The Morning herald., 1877-04-19
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ing in health.
Sir Edward Thornton visits England in
May.
George L. Fox is visiting a sister at
Cambridge, Mass, in improving health.
Nathaniel Church has served in the
legislature of Rhode Island for thirty-six
years.
Philip :Burty the art critic, is lectu-
ring in Paris on ancient and modern ia
pan. .-.
A baby was left by some undiscovered
nerson on the altar Of Roman Catholic
Church il Kansas City.
John Thorn, who died in Newbury,
England, recently, aged one hundred
wears, had been blind for fifty years.
DR.. Nh. Cary, father Of Miss Annie
Louise Cary, died in Main on Tuesday.
He was seventy years old.
A smallpox flag is flying over ex-
Governor Bagley's house in Detroit, Mich
because of the illness Of his daughter.
Alfred Smith threw himself under a
locomotive in Lexington, Ky., rather than
face his wife, whom he had deserted.
NJ. Gudin, the famous marine painter,
wrote most pathetic letter few days
since-a farewell stating that he will
soon become blind.
Rochefort spends good portion Of his |
time in Strasbeurg without being molest-
ed by the Germans, and the French are
vainly seeking reason.
A very determined opposition 10 the
Mofett bell.punch liquor law has been de-
veloped through out Virginia, and the
constitutionality of the act will be tested
in the courts.
It is proposed in France to supply slabs
of gun. cotton as part of the cavalry equip
ment to be carried in sort of waist belt.
and used, if necessary, for the destruc-
tion Of railways, stockades, etc.
For long time the word gree, in the
coloquial idiom Of France, has been made
to designate person who cheats at cards,
and the respectable Greek colony Of Paris
proposes change in the language.
Martin Finn Of Brooklyn, KY, is con-
vinced of the folly Of sleeping with
lighted kerosene lamp in his room. The
light Of one enabled an enemy to aim at
him through window, with rifle, as he
lay abed. |,
There is an island in the Pacific Ocean
where the wild pigeons grow to be as big {
as turkeys, and where there was such a
Thing as blue glass known. A fact like , !,
this in the hands of a Western debating SO.
ciety might be used to the utter demolition
Of the Pleasontonian theory. E
A society has been formed in England i
Tor the defence Of historical and artistic /
monuments against "restorers' who through !
their ignorance have done much harm to
architectural remains. A Mr.. Morris who =
has made himself conspicuous in his out
cries against sundry restoratiens, heads the :
society. :
The grand new Avenue de rOpera, in {
Paris: is now in course of being laid out ?
and opened, and the engineer in charge, a
instead of ALLOWING tbe multitude to gaze 9
s'pon his work in progress of completion >
mas put up high board screens, cutting off Il
the public view entirely. His object is to .
prepare pleasant surprise for his brother !;
Parlslans, and to let them feast their eyes r
only upon the completed avenue, with the r
newly laid and macadamized \
road freshly rolled. =
"A visitor to q private lunatic asylum, u
'I VINO found distinguished looking man 6
s'lllns moodily alone, went up and said :
70 nm, "How do you do? think have J.
'een Na you before. May l ask your name?' F
MY name y returned the man tiercely; -
I'm u Alexander the Great! "Why," said \
me visitor who suddenly, remembered l.
'aVihg already had discussion with the Jl
mao, the last time was here you were tn
II: Paal" eyes, of course, the man D
yo'ned quickly, "but that was by tile first VI :"
ihe town Of Salisbury, N. G., is in N
much trouble. At the close of the Revo- IN
al!.ionary war David Stewart was given W "
40 :, acres Of land for services rendered in ~, ~
ne army. He put the deed in his pocket 10 10
ma emilgrated to Pennsylvania. Time tn
,,assed, the town of Salisbury was built on Le
ne ne land, Stewart died, the deed remained ia
oeked up, and the town continued to NJ
'lnprove = pro- until now the land is valued al VI
= ,n,'vooooO. And row, too, the heirs of Ds
~ ,o nlewart have turned up, and claim i'm. d. d.
'eolale possession ofthe property. Er
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