, 1873-02-21
NEWS pARAGRAPHa.

Lenton concerts will bo inauguratel vcry
eoou.
Tho pap has begun to now In tho Ponnsyl-
--Eleyen English steamers hare boon lost at
ase; With NIL on board. aas'ns the past three
. "A Louisiana man has demonstrated tho fact
TINT pistol loaded with powder and water will
blow . naau'g head off.
"A Nantucket youth has sued beautiful
widow tor lending him to ruin, and then aban-
doninEE IEE him to tho ecorn =; of tho world,
Bylvania Central had 1eaged tho entire Nao Of tho
Northern Central RnilroAd is 4 little prernaturc.
Tho recent accident on tho Allegheny Valley
Railroad has called forth general condemnation
Of tho practice Of mixing passenger coaclos
with oil cara.
"A Philadelphia woman having married OF
her ninth mud last daughter, meekly folded llor
hands and died. "n1y lifo-Sork is done wore
her Inst words.
Tho Iowa Press exourelon this year is to
Niagara Falls, by way of Chicago and Detroit.
The Annexation meets at Ccdur Rapids or tho
10th OF June.
The lust timber Of tho old Chicago, Rock
Island l. Pacific Railroad bridge, ut Davenport,
ha1 been removed and the workmon discharged.
Their pay for the last month waB s25, 900.
Fines hnVo been imposed by tho District
Court OF Bremen County, Town, upon seven liq-
nos dealers n Wayerly, amounting in the asgre-
Tho Dogton Aduer'iser nays thero nre 2,7cs
places IN Boston wllora Intoxicating iqMora
are cold IN defiance Of the prolibitory laws of
Tho newspapers down East have discovered
fourteen children, Ill boys, the oldest OF whom
are but 2 years Of ago. There are four sots OF
twins and two triplots.
hi awful to read Of the dopravity OF tho
British, achool-boy. At the East London H.
dustra1 School, throo Of the deprayod scholars
were charged with Attempting to poison ono OF
tho assistant mastora by putting white procpitato
IN his medicine. Two OF tho boys were COM
often and how badly tho master had doggod the
Juvenile polRonors, was not stated.
-Glenwood, Iowa, has sensation In tho shape
Of human Blleloton found by q wood-chopper
on cutting down q hollow tree. Indications are
that it has boon there hundred years or So
climbed tho tree to tue spot whore the body
forked and where, at tho fork, the hollow in tho
tree came through to the outer air, hs had
slipped in aud staryed to death.
prico OF iron for. the season Of 1873 may bo
aeyf5aa eea sse
gurss bstvocn % s1 pares I nay agree do
manl for apocular oros ID greater than TIC
aouroo of aupply, and contracts at tho price
named havo been refused beoaugo Of tho uncor.
taintX attending tho amount u production, H., u
!
ports tho following as tho largest single bona
]itlc transaction in grain ever mado In California
| II not In tho United States; The wheat was
all in the city warehouse, was Of uniform, good
shipping quality, aud was the property Of Hchollf
Brothers, having boen purchased BY then In lots
during the fall, at low prices. The sale CON
aIsted Of u 600 tons, valued at &500, 900.
..-Roadera who have not yet succeeded IN rid
ding themselves Of the old provincial sonsltivo.
ness to forulgh opinion, or the old provincial
anxiety TINT Unolo Sam shall put Lis best fool
foremost whom the people arc looking at him
will not bo pleased to bear that their Ronatorl
and Representatives in Congress- assembled nnt
diverted themselves during the count Of the
eloctorlal yotes by smoldng cigars and pe1tint
eaoh other with wads OF paper.-Sprinajleld Re
publican.
"A curious petition for an amendment to til,
Constitution was recently presented in tho Son
eto, to the effect "thnt horeaftor, mud through
out ali time, all pcrsons, whether OF tho State o
/ National Government. who ahall recommon'
civil war, uhall rogiHter their Names in book t.
ho kept by tho Secretary at Slate OF Washington
and that, when tho war breaks out, they occup
the front ranks In tho limo until tho wnr olosos
and that, III default OF go doing, they acknowl
edge themselves ready md worthy Of being talo
ouS md shot at any instant that tho proatdont q
tho United Statos or any Goyornor Of Stat
shall 10 order and direct