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cal more than q commercial move
ment.
4 suit of the State of Louisiana
against Gen. James Longstreet, to re-
cover $4,000 paid to him for "mili-
tia" services, is now pending in the
Supreme Court Of Louisiana, and will
be recognized as che Of the fruits Of
the political troubles in that State.
In Russia the winter appears to
have set in with unwonted severity.
As early as October 20 the street traE
fic was conducted almost entirely on
runners, the snow being deep enough
and hard enough for sieighing, and
travel by tramway had become we'll
nigh impossible.
A Kentucky paper claims that Fay
cite county hiss brought more money
into The State from her stock, has ex>
ported to breeders more blooded stock,
and imported more of the first and
purest Hooded stock than has any
other county in America, or than has
any territory of the same size in the
known weird.
Three sharpers managed recently to
nde from Omaha to Chicago on one
ticket. They took seats at some dis
lance from each other aud established
communication by means of a string
run along the outside of the car, on
which, after giving up his ticket, No.
1 sent his check to No. 2, ard Ne. ,.
after showing his check, forwarded it
to No. 8.
It is related that when Mrs Molly
Richardson, late of Baldwin, Me, was
in her Goth year, as she was one day
eating a fine apple, she remarked that
she should like to raise some fruit of
that kind. She therefore planted the
seeds, one of which sprouted and be-
came a thrifty three. Mrs Richard
son lived to be 81 years old, and ate
fruit from the tree.
The bourse Gazette, of Berlin,
makes the statement that plar for
the acquisition of all the German rail
ways by the state is assuming defn-
ite shape. Prince Bismarck has int.
mated in a most decisive manner that
the question has reached point at
which it requires 10 be settled, both
on Prussian and Imperial grounds,
and he has therefore ordered ncgotia.
tons to be opened which have result
ed in a resolve to 90 at once into the
matter.
A Manchester, n. H., marketman
undertook to fool Horace Greedy, a
watchdog of the United States and
Canada Express Company, last week
by taking his dime and neglectinS t5
give him some meat. Horace evil
IDENTIFY Northumberland why his goods
were not forthcoming, but waited pa
tientiy, keeping sharp eye on the
Young man. After a few moments
he decided to play Gttle joke in re-
turn, so he cody walked up to The
bench, seized a quarter Of lamb, and
Waited away, with indignation and
triumph depicted il every wag Of his
tail.
DR. Hunter MGuire Sends to ;he
Richmond Dispatch a long account Of
"StonewalT" Jackson's last illness. He
gives the following IS the generals
last words: "About half past oae he
was told that he had but two hours to
live. and answered dgain feebly but
firmly, 'Veryg good; it Is all right.
A few moments before he died he cri-
ed out in his delirium, Order \. P.
Hill to prepare for ac;ionl Pass the
infantry to the front rapidly
Tell Major Hawks-then stopped,
leaving the sentence unfinished. Pres,
emily smile Of inefable sweetness
spread itself over his pale face and
then he said quietly, and with an ex.
preston as if of relief, Let Us cross
over the river and rest under The
shade of the trees; and then without
pain rr the least struggle, his spirit
passed