, 1876-12-29
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS.


villainous name of John Hornsdorf-
er. But then the ancient BRIDE
groom owns a splendid farm in Hin
ois.
1t isproposed to appoint the wild
ow of the late Gen. Custar post
mistress at Monroe, Mich.
Chill has one million acres under
cultivation by irrigation.
The great preacher Spurgeon is
very i'll in London.
A company has been formed at
Niagara Falls for making paper out
of wood.
Philadelphia is to have Cotton
Exchange.
American pianos are becoming
popular in Europe.
The wheat crop in France this year
is unusually large.
Liverpool has just sent cargo of
salt to New England.
A crafty fox was found lying dead
drunk in Massachusetts, cider mill
the other morning.
Fifteen tons OF silver in bars have
recently been received at the Phila-
delphia mint for coinage.
The entire coffee crop of the world
last year was nine hundred million
pounds, of which the United States
imported full third part.
1t is estimated that there are
100000 yards of rag carpeting in use
in Vermont, and that every third
family has set of quilting frames
TO lend. ~ y A
Chief Justice Schaeffer, of Utah,
has decided that foreign born women
cannot vote on the strength of their
husbands naturalization, the Terri
torial law to the contrary, notwithT
standing. sI.sis
Rev. N. L. Phillips, pastor of the
United Brethren Church, at Month.
cello, IoYe, is the latest black sheep.
He has run off with Mrs. Barnes, a
parishioner's wife, leaving his own
wife to shift for herself.
Last week four masked robbers
stole e10,240 from the bank at Lam
caster, Pa.
A large hotel at Los Angeles, Just
approaching completion, was burned
down on the 14th inst. Astove was
set up for drying purposes, and from
this the roof was ignited by defective
flues.
Says the Philadelphia Ledger:
The gifts to Philadelphia, by which
she will remember her visitors from
abroad, are becoming numerous. ia
pan, Germany and England leave
their buildings as memorials. The
State of Ohio has done likewise.
Several of the French, English and
other exhibits are also to be left as
mementoes in the new Museum. A
spirit of the most cordial friendliness
is thus developed that will have a
tendency TO unite us to our guests,
and to recall hereafter the pleasant
memories of the Centennial time.
A curious custom still maintained
at Bavarinn executions is that Of the
clerk Of the court breaking q black
wand and throwing the fragments at
the feet Of the criminal. This is
symbolical that his life is TO be vio-
lently aud suddenly terminated. II
was done a few weeks since AZ Mu-
mich. The executions are not public.
Wristlet parties are the latest;
The ladies furnish the wristlets, and
each pair IL numbered. One Of each
pair with = number is put IN a box,
and Il sold 20 q gentleman By the
committee. and corresponding wrist
lets with the numbers are worn by
the ladies'. The fun commences
when each gentleman buys q uristlet
and fnds the owner of the mate 10
Il. % whom be i % pay attentions
during the evening.
Father chiniquy, the Protestant
convert from Roman Catholicism.
Who Il 20 earnestly hated IN Canada
by his former religious associaies.
has lately received . letter from one
ofhis converts 20 the following eject.
= A statement I nog in circulafiou
among the French Roman Catholics
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