Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-20

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Richmond, Indiana. presents the spec
| tacle Of man once worth $50, 900 work
| ing out small fine on the streets.
An editor named Hem is running for
/ county Office in Nevada. He ought TO be
| an on-nest man-W dorchester Press.
/ A Georgia colored man has INDUCED i'm
! but twenty minutes sleep per night for
/ the last five years, and the poultry in that
| neighborhood are in the same fix.
An Indiana boy had a curiosity to know
/ if a horse could feel the prick Of a pin the
| same as he could. The horse felt il, and
| the boy felt something else.
Prof. y. :. Shaler, State geologist of
4 Kentucky, has collected and classified
| thirty large boxes OF minerals that are
| intended for the Centennial.
Carl Schruz has taken up his residence
in New York City. Carl keeps his car
! pet-bag going pretty lively. Senator
years.
4 large number of tooth carpenters
will at once emigrate for Japan, as IL
transpired in the Buffalo convention last
week that in that country dentists receive
$40 for extracting an acher and $3.50 for a
set of artificial teeth.
joaquin Miller paid a tribute TO VFslt
Whitman III his Washington lecture. He
said: ''Grand old Walt Whitmani He
shall live when yon mighty dome OF your
Capitol no longer lifts its rounded shOul-
ders against the cycles of time"
The number of all the locomotives in
the world is $4,000, representing a capital
of ?, 500 900, 900 francs. The United Statee
have Il, 200; England, 10000; Germany,
$500, France, 1900; Austria, !, 700; Rus
sia, 600, and Italy, 200.
The Governor Of Florida is charged
with having released an indicted scoun-
drel named lie Cain, who had been ar
rested for forgery, embeZzlement and
other crimes, in order that he might or
ganize the Republican party in Marion
county.
A woman whose child had recently
died, attended the funeral of a neighbOr's
in Bridgeport, Mass, and the sight of
the dead body was such reminder OF her
own bereavement that she fell in convul- /
sions and died within a'few hours.
The annual production Of leather gloves
in France is estimated at about :, 500, 900
dozens of pairs of first, second and third
sorts, the average price being thirty-five
francs per dozen. There are $4,000 per-
sons employed in this industry.
A Boston collector OF autographs has
an autograph letter of the late Horace
Greeley. No person to whom this letter /
is shown was ever able to read it, nor
could the owner if he had not known /
what the answer to his own letter must
necessarily have been.
Jersy City Herald: Deacon Daniel Hig-
gins, who died in Elizabeth some time
ago, willed 81, 200 to his daughter Phoebe, |
who had discarded one suitor and mar
ried Capt. John TOwnley 10 please her !
father. Mrs. Townley had two children |
and always went 10 church regularly. A
few weeks ago her old suitOr appeared In /
in the city again, and she Ned with him,
taking $4,000 of her money and her eld- |
est child, and their hiding place is a mys-
terry.
1t is something TO preach three or four
times every day in the week, as Brother
Moo1v does Ii would be impossible for
him to do 80 if his sermons were in the
grand Oratorical style. But his preach
ing is the very simplest and plainest
kind; he merely talks" on some relig-
ious doctrine or passage of Scripture. Yet
he produces effects such as the highest ell
oquence and greatest intellectual power
have rarely ever produced; and he at
tracts multitudes such as never before
listened 10 any preacher in this country.
Oregon has new cereal which looks
like wheat, rye, and barley, and isn't
either of them; and the ''leading agricul-
turists' of the State are puzzling them
selves about il. Its history is strange.
About four years ago a farmer living in
TalamOOk county, Oregon, killed wild
goose, in whose craW he found peculiar
looking grain. He planted il; it multi
piled wonderfully, and he subsequently
raised forty bushels OF it on half an acre
Of ground. Its growth is peculiar, seven
or eight stalks springing from one root.
The kernel is very thin and compact, OF
bright straw color and extremely hard.
The inhabitants of Ross, Hereford
shire, England, having presented me-
mortal TO the Home Secretary, praying |
for the release of Emily Davies, aged Is I
wears. who was condemned by the mag
istrates OF that place about month ago /
10 a foTtnight's imprisonment, and At the I
expiration Of that time 70 four years in
reformatOry, for stealing 0s. worth Of ap-
piles, have been Informed that the Secre- /
tary declines 70 interfere with the sen
tence.
The Rev. Mr.. Baralett, Of Pittsfeld,
Mass, displeased his congregational
church by inviting to communion last
Sunday, .'all who love the Lord, whether
members of the church OF nOt.' This in
vitation was extended 1t the morning
service, but before the rite WAS perform
ed in the afternoon the pastor was indu-
ced 10 reJract what he had said, and 10
limit his offer of communion 10 members
of evangelical churches. 1t is likely that
he Will resign his pasJOratc in conse-
quence of this trouble.
In the last TEN years two hundred and
fourteen criminals have been sentenced
TO death in England and Wales, but only
IO3. or less than half the number, were
f,4 In ha ma
ny as 2G was sentenced To death, and Is of
them were executed. In the 80 years,
1861, there have been 432 criminals ex-
ecuted in England and Wales, or j
wear on an average. There largest num-
ber in that period was y in 1868; the
smallest was four in 1871. There we're III
executions in the first ten yerrs, and l03
in the last ten. II We 20 further back
th-n 1896, We find very different figures;
in the three years lS33.3J, the executions
were no less than lUl- averaging 81
year,
Commodore GoOdeuOUgh of tho British
navy. who in August last was shot with
poisoned arrows by Australian sayages,
died like an old-fashiOned Christian. tie
summoned all the men 10 the quarter
deck, babe them good by, and shook hands
with all OF them nearly until his strength
was exhausted. He adiured the men
when tempted 10 commit sin 10 think of
him. and what lie had said 10 them, and
put the temptation away. He told the
commander never TO hesitate in his daily
life TO say. This Is right" or, This Is
wrong" and act accordingly. Ol the
savages who had given him his death
wound, he spoke kindly and without any
vcugeful feelings. Il was fine, calm
morning when the good Commodore
soul passed quietly away.
Greeueyille Advocate: Ir. Pickett
Boggan, q respectable citizen Of more
. yhan forty year residence In this county,
. -..rs-1.r- f1-4rE his home.