, 1872-11-22

The fire in Boston was seen By the watch
men on the South Tower, in Nantucket, at 3
o'clock a. m., 10th inst.
The citizens Of West Ro1bury, after 8
stormy debate, decided, 343 to so, to petition for
annexation to Boston.
"A number Of merchants who vent On to
Boston the night Of the fire, were arrested as q
part Of the New York gang Of thieves:
-Celesta Daggett, Of Danforth, Me-, while
cleaning her fathers rife, yesterday, WIS shot
through the head by its accidental discharge,
|N.- Even H po DOOR General Me.ae's horse. which
followed his body to the grave, was not free from
the equine complaint. The day was drizzly,
cold.
"A sum Of 930s, the balance OF the fund col
1ected at Petroleum Centre, Pa, for the relief OF
Chicago and other sufferers from Western fires,
was sent on Monday to the Mayor Of Boston
Galveston may ftting1y be termed newa-
paper graveyard, for since the settlement Of the
city thirty-seven newspapers have been started,
and now but five are alive and it is not unwrit-
ten how soon some OF them may go down among
the things TINT we're.
The Baltimore l. Ohio Railroad Company
has reelected its entire Board OF Directors, with
the exception Of G. A. Van Llngen, in place Of
Allen A. Chapman, resigned. The receipts Of
the Company for the fiscal year ending Sept. 90
we're 913 614 876, an increase Of 81 057, 1856 over
the previous twelve months.
The West End Of London WAS scarcely ever
so full in November as It's at present. There has
been lass gong abroad this year. The run Was to
Scotland, and the bad weather there has driven
people back again. In Regent and Bond streets,
and all along Piccadilly, in defiance Of all prece
dent, many ladies On horseback may be seen ex-
ercising in the park this present November.
Tho New Orleans Picuyu7ae has information
from the country to the effect that large pro-
portion OF the standing cane is frozen to the
root A planter from the Parish Of st. Charles
informs the Picdyune that all the cane is killed.
The ice WAS quarter Of an inch thick On Friday
aud Saturday. Should the weather continue
cold fair crop may be made, but It it turns
warm the cane will sprout.
Captain Barrett, United States Nary (Chief
Of Construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is
the inventor of q horizontal perforated tube, to
be placed on the summit Of the roofs, and con-
nected With the water supply pipes OF the build
ing. Under the cornice is arecaiver-plpe, which
receives water from the roof and casts it over
the side Of the building, thus flooding it. This
invention, which can be applied to any building
at small COST is not intended to extinguish
conhagrations, but to prevent the flames from
spreading by keeping vet surface for sparks
and cinder5.
Politics corrupt men. Mr. Charles Agnew, Of
slawson, was supposed to be model citizen in
every respect, hut upon being. nominated for AS
sessor it transpired in few days that he was in
the habit Of beating his wife, and killed one of
his children by exposure and neglect, had stolen
live geese feathers from the dying pillows Of the
poor, poisoned an uncle to secure his property,
and picked the pocket Of the Clergyman who
married him. When Mr. Agnew was nominated
he made q neat Little speech, thanking his
friends for the honor conferred upon him.
Danbury Meas.