The New York herald., 1875-10-21
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Professor Dana studies New England's glacial period
In Massachusetts they make molasses from water
melons
Mr Rice, in speaking for himself in Massachusetts,,
has hurt his chances.
Wild geese are flying South, and Congressman are
filling up Washington
San Francisco has one-cent paper; but cent in
that city curiosity.
In Mississippi the supply Of labor is far short OF the
demand on which account much Of the crop will DO
lost
Emerson says that Oliver Wendell Holmes is 50 full
that he write at any time Lowell the contrary,
broods his work.
There will be a reunion Of the Twenty first Illinois
regiment, at Paris Ill, the 2lst This Gen
erai Grants old regiment.
The Cleveland Herald republican, says it was tho
vote OF the Western Reserve which saved Ohio and that
the vote was brought out by the school question.
Georgia judge instructed jury a few days since to
the effect that officer who shoots whom he is
trying for petty offence guilty Of murder
A cargo Of whiskey sunk in Lake Michigan
twenty-five years ago 1t has been recovered, and
now the Chicago people do not ike the flavor or the
water
General Butler has leased Of his Capo Ann gran
ito houses on Capitol Hill Washington 10 Senator
Jones' Of Nevada during his present Senatorial term
for a large sum.
Ex-senator f. G. Ross, OF Kansas, has been ap-
pointed managing editor Of the Lawrence (Kansas)
Standard democratic initiation paper He has been
setting type since he left the Senate
London Fun old party (Fho stammers comes in
for some pccacudnha-"oh, il you p-please young
mman, w-want some p-ip-ipp-" Festive assist
ant (ircd by recent reminscence)-"Hurrahl" /"
The report recently published that Reverdy Johnson
had Withdrawn his offer TO the Baltimore American to
Ito ia thn sufl If r.
Comptroller Woolford is authoritatvey denied
Geghan ran largely behind his ticket receiving 9o1
fewer than the next lowest candidate his ticket
for Representative and 775 less than the highest He
received 925 less votes than Allen and 424 less than
Caroy.
The Charleston IS CD Ee,cs casts or the New York
democrats and says that the democracy OF the South
and West must be pusillanimous indeed ir they sub
init any longer to their nsolent unscrupulous die
taton
The following persons candidates to succeed Hon.
G W Wright as United States Senator from Iowa Ex-
Senator Harlan, General W. W. Belknap, Hon. George
W. McCrary Hon. Hiram Price, and Hon. Samuel J.
Kirktood Governor-elect
Colonel Jack Cooke, who shot in terrible rem
contrc with b. McHenry, at senatoba Miss, satur-
day night last and who killed McHenry with knife
after being shot, died six o'clock last evening from
his wound He was a prosperous merchant and his
loss viii be deeply felt In North Mississippi
The Sacramento Union, speaking Of mining stocks,
says:-"It will then be that values have shrunk
by the scores Of millions already, and that in
dividend paying mines there have boon declines ranging
from one or two hundred thousand to one or two mill
lions OF dollars. The question arises, therefore, il
these were real values what has become OF thcm2"
John King in 1852, lived in Tennessee Soldiers OF
both armies raided his farm. So he removed all
produce 10 a cave in the Cumberland Mountains. A
storm threw down rock which closed the mouth OF
the cave Therein he lived for thirteen years in the
dark eating from his produce and drinking from a
spring The other day railroad company blasting for
q tunnel blasted him out So says paper
General sheridan given banquet In San Fran
cisco last week and In the Of his speech he re-
ferred TO the Franco .Prussian He spoke Of tho
wonderful discipline or the German army, and re-
marked that had an American army moved upon tho
soil OF France in such II would have eaten up
the country He expressed his surprise at the
comparative weakness Of the French army and though
acknowledging much sympathy with the French people
said he disappointed in the lack Of patriotism that
aDnarent among them during the war.