, 1872-12-18
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Real estate transactions in November. st.
Louis, 81 ,05S, ,791; indianapolis, 81 ST., 166-
-Droyes Of turies from Carolina, are tina
last sensation on the streets OF Augusta Some
OF tho droyes number over 900.
The newsboys OF Philadelphia told the
guardians of their "Home either to s. set up
9obbier grub or close thocaboose." The cabooea
is closed.
in case Of seduction, tried in Atlanta, Ga,
last week, the jury gave 52,100 damages to the
plaintiff, the mother Of the woman alleged to
The residence Of the Rev. John Pryse, at
Montpelier, Monroe County, Ga, was burned Oh
Friday night last. Loss, $4,000.
1t is estimated that during the run Of the
epizootic IN the Pineries, On the st. Crol1 and
it's tributaries the numbering interest twill be cut
short over one million feet per day.
-Ihose who have uaisgi7ings as to tho future
Of journalism may quiet their apprehensions, as
thirteen young ladies' have applied for admission
to the Yale school for that profession
Mr.. Windolph, Of Dover, Delaware, feels de-
notwithstanding it feels little creepy when he
recol1ects Professor Vests earnest solicitations
for him to come to his laboratory and inhale his
new gas.
proprietor OF the Trempealeau House, we're
burned to death By the explosion Of kerosene
lamp.
The Memphis papers complain Of the city
debt. They say there is $780, 600 interest accu-
mulated within a year, and no provision made to
pay it. The bonded debt is s, ,8o2, 900: and the
aoating. debt 9535,ss1.67-the total being
Tnthough the Quebec Ministry opened tho
last session Of the Legislature Of that Provinces
with an overwhelming majority, they havo con-
tinued to grow weaker and weaker day after day.
till they have evidently lost control OF the
House.
The currency return. dated 18th instant.
,1>o 81. 11nffc in nnr1fpior, Pro-,
7incial notes, and fractional currency, 9l,070,-
658.87, compared with 911 ,207, ,074.87 the pre-
vious week. The percentage Of specie held IS
$780, 627.s9, against 81 s29 5s5,79 the previous
week. ...
One Of the Captains Of the old Fifty second
Massachusetts Regiment, living at shelbu:ne
Falls, recently got STRAY cartridge into hla
pipe while filling it for en1oking- After smoE-
the Captain with short piece Of Pipe-stem be-
tween his teeth, and his facial ornament
minus q portion Of epidermis. He said the
sssmen made him think Of olden times.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company,
among the foremost of American manufactur-
ing silyersnniths, have successfully defended
their "Oottage Pattern" in the Courts, and
done suDstantia1 service to American inventors
Of designs, as well as established q sound rulo
for the guidance OF the trade. Inventors Of de-
yentors Of machines.
"A meteor was seen in Kentucky on the
evening Of Dec. Il, which in b1illiancy seems
to have compared with the one seen in tha
| that, it did not pass through the atmosphere,
| and resume its journey in the regions Of space
From comparison Of the published reports va
| infer that it exploded at an altitude Of about
thirty miles, shove point few miles nearly
"A touching illustration OF the dsepand ton-
| der feelings Of our people toward Mr.. Greeley
was afforded on Sunday, when gentleman and