The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

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II Kansas IN old Pcxs(roy) was un-
easthed md sung 70 tie tune Of "Mr.
HonRs You're Wanted"
Why Il money -order clerk in post
once like child
He must always have "sdvice."
At the dead letter ONES, during the
year, 4,24l 1874 letters were received !;
l6.lo9 Of which eontaipsd 81, 271.65.
Baron Liebig has received an
Imperial diploma from Russia for his
practical application Of chemistry.
President Grants administration ia
not responsible for removing 1913 post
masters during The year 1872. They
died.
The reason given Why 4 cat, while
eating, turns iss hsad first one way and
then the other, is because she cannot
turn it both ways at once.
The penalty for any person opening
letters not addressed to him or herself
varies from slime not exceeding $500
70 imprisonmsut for ten years."
Only three wives were thrashed by
their husbands in st. Paul last Sunday
week, and yet we are told that Minneso-
d ID the place where men enjoy the
comforts Of life.
Old Back-Bite suggests coat Of mail
- an appropriate uniform for letter-car-
lisrs, there being always STEAL enough
in the post Office to supply the entire
force with material,
Richard Spencer. hanged on the
9th inst, at Kirkdale, England, for
the murder il his mistress, was
born In jail, and his father was
hanged for murder.
The Sacramento Cal.) Bee announces
that there 10 not . ripple on the sur
face Of California society, politically, So
cislly, religiously, financially. weather.
ously or any other way-all is serene"
s1Of all the reverses experienced by
me- said s.penurious Croesus, dwelling
in fashionable awsnue, s'the only one
that gave me satisfaction was my dis
covery that / could reverse paper shirt
collars"
A servant girl in Newark, named
Bridget Reagan, was arrested on
Thursday for pilfering, and when
searched, six pounds Of buttons
vita piece of ice and seven
pounds Of sugar were found Sc
creted in her bosom.
That man mingled business with his
-devotions when be said in his prayers:
81 am just % confident that there is An
Over Ruling Providence as I am that
! have twenty-five barrels Of superfine
-four ct my store, which will sell o.
cheap ~ anybody in the city,"
A man and woman have died
recently in North Falmouth, Mass,
from the results of vaccination.
The formers arm began to swell
in ionr hours from the time of vac
cination; in twenty hours he be.
came delirious' end within week
he died.
A COW owned by blacksmith in
Alfred, N. r., was recently butch
cred, and her stomach was found
to contain four pounds OF horse
shoe nails and largo quantity of
old iron. Iron being good for the
blood, of course she Was healthy
COW.
Whilst the eartn hereabouts is frozen to
the depth of ut least twelve inches, and
greuBd 10 covered with snow and Toe, the
the Jackson, Amador county Caliiornia),
Ledger Of the 18th Of January says that
"a. citizens there 80 trimming shade
tsees end vines and preparing their
gardens and fsw are cultivsting farms
on small SCALE"
The free and independent banks
Of Ohio ceased business years ago,
but they have all still outstanding
more or less OF their unredemed
circulation. The seventeen free
banks and eight independent banks
had on thes16t of November an
aggregate Of 864,97 outstanding.
The Boston Traveller calls atteL-
ton to the fact that s'of all the
ships built or purchased by con-
tract. during the war, not one re-
main in the navy to day considered
worth fitting ont 70. three years
cruise, and yet their cost Was great
er than that Of those built In the
navy yard"
What has Anna Dickinson done
that the sConrier-Journal should
say such malicious thing of her
and after her Liberality oflast fall,
too? Gamma sDickinson's Last lee
ture is entitled s.Things Hoped
For. She dosen't mean husbands.
They are . thing she has long since
ceased 10 hope for"
In illustrating the fruits of ad-
ver,ising, an exchange Gays :" A
family in Florida lost their little
bow and advertised for him In .
daily paper. That very afternoon
An alligator crawled up out OF q
swamp and died on the front door
step. In his stomach was found a
handful OF red hair, some bone
buttons, . pair OF boot heels, q
glass alley, a pair OF check pants,
and q paper collar. The adver-
tisement did it."
Mr.. George LIE Barre, Of Penn.
svlyania. 10 held up by the New
York Herald a. the Oldest man in
America. His years number. 1l5
he was too old for the Wal Of lS7.
and be shook hands with Wishing
ton. In addition to this he has hab
itually used whisky and tobacco
for . century.