Middletown transcript., 1874-10-24

"A marriage was recently celebfated
in Paris between dwarf aud . giantess,
the former forty inches high, and the
latter six feet. # ssss
It Is said that the number Of volumes
of American Law reports now exceed
1000. and that they are increasing It
the rate Of 100 per year. 81
An actress in California. Miss kim
lin lately married . professional named
Wood, and her stage name is now hy-'
phenated into Mme. Kinlin- Wood.
Notwithstanding the great crowd Of
visitors and the high prices at Saratoga
this summer, the great hotels lost
money. ~ e
Railroad employees in Nevada. from
the conductor to the fireman. carry Ere
arms, for the purpose Of putting gamb-
lers and other thieves of the trains.
An ingenious Eenchman in the Bal
timore Jail has invented an improve
ment for sewing the heels on shoes. for
which he has been offered $4,000.
A Western journal announced that
.ia baby was born last week, with one
leg in Chicago" " The New York Com
mercial Advertiser is curious to know
where the other leg was. ta ssea
As she rolled up her sleeves sud
looked hard at . big basket Of tomatoes,
she remarked: There's get up, pay
up, bang up, 60 up. step up and climb
up, but here goes for catsup." 81 (
..What is fort ~ asked . teacher.
"A place to put men in. !" was the an
swer. "What is I frotress. then ?'
The answer was prompt, "A place to
put women"
At the election trial 10 London, Can-
ada, a Dr. Haggerty testified that be
had paid about $l25 to wives. in sums
ranging from $5 to $25, to influence
the votes of their husbands.
In Germany. when the vote Of the
jury stands six against six. the prisoner
is acquitted. A vote Of seven against
Eve leaves the decision to the .courtsa
and in vote Of eight against four the
prisoner is convicted. s ss gsssi
A Boys and Girls Aid Society ex-
lists in San Francisco. It has large
rooms, and provides q library, reading
room. gymnasium. and other national
amusemen. for boys and girls.
Chicago's latest sensation is suit
against G.. B. Farwell, member Of
Congress from that city, to recover 80
acres Of land, which. it is alleged, we're
obtained by Farwell in settlement Of
gambling debt ev dsfs
Fashionable women in Paris now
wear attached to belt around their
waists an aims bag. fan. a card case.
pocket book. an umbrella. turnip
watch, piu-cushion, some ivory tablets,
and little mirror.
The London Post learns that the
pension granted to the father Of Don
Carlos by the Emperor Nicholas Of
Russia was stopped by the Emperor
Alexander directly the present Don
Carlos entered Spain as pretender.
The first American .'tramway," as
they call the street railways in Paris,
has just gone into operation there. It
runs from the place del E,oile to
Surcsncs, and the cars have been we'll
patrcnized ever since it was opened.
A strange fish, about the size and
shape of the herring, is being caught in
large quantities in the Potomac river,
near Washington. The Star. Of that
city, wants them Investigated. to deter
mine what species they belong to.
A Texas paper contains an obituary
notice Of Confederate war horse,
which served throughout the whole
conflict At the end of the war he was
the only survivor Of sixty equine COM
rades who were mustered into the same
troop.
do you know your good pastors
chief end and aim ?" asked New
York Sunday school teacher Of her
favorite pupil. YES" replied the
sagacious child, ITO get his sermons
printed in the papers"
Among other good things it is possii-
BILE to have too much Of, is 6lial devo- /.
ton. The son Of an editor in Peunsyl-
vania has been recently convicted Of
arson. being prompted. to commit the
crime by a desire to make interesting
local news for his fathers paper. he
had net counted on the additional item
the news Of his own convic- )
ton. dsss