, 1872-11-06

Nearly all the medical staff and nurses Of the
Wards island Insane Asylum, at New York, 1eve
resigned.
-The long drought at LaSalle, H., came to
an end on Monday, and considerable rain fell
The wagon manufactory Of Bassett l. Co., at
Knoxville, ILL.,, was burned, with it's entire stock.
last Monday night, and also one dwelling house.
The loss is $4,000, with 10 insurance.
The insurance on the Jeffersonvllle Qnd)
Steam Cooper Shops, burned on Sunday NOM.
ing, was $4,000, each, in the Franklin, OF
Wheeling; the Home, OF Columbus, and the
North Missouri.
-Acccunts from Goldsboro, N. c., Say that
during performance of Robinson's Circus,
near there, an old colored woman, while looking
on from the outside, fell into q disused we'll
The watchnan Of the circus, who ran to the
spot, accidentally let fall his lantern, when In
stantly, the whole void was one sheet Of roaring
flames. Subsequently al employe Of the exhi-
ton descended and brought up the woman, who
soon expired: The rescuer himself is at the
| point of death.
The arrest is announced OF ". Il. Thomr-
son, alics Mx1ey, who murdered John Marti
in Bowling Green, KY, two years ago. Heg1
bail in bonds Of 81 900, which he forfeited, a:
has been travelling in the West with 3 minst1'
AT Memphis, Tenn, Monday evening, Es
| qure r. B. Miller and D. P. Robeson, late As
sistant Superintendent Of the Memphis b Little
| Rock Railroad, became involved IN 3 poitica
dispute, which resulted in Miller shooting Robet'
| son in the thigh, infcting dangerous wound
! Miller surrendered himself and was admitted to
| bail.
| -Forty-eight cases Of smallpox are officially
/ reported in Lexington KY
a firm at Lion, n. T., have undertaken the
manufacture Of 3 steam st1eet~car, and one is
| nov in successful operation.
| -'sWhat shall be- done with the A1il1 Creek
Valley" is the question that agitates Cincinnati
| at present.
| "a gentleman will, when the new county
| buildings are occupied, present to the New
Haven County bar law~ibrary worth s1o, 900.
| a Mrs. Jones, at Cambria, t., fell dead On
| seeing her little son sitting ut the top Of the
stsging Of q newly-built Windmill, to which
dangerous perch he had climbed
| Another horrible English murder is an
nounced. An Islington mother sharpened q
car7insg-knife On the d1e-poker, and then cutthe
Sir Edwin Landseer's pictures, 1.-THE Baptis-
NAL Font " and the Lion and the Lamb, have
been purchased by the Queen The 6rst-named
! work is to be engraved.
Miss Nellie Margach, Of Meadville Pa,,
fired q revolver at mark and hit herself sh%f.,
is evidently not success in pistol practice, lit
| would probably shine "a 3 boomerangist vi. !,
very little instruction.
/ The Russian Empire, including Poland and
Fin1snd, foots up II ,207, 794 inhabitants:
In Marseilles, recently, young girl named
| Irna Gras, q very handsome brunette, assassi-
mated her lover because he refused to buy her h
gold watch. To the general astonishment OF the
Court and audience, the jury acquitted her. Ex-
tenuating circumstances.
| The displeasure Of the Austrian Govern
ment with certain American journals, it is said
in Vienna, will probably lesd to the imposition
Of five cents On every issue OF political papers
published in the United States-
Vermont proposes to have more public u
| braries, and to this end scheme is before the
Legislature which recommends the app1oprla~
ton of 3150,000 for this purpose. The fund is
to be distributed among the towns according to
their populations, each town to provide Enita-
bIe building, and all to be subject to the Trus-
| tees OF the State Library, the whole scheme to
be voted on by the towns at the annual March
meetings.
Ten Of our American cities have Mercantile
Library Associations, with aggregate Laem-
bership Of upwards Of 200, ,000, and an ownership
| of 100000 volumes. The Philadelphia Mercan-
tile Library has II, ,736 members, &C, ,874 volumes,
| and an annual income Of $4,000. New York
has an association numbering o,4l3 membets
| and owning 137, ZOO volumes. Similar assocla~
| c;nnat; a. 00n. in Pittsburgh. 1O.970; in St.
Louis. 34,798; in Boston, 4,798; in San Fran
cisco. 10000; in Baltimore, q, 500 To these
may be- added the Boston Public Library, which
is free to all residents Of the city, and contains
| 10o, ,953 volumes.
! - Mrs Charles Wallace, the wife Of 8 mer-
chant at Richmond, Virginia, has become editor
| ~ +ba Nh Dc7u5ujnz 1{01azi1e which processes