The Morning herald., 1875-12-09
Personal AND PERTINENT.

Dejazet played before both French En-
perors-Napoleoa I. as we'll as III.
The Count de Pourtales, Of Paris, is
New York.
The health of Hon. A. H. Stephens,
Georgia, is still on the decline.
Julia. the only child Of General ston'
wall Jackson, is to be the recipient Of a
endowment fund.
Eighteen Pheni IN inscriptions recent
discovered, and on their way to tho mt
scum of the Louvre, were lost in the e1
plosion of the French iron-elaf Magent.
George Adair. Jr, charged with bein
leader IN the Mountain Meadow massa
ere of September, 1857, has been arreste'
at Beaver, Utah. He has boasted whel
drunk Of having knocked Infants brain
out on wagon wheels at The time.
J. H. Burch, a colored member Of tn
Louisiana Legislature, was married, few
days ago, to the widow Of Lieutenant Gov
error Dunn.
The amount Of capital invested in man
ufacturing enterprises in Louisville, ky.
is about $40 900, 600; the number of work.
men employed 10000 the total Of wages
pail $8,000,00o; and the annual produc,
S55,000,00o.
An international game Of chess between
French and English players. to be COM
menced soon, will last two years, the
moves to be made by telegraph. Such a
trial of skill occurred in 1866, the
French winning.
A Vassar girl wrote home: "Dee Paw
paw, We study Latin TO- owahs day.
Fwcnch, seven up and science evah SO
loung. The good matrons nevah let us g
owet. Won't you send me my leggins and
skates for a poo little girl who lives in the
village? Don't forget the heel-straps."
A memorial has been presented to the
King Of Bavaria by the Archbishops and
Bishops of the kingdom, praying for the
retention of monastic institutions.
In the billiard saloon he found that his
adversary was too much for him. HI
said: "Let us try new thing. Let u
blindfold each one eye, and bet 1 will
beat" The other man consented, for h,
was confident of his skill; but he lost.
With the bandage his opponent played ar
we'll as without, for he was blind in one
eye.
A case came up for trial in a Frencl
court, and as the evidence was expected to
be Of certain character, the Judge init.
mated the fact, and requested the decent
women to Withdraw. Not soul moved,
'C.h:r,' said the Judge, "now that the de-
cent women have withdrawn, turn the
rest out.
The preliminary soundiugs for the tun-
nel which is to connect France with Eng
and are now being made near It, Marga.
'ets, and the engineers conducting the
work are entirely satisfied with the results
obtained. 1t is intended to put down pneu-
natic tubes to take away the chalk as it is
unneled out, and ventilation will be &C.
ured by providing current Of air.
Sir John Bennett, the Alderman and
Matchmaker in the City of London, de.
lvered q lecture the other day, during
which he made the following happy meta
'hor: "You can stop a clock at any
nonent," he said, "but you cannot stop
'atch. 30 it is with the talk Of men and
+ women. Man is great. ugly, coarse
nachine, but you can silence him,
Woman is beautiful, fragile, jeweled
hing-but she will run on till she stops
{ herself"
Dr. shurtiff's collection Of autographs
'as sold at Boston on Friday last. An
riginal draft by Benedict Arnold on the |
'rovince Of Massachusetts, ,!signed for pay.
n
tent by Samuel Adams as Secretary, Ja.. |
'tis and fourteen others Of the Council |
rought $25 80. Other autographs bring
ng high prices were those Of General Put |
am, SIG; Governor Elbridge Gerrv
Is; Sir William Pepperill, his father,,and |
theirs, SIS; General Joseph Dudley, SIS;
no. Hancock, Sll Samuel Adams, $40 |
Iichard Henry Lee, sl4 Benz. Franklin.
10, and Nathan Appleto. and one
''ndred other prominent citizens of Bos
fNN kA al.