The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-11-13
HILLSDALE, MICH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1877



MISCELLANEOUS.
George Hayes, who embezzled g..
500 from the Illinois Central railroad
company nj Chicago, was arrested a
Hudson, n. Y, yesterday, with nearly
"a, 900 of the stolen money.
An Arctic expedition will be started
early next year for the purpose OF re-
covering the relics OF the Franklin ex.
petition and obtaining the reward Of
iered by the British government
A young lady, in conversation with a
gentleman, spoke OF having resided in
St. Louis. "Was st. Louis your native
place." asked the gentleman. well,
yes. part of the time" responded the
lady.
The series OF dime entertainments ut
Cooper institute, N. Y, has proved q
very great success. Every Thursday
night the great hall is filled TO overflow
ing with respectable working people,
clerks apprentices, aud shop girls, who
greatly enjoy the proceedings.
The litigation concerning the tunnel
under the Hudson river has ended by q
compromise, and work will be resumed.
II is expected that passengers will be
able TO go from Jersey City TO New
York Though the tunnel IN two min
utes.
Oil in paying quantities has been
found in Ventura county, Cal, right
on the sea shore, where it can be
piped directly into ships; and the peo-
pie there claim that they eau ship oil
to the foreign markets cheaper than it
is done from New York and Philadel-
phia.
The Australian American mail, reaeh-
ed Queenstown via San Francisco and
New York. II came from Sidney in ~
days, making the best time on record
and was only one day behind the Brit
ish mail, which started IL days ahead
Of it.
Prof. Baird, Just returned from Hal
flax, says that about 500 witnesses
have been examined before the fishery
commission. The evidence is vary con-
Trajectory, and there is no indication
of the result. The cases close Decem-
ber l6, when the deliberation begins.
In the past year 543 persons were ar
rested for offenses against the postal
laws. The number of lost registered
letters was 2,2s9, worth S5i.4l0, Of
which ia were recovered, and 2l6,
r-n .A.1.@t.1 flr ~. The
covery OF the contents from the thief or
persons whose carelessness lost them.
OF letters registered, about one in
5000 is lost.
A well-to-do farmer OF Mt. Vernon,
n. H., took his gun and started for his
barn Sunday evening TO see about a
noise ont the; he has not been seen or
heard from since, and il is feared that
he met fosl play in some form. He
has wealthy brothers in New York and
il is suspected that he was abducted to
secure a ransom
A woodpecker bored hole in the
spire of church in Jackson, Missis-
sippi, last spring, and made his nest
within it. In the summer, however, n
swarm Of bees flew 10 the spire, drove
ont the woodpecker, and have since
filed the interior with honey. And
now man, the sovereign despoiler, has
discoTered the hoard, and resolved to
exhibit the spire, With its novel con-
tents, at the State Fair.
A young lady was murdered and the
house in which she slept burned 10
conceal the act, about three o'clock
Wednesday morning. at a station eight
miles west oil Indianapolis. Her pa
rents, in the lower part Of the house,
escaped from the burning building
The deed is supposed to be due to the
jealousy Of a friend who was paying
her attention.
The Cincinnati Price Current pub-
hogs aud corn, based on information
derived from large number OF places
throughout the prominent hog and
corn producing sections Of the West.
The general result indicates probable
increase of five per cent. in the number
of hogs for winter marketing, and n
large basis of supply for next spring
and summer, with a general healthier
condition Of hogs compared with last
years and probably on increase in the
weight of hogs for winter packing.
The Department OF State is in re-
ceipt OF further information from the
United States minister to Japan con-
cerning the cholera at Yokohama. Ac-
cording to n published statement OF
the board OF health OF that city the
disease is pronounced 20 be Asiatic
cholera. On the oath OF September 10
new cases and deaths were reported,
with 13S persons under treatment. 1t
is thought, however, that the progress
OF the disease is checked.
The recent dash of the Russian raid
ing force which was mentioned from
Constantinople as appearing at Slatitza
was evidently an attempt 10 cut the
railway over which supplies were TAX.
en- TO Plevna. The point at which they
made n strike was probably Tartar Ba.
zardjik. Sophia, the depot for stores
designed for Plevna, is further west
than the terminus Of this railway, bui
cutting the communications at Tartar
Bazardjik would cripple the resources
for forwarding provisions.