, 1872-12-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Bob Anderson claims to be king Of the high
way 1a:a. in Colorado, and has robbed thirteen
There is q wooden railing around the resi-
dence Of Hon. A. q. q. Stuart, in 6taunton.
Va, which is over one hundred years old, and
still in good preservation.
A desperate at Chattanooga Saturday,
knocked down Mr. ColweI, q merchant, and, ait
ting upon his body, stabbed him terribly with =
boWie-lnife, killing him. Then, when an ar
rest WAS attempted, he shot and killed two
policemen and wounded third, afterward escap-
ing across the river IN q canoe.
The machine shops Of the l., B, l. r.
Railway Company are to be removed from Ur-
bans, ILL.,, says the Indianapolis Journal, and
will probably be located at the place offering the
greatest Inducements. Pekin has offered $780,
The New Hampshire Presidential Electors
| were astonishod to find that not one Of their
number was user Of liquor or tobacco in any
form, or ever had been during their lives: E5->
Governor Hale, the Oldest member OF the Board,
had never in his life even paid for glass Of
liquor for any one else.
New York people are Just now in trouble
about their coffee. A chemical analysis has re-
vealed to their astoniahed senses the fact that
the beverage served at the principal hotels and
restaurants Of that city is q strong Infusion OF
roasted beans, chicory, sweet potato peellnGs,
with a trace Of burnt tobacco stems to put
head On it.
The Juniors Of the Class Of 1874 Of Beloit
College will hold their exhibition in that city on
Tuesday evening, Dec II, to which the public
are invited. The orations are limited IN num-
ber, and, as the orators chosen are among the
best, the entertainment promises to be Of an in
teresting and entertaining character. The Con-
gregationa1 Church building is we'll adapted for
such a purpose.
As farmer named Grandbush was coming
into the city, yesterday, On the Gratiot road, he
encountered the team Of aman named Robioson,
| and the horses rushed at each other The men
could do nothing toward stopping the fight IL:
several minntes and had finally to get Clubs and
| pound the ferocioua equines apart. MI tne
| horses were more or less injured, and the har-
| ness was completely torn of Of one.-Dtssod
| Free Press.
| Hiss Maria Huntingdon, Georgia girl Of u,
who is stopping at the Broadway Hotel, in New
| York, was engaged to be married to clothier
named Conklin. A few days ago she quar1el1ed
| with him, and immediately went to an Episcopal
minister and got married to another gentleman
named Walker. BY the time husband and wife
reached home, she changed her mind again, and
| kissed him once, and told him never to See her
moro. Then she applied for divorce, and is to
! he married to Conklin as soon as she is free.
| About sixty years ago, John Griswold Rog-
| ers Of East Lynne, Ct., fell In love with Eliza
i. Griswold, and in 1917 the couple were be-
teothed, aud doubtless began to talk about fixing
the wedding day. There appears, however, to.
have been more than the usual difficulty ii de-
Gliding the question at least, it WAS not until
last Thanksgiving Day that the ceremony took
place, when the bride and groom had reached
the ages respectively 78 and 70. Both parties,
| however, belong to . long-ived race, and look
| forward to welded life Of no short duration.