The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-22
FLASHES FROM THE PRESS.
ne laws Of Nevada legalize gambling.


West Troy, N. Y. wants city charter.
Two men In Wilmington, Ohio, cut up 100 hogs In
thirty minutes.
There are only six vacant cells in the Massachu-
setts state Prison.
No honor nor, has seen sold 10 Orient. l., for
Swedish woman in Galesburc. III. IL living
with her seventh husband.
Montana man has been exfed from the Terri
tory. under pain OF pitch and plumage, Ior the
crime OF marrying ChinawOman.
Three hundred men are kept constantly at work
~ tue mouth Oh the burning Empire mine, near
wilkesbafSe, Pa, lighting the nre below.
During the year 1873 IS convlcts were discharged
rom the Georgia Penitentiary, 20 escaped 81 died,
were Killed and sent TO the lunatic asylum.
fale's new boathouse will rest on piles, have q
spacious noat, be Two stories high, and cost
$4,000. Some s., 900 mas been already pledged.
IL ID said that the lobster fisheries are giving out
ana Cne people OF Boston anticipate great suffer
the Hub '''' 'A'''' '"'s'' u
The Terry Island Connecticut River Adventists
wall hold convention Ia the spring and recon-
alder their mathematical calculations concerning
the millennium.
In sacramento, CAL Chinaman offered IS Tor 1t
for New Years dinner, but the police were not
selling cats at that time.
In the grand military parade which Is to take
place Ia Richmond, Va, on the 23d inst, the cele
bration Of Wasningt ons birthday, there viii be
six companies OF negroes.
Sergeant's Bluff and Sloan. on the Sioux City and
Pacific Railway. There ISN'T house IN the town
yet, but 1t has great expectations.
The lndianola Bulletin says that pioughing has
been commenced By the planters and farmers OF
Western Texas. The season Is propitous and the
prospect Tor abundant crops next season are very
fair.
large unlimited crowd who assembled In st.
Mlchaels church, In Chester, Pa, to witness
wedding, were locked In by the sexton, and mean
while the nuptlal ceremonies transpired else
where.
The boys in Birdsboro, Berks county, Pa, go in
swimming IN January. The water in which they
battle passes into pools through the patent con-
denser Of the Keystone furnace and at first is
steaming hot.
MO-, were scared nearly out OF their WIS lew
days ago BY the laii OF an immense aeronte 1t
be thrty-fve feet In diameter.
A Halloweu clergyman Incorporated in prayer
before the Maine Legislature "a LOBBY speech" In
favor OF locating the Girls Reform School IN his
town. And he was ttly rebuked aterward by the
passage OF resolution OF censure.
The queens County Q.ong Island) Poorhouse, at
meeting OF the Supervisors 1t was reported that
there were then 80 persons in the insttution-an
increase OF nearly 100 within a week.
An Illuminated cross Is to surmOunt the spire OF
st. Malachs church In Cleveland, Ohio. 1t will be
the only one In the United States and is to be
lighted up on special occasions The steeple Is 243
feet nigh and the lighting Is to be done by cleo
tricity.
The Jackson Tenn.) Herald says that gentle.
which was caught on a bed that General Jackson
slept in. The bug is in perfect state of preserva-
tlon and strange to say, looks Just like any other
of Its kind.
A strange fatality attends the welded life OF Mr..
John G. Nichols o. New Haven, Conn. He Is only
forty years DID, but has buried four wives, the last
OF whom died last week, Tuesday. His FIRST second
and third wives only lived one year alter mar
rage. The second was burned to death.
The statement that work on the double track Of
the New York Central Railroad, in the Mohawk
Valley, Is suspended. Is not correct. The work Is
progressing and the contractors are pushing
forward their Jobs. 1t is stated that there are
1000 men employed on the new tracks between
Schenectady and Utica.
One day last week, while one Of the clerks in the
POughkeepsie IN. ~ Post once was asserting
newspapers he came across one which felt much
heavier than 1t should, and on examination
it was found to contain q $40 gold piece The
paper was directed to q lady residing In the lower
part OF the city, and had been mailed at MaryS-
vile, Cal, by her daughter.
samuel Lenox, residing at Trenton, n j., is
probably the owner OF one OF the Oldest vlolns IN
the United States. 1t formerly belonged to Lord
LenOx, OF Scotland, and after his death came into
the possession OF the Duke OF Argyle, who pre-
Sented 1t TO the father OF Mr.. LenOX while a
visit to Scotland. 1t was given as keepsake,
and retained by the elder Lenox until his death,
when 1t became the property OF the present
owner. The latter Is ninetytwO years OF age, and
is fond OF playing the violin, which has an excel
lent tone, and which shows distinctly the date Of
Its cOnstructi0n-1615.