The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-24

The foreign insurance companies in Indi-
ana, on fire and river risks, are said to have
cleared over $9O5, 500 above their losses last
year.
, DIR. McClellar, United States army. has
, been detailed to prepare . report on the
, Southwestern epidemic Of cholera of last
year.
Gov Booth, of California, vetoed twenty-
five bills that were passed hastily in the
closing hours of the Legislature. He did
not write messages, but simply deposited
the bills in the waste basket.
Prof Tyndau tells us that . man can't
breathe after reaching height of $4,000
, feet above the surface of the earth. We ara
certainly grateful to him for the warning,
and shall hereafter stop few feet lower
down. H ttaos
A Western editor says he knows of .
young man who is SO infatuated with his
lovely wife that he lights the candle two or
three times every night to look at her. The
New York Commercial knows several young
men who think just as much of their better
halves, and yet never pretend to hold can
die to them.
The debt of the city of New York has in
creased, since May l, 1871, $50, 297, 4s1. It is
said that the city cannot much longer stand
a rate of taxation high enough to pay it's
current expenses, the interest on its debt,
and it's share of the State tax. The New
York Tribune of the 18th thinks that, unless
the increase of the debt is stopped, New
York will have bankruptcy staring her in
the face before long.
While manipulating the windlass of
well the other night, a party who bad been
10 Viur in q afOck Of vhic1yx hoforo
all seized by the police, let the handle slip
! when the bucket was halfway up, and nat
urally enough received q chuck under the
| chin that knocked him over o neighboring
fence Sold agin," he muttered, as he
climbed to his feet; Knight anode-hic
better than to- hic-go fOOlin' roun' 90 much
water. Betcher boots I'll stick to whisky
after this.
A number of stories, illustrating the man.
ner in which Indian agents enrich them
selves, are told in Washington-one by Mr.
Beck, of Kentucky, showing how a drove of :
300 cattle was made to pass muster for 800,
by having the herds that reached an agency
counted driven around hill, and then
brought up second time before the agent,
who counted them over again, just as the
supernumaries in theatre are made to ap-
pear repeatedly in personating an army.
The lawyers Of Indianapolis are torturing
their brains over an extraordinary problem.
Some years ago lady of that city was mar
ried, and four months thereafter was separ-
ated from her husband, was divorced and
remarked in month, and four months
thereafter gave birth to child by her first
husband. Quite recently the second hus-
band procured divorce, and the custody of
the child was awarded to him. Now comes
the first hush sud and claims the child. Who
is entitled to its possession! r.
Plutarch says, "The eyes of the hog are so
is always locking upon the lowest objects,
and can in no manner contemplate things
elevated and lofty. 1t can not look upward
unless thrown back with its feet upward.
this animal is addicted to the
most discoIdant squealing and grunting, yet
as soon as it is laid on it's back it is
silent, SO great is its aston
which it is unaccustomed, and which causes
such fear that it is unable to cry"
UNCLE BEN's MIsTAKE.-A planter in vir-
snia, being dressed for some special occa-
sion, said to Uncle Ben, and old family SER
want: "Uncle Ben, how do look I" "Why,
you look splendid, marster; splendid. Why,
you looks as bold as lion." "What do you
know about liona You never saw one"
Why, yes, did, marster; rs often seed
ion; offen." "Where, Uncle Bent" "Why,
Town on Master Johnson's plantation; they's
rot a lion, and you seed him, too; know
7ou has" why You old goose, you, that's
FAMED him Lion.D swell, don't care
bout dat don't care for dat. You look
ust like him."
The statistics of the Southern Methodist
Episcopal Church for 1873 have appeared.
", ,Ixrrv -
134 travelling and 5344 local preachers, 237
uperannuated preachers, 659,677 white,
429 colOred, and 4779 Indian members,
making the aggl egate Of members SIC,
The total increase of members for the year
$ 22,441. The number of Sunday schools
) 7O19, with 321 ,572 scholars. The total of
collections for the worn-out preachers
und was 4,013; for missions, $96,644.
The former colored members of this Church
ave been organized into separate body,
hown as the Colored Methodist Episco-
al Church in America"
Professor Bunsen, of Heidelberg, the
hemist, has been engaged for four years
repairing new book, whose appearance
he Professor, recently, in starting for
hort walk. left the manuscript, both the
Ough copy and notes and the copy for the
rinter, y ing on his desk. On his return
Q found both sets of papers, with some
theirs, in flames, and before he could put
ut the fire they were burnt to ashes. It
ppears that some lucifer matches lying
bout the desk were ignited by the sun and
1t fire to the manuscripts. The disaster is
singular instance of the wide difference
hich sometimes exists between the theory
nd practice of philosopher. A chemist
Mould have known better than to leave
atches SO exposed.
The following story comes from Ireland:
wo men had a quarrel in liquor-shop.
hey adjourned outside to settle the dis
ute. The first man, being from Connaught,
seized lump of stone and let
y at the head of his opponent, who dipped
IS head and missed the stone, which went