The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-25
evening State 5oast'st.
GENERAL ITEMS.

The ex-Queen Of Hanover has re-
nounced the world and become nun.
Paul Morphy, the chess-player, now
keeps grocery store in New Orleans.
--P,Rch says he has observed that the
unfortunate mans friends live long way
off.
"A farmer recently advertised for run |
away wife, and called particular attention
to the meanness OF her desertion just as
the spring work was coming on, after he
had the expense of wintering her.
"A fancy farmer sent in the following
truthful report of his agricultural operations
to the assistant assessors of the revenue
tax: "Mr. X, my farming operations /
have to report as follows: My cattle
have eaten up my crops, and my hired men
have eaten up my CATTLE
Mr.. Wilkie Collins writes to friend
in this country that the time Of his pro-
posed visit to America will be determined
entirely by the condition of his health,
which has been very seriously affected Of
late years by rheumatic govt. He closes
the letter with an expression of the kindest
feeling toward the people of this country
for their hearty repetition of his words.
Jacob Journals, who was probably
the Oldest man in the world, died recently
at Kansas City. He was about 1873 years
old, and remembered, distinctly, the taking
Of Quebec by Wolfe, in 1853. In 1914, at
the time Of the occupation of New Orleans
allowed to enlist because he was too old.
lie followed the occupation of a hunter for
fifty years, and retired about thirty years
ago from active work.
The English steamer "Salsette, /" which
took cargo Of oysters, near Cristield,
Nd, for England, about the last of JAN
uary, made successful run to England
and again appeared in Iangier sound, sp-
posite Deals Island, on the 10Th ult. 1t is
understood that she will take a second car
go of 10000 bushels of oysters. From
the reappearance of the Salsette" it is ar
gued that her first venture was satisfactory.
There are in the United States 81 nor
NAL schools, supported by 90 different
states, having 251 teachers and 1884 pu-
pills; supported by countries, with SO pu-
pills lG city normal schools, with liz
teachers and 1902 pupils all others, 43,
supported in various ways, with so teach
ers and :, 503 pupils making a total of Id
schools, with AIS teachers and 10 1921 pu-
pills. There are also "a business colleges
scattered through 27 states, having 1868 in
structors and 6,460 pupils. 4
"A plan for the grand jubilee Coliseum
has been accepted. This neat little edifice
is to cover five acres of land and to cost a
quarter Of a million of dollars. 1t is to be
400 feet wide and $50 feet long, the audito-
rum occupying 3l2 feet of its depth, and
the space allotted to the orchestra and
chorus 23S feet. At each end of the build
ing there is to be a tower so feet by 60 and
go feet high, of highly ornamental char
acter. There is to be gallery around
these turrets at the height of 100 feet,
which will enable visitors to behold all the
glores of the Stub" spread out before
them. All the details of the structure are,
Of course, given in the Boston papers, but
they are better left to the imagination.
There is a needle factory in New
Haven where the whole process is done by
single machine, without the manual labor
of any person. A coil Of steel wire is put
in; the machine cuts it off at the required
lengths it cuts the steel pieces consecu-
lively, punches the eye-boes, countersinks
the eyes, and grinds the points and, in
fact, does everything until the needles drop
out completely formed. Another machine
picks them up and arranges them heads
and points together, and a third piece OF
mechanism puts them into paper. One Of
these machines occupies no more room
than an ordinary table, and each of them
turns out from 80, 900 to 10000 needles a
dow .ra.