, 1874-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS,

Miss Sallia Furwnsd Austin, granddauchtc
ol Wa'tat forward. Of Ponnsylvauia, who wa
Secretary OF tho Treasury from 1871 to 1918, our
Minister to Denmark from l8l9 to 1851. hnt
6een appointed to . clorhHhip in tho Treasury
Department. '' -
-~AB Northumberland Housc, London, Is to be
torn down. tho Duko Of Northumberland hns pur.
chased the house, No. q GrosYenor place for Q
town house, and III which to placo tho furniture
now IN tho old house, which is valued at 81, 600,
600, -
--krupp, tho glnmaker, pays S5l,D0o taxes
this year on an income OF 81, ,G80, ,0G9. Tho bonds
gu his recent great teninlll,on toa1, md are be-
ilg ranidly taken on tic German and Eng,sl,
yaarb with por cent annual interest, cvcry bond
to DO Redeemed at 9110 when it tails due.
Here IL another uicc little job. 4 portion OF
tue walls of tile new Central Lunatic Asylum, At
Columbus, o., las been condemned as unsafe
and is to 10 torn down that the foundations may
be put in deeper. This wl cost tho State an
additional $50 u0Q, besides greatly DELAYING tho
completion Of tho building. 1t is better, though,
to tear down M unfinished building than to
have finished and occupied building fall down.
Tho largest BAGS Of lilo pr.sent season was
caught by btr. John Godfrey Miller in tho She
nandoaA last uoek. It weighed 4 pounds aud 7
ounces. Fishing parties from Winchestor, arc
at the river nearly ovcry day. We heard of 4
experience, that occurred some days ago. Nlr.
Gilbert land party Ut the river wero cleaning
their bass when, upon opening flno largo fsli'
fancy thelr anazonlent upon finding \ snake In
Ills entra,ls mcaaurine somo IS inchos. Tho
bass is a very voracoua foeder.- Winchester
(Va.) Ne,us.
Col. Steinberger'a remarkable correspond
ouco with ths State Department on the i,,habi-
tauts Of tho Navigator Islands, which wau colo
brated by "sunBot" Cox in his witt! speech on
only documentary evidence Of tho acumen and
brilliant lterary talent Of our rowing Diplomats.
The annual report on tho commercial Ielati0us
between tho United statoa and foreign countries
contains some fine examples, and the Associated
ProsH agent at Washington uonds fow extracts.
Among other t}insa which representative Of
o1r Government is ut pains to Inform tho State
Department is that Che general phase OF CHAR
acter that is mot with among Musaulnen Ut Ill
which detest active labor and parayzes tho phys
ical powers" ;So,no OF tho facts obtained aro
howovor. Of considerable 10 interest.
lilo hoy. Dr. Janos Wa'ker, o1-presidont
lington, Mass. in 170l, wns graduated in Har-
ward in 1914, was orlnincd pastor ovor tho LIAR
ward Congregational (Unitaran) Church In
Charlostown,. MaaA:. in 1878, bocamo Assistant
1890, and President Of Harvard University IN
1858. Since his 1otlromont ia 1860, llo has liyeu
quietly at Cambridge, q constant aud earpcat
student, and occasionally appearing as u writor
auu rrencller. Necb1ltly lib bodily iIflrmY las
kept him much at homo, but his mnd las never
beoD clearer and h|a conversation never zloro
full OF life. Ito and the Hey. Dr.. Dewey,
who was 80 yesra old Match ii, arc tho patri..
archh OF tho Unitarian denomination il, Amorlca.
1t Ia stated that tho Roman Catholic DjBhop
Of Mo1itreal has been condemned ct home ,,pouu
all tho points appealed by tho Seminary u ita
proceedings agains1 tho lampoou La Coincide
Injernale. wlsoae Halo Inns 6eeu ordered to bo
prohibited. In this Conetlio tho gortlomon OF
tho Seminary were represented III fallou uugels
III palltsomonun willie the Bishop smiled
scronely aloft Iii Paradise with a choir ot
angels encircling lia hcad.-4uo,treal dispatch IN
Toronto Globe.
Out in Nosa.ln.. whore gossip said votsg for
places Of the highest Aonors wore bought in
open mar!tet, tl.oro arc preparations making for
transactions OF this shameful character III tho
noar future. The Eureka Sentinel says clubs
arc organizing to soil their votos Tor u price ut
the coming election, mud that ono club OF fifty
members in Virginia City IL a!roaly iu tho
marriott ht tho wholesale prioa Of s7,600.
The recent Htrtko Of tho malo operatives in
DnnAam's woolo,,~|nill at Peauonnock, Ct., was
~. act Of calamity, 1t Booli,B. The Wagon OF
some VI tha girla Ind boon reduced, because
thoy Wore wasteflll, which yexed tho mon 10 That
thoy not only struck, but wouldn't allow the