The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-28
GENERAL ITEMS.

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4 In Switzerland all the voting is don
upon Sundays also in France.
There are no more constant patron
OF the theatres than the newsboys.
Milwaukee has a blind wood-sawy yer
who can't see but can saw frst-rate.
Handouts are like guide-books. be
cause they are made for two wrists.
! The authorities of New JERSEY ant
Delaware have failed to settle the fisherie
difficulty.
The Toronto Mail says We hay,
only one volcano in Canada, and that i.
Mount Public Opinion.
An English jenkins has tried his hand
at "Iife of Christ" The work is fear.
fully and wonderfully made.
Music dealers are selling a s.Horace
Greeley Grand March," Ii is probably
an adaptation of the "Dead March in Saul.''
Two boys at Dubuque had scuffle
about loaded pistol. One received bull.
let through his cheek, and the other feels
very sorry.
"A new song ispromised by the author
of "Oh! give me back but yesterday p
entitled "You haven't got such thing
aboutyou as the middle Of next week ?
A country paper remarks that Ann
Dante, the composer of so many popular
but rather solemn pieces of music. is not a
descendant of the poet bearing the same
surname.
The Protestant Episcopal Mission
Board in the United States, established in
1921. has six missionary bishops at work
organizing and overseeing the church's
work in the northwest territories.
According to Professor Young. the
density of the sun is only about one-auar-
ter that of the earth, SO the solar gravity is
twenty-eight times greater than terrestrial
gravity.
--Lo, the poor Indian, with his wives
and pappooses, arrived in Saratoga Springs
last week. They will stay during the sea-
son, and build baskets and get drunk. as
becomes the noble red men Of the forest.
If anything could account for Mr..
Robert Hart of Utica N. Y, emerging from
the second story of his boarding-house.
without going through the formalties of the
stairs, it was the presence of four of his
wives.
An old soldier Of the army of Tennes-
see, who, during the war, appropriated
some sugar and coffee to his own use with
out authority, has forwarded ten dollars to
the conscience fund in payment of the
same.
MIR. Burgh has been unsuccessful in
his efforts to alleviate the condition of the
turtle, and must rest on the laurels he has
won in ameliorating the treatment of the |
spurious or mock turtle, alias calf.
"A writer ON physiognomy sagely
says: "a human face without nose
doesn't amount to much" whereupon
Smiggles observes that human nose with
out face doesn't amount to much, either.
"A hickory pole, sixty feet high,
with large white hat, was raised
On Wednesday at Tompllinsville, S. L., in
nonor of Greeley. Some people are unkind
enough to say it was suggested by Nast's
William Tell cartoon.
"A royal Bengal tiger escaped form a
circus procession in Chicago the other day,
md created no little CONSERVATION among
he crowds that lined the sidewalks. He
vas captured without much trouble before
my damage was done.
= 1t is said that about one-fourth of the
saloon keepers Of Illinois have already
closed up, and that one-quarter of the re-
nalnder will 60 out of business before the
irst OF July, on account of the State tenn
oerance law.
-"Who is this Dickson? does he write
pound novels 2" was the astonishing
question asked by countryman of an
'locutionist, who had just finished public
eading from the works of the immortal
Dickens.
-One exchange says "a mans politics
IRE sometimes made known by the paper
worn in his daughters pannier,n and there
lpon another exchange wants to know how
vou are going to examine the paper and
'scertain its politics.
-"Now, by St. Paul, the work goes
,ravely on" The Democrats got up the
Jincinnati Convention to split the Reepuli-
AN party. 1t turns out that the splitting
machine works on their own party. And
hats what's the matter with the New York
World.
The pews of Methodist church ON
he boundary line between Pennsylvania
md Ohio stand in the former State and
he pulpit in the latter. They are bothered
o conduct marriage services legally and
gracefully at the same time, in that sanct-
lary.
DIR. Greeley's campaign-headquarters
nave been established at the Astor House
or a few months. After the excitement is
,yer he will either return to his old den in
ne Tribune office, or immure himself per-
in the ambrosial shades of Chap
,aqua.
The Rochester Democrat says: The
attempt is made to create the impression
hat the opposition to Greeley among Demo-
rats comes from the Bourbon clement.
This is not true, in point of fact; it comes
rom the honest Liberal element. and Chas.
francis Adams is generally named as the
;andidate to be pitted against Mr.. Greeley
n the Baltimore convention. The move
nent in behalf of Adams is SO strong. that
he Democratic press are now considering