, 1876-08-04


less than during theaas aoath last
year.
The United Stasea Ssnats has
unanimously Passed aresolutiOn for
the comPlefiOn of The Washin<tOa
monument this Centennial year.
Surrogate Calvin, Of Ns- York,
has dismissed the petition Of James
Bayley and Others 70 set aside the
viii Of A 7. Stewart.
A young man named Christopher
Schule, of Meriden, MINI, while
hOeing corn recently, vas struck BY
lightning and instantly killed.
Advioes from Kansas state that
the gram crops Of that region are
abundant, IN good condition, and
are now beyond the danger Of fail
ure from any cause
While Miss Ellen Porter, of Arena,
Wis, was sitting Paris green over
potato vines lately, she inhaled
enough to throw her into commissions
that finally proved fatal.
A young lady employed at the
Seymour House in Red Bluff, Cal,
recently attempted to kill herself by
taking corrosive sublimate. She was
pumped out Of the dark valley.
Commodore Vanderbilt says he
intends to give everyone waiting to
hear Of his death a good chance
to wait. He Is now able to sit up
nearly all day and smoke cigars
The potato bug, which has been
busily at work in New York and
Bennsylvania during the early part
of the season, Is now literally des-
troying the potato crop of Connect
cut and other parts Of New England
A Boston Physician says that blow
ing comets or trombones is the best
exercise for women, expanding their
lungs and making them straight
Let every man buy one or the other
for his wife.
Frank Bird Is confident that Tilden
will win, Charles Francis Adams and
Carl Schurz are convinced be VIII be
q hard man to beat, and the Repub-
hcan leaders confess il is to be a
sharp fight, but are ready TO plank
their last dollar on Hayes & Wheeler
Sweetnees in the buIk. At the
Centennial there are displayed great
lots Os fruit boiled in sirub until it is
candied, including not only the
usual articles Of this sort seen in our
confectionery stores, but whole musk
melons and aPples of the largestsize-
Eleven columns Of q Toronto
(Canadal paper on July 5, were filed
with crop reports from Ontario, Que
bee, New Brunswick and Nova SEQ
tia Their general tenor gives prom
ise of an abundant harvest, though in
some sections winter Wheatis killed.
When the original copy Of the
Declaration Of Independence was
brought out and read at Philadelphia,
on the Fourth, no one displayed
greater enthusiasm than Dom Pedro,
Who shouted more vigorously than
Sheridan and Sherman who stood At
his side.
British Columbia has supplied the
SaE Francisco market with 52,605
tons Of coal from January 1st to
July 12, 1876. BeIlingham Bay coal
Is quoted there At IS per ton; Mana
imo, t809; Wellington, e909-50;
Seattle, e9-5001O-
Three Of the North Pacific Goldfish
scho0ners have arrived At San Fran
cisco so far this year. The first was
the Selma, on the I'd Of july with
20, 900 fish ; the second was the Al
fred Adams on the Sd of July, with
SO, 900 6sh, and the Alaska on July
9th, with $4,000 fish
A Ashower of small fishes is the last
thing. It occurred in Iowa recently
during q rain shower. A farmer
Who cooked one of the fishes for din
ner, is ready to make affidavit that it,
with Others, fell from the clouds
The fishes were probably drawn up
out Of some stream by q water spout.
Bonner might As well sell Dexter,
and Budd Doble give up the Amer
lean girl. They have got to training
steers down in Kansas so that a race
horse is nowhere for speed Imag-
inc the appearance of q TEXAS steer
trotting his mile in 2:14l See them
legl Observe that hornsl Gaze
upon those tail
The nnt rnrm has haan making