, 1872-11-01

and is now determined to bare the hiItfh tfi: pub:
Gshcd II so there will at least be- one adVaut
age-the revelation will put welcome end t
the Vexations disputations and improbable ex
cluaive explanations which are always forthcom
ing at dinner tables and elsewhere when til,
name Of Dickens is mentioned.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
London's recent water improvement VII cos
Si5. .000, COO.
There were no carriages in front of Bosto'
churches, last Sunday.
A young woman in Plattsburg, Va, had he
ehoe-strlngB united by lightning.
The latercolonial Railroad, between Hahfa.
a1d St. John, will be opened On the 4th Of No
vember.
1t now takes from twcnty-fo four to thirty-si,
hours for telegraphic communication between
Madrid and Paris.
An cight-acre vineyard, near Galena, II.
has produced IS barrels OF wine, worth s., 800.
The Northern Pacific Company is preparing
to set ont 400, 600 ties along the Line Of ,ths
road this winter.
Ann Campbell, a Canada dai1y-maid, has died
at the age Of Isl years. She had worn ont ffte.r
generations Of cows.
-TLe removal Of the Capital of NebJaaka from
Lincoln to some point far Thar West (prohably
kearney Junction) is being agltated.
Many Of the most fashionable women Of New.
York dispose Of thoir society dresses to tia
Cheap Johns forthe best figure hey1iu fetch
Squirrels in Ballard County, Ky, are innni>
grating to Illinois IN large numbers. The woods
them.
1t is estimated that $50 ,shis Een have
been sca1ped by the Arizona Indias in the las!
ten year6,-an average Of one wee.
The elevator Of -BaErick L Els, st Blue
Mound, near Decatur, H., was burned On tue
morning Of the Esd ult. Loss, $500.
The stables Of John <. DaYids,n. at Lako
Como, near ST. Paul, Nlia1., were burned the
other day; cause, . child playing WITH fire in a
tin can.
Tho demand for horse-blanhets at Bostor
has been SO great the past week that the agents
for the manufacturers haze sold ous their en-
tire stock and taken orders for hundreds OF
bales.
"A young lady in the town of Bantan, Lake
County, ILL.,, horsewhiprel q young mar wts
had circulated slandsrous reports concerning
her, the ether day..
"A water-power wheel at Elsin, H., vas
fow days ago stopped by reason Of an imnlens
number Of eels getting lodged in the wase
wheels. Some Of them weighed seven pound
each,
Tho London journals arc much d.scussin
at this moa2ns the question Of suicide,-wle.,
er it Ee q disease and if 30, whether Or no
suicides, like uai=fo-tunes, never celae alone.
Corn planted IS lato as juno 20, u tho bot "
tonl-laads Of Greene, Scott, and Calhoun ~Cour
ties, Ill, fully 1nsturcd before tie recent kiln
EoSsa aid made = full CROP -
Tho Rensselaar s. Sarl!oga Railroad sui
scrlEed 1000 toward the rebuilding of tt
United States Hotel at Saratoga Only S25, ,0I
OF the S450, 900 required remains to be SUI
scribel.
-4Dpropos of the American lady dentist 6
Berlin, who has been supposed to .bo her sex
pioneer in that. limo OF business, the BIRTHS
Journal Of Denial Science asserts that, as Ion
ago IS 1850, there were no less than seveotee
fctaala practitioners Of dentistry in EnSlan
and Wales. -s
Tho old Court Houss ut Da-ay!llo, III
kuznel last week, was erected in 1892, under
contract With Gurdon 8. Hubbard, now OF Ch
ccgo; and, upon it's completion, it was believe
to be the best Court House in Illinois.
AT some OF the English mines, steam ger
Grated in Dollars located on the surface Of til
ground is conveyed to the engines within Il
1aino. In ono place the steam is conveyed
distance Of 2,333 feet; IN pipes four inches in
anoter, and the loss Of pressure is aaid to t
only half pound to the square inch.
- At Grand Prairie, near Contralia, H., Ale:
Henry, who had $1,000 in gold, left his houf
uuocc1pied, the other evening, and returned
find his treasure gone; and Alexander YVES
have been married next day.
Prince Alfreds waltz, 'sThe Gal:tea," ha1
ing been performed at the Albert Hall, Ioudol
by five military bands under the direction
Mr.. Map1eson, the royal composer Was in Sue
delight that he took. the director home to dir
ner, and the next day sent linn a hauneh Of ven
son from one Of the stays which he himself la
sialaed in the highlands of Scotland. =
Two Wlne-groTer8 named Rousseau wei
employed IN throwing grapes into q vat, at Ger
veg, France, recently, and man was sent dow
to tread them, but was sufocated by the gass
arising from fermentation. One Of tl.e pr;
prietors went down to help him, and shared til
same fate. The survivor followed, and was llke
wise Frustrated. Their mother then went dow
and was overpowered, and, when taken out, st
Was the only one that could be brought back
consciousness "
Tho Bloomington -Pantagr1ph does not be
ieve the Indianapolis, Bloomington l. Weater
Railroad has purchased the Springfield T. Nortl
western but says that the Indianapolis, Bloon
ington j. Western Company will have runn1n
by Jan. l about 500 miles Of road It now hs
Peoria to Rock Island, from Davenport to 81
Paul (building) from Champaign to Monticen
and Decatur, and from Champaign to Clnto5
Lincoln, and Havana.
"A sort of insurance company WAS startes
in Austria, year or two ago, to pay policy
holders certain sum of money when they go
married. The premiums were arranged on
regularly graduated scale, according to aga au
the temptations likely to beset the insured Th.
company did 3 fou1ishing business for som
time, when matrimonial episode broke on
among tho directors, each Of whom was heaVli
insured, and these, all getting married at once
absorbed tile assets and swamped tho concern.
One OF the most melancholy effects of tn
epidemic among horses in Boston results fron
the difficulty which undertakors experience /
obtaining horses for funerals. A burial toq
place on Saturday, VIXEN it Was found impossibl
to procure single carriage to follow the hearse
the backmen being unwilling to go quito one
the rural cemeteries. At another funeral onl
six carriages could be found, though fourteen
we're ordered. In ono instance coffin contain
ing corpse was conveyed through the streets il
1and-cart. One case in particular seemo'
very sad. A young ludy died on West hewt9i
street, and on Saturday afternoon the fa1ail
were obliged to have the funeral take place. Bu
carriages could not be- obtained for any consla
Grafton, and the only mourner who went VI.
the remains to the grave was brother, and n
waa obliged to take 3 seat By the driver OF ILL
hearse-
Curious Case OF Lunacy.
4 curious case of lunacy is attracting atten
tion in Hillsdale County, Mich A couple 0
weeks since aome friends invited Mrs. Thoma:
Ferris, living in the town OF L;tchfcld to &C
company them to the neighboring town OF Allen
Shortly after their arrival there Mrs. Ferris wa
Induced to drink mixture Of ale aud gin, sh.
a1,a WINS d-;vG;rr xuhic{ hod tht