, 1873-05-10


1EN !s1sAn ~"
Tho Duluth Herald learns that Illinois parties
have determined to build an elevator IN me IN.
ner harbor of that place, WIN capacity OF
1,000, 600 bushels.
a Pennsylvania paper has the following at-
tractlye adyertisement: omail-po1 algas g neat-
II and Handsomely printed at tp1s ONCE
,.>--About 130 new cadets arc TO report at West
Point the last week OF this month, OF whom 50
represent the now districts created by the ne"
apportionment OF representation IN congress;
Ohio Bridegroom 5seeently 1rGnshs 1s hs
accidentally swallowing tho Wedding ring, whlcn
he had kept in his mouth in order to have 1t
handy. .......
A boy named John Sampson, pleaded gullty
to manslaughter in killing John Wilson, IN san
prisoned for one day in the State Prison.
"A young woman, while eating . stew, IN
Middletown, Conn, tho other evening. COM
planned that one OF the oysters was full OF bones,
and careful, If not attractive, examination showed
size from pea to pins head.
An Atlanta Judge thus concluded his ro-
marks in sentencing man to be hanged: "The
execution Of this sentence to be IN private, and
witnessed only by the executing officer and
sufficient guard, md relatives, and clergymen,
and such friends is he may desire to have
present"
The Young Mems Christian Association OF
Kansas City has decided to purchase quantity
men apply for work, and say, as most OF them
do. that they are willing to do anything, give
tham d lob Of breaking atone,-the Association
depeudinr on selling the Same to the city for
marada1nizing the streets.
DIR. .Mackcnzie Bacon has published the results
of his inuuiries into the misuse of the phrase
Nsoftonina of tho BRAIN" and the habits Of
nhvsicians Of associating the term With GER
tain degree Of faulty, or declining intelligence.
Dr. Bacon says that Of all the cases received into
h;s aaylnm With this diagnosis, in not single
mo waa 1nch lcsion of the brain found to exist
~ nost.1nortem examination.
THE Chicago l. paducah Railroad Company
b.a ancceeded ii negotiating e3, 500, ,0C0 Of its
bonds in Europe. This gives t6eoompany alI the
Innction where It viii connect with the paducah
= Northsastsrn Road. r. viii be recollected that
IA Ch,cocn + Paf]ucah Rond iB one Of the four
roade thaf viii assigt in building the Paducah d
Northeastern Road. We have great confidence
PooI at a verv early dav.-Paducah Ke7tuckian.
~ p. Smith Of Coleman County, Tex, is o
MIGHTY Nirnrod in his particular line, which is
1Tn7vas. He Hlls the animals by seasoning the
dead cattle on the prairiee with strychnine,-,a
He thus makes nine-st1ike every time; at least
~ i111ra 40 from the fact that he recently
ehinned to St. Louis 500 potts in ono lot, md
pronoees to keen up the trade until his stock OF
dead cattle gives out.
Experiments at tho New York State 1unatio
Asylum have resulted in proving the great Value
Of conium--the hemlock OF the ancionts-in the
treatment or insanity. The concurrent testimony
OF the cases in which it has been tried is, that it
soothes and mollihes the motor centres, opeIaft
brain. thus auicting aud 1enoyating the whole
muscular system, and acting indirectly as tonic
and neryine. It is now largely used in casos OF
epilepsy by New York physicians.
Tho murder Of tho Shaw family by poison,
in Washington County, n. T., is still fresh IN the
mind, as is the arrest Of Charles Shaw, the hus-
baud and father, and Mrs Briggs, his paramour,
both OF whom are under Indictment Tor the mnr-
but already, it is said, Shaw is laboring under
great fear, and his ehrieks at times are fearful.
The other night he yelled, IN an entreatan8 5one:
ANY wife Is clawing her cold arms around me.
For Gods sake save mel" The only two Bur
yiviug children Of the tu-fated family are no" N
the county-house.
During a whole week, says the Bengal Times,
the streets OF Dacca hare been enllvened oy
marriage PROFESSIONS, the most remarkable 0!
which we're those in honor Of the marriage OF
two dolls belonging to the daughters OF the
wealthiest Hindoo citizens. The celebration q
these extraordinary nuptials has Afforded much
amusement to the people, whilst the parents OF
the Juvenile mothe1s-in-laW aTalled themselsea
of this opportunity to spend few Thousand
rupees to satisfy the one inclination foremost IN
the mind OF every Hlndoo,-teea1ng the bran,
the poor.
-Can1olnla, st;anee ~ ~, nAo 6;tba-to onr