Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1876-03-25
GENERAL AND POLITICAL.

| UOuiA khOuOPSAS $50 49,
muchly showed iu oflste.
Minister Washburne is mentione
as strong candidate for the reput
llcan nomination for Governor q
I.linois. sT
The latest articls out for fastsnin
up ladies' Stockings has clasp, o
which appears two ssrpent's hesdf
with little ruby eyes. Sort Of "ssrts
snakes" you know. The eyes can
see.
| The Foreign Relations committe
reported back the nomination Q
Richard Il. Dana, jr., to be ministe
to England, with recommendation
that it be not confirmed. It was pla
ced on the calendar with the advers
report, for future consideration.
Boston Dispatch Of goth inst. says
The Judicial Court. unsnimousl!
overruled the exception in the cas-
of Thomas Piper, convicted Of tn
murder of Mabel H. Young, in tn
belfry ofthe Warren Avenue Church
and judgement 10 to bs pronounced
on the verdict.
Jerry Black chews up . paper 0
tobacco every six hours, aud expec
torates copiously. A Harrisburg law
yer once said to him: "Take my ad
vice, Judge and keep away from Afri
ca. If Stanley ever met you there il
the DARK, he might mistake you fol
one Of the sources of the Nile"
Among the many good thing
which car be said of Gev. Hsrdini
administration, nothing will strike
the people more favorably 1T thi'
time, than the mention Of tho fact
that he has lived in simple and un'
ostentatious manner ~ chief magis-
trate Of the great state Of Aissouri.
The people Of Great Britain con
sumo on an average five and . hall
bushels Of wheat annually per indi
vidual.. The number to bs fed il
about 80, ,OOO, 900. The crsp tho past
year is estimated at 72, ,0OOO, 900 bush
els. This opens . demand for abou,
Ion, ,000, 900 bushels from other coun'
tries. s-- ..-5.-.
A recent Memphis dispatch says
The residence Of Gen. Gid. Pillow
was sold at bankrupt sale yesterday
There was no competition in bidding
aud the residence, worth probably
$1,000 was bought by gentleman fol
$26, aud the valuable library by an
other for 81, and both presented to
Mrs. Pillow. -s,"- ......
And now they are sndesvoring tc
prove that Mr.. Hendricks 10 . thief
If Mr.. Pendleton and M. Hendricks
and every other leading Democrat
are public thieves, the Democratic
party has hope of success this year.
The republican voters place reward
upon stealing. Witness New Ham.
shire.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wade Hampton Bolton, Of Tell
nessee, lately deceased, left the fol-
lowing provision In his will; 81 give
and bequeath the widow aud children
of Gen. Thomas jonathan Jackson,
known as "Stonew wall Jackson" and
who fell at the battle Of Chsncsllors.
Vile, Virginia, ten thousand dollars.
as history tells me his widows fur
niture was sold after his death fol
debt" .... ..-
c. M. Peck testified before . House
committee, on the Esd inst, that u
post trader, he had been assessed fol
political purposes during the last
presidential canvass, aud that he had
paid between 5000 aud 5000 to the
committee at Washington. When
one post leadership pans out that
way what amount, 10 it supposed
may have been realized for campaign
or, in other words, corruption
purposes from eighty thousand fedora
appointees3
The Chicago Inter-O Ocean says: 1t il
announced unoncisllythat Wilbur r
Storey is about to dispose Of forty
nine hundreths of his Interest in The
Chicago Times newspaper for the sun
oi$5O0. ! 900. The purchasers are announ'
ced to be Cyrus n. McCor,niek, Perry
II. Smith, F. II. Winston, and certain
Eastern individuals-all democrats
of the most pronounced stripe. Mr..
Storey still retains the controlling
interest in the paper, but he is to take
a trip to Europe. -'..
Tho Indianapolis Sentinel 10 thul
unmerciful: The st. Louis Globe says
"Among Casualties in the first battle
with corruption. the Democratic par
ty can report "Gentleman George
badly wounded on their side" Tit
CD. 10 mistaken. Tho 6rst battle
with corruption was fought at st
Louis. Perchance a slight exercise
of the faculty of memory on the part
of the CD. may enable it to call te
mind some of the most prominent
casualties in that engagement.
Capt. Paul Boyton gave . public
exhibition erposite Louisville, on the
18th inst, having previously swun
over the falls of the Ohio. OF tn.
trip over the rapids, Boyton says II
was as dangerous - he ever attempts
ed, he having q fearful battle with
the wind and waves, Is the wind wal
blowing hurricane. The exhibition
was very wonderful, aud was wit
messed by Thousands of people from
Kentucky and Indiana. Boyton per
formed dozen feats to illustrate tn.
usefulness Of his life-saving dress
such as constructing . raft OH tn.
water, destroying an enemy's ship
casting . line. etc. He goes from
Louisville to Europe.
New York World: The new societ,
of Washington is q gorgeous lot al
together. Their equipages shine lik,
meteors; their palaces rise like e1ha
lations. The District Of Columbia
which had only small municipal deb
a few years age. now owes man,
millions; its wooden pavemeuts Ar
rotten; its costly System of sewersg