow
them because we hate them.
Mrs. Lamb, Of Petersburg, Va. be-
came deranged from Investing in Lottery
tickets and failing to draw prizes.
Recent experiments prove that wood
thoroughly imprcgnated with strong solu-'
tion of common salt, resists decay. .-ev
The eleven territories exceed by nearly
100000 square mi es the aggregate area
of all the present States.o tue Union.
The sheriff of Cairo, ILL.,, threatened to-
arrest minister for murder if he did NOT
refrain from baptizing in the frozen river
water.
Descent of woman not according to Dsr-'
win In time the mulberry tree becomes
a silk gown-and a silk gown becomes q
woman. tiI
Cen Daniel J.. Stanton, collector Of tho
Fifth Maryland District, has been arrested
for defalcation. He was bHiled in tho
SUN of $4,000. Brfts.~
SAN GABRIEL, California. secs all the
old women and raises them with sne aged
1872, whose baby, had it lived, would havs
been ~ years old.
IF you don't stop using tobacco ysw
will be having amaurosis, aggina pcetsris.
and progressive loeomotorataxy before
yoi know where you are.
A fire at Tredegar Iron Works Rich
mond burned a cooper shop and stable
together with nine horses and mulsS.'
Loss, 100000. Insured.
The Wisconsin Republicans. at their
State Convention yesterday. instructed
til er delegates to the Philadelphia Con.
vention to 60 for Grant.
Josh Billings tays,-"If a man has got
eighty thousand dollars at interest and
owns the house he lives in, it amt much
trouble to be philosopher"
A corrca apoudcnt of the Richmond Dis
patch complains that it does not often pub
lish poetry. That journal replies, "Ws'
publish all the good poetry We see."
Samuel j. Tilden says there arc five
bushels of testimony collected agniDss
Tweed, and that but very little evidence
against the ring has been published.
AS lamp is choked by super-abun-
dance Of oil, fire extinguishcd by excess
of fuel, SO is the natural health Of the
body destroyed by Incorporate habits.
The Tribune's Washington special says
that Sumner will attend the Cincinnati
Convention, but he has neither received
nor accepted the propositions to preside
"a basket Of champagne p exclaimed q
country dame. "Why, declare now l
always thought champagne was watery
stuff, like; never kpowed you could
carry it in basket s l7-
Charles Sumner took bis seat in tho
United States Senate. as successor Of Dam
iel Webster, December ], 1851, tho same
ds On which Henry Clay appeared in
the National Senate for the last time. p. &,
A man named Forester has, just walked
twenty-five miles, incuding one and a half
miles backward. in four hours, thirty-four
minutes and forty-eight seconds. This
beats Weston's time, forteen minutes and
twelve seconds. g6sa4eif iIl
/ A religious philosopher writes 60 the pa
pers n solution OF the present smallpox
visitation. He defines it as . judgments
of God upon the tendency ofmen and
women to contemplate and admire them
selvesin looking glasses. aN
The author Of "Round the World" saJs
no one man has ATTY chance in Chicago
unless he is prepared to work. and 20 work
hard. "a man." he observes, must hsye
his eyes peeled to make money as for the
lazy man, he hasn't the ghost Of channs'
horo.'