, 1872-12-28

The smallpox ia raging in Dubuque.
Deaths from smallpox in Boston e1c2ed
those from nll other causes combined.
--.Buffalos arc becoming scarce along tho line
Of the Kansas Pacific. They are moving towards
d warmer climate.
The value Of tho manufactured products Of
New HampshiGe e ten years ago Was s37, 100000.
Now it is $71 ,000, 600.
On the 25th Of November, 1888, the British
forces evacuated the City OF New York, and on
the 25th OF November, 1879, tho last Of the Brit
ish forces evacuated the Island Of San Juan.
Deg Moi9ss s, events; ia; 5an; and ., the state
citation; Jan. q, State Industrial Convention;
Jan. 23, State Grange Of Patrons OF Husbandry.
The total population Of the Provinces Of
Quebec, Ontario, Now Brunswick, Noyh Scotia,
recently taken, ia 3,5l7 ,59s, or about one million
less than that Of the State OF New York alone.
Southern travel is to be improved by an air
line railroad, about $50 miles in longth, now be-
ms eonstEuctea between Charlotte, n: g, and
Atlanta, Ga 1t is under the control Of Colonel
Tom Scott, and is designed as a feeder to the
Southern Pacifc Railroad, now being surveyed
on the 32d parallel.
The GToenville Pa:) argus says: "It is
estimated that S2,000,000 worth of pig iron,
wishin the limits OF Mercer County, ia now be-
ing held awaiting market This calculation is
based upon metal at $40 q ton. It is perplex-
ing time with furnaco-men and bankers, and has
lts effect upon tue general trade."
The Wichita QIa.) Eagle Says: Thousands
upon thousands Of buffalo hides arc being
brought here By hunters. In places whole acres
of ground are covered with these hides spread
out with the deshy side up to dry. It is es-
and west Of Wichita, from oue to two thousand
men shooting buffalo for their hides alone."
The ice in tho Ohio River is said to be moro
dangerous than it has been for many winters.
Yesterday we published an account Of the sink
ing Of several steamers, and this morning We
Ciyo = ranort 0f Additional 1Nagn9 fEha n11Cf3en
rise in tho river has occasioued these disasters,
md it is likely the number OF them will yet be
increased es the rise breaks up the ice below
Louisville C0urier-Jour7sdl.
About seyenty-fiyo carloads Of bones, gath
cred from the plains OF Western Kansas, tho
| frames Of defunct buffaloos and Texas cattle,
have been sent over tho kansas Pacifo and the
Atchison Topeka l. Santa Fe Railroads. during
the pa2t se2Son, laTg9, part Of -, them hem
arc selected for combs, knifo-handles, DC; tho
noxt best are ground into dust, aud used in re-
flnlng sugar; and tho refuse is ground into meal
for fertilzing purposes.
! Tho course Of Comptroller Hopkins, Of tho
? State Of New York, IN lo7ying tax sufficient to
paJ the $6,ooo,00o canal debit has boen sustained
BY the Supreme Court Of the Second Judicial
District. 4 case Was made up from Kings Coun-
| ty, where the Bosrd OF Supervisors declined to
include in their tax levy tile amount designated
By tho Comptroller. Judge Tappan has directed
! TINT peremptory mandamus issue, requiring
; the Board to make the levy. The case may be
appealed, but the decision can hardly be reversed.
In Baltimore, the other day, man carrying
an umbrella under his arm in a promiRcuous man
ner, went rushing down the street. In passing
bevy OF elegantly dressed ladies', the handle Of
| the rain sledder caught in the head~gear Of one
! Of the fair ones. Sho gave little scream Of as
/; tonishment and alarm, but neither this nor the
! tension OF the umbrella could check the head
lot1g career Of tho hasty Individual, and M the
| umbrella would not yield both the bonnet and