, 1874-05-25
MISCELLANEOUS.


ucmbling English boring came into tho Covc
yoBtorday, and being entanglod in the naoslits Of
Tho nots canaea Tho lshor1ncn much troablo.~-
.Neto bedford Mercury.
member Of Congress III reported insanc. Woll,
his frion1B have ono consolation. II requires
brntus to a.art with before thore can bo cloar
case Of insenity.- Waterloo tia.) Courier.
Morton aro not in tho llat Of the prospective
guests at Nellio Grants wodding Tomorrow.
Senator Th1ltn,an'a IL: Tho President Ia bring
Ing tho anancial CONTROVERSY down to a pretty
flno point,-Cteueland plnindealer.
Within the pnst ten years tho sorow llas en-
troIy replaced tho paddle In transatlantic nnyi-
cation. tho woight OF marine engines has do
orcased ono-haIf, tho staana pressure Inns quad
rnp1ed, md tlo consumption Of coal hae dlmin-
isliol two-thirds. THESE faota ne glenn from
Frank Lestic's.
Robert e. Light, Of Oregon, Ill.,, says tho
polo Press, an old aud highly oatoonad citizen
Of Oglo County, and for n long time Circuit Clerk
md 1socorder, committed suicide last Wednesday
by cutting several fearful gast,oB in hts neck,
which must hav0 caused his death In d worry few
momons.
"A young swell In New York latoly li9nitlatcd
bill at hiR florists amounting to s351.50, In
Cured between the first days Of January and
May tho current year, hoing ut tho ratio Of ovor
81 900 per nnnum for flowers alone.
"A man IN San Francisco hes started tho
theory TINT 1t h'lrta ohinaman to bo stoned to
Tho shortest time In which l. milo was
wulIlod by yyYeneon was minutes and d8 seconds.
a Lowtsvillo, (orcgon) Indy was recently
blackballel by a Grangc. She blamed man, a
| nt church, proceeded to give him drubbing.
The lady is 50 yoars old, and the man 10.
"a picture by young English lady, who is
not got % years old, is specially commended
Of tho Royal Academy. Tho picture Is styled,
''Calling tho Roll after mn Engagement in tho
| Crimea."
Mrs. Warner OF Washington, writes to tho
independent story which negro told hor In n
| Washington horso-car. 1t Boonss they struck up
| m acquaintance impromptn. and then he told
her that Nr. Sumner privately paid his bills at
| school to lot him learn to be a'llvyort and also
| heard him recite every Sunday in tho Crock
| Testan,ent. 10 eDnblo Linn to learn how to teach
| o 8unday-Bollool class.
Prince Domenco Orsini, who belongs to ono
Of tho nobost historical families Of Italy, died
latoy III Rome. It appears that lie literally por
| ished by etaryatlon. It1 his last illnoss ho ro-
ceivca extreme junction., and after that Ills wife
refused to permit him to partako Of any food
lest tllo net Of eating might profane the sacra-
| 1nent, this being an old superstition in sono
gored i've days bofore his soul took It's light.
| -Auorbncll'B son ie described by Mrs. Ames
aB tall, graceful. md handsome, puro Saxon.
| with q wealth Of blonde hair and depth Of blue
Ssod s"e'e' Me Is described S @ T y Mr. Ho IN % @hose
| office ho has spent many hours, ns Of medium
hoight, rather stout, wcll-knit, q p'lro Hebrew,
with black eyes and short black llair.
The assaults upon sonntor DroTn1ow In the
hayo brought out from that old gentleman a let
| ter in which ho denounoeB tho nbominabe
programme there put forth in fayor OF tho CO.
education Of tho races, and DECLARES that tho
| $4,000 white Republicans of East Tennessee have
resolved to get along without tho colorol voters
| sooner than submit to "ths sum Of villainies
aud quintcssenco Of ahon,inations."
-,ohiof.Justice Mcclure, Of Arkansas. popuu-
Washington to fix thinga" i'll tho interests Of
tho squeloled Broolss. The mistake made by
Mcclure, Clayton Il Co. ia in forgetting that
1874 is not 1893: fHw yensa ago anything aono
ont tho North.. Now, when q man howls about
"1oyalty" and "rebola " people as1: sWhat'a
ho irving to ateal 2"-1fen'phis Aualanche.
| Tile Arkansas muad]o left newspaper read.
ers In great doubts ua to which side was right II
| either; but when it Is takon into account thRt
Clayton. Dorsey, and Mcclure holped to elect
Baxter, and then tried to oust him. it is hard to
| resist tho Inference that he must have re-
provoked their hostility. II 90, tho SUCCESS Of
Baxter, through tho Presidents recognition, is
rnntter for congratnlation i'll moro senaos, than
one.-PiNsburJh Commercial.
| Tile spectacle Of the National Legislature IN
quring whether by locking up it's telegraph
operators, or by compelling them to neo instru-
monts that require m car trumpet to hear
their sound, or by R0mo other deIico, they can
ton with tho capital, III at best not q pleasing
ono. It does not become moro 10 when we re-
tect tliat common report fastens upon tho Chair
man Of tho Judiciary Committee Of tho 1louao OF
Representatives tho offense that ,gavo riao to
tho present agitation OF tho question III Con-
Seth Green, tho fish authority, has bcen in-
teryiowed By the Rochester Democrat. and has
said some very e.!tious tihioga Removing
a circle all around it's body would kill 1t. No.
body can explain why it ahonld, "any more than
why simply cutting tho bark ut ono point entirely
around d troo should destroy it, while III ax
might bo used to how into it to almost any extent
without proving deadly In Its effect" Mr. Green d
perploxity is hia alone; almost everybody else
knows TINT the life Of tree circulates In its
bark. Tho authority also remarked that ho had
no doubt that, III q man's body was girdled,-.
that ID, il tho skin wae simply cut entirely around
the body at anY point, deatl would certainly ons!le.
In this, too, Nr. Greons notion may bc consid-
cred somewhat independent.
tho Troy Press. We must inelst that tllfs Hort Of
thing bo stopped. Mr. Butler is the soul OF
franknees and forco; there ie nothing Of tho
snoak III him. We havo not tho slightest doubt
that rather tlan 50 through house like sneak
he would murder the entire family and burn tho
establishment. And then he would show. be-
yond question, that he had boon doing merely
| his legal and moral duty.-A0chesfcf ~, 1.
Democrat
"A young man in ono Of the Pcnopscot River
towns in A1aine, recently snpposng himself
to bo upon his doatll-bcd, quietly arranged
his earthly nllnirs, aB far rs ho WAS able, and
thon astonisl,ed hiB weeping friends by tho
choice Of al nuctioneor to conduct tho funeral
services. "Thore'n Mr.. -, down to
Bangor" 10 said, "ho's an eaay, fluid taller.
aud alters liked to hear him. Two had doalin'a
with him, AM alors found ho aet out things jeet
about "a they waa. Ho'a tho man want to tn1k
to my funeral" But aa tue yonnE man re-
covered aftor al the aMctionccr lost tho chance
to doclaro him "gone."
Three men and two boys lately floated for
thirty-two days in tho Indiun Ocean IN small
bout before they wero rescued For tho laet oloyon
| days they Ind neither food nor water, except
that tito mato shot bird which ohanced to tly
over them. They chowcd load to moistcn thoir
throats, tried to eat their boots and telly-fsh,
and in dolirium sought to kill ono anothor-in-
wiling doath. Blood from wounda in II fray was
eagerly drunk, but whom the frenzy pasbed The