, 1874-01-23

family Of eight brothers, named Leng!e, In
Dauphln County, Pa., nVetage 6 feet 41 iaches
in height.
Samuel A. Adams was recently granted
divorce By q Vermont Court on account Of the
''lntolerable severity Of Sarah, his wife,"
-Pioclo. Neyaoa,'is not such rough town II
people generally suppose. OF l03 assaults II
commit murder daring the last Year. only se7el
were successful
The Argentine Republic has accepted tht
proposals OF company OF Eoglish contractors to
construct railroad from Buenos Ayres acfosa
the Andes to Chill.
800 per gear, has delivered an Inaugural adiress
twelve columns long, and ne siis up nights to
see that the freshet doesnt carry of the mill
dam.
-Tne deposits in the Massachusetts eavings
banks increased from 3184 797, 90 in 1872, to
:203 062, 1865 in 1876 or more than 51s o0o, COO
The increase in the number Ut depositors Was
about 6 per cent.
Last week, 10 Ohio "a young lady died from
what rouna-1lead old doctor said was ';,hears
kot, or embEolism OF the'main flue Of tile heart"
but she levired in an hour, and it was found
had oeen temporarily choked By chew Of gum
which eho had swallowed.
The Savannah hees says: "a negro WIS
burned allYc in q well At Butler recently. His
friends dug him ont in about four hours. aud
found him alive and we'll. He said he never
wanted to sueeze so bad in his LIE. but vas
afraid he would jar down some more dirt.
The Pope MAS lately pleased to receive
party Of Americans who desiIedi to present Soma
slight token of their love and esteem for tha
Holy Father, Among the "sli5ht tokens" wa
gold casket filed With English soTereigns add
cross OF solid gold three feet high.
Some enrioua correspondent in the Wcstde1d :
GIass.) Times asks that the School Committee
yisit one Of tue town echo-1s in the ouser dis
tricts, where the lady teacher allows her young
man to slt beside her during school hours, With
his arm around her waist, occasionally taking
kiss.
-The students Of an English university havs
been discussing whether Bohn's tfa1lsfations or
Bass beer is tile greatest ben :facor to students.
The subject called forth lively disclssion, and
beer by the casting vote Of the chairman.
Japanese olficials are beginning to try the!r
hand at procIan anasion in the English language.
Here is an example: "Tho trees cutting. bros
and beasts killing, and cows and ho7aos .sestinS
in free at the ground belonging 10 Government
are prohibited. (Ssgnei) OSAKA fo.
Most Frenchmen, when they commit 9ulcoe
like to do it III a way Which will render them
celebrated in the rapors. coachuan living u
Montmartre Invited his friends to dinner recent.
~. and on arriving there, instead Of finding tte:s
boat at the head OF the table, ruddy aud toJouA
they discovered him dead, hanging on tue oe1'
post Hs had taken the paecaution to provide
bread, cheese, and vine for his guo:ta- IL; u;
-Ihe Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel OF tie lotn,
in announcing tbs active resumot!on OF "ork 11
several large eaw-m,lls NJ JacksonSile ato
other points in the State, after nearly three
months suspension, makes the announcements
that the indications aro favorable Tor az ~
usually active year in the lumber trade OF flosl-
da. The orders from the North are increasing.
while orders for the West Indies and adjacent
ports ale greater than ever befvre.