The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-11-14
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| An Indiana man died before he
could get a sixth divosree. .l'
An Oil City woman turned gray
on losing her new bonnet. T"
A New York man has been sued
for the debt of his twin brother
Miss Estelle Nathan the eldest
daughter Of the murdered Bcnja'
min Nathan, died last week.
An Episcopal clergyman in New
York has refused topermit a fool
ish wedding party to rehearse their
ceremony in his church.
For robbing a man of penknite
valued at fifty cents, two colored
citizens of New York have each
been sentenced to imprisonment
for ten years.
Daniel Webster has accepted a
position on the New York police,
and it is therefore inferred that ms
dictionary has not proved a success.
Melchisedeus Dambrugia has
been arrested in Brooklyn for kill
ing a man with a pair of shears.
OF course there isn't the slightest
doubt of his guilt.
A. Hartford, reporters descrip-
tion Of an incipient' confiagratioti /:
8 a hole was burned in the floor,
but was extinguished without the
aid of the fire department." it'g'
A woman applied ata Philadel-
phia railroad office, the other day,
for ticket to. Heaven. A few
hours afterwards she was run over
by an express train and instantly
killed. '' ssN
Lord Tomnoddy's Drag on b
New Line Of Country-P;.ymaster Z:
"How much 2" Toll-keeper: swell,
we charge a shullin for a showmans
carriwan. / suppose you're some-
thing in the circus line "-[ Punch.
Slanderous paragraph in the In
dianapolis Herald: "Geo. w.
Hardacre, a Louisville reporter,
was led out of the First Presbytc-
rian church by the ear Wednesday
night. The pilot holding the tip Of
the ear was at least two yards in
advance of the procession" to9
Because Bishop Lee died in nnc-
ty-two instead Of ninety days after
receiving his injuries, bis SlO,Oov
policy of accidental insurance is
not to be paid to his heirs. If ac-
cident-insurance'policies are all of
the same kind as Bishop Lees it is
is hardly worth ones while to have
any fatal injuries. 3a.aan
a charming little fish story from
Vermont: " A boy caught an i'm.
mense pickerel which broke tho
line and disappeared. The boy fell
into the water and sank to the bot.
tom, whe:eupon his brother grab
bed him by the hair and pulled
him out, only to find the lost pick
erel firmly clasped in the boys
arms"
C]evelanders can't bear to SEQ
honesty 90 unrewarded. zone of
them rewarded q horsc-car conduc-
tor who returned to him 500 worth
Of revenue stamps which he had
lost with change to tho amount of
nineteen cents. Tho other, when
q boy restored him his pocketbook,
containing $500, bought ten cents
worth of peaches and gave the bow
one of them."
Among some notes on duels tho
New York Post gives the follow.
ing: g Richard Somers, lieuten-
ant in the navy Of the United
States, gentleman of mild man
ners and a kindly nature, indulgcd
in three duels in one day, and lost
so much blood from wounds receiy-
ed during the first two that bo was
obliged to remain seated on tho
ground throughout the third en-.
gagement. He is said to have per
lshed in the Intrepid fire sketch,
before Tripoli, in 1904"
A gentleman who purchased u
box Of peaches recently looked
around for boy who would carry
them home, and presently he fou:.d
a ragged lad seated on Il bench.
eating the last remnants of pear.
The man asked him if he wouldn't
like to earn ten cents by carrying
the box to such a number and
street, and the boy promptly re-
Piled that he wouldn't. "Why!7
4uerled the man. ."Why - echoed
the boy, because dad died tho
other day, and now Pm head Of the
family, and how'd I look luggip.
peaches around 2"