The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-09-12
NO. 2.5.
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! Many Boston stores are vacan.
Canada thinks she has earth,
quakes.
/" Professor Of floral emblems,n i.
the latest. -
Detroit has a juvenile paper cau
ed the Howler.
Giraffes are peculiarly liable I"
sore throats. t-s
Great Britain proposes a minis
ter Of education.
A new illustrated daily is talkrl
Of IN New York.
A praying band still survives j,
Greenville, Tenn. "
Blood trapsfusiOn is becoming Il
very common cure. 2 }ass ,f
They are 80 busy in Kansas that
they spell it 11worth. ny
The English accent the "pot"
in pronouncing Potomac.
CLANS tor dinner, Saturday, is,
aristocratic diet in Springfield.
A "milk club is to be establish
ed in Paris to promote sobriety.
They dispose of dogs by t',r
pound in New YOrk-Bosto,, Ne,rt
Sundayswimming matches amt.
the good people of Milwaukee.
"Father drinks no more,o is ;i.r
title of q new temperance ballad.
They have a thief in Springfr.,',
who steals railroad wllistling-po>,
A Wells, Me-, man tied an g.
chor to his neck aud drowned hi...
self. % : ~ w
Fashionable young men at Ma.
hopac attend hops with powdered
hair.
The Iceland language reads IT,.
proof sheet Of a Greeley editor',..
Pontiac, ILL.,, has base ball c.,,!,
calling themselves the Prairie An.
gels. ......r... ss...+
A Boston thief went all throuy,
house aud stole nothing but !.
towel. q
Vial saloons, where drinks are ,~..
tailed in little vials, are plent, /,
Indiana.
A Davenport boy has swallovc,
a knife. He is awfulIy cut -,
about it. eC.fssH
Providence is to have it's str.rt
lamps lighted by the pneumatic,
elextric process. ..-7-~---.-,~-~
The Mayor Of Chicago has sn..
pressed the waiter-girl concert ~.
looms in that city. a
In Australia you can hire a lr:..
team to draw you around all a.,
for twenty cents.
A bold young lady was kille,, H..
q boulder while climbing Pike;
Peak last week.
Catching and canning turtles
new and profitable branch Of -.
dustry in Mexico.
CIaIn -OakeS were once q Rl,n.,..
Island amusement, but now th,y
rage all over the land.
Eleven of the twelve Jurors in ;,
recent case in an English cot.t
answered to the name Of Jones -
There's a ghost in the Sprir,.
Held armory, bat he hides behina; =,
soap barrel and speaketh not.
The milkmen Of Michigan win
hold q State convention. Motions
o a churn are always in order.
London contrives to produce lar.
nony out of an orchestra compo.,l
# fifty three women artists. .i
The Wellington monument to be
'rected in the Cathedral, at Lon
lon, is progressing rapidly.
A youg man "despatched lin,.
elt with pistol in New You;
elegraph Office, the other day.
A wag proposes to publish rc.Y
'aper, to be called the Comet, wiz,
n original tale every week.
In Chicago notorious vagabor,l
as been sentenced, it is said to h..
ommon council for two years.
Complaint is often made that
merlcan passports are sbocking,y
heap and shabby looking do.u.
rents.
A Vermonter advertises e un;."..
edented, unparalleled, unappro"r,,
bic, unadulterated confectioney,
A Washington grocer introdnte,.
sner'1 to a congressman l,<t
eek. The grocer was after lis
ack pay.
1t was the old Fifth New y.n';
oiunteers { Euryea's Zouaves) that
lllt the fort on Federal Hill U..,..
ore.