The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-28
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GENERAL. ITEMS.

Love matches are often formed by |
neople who pay for month OF honey with
a life Of vinegar.
An old man at La Crosse, who had
been blind seven years, lately had his sight
restored by fit.
The same mule that killed man at |
Lexington, Ind, was permitted to haul the
widow to the funeral.
-Tburow Weed must be exceedingly |
feeble for. writing to the warden of Sing
sing prison about Frank Walworth, he
saws: al haven't the strength to write all
the good | know of him."
"A leading Roman Catholic paper of
this country, the Freeman's journal, OF
New York, declares that the United States
government should not sympathize with
the bastard republics Of Europe" but
should rather help to reinstatc the deposed
monarchs Of Spain and France.
--Of the nineteen United States con.
suls at German ports, five are naturalized
Americans, one of whom was born IN
Canada, The five German consuls are
those at Berlin, Bremen, Stuttgart
fSaxony), Chemntz and Wurtemburg.
sergeant Bates is not completely
abated vet. He wants to 60 to Europe in
the big balloon and g float the dear flag
across the Atlantic" By all means let
him 20. If there is not room give him
q little balloon for quarter and let him
go alone.
The "New York medical association
and the ISL. Louis medical association"
both combined in the person of civilian
r. Merwin, M. d." have been arrested
at Middle Granville, N. Y, where the
mail matter of the two associations" was
sent, for issuing circulars offering to pro-
cure abortions.
The wives and other female relatives
of the transported Communists who desire
to Join them in New Caledonia continue to
be forwarded thither at government ex-
pense, and Havrc paper gives particulars
of the departure of five hundred women
who left that port few days ago on board
the steamer Fenelon, many Of them with
families.
In the case Of Michael c. Broderick,
who. il is alleged, murdered his son on
Friday morning, in New York, by stab
bling him twice in the heart, the coroner's
Jury has rendered verdict to the effect
that the stabbing was done in sell-delense.
All the facts go to show that the affair was
drunken family row, in which two sons
pitched into the father for his drunken
brutality, and one got killed.
Texas vigilance committees nde up tc
house and shout, /" Is Smith in ?" Mrs.
Smith comes to the door and replies in the
negative, when the leader continues, !"
knew he wasn't he's hanging to black
Jack over thar Then Mrs. Smith goes
in, gathers her boys on her knee, and tells
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Texas and escape punishment. -Detroi
Free Press.
From the top of Kearsagc mountain
in New Hampshire, may be seen the birth
place of Ezekiel and Daniel Webster, Viii.
liam Pitt Fessenden, Governor John A
Dix, Viee-President Henry Wilson, Lewis
Cass, ex-United States Senator James W
Grimes, of Iowa, United States Senator
Zacharias Chandler, of Michigan, Lev
Woodbury., Horace Greeley, General Ben
jamin +. Butler, ex-President Pierce, ant
Chief Justice Chase.
Jane Buckley was recently up in
London police court, charged with ''settins
fire to her husband.o One Of these day!
these isolated cases of exaggerated wo
mans rights will be got together in book
and the record will be found to be startling
In the present case Mr.. Buckley managet
10 put himself out but he said it was hi
opinion that, however patriotic woman
might be, she had no right to use th
partner of her joys and sorrows for
Fourth of July celebration.
IF Enoch Arden had been an Iris
woman there would have been no sucl
foolng about in the back yard and iyn
in the village tavern, but there would hav
been lively times at the ''little port.
This is proved by the conduct of Mrs
Grady, in Chicago. She married Michae
in Ireland twenty years ago and he lei. he
for this land Of liberty. After arriving h
never sent her any word and in the cours
of time married another. The other da
she sought him out, and finding him in th
midst Of thriving family in Chicago ha'
him arrested, and the second Mrs. Grady
with her numerous progeny, is likely t
have TO vacate the family mansion.
An Existing Race of Pygmies.
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