Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-28

g" Bsoooci 'nsstcE Dy Ia tu8n the
discovery Of ell the Nile sources 10.
gether..--i Overland for September.
~ "a. Our Cullender. teA
Stanley goes to China next. So
OConnor was nominated st Louis.
vile.
One OF the Siamese twins is report.
I'd dangerously i'll. aaasfl 'al
The number of New Workers now in
Paris 10 unusually large. n, 49,
"A Florida orange tree In Micsnopy.
yields 5000 oranges q season. :
Buchanan Read was superb talke-.
. poet, painter, and sculptor.
The Suggest" of the big trees in
California is forty Ave feet in Diane.
ter.
Seventy pews in Dr.. Stones church.
San Francisco, recently rented tor
S5O,49 ec~
Cleveland has twelve men ybose
combined wealth il estimated at 432,.
OO0,0OO.
The Mexican revolution is pro.
nounced dead. 1t will probably
"Ph9nix' in q few weeks.
Parepa Rosa has received the Beet.
hoven gold medal from the London
Philharmonic Society.
Darwin il to publish new work on
the Expression of the Emotions in
Man aud the lower Animals.'
1t iH.expscted that the most elegant
entertainments that Washington 30.
ciety will witness next winter viii 5e
given at the French Legation. $,
The Countess d'Harcourt, wife of the
French Ambassador to England, has
been decorated with the cross of the
order Of st. John of Jerusalem.
England's extremity is our opportu.
nity. A powerful body of English
manufacturers are forming company
for the purpose of importing into Eng.
land. American coal.
The railway from Constantiuople TO
AdrianOple has been opened to thu
public for distance Of forty five miles
from the former city. The rest of the
line is. in course vi construction.
A patent has recently been issued
to a man in Columbus. Ohio, for q
marbleized-slat coffin, the sides, ends.
and both u per and lower pieces be
ing Of this material, fastened together
by screws.
The FIRST japanese vessel flying the
colOrs OF that nation which ever en-.
tered an American port, arrived al
San Francisco, recently. 1t was the
bark Tuju. Maru, from Hong Kong.
laden with tea. ~ p
The celebrated military library of
Metz, consisting of 10000 printed vol.
nmes, some very. rare, and many pre.
cious MSS. and drawing, has been
transferred to Berlin for the use Of the
Prussian stan. tags 81 ag~rggfs ~
| A feature of one of the mountains Of
Georgia IL the yernsl belt, about half
way up the east side, which Ii never
injured BY fiost even when every.
thing at the foot and top Of the noun.
tain 10 killed by the nipping cold,
Csntelopes are All excellent vegeta.
bic In their way. As an introductory
dish ~ q substantial broadcast, thew
mud their proper sphere, but to con.
vert them into whisky IL altogether a
mistake. 1t is being done, however.
There are about three million eight
hundred thousand head Of cattle In
Texas. Seven hundred and fifty tbous
and calves are raised and branded
every year. All are raised on the
great Texas plain, which covers an
era Of l52,OOO,O0O acres.
A man named Anderson has swim.
died the bank of British North Ameri.
ca by 80 altering letter of credit, by
means OF chemicals, as TO draw six or
seven times the amount he had deposi
ted. The forger is now under arree,
at Savannah, Georgia.