The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-03-25
GENERAL NOTES.

RAOUL FEvAL publishes the story that
Napoleon's first thought in the disaster
at Sedan was to escape in disguise; that
he proposed to put on the dress Of a peas
ant and follow the by-ways through the
forest to Mezieres. M. Cornebois, inspec-
tor of the forest, and supposed to be
familiar with the paths, was fixed upon
for guide. But it took an hour to find
this person, and during that hour the
Emperor changed his mind.
A MATCHMAKER in Three Oaks,
Michigan, has just finished the construc-
tion of calculating machine, on which
he has been engaged for several years. 1t
is described as very complicated con-
trivance, containing more than two
thousand one hundred specially formed
pieces of machinery, made mostly OF steel,
and put together compactly. Its calcu-
lations cover not only the four simple
rules in integral numbers, but variety
of difficult problems besides.
THE following marriage certificate was
recently found among some old archives
of the town of Norwich, Connecticut.
There was no date of the year, but the
penmanship and paper both bore testi-
mony To the extreme age of the docu-
ment: Married at Norwich, Sunday
evening, 9lst December, DIR. Enoch
Smith, so-called, aged sixty-six, more or
less, a renowned collier, to the amiable
and accomplished Miss Mary Melony,
celebrated tailoress, aged twenty-six next
grass.
AN inhuman wretch in Hardin county,
Iowa. adopted novel way of getting rid
of his wife last week. He took her out
on the prairie, with the mercury at
twenty-eight degrees below zero, and set
her out in the snow, and then cut his
team loose from the sled and started
West. The woman would have frozen to
death had it not been for parties who
came along short time afterwards, and,
hearing her cries, picked her up almost
senseless. Under kind treatment she is
recovering.
A MYSTERIOUS painting is on exhibi-
tion in Boston, purchased from an Italian,
who has mysteriously disappeared.
Many Boston artists are confident that
the painting is a genuine Raphael. AS
Raphaeps productions are wellknown, it
seems mpossible-though, of course,
possible-that one of them could be
brought to this country without some
public knowledge of the fact. Neverthe'
less foreign pictures have sometimes
come to this country very mysterious
manner.
A DESIGN for memorial vase has
been selected by the Bryant Testimonial
Committee for presentation to the ven
erable poet and journalist, William Culler
Bryant. The vase is to be of oxidizec
silver, twenty-five inches in height. The
form is simple, and it is covered en-
tirely with studies from nature the apple
branch eglantine, amaranth, primrose
and ivy blend harmoniously with various
other symbolical representations. Th'
whole is designed to present in an em
blematic way the leading characteristic
of Mr.. Bryant's mind and life.
AT twenty-five years of age, Mrs
Catherine Met Call Tin spite of her sonorou
name) lost her speech. She married MI
Mccall, saving :" Yes" we suppose, b.
signs, and for forty-two years that gen
tleman has led life of quiet blessedness
: No curtain lectures; no breakfas
diatribes; no elecutionary nagging what
!. ever. But on the 2Oth of January, sud
denly, mysteriously and extemporane
ously, Mrs. Mccall recovered the powe
of talk, thus putting Mr. Mccall in tn
= category of common husbands. AT an
rate, the old lady will have big job t
make up for lost time.
GALVESTON (Texas) News: Mr.. "
, Dudlecrump and his four sons wei
" hunting at the mouth of Little rive
: when large Mexican lion jumped upo
the old man and knocked him down. Th
!. older son told the boys not to shoot,
: they would kill their father. The ol
q u man had the cougar by the throat wit
u his right hand, and one of the front LEI
= with his left. One of the party struck |
the cougar with his gun, but missed b
y aim and hit his father across the bac
i then seized the cougar, jerking him ava
Il from his father; at the some tin
% another son seized the cougar by the hir
Z leg. while John Dudlecrump placed h
gun against the animal and fired, brea
ing its back, causing it to loose its ho
~ on the son. The two boys that had no
20 of the beast retreated a few steps, al
IF the father discharged both barrels OF b
" gun, killing the beast.
Iy SHARP County (Arkansas) Dcmocrd
q. A widow woman, living on Polk bayo
e, in independence county, was recent
,e killed by brute, in the shape of a ma
,o The woman was destitute Of anything
Is eat, also means by which she could Q
o tain a sustenance for herself and ch
" dren, and went to this mans house
ne get something to eat, telling her COM
". tion, and stating that she was unable
v, get employment, and that her childr
rs were starving. He refused her in We
n, abrupt manner, when she told him tn
is she was bound. to have something. to G
he and that he might look out for his col
en- crib that night. The unfeeling. wret
no. loaded shotgun and watched his CT
in until the poor woman came, when
he shot her, killing her instantly. We {
by happy to hear that the monster is in t
m. Batesville Jail, where he will remain
,rs til he is punished in that way and ms
ed ner which he deserves--an aerial susp'
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