, 1872-11-05

Distilleries in Bourbon County, Ky, arc ship
ping whiskey direct to France.
The number OF hogs ID Iowa is ~, ,163,
valued at 50, ,52l, ,24o-
The Marshal of Burlington, Iowa, with q.
poese of men, boarded notorious . gunboat,
a few days ago, and grabbed six men and nine
women.
Fifteen exhibitions Of Barnum's Show in In
diana netted that concern s44, 900, Of which
amount S25, 900 Was clear profit
Peter Humphrey hung himself fsw days
ago, near Cynthiana, Ky, because. it is said, al
though having already wife and children,
another woman whom ha loved would no. -run
-Jennings, the Southport (Ct.) butcher, who
held the winning ticket to tue Danbury Wooster
House, has been obliged to divide his prize
among club OF ten for whom the ticket was
originally purchased. -.
Tho following are registration figures: Dav-
export, 5,l33; Rock Island, BOT; Moline; 46s-
1t il proposed to Increase the endowment
fund Of Wittenburg College, Springfield, o., now
575,000 to S200,0G0. With this end in view,
meeting OF prominent and wealthy members Of
the Lutheran Church will be held in that city on
the 18th inst -
An untravelIed Englishmsn thinks it d
shame that. the blarsted Yankees should claim
Don Juan-meaning the San Juan; and declares
that the first thing you know, you know, they
0-T6e Council Bluffs Nonpayeiz says that,. for
the first time during it's e1istedce,-a period Of
sixteen years,-it is now tho only newspaper
published in that city. It has outlived, seven,
i've Ut which vera started for the purpose Of
breaking it down.
Two young Britons laid wager as to which
could produce the fastest spider, the trial to
take place on plates, each spider to have plate
One of the insects would hardly ssiz, while the
other ran with great speed. The proposer OF
the bet had heated bis plate and Won the wager
1t is reported that disease is prevailing
among the swine in some portions OF Canada
OF course, after our experience With the Canada
hotse-distemper, We ahau watch with apprehen-
sion any similar afaiction Of Dur neighboEs over
the St. Lawrence. s''
-rhe Maufrini Gallery, which was at one time
the most interesting and varied collection in
Venice, is uow reduced to 81 pictures, and is On
exhibition in Lopdon The other pictures have
ESQ, 900. The pictures now in the collection are
those which were bequeathed by the Duke OF
Manf1inl to his grandchildren, and we're sent to
England with 3 view to sale.
Tho Mugcatine (1owa) journal learns that
tho down-riyer railroad will not ba surveyed be-
youd Muscatine this winter. The cost Of grad
ing tho road from Clinton to Davenport, 3439
miles, is estimated at S345,000 or $4,000
mile. The highest grade is 26 feet to the mile,
but, for most of the distance, it il only II feet to
tho mile.
All the world knows tlat 4. T. Stewart is
building city at Hemstead Plains, 100 elegant
houses are going up, broad bou1evards are 1aid
out, railroads are planned to connect with all the
great lines to New York, and project is On foot
to run to the city with steam. Each OF the
houses will cost about $15 900, or more. But he
will sell nothing. To applicants he has one IN.
swer, II have nothing to SELL" Some think
Stewart intends to complete the whole city be.
fore he puts anything on the market. His great
structure in New York, known as the Home fo1
Sewing Girls, is nearly done It ia now said that
it il not to be home for girls at all but is to be
3 mammoth hotel to be run by the Lelands.
The agitation OF the coal question in Gin
ciunat is likely to result in bringing substantial
relief to the coal-consumers Of that city. The
City Council having opened negotiation for
cheap coal with the Cincinnati l. Terre Haute
Railway. which proposed to furnish 10000, ,0C0
bushels OF Indiana block coal at IL cents a BUSH
el, the coal dealers became greatly excited. At
a meeting held Tuesday night the subject YVES
discussed in all its bearinga, and the dealers
finally agreed to furnish good coal at 10 cents
bushel, whereupon Cincinnati is jubilant.
-Messrs. Dulau have formed collection, in
eix volumes, of caricatures published in Paris
in 1870 and 1871. The first series embraces the
period from the declaration Of war till the close
Of August; the second, from Sedan to the fall Of
Metz; the third, from the surrender OF Metz to
the March revolution; the fourth, the reign Of
the Commune; the fifth and sixth relate to
Italian matters, and also comprise sasires On
the Germans OF date posterior to tho fall Of
the Commune. The whole comprises from 800
to 1000 caricatures. One copy has been pur-
chased by Prince Bisr,arck, second by the
British Museum, and third is in tho hands Of
the collectors.