, 1872-11-19

"Nov. u, 1s7o-"
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
4 suspension bridge is to be swung across te
Mississippi River near Minnehaha.
| The depth now reached in boring for salt 1t
Muskegon Is $40 feet.
There are cases Of smallpox in Lincol,
Broa1d"ell, Lewiston, and other places in Cen.
| tral Illinois.
| ing considerable damage to corn-feld5 in Arsa,-
| sas.
Prairie fires in Hardin County, Iowa, hare
consumed property to the amount Of 7l5,l00
| within two weeks.
| Dubuque is to be the headquarters Of the
| Government interior coast survey this winter.
The remnant Of the Seminole tribo in Flor
ida is divided into three families Of about tWe4ty
| persons each.
| The quantity Of lumber sawed at Miunear7-
| lis the past season will closely approximate to
135,000,000 feet,-possibIy 140, 900, 000.
The county seat Of Adams County, low,
has been changed from Quincy to Coming b.
majority Tote Of 2o4-
The annual meeting Of the American Wo;n-
an Suffrage Association will be held at 81. Louis,
Mo- in Temple Hail. Nov. 20 and q.
Twenty Roman Catholic Bishops have gone
forth from the DIOCESE Of Cincinnati, a greater
United States.
Through passengers on the Central Pacific
Railroad n October: To the East, 1922; to tic
West, 4,213. Total, 6,535-
Some enterprising capitalists of San Fran
cisco propose to manufacture the lark of tie
Oregon cedar tree into stuitiug for mattressca
Pnlu, soap root, and horse hair must take ,.cl,
seat.
Regular passenger trains will he run over
tho Lake Shore Road, between Slebov:an a:.I
Milwaukee, within two weeks
Tho Committee of Seventy is engaged or g
new charter for New York City, restoring the ol-
jectionabls minority representation clause ot a
year ago.
e. L. Todd, ahsconding telegraph operator,
returned to his home at Gardiner, johnson
County. Ks.. aud there murdered his young Wife
The water supply has again failed a. Cen
tralla, and the Illinois Central Railroad Company
are hauling wafer from the Big Muddy to run
their machine shopH-
At Z recent wedding in 3rnskegon, Mich.
tho bride was adorned with diamonds to the
amount OF 55o,0o0. The groom eported two SOL
An English druggist was the other daY con-
victet, for the fifteenth time, of neglectine to
v:::cinato lis child. He has already paid nearly
9l4 in fines and law charges, but is Still obdu-
rate. The fine was repeated.
AS two women in Philadelphia, we're re-
turning from the spectacle Of General Meade's
obseunies, they wero attacked by aruHan; where
upon Que Of them knocked him down with her
umbrella.
a young couple were married in Decorah.
Iowa. Saturday week, and On Thursday the
father Of the girl came and took her away, She
was only about II years old.
There are rulnors that the Chicago Clinton
t. Dnbuqne and the Chicago, Dubuque L. Min
nesota Railroads are to be Consolidated with tie
Michigan Central and Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroads.
Some Of the river counties in Iowa. where
timber Is scarce, have large number Of hume
steaders who 1--we IN sod houses, and burn TIE
rank river bottom grass for fuel. They tnist
It, when dry: into ropes. Thus prepared. it
gives out an intense heat, and has ksting
qoan1tes: a1 ,.1o..
is being demolished, preparatory to th5 rect!-5
ca the buildings OF the Hudson River Irm foS,'
pany, OF TINT city. The house is one & I've ~
DIGEST N the state, having been erected IN ~
elghteenth century;
1t is said that the present manssemenot
Ehe Eric hallway have decided to ren3vene
names. monoe5fams, pictures, and all otnete-
membranes Of Jay Gould or James Fisk,r.,
rom the engines, teIry- boats, palace cotes'
and other property OF the Company.
Somebody has dug up 3 copy Of thl5st
sdlston OF DtYoen,e translation Of virgil, lfnch
here ls an engraving representing menIa5-
;1ns 1oad OF nay, while AZ around are tslck,
1yinE, and !, aeaa tI horae5-thlngs, II feet, Eng
pretty mucn "a they 90 now. The traAhon
.;nptons Of this ancient epidemic. and ; are
lulte e. similar to those Of the present disc
,,;,l..a aiaa New e', orleehs, Little Rock stouis
ta''foau company has obtained promis7f aid
rom every county on the line in Arkan! with
ms n t e1{s:ept1on {:. @ from PULASKI to ths 1isana
'la1e iue' aod also lapd subscrptionsAn as
essinent llas been levied on the stoc3lders,
NJ survey Is to be commenced lmniately
rom Little Rock to Camden, shrcyep and
alexandria.
-Da1t1nore l5 IN trouble about hescanty
unply OF water and tho authorities nj have
nder consideration o plan by which aerma-
en1 adequate M M va aW'ater-snpply can be Esc:d at
ost Of St, 5oo, ooo, and two plans for tporary
npPhes until the completion Of the p1,anent
'ork, Sda a., at the respective Costs Of $4,000 and
$50, QUO.
-1ndge scudder, Of New Jerey' naseelaea
aas i any one but licensed 1ote1 heer nag