, 1873-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

flies disseminate amall-pox-
-Caryon, Nev., has ordered, at IN im1aonso
expense, four hurdY-gurdy girls direct from Ger
many,
A rluclsy woman, naned Kate Hoyt, captured
d full grown wolf in Wayne County, Ia, a few
days since.
All Sin is making himself obnoxious again
By taking the contrcs Of gold coins out and I'LL
ing the vacancy with baser motRls.>
Tho erizootio is spreading through Utah.
Tho principal stnge lines have suspended, and
the livery stables are closed
Tho throe million dollars worth Of bonds
With which the City Of Cincinnati onco intended
to buy, the gasvorks. but didn't. haye been
burned
"A Nashville washerwoman. finding in a lot
OF dirty clothes new-faAhioned shirt opening at
the back, sewed it up, but open the bosom and
sowed Oil buttons, to the intcnee disgust Of her
customer.
Mrs swiaslelm has finished. hor work on
"Womeu who have been hinged" but declines
to supplement 1t with treatise on "Womeu
who onght 1t TO- TO- bo bpt a59t" because Of the in'-
Mrs. steadman was killed by the Central
Pacific Railroad, and her husband appraised her
at S75 900, though ts. had never ap-" pEsieed !"
her before. Tho Company ronsouei with him,
and he consented to take on 81, $50.
A young lady IN Western New York has just
declined m offer Of marriage from wealthy
lover whose na1no Is Hussey. It ia impossible
not to admiro the spunk OF that woman who re-
fnsos to be called Hussey for any rlan.
a negroin Coffee County. Georgia, who bot
ride a rom mule with pine burr under the
saddle lost tue money: He was followed to tho
tomb by lnrgo aud enthusiastic audience.
"A pensive man, with 8 basket full Of new
hats, was passing tho Wooster House, Friday.
whcn quarter OF ton Of beautiful snow Slid
from tho roof into his basket Not being .
profano man. his suffering was intense.-Dan-
bury lNe,rs. -'
Recently, man at soymonr, Indiana, was
caught by revolving sllaft, and whisked round
deposited on his feet, but, like the "Greek
slnre," he had: "every darned rag scu1ped OF y
him .-, -..--@
An old lady in town Of Worcester County,
from & trco which had been struck BY lightning,
through fear th:t some of the fluid :" might re-
main in tho wood and cause disaster to her
kitchen stove.
"A petition was brought up in the French
Assembly requesting the exclusion OF ladies'
gnut toilettes, but when the question Tas put aa
to who WAS to present and support 1t before the
House. not one had the courngs to bell the cat:
al being too gaaoae 70 s,a the risk Of offending
tho foir sex.
"A young lady in a1arshall.own, Iowa, at
? tempted suicide recently By cutting her throat
with razor, in twonty-one places, after which
ahe attempted to murder her child. This Ess
the fourth attempt she had made at suicide With
IN two years. It is thought she is insane.
-Elmira Stickley and Richard George are still
in jail at Cedar Falls awaiting trial. In the
meantime their victim, young Byron Wright, ia
rapidly falling. Indamation has set IN, and
since Monday he has been delirious. Much Of
the time he oviucea much pam, and at the pres
ont rate Of his decline he cannot long survive.
The death OF Louis Napoleon has revived
the old question as to his true parcntGge. Tho
belief is universal in Europe that the dead En-
peror IVES the son Of the Dutch Admiral Verhue1,
and not Of Louis Boneparte. TEenty-fou
years ago, when the Empire was re-estAblished,
Prince Sfpoleon tf openly Tepudiatea him as "a
Margaret OF Navarro, sister OF Charles X,
! WAS nnoug the earliest ladies' to wear locks bor-
rowed from other crowns. She WAS bald from
her youth, and footmcn with blonde hair were
specially retained to be ehozn Of their hair: from
time TO time, for their nlistreas who, in dread Of
being deprived OF her curls ty all accident alwaya
carried supply Of them in her pocket.
Mrs. 6uBanna Porter, wlfo Of Erben g. Por-
ter, now awaiting trial for the murder Of his
two children, has commenced suits in IN ohio
Court, under the Adair Liquor law, against
for furnishing liquor to her husband, claiming
damages in the sum Of $1,000, in each Gaze.
Tho 1etranscription Of the original notes Of
! the Buell. Court Of I1quiry, hns at length been
completed by Mr.: Bon Pitman. OF Cincinnati,
making record Of 1851 pages Of legal c.p, av,
eraging 2o5 words to the page. The original
Documents Of this case, it will tie remembered.
! mysteriously disappeared from the War Depert-
mant, and Congress passed an act authorizing
slr pitman to supply another copy from his
! photographic notes.
Switzerland int1usts tho election OF its Pros-
| ident to tho National Council and Council of
| State, which correspond essentially. to our
| National Senate and House OF Representative,
| and together form the Federal Assembly. Tho
| Presidents term Of office is only one year. The
successful candidate for the eneuing year ID Paul
!, Cereso1e son Of the Reformed pastor Of Fried
tichsdorf, near Frankfort. He is little over ~
years Of age. having been born On the eth OF No
yenber, 1884, He studied law, and bognn the
was soon elected to the Council, and at once
took prominent position. He was afterwnrd
chosen Minister of War. An Independent Lib
eral in politics, IN eloquent orator, an ndefetl-
| fy regarded as one OF the nblest officers ever
called to administer tho affairs Of the Confeder-
| alton. As the revision Of the Constitution ia
likely to be undertaken during the next year-
his ACCESSION ut this time is doomed particularly
fortunate.
| one Prof. Donaldson, who has successfully
made, since last August, twenty-four ascents i.
| his balloon in various parts OF the South and
| West. He has been up US high as t:aree miles as
indicated by his barometer, and, although many
accidents have befailen him he has survived
them MI. Having performed many daring OK
ploits above the clouds, lie now proposes, Us no
told reporter Of G Roading paper, to cross the
Atlantic the ensuing summer, arai1lng himself
OF tue current OF wind which, it has been ascer.
tained, blows from vest to east at distance OF
say two miles and half above the earth: He
expects to complete The trip Of 1000 miles in
something over two days Three balloons Joined
together, with boat, ballast, provisions, nnd all
| tho necessary requirements, and with q baske.
attached to the balloon, will constitute his @rial
trip. Previous to this grand venture he will
| make voyage from St Louis to Boston.
! A very interesting question connected With
the Boston fire will before long work it's way into
! the Supreme Court. At the time OF the fire an
entiquated city ordinance Was brought to lfe, 9
meeting Of the Board of Engineers held, and
| Chief Engineer .Damreu authorized to blow mp
buildings at his discretion. This power he dele
gated to different persons in different quarters,
and it seems to have been pretty generally used:
Now the insurance companies want to know what
buildings we're blown up, and with what Effect
the question coming up in the adjustmen1t; TO- Of
interest and anxiety But it is very difficult, i
not impossible, to find where the explosions TOOK
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