The Morning herald., 1877-11-09
HERALD NOTES,

Kate CIaxtoa has at last got her divorce.
"sstan's Diary" is new play BY Mr..
Fechter. d'|'.
Cents have begun to circulate In st
louis ior the afs tims. Il
Three Boston police have been blessed
with twins within is days. .os ..
Boucicault spent over three years ,incu-
batting the play Of marriage" a
Mayor Prince, Of Boston, was renonat
mated by ths Democrats last aight. 9
Anna Boyle, the fourteen year old Ju.
! list, has several engagements this season.
Maggie Mitchell thinks her plays are
out Of date-getting out Of Fanchon As i
were. ' ....,t .s.,
The coffee tree Aonrishes in California,
and may be extensively cultivated there in
the futre. : H
The Pope refuses to eanonise Joan Of
Arc, as he has no documentary proofs Of
her chastity. 10y
The finest plantation in Guatemala be.
longs to Mr.. Wilson, an American, Of
Scotch origin.
As land is improved BY sowing it with
various seeds, no is the mind by exercising
| it with different studies.
Miss Nelson has sold to John .. Clarek
the commedian, piecs Of real estate in
Chicago valued At $4,000.
1t is estimated that one hundred and
twenty thousand children have been made
| orphans by the famine in India.
Sweden and Switzerland contribute the
largest number Of new members to the
Mormon Church. England is third on the
list.
The "Cuban League" in New York
City, is preparing memorial to Congress,
asking that the belligereut rights Of the
Cubans be recognized by the U. States.
A dog show was held in San Francisco,
| in hall remarkable for echoes and every
dogs barking was therefore doubled. The
din was terrible beyond description, says a
reporter.
The superintendent Of the Dead Letter
Division. in Washington, is making prep
| arations for ga . Of articles received,
whose owners cannot be found. The sale
will take place in December.
1t is stated that the inhabitants Of Sea
Grove. New Jersey. contemplate making
an effort at the next session Of Legislature
to have their settlement incorporated as a
borough, with certain municipal powers.
An English switch tender was recently
fined $50, and in default Of payment sent
to prison for two months, for being drunk
whilst on duty near the Exchange station
on the Lancashire and Yorshire Railway
Among the recent Improvements Of tbe
San Francisco Onera House, are smoking
room and parlors tesaelated marble floors
massive mirrors, a fountain of perfumery
large selection Of tropical plants and gold.
en- Gagged birds.
The largest block Of granite ever quar-
ried in Vermont, perfect in every respect,
and weighing 62S tons, is said to have been
taken from the Barre Granite Quarries,
without the Use Of powder. II is 40 feet
long, II feet high, and 10 feet thick.
Mrs. Moult, n the we'll known authores +,
ia about to publish volume of poems,
called Swallew-Fliehts." II this title
proves prophetic the little book will soon
skim into popular favor, but perhaps these
metrical swallows will be foBnd moulting.
| Charley Ross's father, in his vain search
for the stolen boy, has spent $4,000, his
entire fortune, and is now travelling sales.
man for an Eastern house. He has made
800 journeys in search Of his lost child,
and says he shall persevsre until it is found