, 1874-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

NUH5lEs5iIltu h!lIaA03 VI fpAAAAoAtt FAu4'VtGa%o w
rotl,ru to journniism.
C X. RosE, fntl4or OF tho abducted chiid, is
improving montally ana physically.
Tho entinlatel expenditure Of tho Harvard
Universally p,at Club. ttlH yoar, III $780,
William, i. Allison, Senator from Iowa. and
Gov. Bayeridge OF Illinois, are nntircs Of uarri-
N,n Township Perry County. O.; a'd Gov.
Hon lricis, Of Indiana, IL native Of the adloin-
ins township. Of Nowton' in Alusk1ugun County
they Rro al! farlnplB' BoEs.
--Alexanuer J.. Hamilton, the dstaulting
Iroasnror Of Jersey City, bas returned, aud
i;lTen himself up to tho authorities. He ab-
,'co,ded last February with ss0,osoo. and Inns
,een Mt hlatuinoras. Europe and California.
firing ut lust Of III outcast and rowing life, he
ilas returned. Ho WEI tlecccd ont OF S200UO by
IL gniao bo.ween Corpus Christi and Browns
yillo.
Tho New York correspondent Of tho Boston
Journal sa:s: % An investigation ia regard TO
manufacturing md business matters shows that
tho winter outlou; for the luborIng class il! New
York is very nnpromieiug. Ono-thlrd of the un-
skilled laborers in Now York are Idle. A popn-
Atlon Of 90,uUU ale really in want. They hayo
lad 10 o1nnloymont for slx mouths, and mono is
sxpcuod till spring, at soonest.
The Asse.sors Of P1oy!denco, r. l., have
completed their lab0ss, nnd ilnd that tue city's
valuation lue1udcs S8l, ,UlU, 500 real ostato and
42,Gi2, 500 pelbuaa!, uakinE an aggregate val
t.alion Of $l23, ,CS2, 500. Tho list Ut individuals
eul corporations taxcd for 500, ,000w worth Of prop
CITY ut,tl upwards foots up 4GU. Three nro tnxel
11I fEnfO lHnU Eacus uuu LGu OtuGrE
1ar siUU,0O0 aud over.
-'rtreo men wcro riding In lumber wagon
renr Fort Dodge, H., lant Friday. Ono was car
rilnE q gun in Il careless "ay, when sudden
jill OF tho wagon discharged it. tearing off his
uxn hand, and shooting out tho eyes md carry
hi, away part Of tho faco Of tho youngest man
in the ,ronp. Tho latter fingered some time,
e.,,rorln, drentfully, aud making piteous appeals
Ia lis c3l"races to kill linn aud put him out Of
LIS misc =.
-WIlu logs ure the most dangerous gamo in
tho Virginia mouutains. They uro found III herds
U, iiyo to twelve, aud tie sight of 4 human be-
i.g il the only Biynal fur attack they require.
y hu Intruder has thon nothiuE loft him but to
tutrun tlom or climb troo and walt for thom
t lcnyo. ...
All tho Interstate Oratorical Contest, to ba
held III tho University Mt 1owa City tho 9Th Of
i:ext month, two Iowa colleges, after sharp con-
t;ets between their brightest nttdonte aud best
Ctators, hare decided upon being represented in
tho greater cuutcst Of oratory by girls Tho
!tatn Agricultural College senda NJ lss champion
Hiss Katu Tnppor, Of Dea Moiuea-ntld Cornell
tollcge, Mount Vernon, sonde Alas alast'e clll-
Ion.
Washington gossip hnH 1t tint Admiral Por-
tes'4 l!;4,st.sa,ae mansion hida tair to ho abazo
EilA the brilliant light Of honay,oons this win.
lef, NJ tile pMalls announcing the marriage OF
lin two sons with Southern hoireAsos are waited
III OIL the wings sf uutunlsal winds, md Uamo
HHn,or conIlasntully Informs tiH that bl!sH Liz
sic haB brought to lsor ieot distinguished Now
iO1k journalist, with all hin money. enterprise,
ho'Ecs, aud snug philanthropy. Misa Porter 's
conspicuous Tor her finely nodded figure aud
exquisite taslo in dsossiug, aud hor very grace
tut tauclug,
Tho mechanical powor Of vegetables Ia re-
-oivIug colnsderablo attention just now. 4
.urnsh oxperlnientcd with at tho Agricultural
Colugo in Amherst. AlnBa., ia now struggling
lneccshfully agatnbt weight OF 4,00O pounds,
III Pelham in birch trco growing out Of u lutige
II reeks. Tho tyne ia abnut . feet in diameter
Ind noarly 30 feat in hoight Ono Of itB roots
has forced its way under hugo mnse Of rock,
Ecigl.ing, ACCORDING to tho eHtiMute. fully 81
o1N, mud Inns detached It from tho uuin rock, 10
llut abont an inch iuteryenoH.
Judge htckonnal,, Of Washington, pa,, while
holding Il term OF tho Unito,l Stnics Gircnt
Court in Philadelphia, last wooIs, PRONOUNCED y
ruling in contradiction to what hns herotoforo
b1en considered aottlel law. Tho cnso ,yan a
auit brought by tho drawer OF check for sl00,
wlllcA had boon raised TO 81, 100 by tho drnwco'
tu recovnr from the hauk 2,0GQ i,Dnrunorly
pnid. JuAge slcKonnan charged tho iury tint il
thoy believed from the toatimony aid from, nj,
inspection Of tho cheok tllat there WIS nothing
unusual in its appearance, nothing wisicl, would
hayo boon sufficient to put 4 calotul person upon
bis Buard. then tlaey should ln4I for tho datontl-
R,.ta; il otAoswiae, their verdict SHOULD 10 for
.ilo plaintiffs. Tho payug-tellor8 Ut several
bn,la having teatitled that thoro waA nothing iu
;h8 appearance Of tho check, aB raiee tn excite
Mspiclon, tho jury rendered 9 verdict Tor thG
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