, 1875-01-16
CURRENT ITEMS.

gas pipe terminating in the attic, and
s., JOO cubic feet Of gas was wasted be,
fore the leak was discovered
YOUNG AMERICA is very forward. "TI
put a head on YOU" said little gamir
to a companion. You try IL" was the
quick reply, and your mothers monkey
win be a cherub in less than ten sec
OndS. S."-NipsTS' Journal
TIE farm-hOuSes in Iceland-so re
cent traveller informs us-are ventilated
by means of half inch hole, usually
plugged close with cork. 4 minute
with the cork out TO let in the air is con
sidored very long timN~
The New Jersey Court of Appeals In,
decided that an agreement bya railroad
company 10 carry goods for certain per
sons at cheaper rate, under the same
conditions, than for others is void, as
creating an Illegal preference.
ADMINISTRATORS are liable to account
for interest on funds in their hands, al
though no profit should have been made
upon them, unless the eXigenCies OF the
estate rendered it prudent that they
should hold the funds uninveSted.
A POPULAR clergyman says it is inter
esting to observe how many people go
TO the circus Just TO please the chill
dren," and very curious to notice that
sometimes 1t takes several able bodied
men and mOtherly women 10 look after
one little boy OF girl on such an occasion.
SCORE another for Chi hignon! After the
latest attempted murder in New York
the surgeons found that the bullet had
struck the large chignOn worn by Mrs
Lindenstruth and that this saved her
life by causing the ball to glance and
it from entering her skull.
GIVE US" says the Neu Hampshire
WGkiHgmdH's 4dCOcdte, the man with
brown hands, smut on his nose and sweat
on his forehead" All right-scnt him
last night; also a woman with a long
chin and A wart on her nose to keep him
Free Press.
4 LIBEL sult in Lowell, Mass, involves
the question of how much publicity is
given, in the eyes of the law, 10 matter
written on postal card and sent through
the mail. The defendant wrote Il letter
TO the plaintiff on a postal card accusing
him of forgery, and his defense is that,
as the POstOffice clerks are enjOlned TO
secrecy, there was nOmore of a publica-
ton than if the matter had been sent in A
sealed letter.
THE Troy Times relates this: "A.
young lady in q neighbOring village ac-
cepted an invitation from a young gentle
Ion n
came with his horse and buggy the lady
found II impossible TO get in, so closely
had she adhered TO the prevailing fashion
of drawing her dress tightly about her.
She asked to be excused, and going into
the house let out two or three reefs in
her dress, when she was enabled to get
into the buggy"
THERE is a village in Mexico called
chihuahua, from which number OF
babes and young children have from
time to time been missed Now the
Alcalde of this village was gay and
festive youth, whose constant care 1t was
to meet party of his friends at mil
night, have a good supper Of the gentle
kid and the trichin8 producing pig. But
suspicion was arouse. The Alcalde's
quarters were searched, and there, in the
twilight cold and gray, were found the
bones of thirteen cooked infants, upon
which the AlCalde and his friends had
fed
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and his charge and playmate & SIX
months old youngster. Baby was up
stairs the other day, when, its mother 90
ing away, the little fellow set up pitt
ful cry, TO the great distress of the dog,
which barked and whined. No relief
appearing, doggy took the matter into
his own charge, and, picking up the
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ToLrDo. Ohio, finds itself in a curious
32aQLayY 0Ysz s. GaSs 0t 255Si36e8 51e2iI,
e. / citizeH disappeared some hne
since very mysteriousiy, and a few days
afterward a mans corpse was :Ound
floating about near the docks There
upon a Coroner im3aneled jury and
held an inquest, the body was identlhea
as that of the missing man, verdict re-
turned in accordance with the facts, ana
the funeral WAS properly sOlemnHed-
Subsequently the missing man returned
much TO the surprise and delight OF III.
friends.
THE take Of herrings on the northeast
ern coast of Scotland this last season IS
set down at 100000, 900 Most of the
cured fish 90 to the North German and
Baltic ports, to be consumed by German
peasants and emancipated Russian scrts.
Already 100000 barrels have been
shIpped TO these regular market-piaces-
The Scotch herring fishery Is situated on
one of the most dangerous coasts IN the
world. as the North Sea is especially
stormy. and there are few safe harbors
along Eastern Scotland. Yet IL IS said
that, with all the hardships and perlls the
fishermen are compelled 10 undergo,
thew are a thriving and happy race, and
show an aggregate of mortality mCch
lower than that of many comparatively
safe trades, as, for instance, that OF the
mason From the forty miles OF sea
board in Aberdeenshire, l,yO Doats are
sent TO the fisheries, 800 Of which hall
from Fraserburg alone.
4 cosGRyeATIoS Of Worshipers in
Bucks County, Pa, met with comical
mishap a few Sundays since. The Pews
of the church had been newly painted
and vanished, and it was not good dry
ing weather. Everything was lovely
until the minister was about 20 deliver
the benediction, and the congregation
andeavored 10 respond by rising They
remained steadfast TO the church and
sf@adfaster in their seats. Each seemed
10 fear that something mysterious was
t6e matter with them, and they were
seized simultaneously with panic
Tbev tore themselves loose with des-
nerste effort and rushed out OF the
rbnrcb in fluttering rags, leaving samples
of the silks and clothes they wore for the
inspection of the borrihed minister ana
sexton. 1t would not be
astonishing if some of that congregation
said bad words OF the way home.-Bost0H