The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-10
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Squirrels infest California
Baltimore lives on ducks and terrapin
California trade lags and agriculture prospers
Cotton raising in Missouri has proved failure
Minnesota women may vote on school questions
A petrihed girl has been discovered in an Arkansas
cave
The Blaine -Hamin ring bosses the Maine Legisla
ture
scelye, OF Connecticut is the bookish statesman OF
the House.
Louise NJ Alcou calls John swinton 1.-THE modern
American Goldsmith"
The Boston Globe thinks New England has declined
in power by putting inferior the front of affairs
Washington Chronicte:-''The belle OF Washington on
New YEARS. day the wife Of the Chinese Minister
In Louisiana the death rate among negro children is
less than that among white children the case OF
adults the rate excessive the side the negroes
Foster Of Detroit. who saved many lives is called
"home bred hero" but Lewis of the Detroit Free
Press, every day at noon, proves that be is home
made bread hero
Mississippi democrats ask for amendment to the
State constitution providing that citizen shall vote
unless he can write. Northern and Southern domoc.
racy differ.
From Ohio comes news that there will be no decrease
the raising hogs this year ofthis iavorite West
fruit there we're five and half millions plucked
last year.
Henry watterson says:-''Let US rather have the
waltz than the smrks and smiles and misery Of the
unequal and uncongenial matches-the misaliances-.
Of talking party"
There is good deal in a name in a Presidential cleo
ton. "Buck and Brcck ''Tippceanoe and Tyler too ,
famous examples. How would these sounds Hen
bricks and Lamar, "Blane and Bristow."
Mrs General Gaines has arrived In Washington to at
tend the prosecution Of suit before the Supreme
krt.
concerning her interests fortyfour years. and spent
three fortunes.
The Prince af Wales present at a State dinner
and evening party given at Barrackpore India, on
Christmas Day by the viceroy. Next day he visited
the French settlement OF Chandernagore and on De.
cember p his Royal Hlghness present at polo
match at Munipore, after which he returned to Cal
cutta
Queen Victoria has revived the dukedom Of Gordon
In the person OF his Grace the Duke oil Richmond who
inherited Gordon Castle and the estates OF last
duke OF that Her yajesty has further signihed
her pleasure TO raise the Carl Of Abergavenny TO the
dignity OF a. marquisate, TO confer eardom upon
Lord wharncline and to bestow English pecrags
upon the Earl Of Erne
Gil Haven and Senator Logan, while the latter
SICK were talking about Assyran inscriptions in
order TO prove the story OF Daniel and the lions den
Haven laid down photograph OF the moon, and said
Now Logan there picture Of the ancient devil
Just then Croton bug walked over the photograph
and as Logan smiled Gil said, 1.-THE right bower"
The Fredericksburg Herald has found lottery ticket
signed BY General Washington. The lottery was for
the purpose OF building road from Alexandria to the
Blue Ridge The ticket reads follows
17os This ticket mo 250 shall enttlc the possessor
70 whatever priz may happen 70 be drawn against its
number in the Mountain Road Lottery.
G. WAsHINGTo on
The New Orleans PicdYune is one Of oldes, news.
papers II is frequently great to US In au.
thenticatins news BY far the best article we have
ever read on Lamar-and It is gem OF anayss-ap
pears the Pcdyune; and preceding the article ap-
pears in editorial type, copy from the "Porsossl In
telligence" OF the NEW YoRk HERALD The Plca,n.ne
knows not only how 10 write but also what 70 copy.
The Pail Mall Gazette says:--''wthn the past month
this third term project which originally believed
TO DO HERALD sensation, has in most peoples ewes
assumed very different character In the FIRST place
there is the undeniable feasibility Of the scheme with
the patronage in the hands OF the gen
eral government General Grant has only 10 convince
the workers Of his party-not mon like Bristow but
men like Morton-that crisis has really come which
makes his remaining in Office neeaasitv ~-~stot
the thing IL done"