, 1875-12-04


A fireman in Ellsworth, Maine,
having dressed himself hurriedly,
found, when he got to the scene
Of conAagration, that he had on
MS wife's velvet sack, all covered .
over with bugles and beads.
At a soldiers reunion held in
Manchester, n. H., last week, so
bushels of doughnuts were con-
sumed. Peace has its appetite no
less acute than that of war.
Warts may be removed, says a
celebrated physician, by rubbing
them night and morning with a
moistened piece of muriste of am
monia. They soften and dwindle
away, leaving no such mark as
follow their dispersion with lunar
caustic.
SOME Indians at Beechy Bay
found the diary belonging to the
late Gold Commissioner, Mr.. Sui
llvan. The last entry reads
"Left Victoria for dear old Ire
land on Thursday, the 4th, about
noon; sighted Cape Flattery at 4
P. NJ; some of the miners drunk;
some ladies sick; feel sorry at
temporarily leaving a country in
which l have lived so long; spent
last evening at dear old Hillside" !"
The birth of daughter to the
Duchess of Edinburg increases the
tally of Queen Victoria's grand
children to 27, of which number
"a are living; her total living pro-
geny numbers 33, including three
unmarried children, and the Prin-
cess Louise, who is. married, but
without family. The Duke and
Duchess of Edinburg were mar
ried at St. Petersburg, Jan, 25th,
1874, and their first child, son,
was born the 18th of the following
October ar sa.i .tist u
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
leetqred in Chicago recently on
Horace Greeley, and incidentally
mentioned the following; "I once
attended q very fashionable party
1t John c. Fremont's, where Mr..
Greeley invited me to take his
arm to dinner, I said, yes, but let
us wait till most Of the guests have
gone. And when they had left
the room, set to work to tie his
cravat, comb his hair, and to tie
his shoe saying, Mr.. Greely, why is
it that you such q handsome man,
are so careless about your dress?
His reply was, Handsome is that
handsome does" "A %
A special dispatch to tile Pbila-
delphia Times says that Miss Flo
renee TiIton, Theodore Tilton's
eldest daughter, has sent a Letter
to the Plymouth Church commit
tee asking for a letter Of dismissal.
Miss Filton has sympathizei
strongly with her fasher iaee the
separation from his wife, and tbs
action,i is probably on accoant ii
the recent unwarrantcd tfeat-
ment Of Mrs. Emma -6. doilton
by the church.
A man named jackson. residing
at Mount .Yern p, M whis ket-
thu out of be bolars lsypne
morning, steppe ur5a II ,b(dy
Of his daughter, eplnr
on an.improvise ga On Is floor,
crushing in her cag.ess killiag
her instantly. 81 nsa Is yefs
Eold, The father v e 5l,d ~ unls.
No suspicion att,ca h Nm ~
UP-SoUSD ITEM -I terrs|
torial Treasurer, 9'a.l.i Es3A haI
assumed the duties Of a. ag.es krhe
people OF Thnrston County have pul lied
themselves in clearing the roads Of
fallen timber. W. II. Hartman, &
Sons, of Nisqually, have shipped 9, 900
lbs. Of hops to San Francisco. :. The
road, between Elma and Moutezano,
Chehalis county, is In terrible condi-
ton from the late storm. Ia miles q
Il will require an outlay Of $500 to dear
1t Of fallen timber. Plats Of San
Juan and other islands were filed In
the Suerveyor-General's office on NE
27th ult "a cougar was killed near
Seattle the other day, measuring eight
feet four inches in length. There
not whisky shop In Chehalis count3
80. Seattle appears to have become
rendezvous for burglars. ... There is I
great deal OF sickness in Olympia. j
The steamship Salvador took 400 toit
of coal from Seattle OH her last trip.
CLANS in the shell are now an article
Of export from Seattle to San Fran
cisco.