The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-01
The whole pumbsr of hogs packed 10
Terre Haute this season - $4,000.

Vlti0 anO SOUTHWESTERN hdiTUau iaCNS
confirmation. Or
A Louisville young man was rath-
err nervous at his marriage cere-
mony, and handed the minister his.
washerwoman's bill instead of the !.
license.
Switzerland County is undergoing am
experience CT the evil resulting from the
LIQUOR traffic in tee case OF Brady, who
got drunk at Vevay AMI killed man.
His trials thus for ha7, cost the couMy-
5000, aud a new tii,l is ordered.
The juveniles OF Wabash, according to
the elaborate comput alton of the War
saw lndianian, cons umec exactly 10000
packages of butter scotch during 1872.
How much calomel and ja!ap followed
it the Ind:anian has not yet reckoncd up.
The total cost Of the Hoosac Tunnel to
January 1, 1873, is about s9,3oo,0tO
When completed it will cost the State.
about 100000. No further loan will
be required. as the Messrs. Stanley will
fulfill their contract to the letter.
Agassiz says there is nutiim IN. in enc
pair boots sufficient to sutain fullgrown
man ten days, and yet the hungriest
man We ever knew was clerk in
h ston boot and shoe store. He would
stand in front OF pie-shop, gazing into
the show window and weep for hours.
Olive L,gan's lecture on sSuc-
cessful Men, is epoken OF by the
press in the highest terms Of
praise. 1t was given at Indians
polls Wednesday night 70 q crowd
ed house. ga sssla
A French statistician, who vouch-
es for the facts. states that Paris
contains .450 hunchhacks. i, x24
individuals With onIy one arm,
l,l45 with one leg, ITO c-ipplcs,-
II Without noses, and 3 without
either arms Or legs.
Bishop Wiley, of the Ne ,hodist
Episcopal Church who has recent
y visited New Orleans, writes
home that lie is quite unable to
comprehend the poii,lciaI situation
in Louisiana He thinks matters
are very much mixcd-and 60 does
everybody else. sgot =
The emigrant ship North. bound
for Australia from London. collid-
ed with another steamship off Dun
ge MESS. apOint on the southern
coast of Kentshire, in the English
channel, and was cut to the waters
edge. There were 4l2 passengers
besides her crew on boarl, and
the lass Of life must have been
terrible, OILY So ere known to have
Leen saved. aajsl
The House Judiciary Committee
agreed upon a bill Fixed the aunu-
Il salary OF the President at $780,
900; Chief Justice. Sl0,5OO; Vice
President, speaker of the, Honsc,
and Judges OF the Supreme Court
$4,000 each; Senators and Rep
rcsenta'ives, $4,000, with the pres
ent allowances for mileage cut off
and only actual travelling expenses
to he drawn. 10
! There seems to be no duubt OF the
election OF Alexander STEPHENS to
/ Congress from the eighth Georgia
/ District vice G eneral A R Wright,
who died last month. There we're
four other candidates for the nom,
insticn, Int they all declined in
in favor Of Stp.:ens, who was nom.
mated ty reclamation 10 saIve over
his defeat for the Senatorship.
The Chicago Post-office employs, ITS
clerks and IL letter carriers, and ranks
next to New York in amount 0. general
business transacted, and first as .. dis
tributing Office. The annual statement
Just published shows an increase in busi-
ness OF so per cent, over previous years,
the increase since the fire having been
greater Than ever. The aumber OF letters
received for distribution since the fire is
l,510, 800, and the number deposited
in the Office and the street bikes Of fhe
city is &c, 923,87o, making the total
number sent from the office 81, TO.
/ The terrible scehcs OF this win.
ter and the long list Of Deaths on
the prairies are having til, effect
OF suggesting some. means shy
which they need NOT be .repeate,i
another winter In Minnesota.it is
fproposed to plant line OF trees
along all the roads, which would
not only furnish some shelter. bat
would so distinctly mark the way.
that no one, however COLI and. be
numtcd, need looseit This would
be one OF the surest and cheapest
projections that could be given.
and ehly spring should, every
where in the West. see the work
begun.