The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-06-06

and did not conslder 1T q good day ut
A lady in Lewiston, Maine, rejoices
in the ownership of hair measuring for
ty-nine inches in length, the same not
an artificial product, but a gift of MAJ
ture. ,7Hj f-.ras rsiflQHtsvdi 3 ssiiimI
Miss Laura Harris, one of our Ameri-
can prima-donnas, is, at present, singing
in Lisbon, and will, it is said, soon
marry Portuguese nobleman and leave
the stage.
In San Francisco few days ago, 40
little girl eat an orange which she had
picked up in the street, and died in
agony q short time after. The evidence
at the inquest showed that the fruit was
impregnated with strychnine. E 71s q
In Tazewell Caunty, ILL.,, young wo-s
man named Abbie Gilman was taken
i'll with smallpox, and immediately
abandoned by her friends. She was
left in q room by herself and died sew. q
eral hours before it was known .,-.y So,
There would appear to be room in st.
John, N. B., for some of the clerks with
whom Boston, New York, and other
cities are over-crowded., A dry-goods-
firm in that city who advertised for a
clerk the other day, received only one
application, and that from one unac-c
quainted with the business. .-..r.4
There is deed on record in the town
of Scitico, CT, bearing date of 1926, con-
veying from certain parties to the 4" So-o
ciety of Shaking Quakers," "A gin dis
tillery " for the express use and purpose
of support of the Gospel and the relief.
of the poor, the widow and fatherless Of
this world, es tie Gospel may require."'
A gentleman, with his wife and
daughter, arrived Mt Omaha the other
day by rail. On the same trt ain was u
young man who had made the acquaint
ance of the daughter but a short time
before reaching the city, and lwho put
up at the same hotel. 1t WASH case of
love at first sight. The same evening
the couple eloped and were married,
much to chagrin of the parents! s.. ''4L
The Gloucester mackerel fleet this
season will carry more than two hum
dred seines, worth, with the seine boats
to carry them, near $25O,OOO. These
nets, if ylaced in a continuous line
would stretch from Cape Cod to Cape
Ann, with depth of twenty-five
fathoms and if spread out they would
cover farm of eight hundred acres. A
first-class mackerel seine one Thousand
meshes deep and equal to two thousand
cords, will pass through ring one and
quarter inches in diameter.
Among the titles of the colored socie-
ties which celebrated Anniversary
Day" in Richmond, Va, a week or two
since, were the United Sons of Love,
the Sons of Elijah, the First National
Phenix, the Rising Sons of the Vine
yard, the Following Sons of Abraham,
the Laborers of the Vineyard, the
Young Sons of Messiah, the Rising Sons
of Zion, the Loving Sons of Galilee, the
Supports of the Vineyard, the Young
Rising Sons of Ham, the Infant Sons of
Love, the Sons of Enoch, the Young
Sons of the J. Harp, the Shining Ma
tional Association of Bethlehem, &c.
1t is rather hard on poor fellow to
be forced to pay large bill for having
his life saved. when he preferred to have
it lost, and did his best to get rid of it.
A rashly importunate individual in Iowa
City, who was weary Of breath, attempt
ed lately to put a stop to it by cutting
his throat and opening the arteries OF
| WIlbuS. W. VI IhiCO AoSOoio 5ob
hold of him, however, stitched him up,
and forced him to live, and then added
insult to injury, by presenting heavy
bill. The courts have forced him to pay
1t too, with costs, about three hundred
dollars in all, which is more than his
funeral would have cost. ...
Mr.. Wildman Whitehouse has invent.
ed what he calls differential micro
barograph, which indicates changes in
the pressure of the atmosphere even if
not more than thousandth of an inch.
1t registers these changes by very sim
pie process, and in form which can be
kept for permanent reference. The in
strument is not easy to describe without
diagram but it combines glass vessels
partly filled with water, and connected
by tubes, in which the requisite vacuum
is produced, and is connected with an
air-chamber of large capacity. 1t is so
sensitive that even the slamming of a
door will produce mark on the reg
lister, and it records with great fidelity
which pass over it. Another merit is
that it gives very early indications of
perturbations at distance, and thus
may render important service in the
hands of competent meteorologists.-
Chambers'S Journal.
Gen. John B. Rose of Indiana, a vet
eran of the late war with England, has
had great difficulty in getting his PEN
sion because when soldier he was too
8 full of fight. The General was a lieu
tenant at the battle of Plattsburgh, and
; his company, at the head of the regi-
ment, moving in column, were to turn a
: street corner and go under fire. Hi
captain hesitated, and Rose, with hi
; division of the company, moved around
: and took the lead. His superior after
4 ward accused him of insubordination
r upon which he retorted with a charg,
{ of cowardice. A duel was the result, il
| which both antagonists were wounded
r and for fighting this duel the Secretar,
t of War struck the names of both officer
s from the rolls. In his old age Gen
: Rose came to poverty, and applied for
a pension ON account of his military ser
r vices. This could not be granted by tn
o Pension Office on account of his dismis
Q sal from the service; but the Committe
s on Pensions have reported bill for hi
a relief, through which the old gentlema
will probably get his money after all,