The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Which, all unseen itself loves on forever.
From the German OF Scheiel
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The report OF the railroad commissioner
OF Illinois for 1872 shows that the averag
gross earnings of the G.25S miles of railwa,
mile; the average net earnings were SAYS
per mile; the expenses wel 65.6 per cent
OF the gross earnings.
A party of young men and maideps wen
TO hotel in Louisville, Pa. for Christina
dance. While there, the stable burned, ant
their horses in IL, 50 that it made rathel
expensive entertainment.
A politician who accused his rival Of
stealing sheep, during the canvass, be-
ing defeated, invited his successful oppon-
ent to dine with him on mutton chops
This was uncharitably called adding insult
to injury.
The curious announcement Is made in
| the Swiss Times that the first child which
! has come into the world in the parsonage OF
| Hansen Ossiugen. Canton Zurich. Switzer-
| tand, during the term of l20 years was born
] there few days ago.
A widow in Dorchester VI u.s.. has been
three times married. Her first husband
was RObb the second Robbins, and the
third Robinson. The same door plate has
served for the whole three, and the question
now is, what extended name can be pro-
cured to fill out the remaining space on
il.
Fifteen hundred OF the certificates by
which Kellogg was declared Governor of
Louisiana, have been pronounced fOrgeries.
Bribery, forgery and kindred practices are
nov the means by which Radical Govern
ors. Senators. members OF Congress, aud
other officials are chosen.
The engineers OF the Texas Pacific Rail-
road have commenced locating che road
through Los Angeles.
Nervous old invalid: We'll, Miss Nipper,
| think it's quite time these passage walls
were repapered!"
Landlady "Parding me, sir; but | Was
attn to see 'ow your 'ealth goes on.
Collins is sech things TO knock the paper off,
comm down.
The late eccentric Methodist preacher,
Peter Cartwright described the sort OF re-
ligiog that comes aud goes in flashes, an
which his experience brought him into con
tact with a good deal more than he liked.
AS lightning bug religion. &C Christian
Leader.
Divorces will not b. SO easy OF attain
ment hereafter in Indiana. the Legislature
of that State having 50 amended the law rs
to reduce the number of causes 10 seveu--
adultery, imp0tency. three years abandon
meut, cruel and inhunau treatment, failure
of the b. sband for two years To provide
for his Wi g. three years habigual drunk
enness, and conviction of any infamous
crime.
A lonely widow, over eighty years old.
who had lived apparently in the most ab-
ject poverty. in Newport. Del. died few
days ago. and inves LEGATION showed that
she owned a house i'm Baltimore, aHd had
$1,000 hidden away in rags, in her house.
She left a will providing for a funeral that
will cost at least $500, and saving that she
was determined to be buried ia style.
The Virginia Legislature has passed an
act making il a misdemeanOr, punishable by
fine and imprisonment, TO pay or be paid
for procuring the passage or defeat of "a bill
before the Legislature.
The demand for machinery OF American
make. of all kinds is growing rapidly il IA
vor in countries which have hitherto looked
to England as the only proper source for
such appliances
A profane correspondent says that the
Governor of Florida lis political Turvey-
drop, with countenance never disturbed
by thought, and guiltless of any expression,
save concentrated and double-distilled ego
tism."
An old lady in Spciogfield. Ohio. who
read in the telegraph dispatches that the
cholera was raVaging Turkey, wenI to
work and slaughtered her entire flock of
seventy turkeys, so "a TO get the start of
"OId Asiatic.''
The lady sophomores of Aun Arbor,
Michigan. haze the freshmen terribly. One
young fellow was badly injured, recently.
by being tripped up by one OF the play
full damsels, as he was passing through a
dark hall.
An old lady describes genius "a man
''whaU knows more'n he can find our, and
spills wittels on his clothes"
A lady calls the little memoranda her
butcher sends with the meat. '.peociings by
the weigh"
Why does chicken, three weeks, three
DAYS and three hours old. walk across The
road? To get on the other side.
1t is considered good joke, in James
Vile, Wisconsin. to stick smallpox flag
in front OF your neighbor's house, in the
night.
Many of the farmers around Sanders
vile, Georgia. are complaining of a search
ty of labor. The exodus of So many hands
20 the West and Florida has seriously
Inconvenience Il great many IN farming
operations
The female suffrage question was before
the Pennsylvania constitutional conven-
ton, last week. The prevailing tone OF the
discussion was against she grant of the bal
lot to the sex.
1t has been suggested that the name of
the national capital be changed to ''White-
Washington"
The South Carolina ladies' show decided
preference for the cotton fabrics made in
their own State.
Thomas Lawrence. late Of Wake county.
Virginia, can lay no claim to originality of
method in committing suicide by chop
ping a tree down. and lying down un-
der it as it fell, since his udcle is cred
tied with having resorted to that expedi-
ent some time ago.