The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-18
GENERAL ITEMS.

Ornamental penmanship has been in
fashion for long time, and still tiourishes.
Laura Keene denies that she is dying
of consumption, as reported, unless it be
consumption of clam chowder at the sea-
shore.
The sons of Iturbide of Mexico died
as they were born, princes, except one
Don Augustin. He became a common
dsh-washer.
The next legislature of New Jersey
will choose a United States senator in place
of John P. Stockton, Democrat, whose
term expires on the 4th of March, 1875.
"A hgh-toned Brooklyn peddler has
the words ''traveling stationero painted
on his wagon. The mystery is how he
can keep stationery while he is travelling.
"A lonesome looking man called at the
Washington savings bank, in Savannah,
the other day, and deposited his money,
because he knew 'that George would
never let his bank bust"
A Roaring Branch, Pa, woman has
peeled over 200 cords Of bark this summer,
besides twice peelng the bark off her hus-
bands nose, because he made love to the
Inilk-maid.
The returns of the agricultural DEPART
ment for the 1st of August indicate
general and somewhat marked improve
ment in the condition and promise of the
cotton crop since the first of July.
The Clinton IN. CO. Inquirer says:
Lewis Moore. the town constable and
tax collector, who folded his tent the
other day and silently stole away, carried
off with him, 1t is said, about seventy-iive
dollars of the town funds.'
Says New Orleans paper: A girl Of
this city recently ate a box ofcastile soap
to get rid Of freckles. The mourners re-
marked a very peaceful expression about
the mouth at the funeral, though the freck-
les were as numerous as ever.
The Turkish feet is already, as regards
its iron-clads, the third in Europe, having
five ron.clad frigates, armed with 300
Founders seven iron-clad coryettes, most
of them armed with 200-pounders; two
monitors and four iron-clad gunboats.
"A Bennington daughter, whose domes-
tic nature is equal to her natural simplicity,
was invited by an Advent exhorter to
join his sect, get her white robe ready,
and prepare to ascend. 81 can't" the
maid replied, "lather and mother are going
up, and somebody must stay to see to the
cattle"
Brick Pomeroy has been enjoying the
abundant hospitalties of Galveston, Tex
as. He is said to have got into the pen
itentiary while there, and to have talked so
long to man that it was necessary to sound
a gong to stop him. Brick remarked
that's better than offering man card
with coffin on it,"
Hamlet has generally been supposed
to be q Dane. But there is reason to
believe that his ancestors came from Eng
land, because there is a country ehnrchyard
at Stoke-Pogis, where, we are told, /" the
rude forefathers of the Hamlet Sleep"
OF course, (" the Hamlet" must be Shake
speare's.
The power of love is shown in the
case of an Iowa girl who went three miles
from home to pasture lot belonging to
her father, and cut the throat of a calf, so
that when the old gentleman heard of the
matter he might hasten thither and thus
give his daughter a counting spell with
lover, who had been warned not to appear
on the premises.
AT the Fulton street prayer meeting,
Friday, q venerable clergyman arose and
requested that earnest prayer might be
offered for an official member of a church,
q broker, who had confidentially managed
the business affairs of young member of
the church in such manner as to defraud
HIM out of 900, which the young man
could not recover, as it was confidential
operation.