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tic sense with which Paganln1 perforlne9'
on the fiddle. n~
The trial of George Reynolds for poiys;
amy lis in progress before Judge Emerson
il the Third District Court at Salt Lake:
This is the first Indictment. and trial under
the law Of 1862, and viii probably be made
attest case.
In Switzerland there was a marriage oy
proxy. A woman there was married to
man in America, the proxy being nelgh-
.bor and a man already married. The
. authorities are discussing whether this
nauch married man has not committed big
amy.
The Duke Charles, brother Of the En-
press Of Austria, and a cousin OF the musi-
cal King Louis. of Bavaria, has taken tc
ophtalnic surgery, under the instruction
Of, DR.. Rothunned, Of Munich. a royal
surgeon is new thing, but not bad
: thing as the world goes.
As an illustration Of the limltless num-
ber of combinations which the three Pill
mary colors are capable Of, it may be In
terssting to know that in the Gebein tap,
:" estry manufactury $4,000 distinct shadlnss
of yarn are employed each one distinguish
able by the practised eye.
The Chinese are evidently pagans. They
celebrate all their holidays By paying their
debts, forgivinG their enemies and shaking
hands all round Tho civilized people who
have gone to China have not yet induced
them to relinquish these old and barbarous
habits.
The principal African discovery made
since the death of DR.. Livingstone has been
what is thought to be the Southern outlet
of the great Lake Tan sanyika, by L!euten'
ant ,Ca,neron. This immense lake is 80
miles long, and has AZ area or more than
10000 square miles.
The project of putting ar organ into
Scotch Presbyterian Church, at Shedle!d
England, recently, excited such pious hor-
TOT that it WAS carried by a majority OF
only tour, and on Saturday night it was
. found that hole had been cut II the bel.
lows by some of the faithful.
The Baptist Church at Frankfort, KY.
one of the most, active working and pros
porous societies in the State, has former
Union General as its pastor, and numbers
among its deacons az ex-ConfedeHate Col
.onel, and two officers of the State Peniten'
tiary. The Governor of the State is one Of
. the members Of the society:
The people in CitnUrdtiguA have entered
complaint against the gas companies Of the
place. The price there is enormous, and
the meters register what appears to be
larger amount consu ned than should bt
for the amount of light: New officers are
announced, new rulers and promise oi
cheaper gas.
The Jardin d'Acclmat;on, Paris, has g
chimpanzee which measures four feet IL
height, is perfectly tame, and extremely )
gentle. While it's master lived at Sierra
keone, it performed in tho house the func
tions of servant, saluting visitors, open
ing the door for them, escorting them ou
and offering them their hats.
The "boss" tramp of the season went
through here yesterday morning He grew
ii the pine woods Of North Carolina; hac
come distance of over 700 miles on foot
is on the way to Rhode Island; had on al
original costume; hair enough on his face
to stuff e mattress; tile eighteen inche:
high on his cranium;. four bundles and {
knapsack, and was happy, withal.-Easto,
Dispatch:
The modern Damon and Pythias are iv
ing at South Abingdon, Mass. They are thu
two oldest living graduates. of Brown Uni
-versity, it is said, and are both over ninety
years old. They were born in the town
are members of the same church, were
partners in practicing law, served together
as Representatives in the Legislature, ant
are connected by family ties. They art
j.. both in good. health.
In the Lynchburg (Va.} Ncus there is al
obituary notice of Mr.. Charles Henr,
Lynch, who, it is stated was the grandson
Of Charles Lynch, the originator Of the ia
nous Lynch law" The old tree is still
standing in the yard of the family home
stead from which Judge Lynch's victims
were suspended. This statement is con
frmed by the authority Of Webster, wh'
saws, "the term is derived from Virgini:
farmer named Lynch, who thus took tn
law into his own hands:
= J.J. McClosky, not content with bein:
the author of fifty successful dramas, hav
ing performed acceptsbly before the publ
during the past twenty-five years, nov
seems desirous to distinguish himself as ~
oarsuan, and in furthcrance of that object
has placed himself in the hands of Bol
Kelly for the purpose Of receiving the nee
essarv training to enable him TO row
boat from New York 70 Philadelphia. Th
course chosen is via Delaware and Rarita,
Canal.
The Bulletin FrauGais states that the di
rectors of the Channel Bridge Compan.
have just ordered the construction Of al
arch 1000 metres il length, for the pur
pose of proving the feasibility of tho schem
of NJ. Boulet, engineer, at Bourses, G
throwing bridge across the straits Q
Dover. A model Of this bridge, consisting
of a road for vehicles Hnd foot passengers
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