The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-16
GJhr o)iroinia State cyournaL
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1873
GENERAL ITEMS.

"A certain editor, on the first Of his
four pages, has this choice paragraph:
"For' "a horrible example of the evil effects
Contemporaries, sec o'T inside"
Two oranges of the Patrons of Hus-
handry were organized at Greensboro, N.
G., on Saturday last, including about 20
lady members.
An Irish editor says that in the alb
sence of both editors, the publishers have
succeeded in securing the services of q
gentleman to edit the paper this week.
Captain Jack hasn't quite settled
whether he will try the insanity dodge or
claim to be Herald correspondent to save
his life.
An Iowa man has nursed to vigorous
growth one hundred and fifty mullen
plants, under the hallucination that the
were tobacco.
"A well posted fruit grower in Della
ware estimates that the peach crop of the
present year will aggregate about 500, 900
baskets, exceeding by 100000 that OF last
year. ......
Visitor to mamma-"I have some
sad news for you, my dear your doctor,
Mr.. Crushbane, died this morning."
Jimmy lone of six)-"Then we shan't
have any more babies, ma. shall we?"--
Judy.
The family motto of Marshal MacMa-
hon is wy suis j'y resterai," which
in every dav English means 81 have come
to stay" Whether this will hold true OF
his accession to the presidency of the
French republic remains to be seen.
The twenty days. notice given by
the Presidents proclamation to persons
attempting to interfere with the Kellogg
Government expired on Tuesday. 1t is not
believed that there will be any further oc-
casion for interference by the Government.
-Figuratve party-"So long as am a
. man, sorr, what does it matther to me
whether me great-grandfather was an
Anthropoid ape or not, sorr"' Literal
party-"Haw! wather disagweeable for
your gwate,gwandmother, wasn't it ?"-
Punch.
Mrs. Victoria Woodruff is slowly i'm
proving, though still in precarious state.
for sending Objectionable matter through the
mails, had been set down for to-day, but
will be postponed. That of her husband,
NOiouCt IblOUu, 5lotClS iSHlliC ".
Clafin, will, however, take place.
Ninety thousand factories Of various
kinds in Russia employ about million Of
operatives. The mortality among this
class is enormous, the average duration OF
life being only twenty years, while fifty
seven per cent. of the children die before
they are five years of age. The Russian
government is now attempting to improve
the condition of these wretched work people
by attending TO the sanitary arrangements
of the factories, regulating hours Of labor,
and prohibiting the employment Of very
young children.
A burly individual the other day rush
cd into the sanctum of the Humboldt, Me-
vada Register, and, pulling an enormous
six-shooter, inquired anxiously for the
editor. "With great presence of mind, y
says the fearless quil-driver, (which al
ways characterizes us when in the pres
ence of danger, we suddenly arose, knock
ed the intruder down, seized him by the
collar and neither extremities and threw
him into the street. When last seen he
was making a 2:10 gait for Winnemucca,
on the railroad singing, Il want to be an
ANGEL The revolver captured in the melee
is on exhibition at this office"