, 1873-02-10

Georgia propoaea to buy Stone Mountain md
build Stato PolitoNtary, ut tho same tin1o sell
ing anoiEl granite to Now 0rloaua-S2, 0l0, 600
Tho Pioneer Association of tho Northwost
Territory propose holding grand celebration III
Chtlicotho, 0hio, next April, on tho cighty-tlfth
anniversary any Of tho first settlement nado in
Ohio.
Middle Park, Colorado, which is now oxcit-
ing much attention, is dosoribel as d valley
about 90 lntlcs long and perhaps IL miles wide,
aoros, boing larger than Rhode Isand.
The oswego Conanlerc1al Advertiser and 0s-
wego Daily Press hayo boon consolidated, under
tho name Of tl19 oswcgo patty Times.
Phi Tug calendar of of tho Circuit court at
York Central Railroad Company, for receiving
moro fare than the law nllnws. Tlley arc Buitn
which wore commenced moro than two yeara ago..
1t will porhaps aatonisl those who hpye beon
educated into tlio botof that tho co,irae of tho
Btar Of empire ia unalternbly and continuously
westward, to learn that tho Atlantic statos, aud
especially Virginia. have 1ately drawn large num-
berg Of permanent settlera from tho Northwest.
-Richnsond Hd.) Journal.
The Comptrolors report for 1872 contains
tabular statements Of taxable property in tho
throo grand divisions Of Tennessee, and COM
Earisoe'n! with 1871. The decroase il yalue in
gee, s55,4oe,o7a, aud in Wes! Tennessee, ss7e,-
822. Total decrease IN valuation. a6,ts0,312.
a gentleman handed up $40 bill in ono OF
tho Boston Red Line coaches, from, which one
said tho driver, down through tho hole, (which
eio;" We e. II rspiied tue e eSentioman, % '
II thought might get both Tor Tint"
tho grape diatrsctu Of that vicinity are discour-
aging. The severity Of tho weather Inns damaged
tha vinos no Tint 2 loof crop and alniose total
the alaudn aud poninsula tho vines aoem
frozen, anI tito prospect III not good, even in
that most favored locality.
"A. D. Snanaon the wtfo-roigoner, WHO was
1t lho last term Of Court il Monmouth, ill.,,
committed unicide, last Tuesday night, by cutting
his threat with razor. How Swanson obtained
the razor is not known, bnt 1t III supposed it WAS
banded him by some person from outside Of the
AT Richmond, Va, two "high1y-renpcctablo
young ladies' llavo boon sent TO jail for Boyen
days for the offence of stealing from q lair-
tlressoy's ehop "a quantity Of human hair,"-
ton dollars worth. in fact. The frghtful ar
rangomcnts for tho humnn head ut present so
much i'll fashion nre nnsveroble for the tesnpta-
tion to which thaso hishiy-roupcotable virgins
guccumled. It is dreadful st:te OF thugs.
-I1o amount of pine lumber ANNUALLY cut on
tho susqnolanna River and its tributaries cx-
goods tiyo hundred million feet. Should this
amount bo cut for tho nost five yonrs, it would
an1onnt to two billion FIVE hundred million foot.
A careful csilnato has boon made OF tho arcn of
tho timbor landn, md the average yield Of luin-
bor, aud tho alarming conclusion is reached that
three years. ntocking ut the present ratio Of iiye
hundred million feet por year would entirely OK
haUst all the pine lumbar nov standing.
AT Ratlldownoy, in ireland, tho other day,
one Edward Downing proclaimed that, being too
good for this world, ilo would bo translated ct n
certain holr from the public ,squnro Of t',at
town. Two Thousand people got together to see
hfr. Bowling 60 up. lie told them tllat tho fiery
chariot would soon arrtve' to carry him off, but
unfortunately tho yeliclo didn't col:e 1Ie waited
and waited, and at Inst WAS compelled to All
nounco tlsat the ascension waa indefinitely poat
poned. In I'll other respects tbs miracle was .
perfect Buccoss.
Here is 4 singular story Of condolences. Tho
detectives of BoHtou in caso given 10 thom to
work up, wanted man named w. II. Johnson,
| who hal glass eye. They found auclt It por--
son IN Bangor. Me-, and 10 WIS ths wrong gen
tlonan. They found another ". II. Johuson in
Salon. Mass, also With : glass ego. and lc too
proved To DO IN innocent man. They then ro-
| coiycd t. telegram from Nowburyport, Mass,
Stating that W. II. johnson with I. glasa oyo
| Ind been arrested thore-nnd he likewise proved
| to be the wrong customer. There is a fourth W.
| II. Johnson with glass cyo, somewhere, and
tho Boston nutl,oritien would 1iko to hare hin, !;
that is, unless lso happens to bo the wrong ". II.
| johnson with glass oyo.