The Lambertville record., 1872-12-03
VARIETIES.

The pyramid IS a square dance.
Case of kidnapping--a young goat a..
leep. E0 8ft
Three candidates for Mayor have been
nominated in Boston.
The Chicago papers now call New York
the "Chicago of the East.n
Hickory nut sociables are among the in.
stitutions Of the Northwest.
Sebastopol and Balaklava, in the Crimea,
are to be connected by canal.
The oldest steamer in the world is the
Industry, of Glasgow, launched in 1914.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
Derby, England, Monday. No harm was
done.
The steamer Pinero was lost OF the har.
Dor of Havana, together with her cargo of
cattle.
Meeklenburg Schwerin has sent 5000 emf
grants to this country since the beginning
of the year.
Navigation is almost closed upon the
northern lakes and rivers by the intense
cold prevailing.
The Haytien government is apprehep-
sive of troubles arriving out of the indem.
nifty demanded by France.
In northern Japanese ports Russian is
spoken for all commercial purposes, and in
the southern ports English
use has at last been. found for the
Egyptian Pyramaids. 1t is suggested that
they be used for lighthouses.
great many dogs in Michigan have the
horse desease. That is the only good thing
we have heard about II so far.
Maine Editors and Publishers Associa.
ton will hold their winter. session at
Augusta Jan. II, Franklin's birthday.
New York paper publishes q list of SO
persons, who have "mysteriously disap-
pearedp from that city since August last.
One of the most unique uses to which
oxen have been put is to tow cana. boats.
If anything will hurry up steam that will,
The Clarksvile (Texas) Standard reports
pear trees, plum treess Grape myrtles,
tomato vines and white jessamines in
bloom. m e eN ~ 9nfqs pf M
TIE Thanksgiving dinner given by the
Boston Young Mems Christian Association
is this year to be furnished by the Chicago
Association.
The establishment of line of " omnibus
boats " to run on the Hudson, similar to
the penny steamboats, used on the Thames
in London, is in contemplation.
Brenzel 4 Fortenbaugh's colliery, at Big
Mine Run, near Ashland, Penn, was
burned on Thursday. The loss is net
stated, but is covered by insurance.
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The population of Freat Britain is 81.
000,000; of France, 37,000,000; Belgium,
100000; Austria $4,000, 900; Prussia,
40,000,000; and Russia, 70,O00,000.
Imitation poodles and other pet dogs, on
velvet cushions, are the newest freak in
"ornamental' furniture. The real dogs
are said to be very much depressed at the
introduction of these
Fashion reporters announce that satin
dresses are to be worn no longer by brides.
They couldn't well be worn any longer
than they have been without tripping up
every one in the.room. st
The goose pickers do not see why they
should not hold con ventions MS we'll rs any
one else, and propose TO meet next year III
Chicago, and decide upon some way of
plucking geese by machinery.
A Jesuit has written to his superiors in
France that he has narrowly escaped death
at the hands Of an infuriatad population in
a Chinese town, because they believed that
he killed and ate young children.
Potatoes are so scarce and dear through.
out Ireland that the govern ors of the yar-
Gus county jails have been directed by the
inspector general to substitute for them in
the diet Of the prisoner ration Of bread
three times week. ~
In all the new streets of Paris the build
ings at the corners are rounded, or the
angle cut off, so that the sidewalks are
curved, thus facilitating locomotion and
avoiding the many accidents caused by
turning around sharp angles.
The government has $S4o, 100000 of
greenbacks aud currency afoat, and 49,
100000 more are promised to new banks,
not yet fully organized. The Comptroller
recommends that authority be given to issue
in additional $1,000, 900 annually the next
five years to the South and West
Rockland, Me-, produces annually l.o00,-
600 barrels of lime, which is shipped to all
parts of the country; 400 horses are engag-
ed in transporting the rock, and 1000 labor.
efS STc etupiuycuy dHSt bUuO cOFuss Oh WOOQ
are consumed in the manufacture.
Travel on the watery highways of Venice
is scarcely safer than in the streets of dryer
cities. Piratical gondolas have recently
appeared in the canals of the city which
bear down on romancing moonstruck voyagg-
ers, board their craft, plagiarize their valu-
ables and disappear at forty strokes to the
minute.
A scientific expedition, to circumuavi-
gate the globe,i about TO besent out by the
British Government. The vessel selected
is the corvette Challenger, of 2306 tons,