The new North-west., 1872-04-20
NOR U'ES TERS.

| NOxt " ~ zE rs.
-Crcsts have superseded monograms.
Our next royal CUES; will be Fredericl
Charles Of Germany.
Men slip on water when it Is frozen
and on whisky when It isn't.
The Goa, receipts at Piit.hurg for tho
past t~o years were 154. 7.s00 bushels.
The mayor "f city IN Ohio wns arrest
ed recently for carrying slung shot in hi.
| p"cket.
| Converted Indians sing "Now La,
Me" with warwhoop accompaniment. tn.
effect il said to I've very soothing.
Queen Victona and the Prince Of Vale.
will he among B"s,on's invited guests at the
great musical jubilee next summer.
-Tenyson is said to be "a most invcter.
ate smoker. and to love idlcness above all
things. dreaming away his existence"
I'm Grea, Britain and Ireland there were
1's22 vessels building during 1871. with q
capacity in thehgsresate tO 30l. 058 tons.
/ For lawfully solcmnizing and certify
ing u marriage hy minister. the law fixes
the price ut $l25. To get divorce it Gusts
$50
I'm consequence Of the rapid consump.
ti"n Of two forests in Russia. no fuel but
c"al il now permitted to be used on the
railways
Here he dies again Uncle Joe Leet.
If Kentucky. aged 1O7. and carried ptovi.
si""s I" General Washington in camp when
he WAS bOv.
The Marquis Of Ripon has Mcn unani.
""uslv elected. for the third time. Most
Wcrshipful GRIND Master of the Free Ma.
sons If England.
The Hartford Tina says one Of the
finest private libraries in the world ia that
Of George Brinley. who had several copies
Of Elli",rs Indian Bible.
"A man in Newbury. n. c.. cut his hand
in opening y t'x of aartlines the other day
and the result WAS that his hand and arm
began to swell. and lie finally died.
II, is said that the Union Pacific Rail.
road Company offers reward Of 1000 for
he apprehension and conviction Of the
man who wrote - The Beautiful Snow"
-Thomss Polk. q native .: Kentucky,
who went 10 Texas in 1921 with Stephen
Austin. and was prominent in the wars
with the Indians and with Mexico. died u,
Gonzales. Feb. 10.
-Physicians nowadays send their con.
sump'ive patients I" Guatemala. in Cen,r",
America The city is situated 5000 feet
ab"ve the level Of the sea. and the climate
is that Of II perpetual spring.
Samuel L. CIrmcns MARK Tw.in) now
occupies the residence Of Mrs. isabella
Beechrr Ilooker. at Hartford. and Miss A
NJ Beecher is the only member Of the
Bcechcr family now living there.
King Amadeus has sent the collar of
the Golden Fleece I" the Court "f Flanders
This collar is the same one which Fcr,li.
nand and Isabella gave to Columbus when
he WAS made u Knight Of the Order.
John Bullock. Of Bristol. Rhode Island.
100 years old IN June next. anil whose hair !
has been white for nearly half century.
now actually finds his hair turning dark,
some "f the new growth being quite black
Colonel Robert J. Breckenridge is in
Baltimore for the purpose "f disintcrring
The remains of his mother and removing
Them tn Kentucky. to I've buried hy the side
Df her husband, the Rev II. J. Dreckcn.
RIDGE
Some humanitarian suggests m instru.
ment tla, shall kill arimals by driving the
'eatl blade deep into the creatures body
just where the backbone j"ins the head.
which sewers the spinal marrow, and kills
The alegoricsl clock over the north
loor of the old hall Of the House of Repre-.
entntives, at Washington. has never been
'aid for. The constructor died. leaving n"
'eirs, before the appropriation was paid.
md it is yet in the Treasury.
A story is told Of a youthful member of
he liar ut ST. All'sns. who plunged into q
!"wing ex"rdium in presenting his ca-c.
n which he declared that "when we look
ook back upon the un'roddcn paths of the
uturc. We behold the footprints If IN Al
mighty hand"
"A fancy fnrmer sent in the following
rue report Of his agricultural operations to
h. assistant asscssOr If the revenue tax:
Mr.. K.--My farming operations l have
y report as follows: My cattle have eaten
p my cr"ps. and my hired men have eaten
p my CATTLE"
An Illinois editor thus sar.1s,ically
peaks 1T the marriage If a professional
rOthcr in India: 'IIe stepped upon the
ymcnial platform, adjusted the fatal moose.
nd swung off into tina, unsilent bourne
hence l'e Gun never return, save by the
Indianapolis line"
Two men having arranged tn fight u
uel in Rhode Island. tho Governor issued 4
fOrb,tltling it. whereupon "nc :,
the parties wrote him note saying that.
,e Of them would stand in Connecticut :,
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