The Morning herald., 1877-04-23
Here and There.

Vienna. 81" ro.
A son Of Stephen A. Douglas is studying
law in North Carolina.
Winnie Ream is said to be matrimonially
engaged to Lieutenant Boxie Of the regular
army. Hu D. u.. ,
Bithop Haven says that Africa is to be
c,me Christian through the influence ol
Methodists. A 5.a
Longfellow has twenty-five publishers in
England, and few Of them have ever paid
him cent,
A number of Mt. Holyoke Seminary
girls are working in the Amherst College
chemical laboratory this term.
The new buildings Of the Trinity COL
lege, Hartford, will not be ready for a
year, instead Of in September, as was ex-
pected.
II is stated that shipments Of fruit will
be made direct to Boston this year from
California: instead Of through New York,
as in the past. ,
Henry Slade, the Spiritualist, who was
imprisoned in London, is performing in
Holt and exciting great interest among
the Dutchmen.
Young members of Partisan high life
pass more time than ever in fashionable
clubs, gambling and loa6ng. They keep it
up night and day.
Florence Nightingale appeals in letter
to the public in behalf OF the people of
Madagascar, who are sorely afflicted with
small pox. She desires to have hospitals
established.
Another new metal has been discovered
and is named Lavesium by it's discoverer,
N. Pratt in honor of Lavoisier. In color
it resembles silver; it is fusible and
malleable.
~ Natural surprise is expressed by the Chi |
cago Tribune because "Beeeher looks his
congregation in the eyes, and says his
best hold in the unwavering faith he has
in the purity, the virtue, the honor Of
women"
Two steamboats,, each 210 feet long, are
on their way across the continent, by rail.
They were completed in all important
particulars and then taken apart for trans
portation to San francisco, where they
will be finished.
The hobby of Boston professor is to
reconstruct the week, giving it only FIVE
days, called Oneday, Twoday, Threeday,
Fourday, and Godday, or the Sabbath.
The shortening is intended to make more
days of rest, and the change Of names is
Tor the purpose Of discarding those Of
heather origin.
Burning gas is the dearest, in Ashland,
Na, where $40 per thousand feet is
charged, and the lowest price is so cents
|ln Detroit, where there is contest be- {
tween rival companies. Boston's rate is I
$2'23, and Philadelphia's $3.50. The aver !
ege IN London is less than ST. ,and in Paris &
is $3.50. 6
A little girl was abandoned by her rela-
ives In Chicago, after the death of her Q
a!ther, and she was sent to charitable in. q
'luion. Within few days, two aunts, {
grandfather, and cousin applied for b
custody Of her, and were so strenuous that h
fnsey quarreled violently. They had learn Q
~ 1llat an insurance policy for five thous-
ena dollars on the fathers life was payable :
10 the child. Q
Somebody who saw Edward s. Stokes .
kaa!ely In theatre writes as follows to the 1
lhlcago 1nter-Ocean: His nearly five t.
ears Of Imprisonment. have seemingly told Il
Pat very little upon him. There is that =
(ame defiant expression which shot out, 90 Z
y speak, from his features when he stood a
= The crowded court room. He looked d
|ound upon the audience with cool un. n
foncern, and wherever he encountered e,
YES : staring at him he returned the stare Il
Flth interest,"" al
Boston woman is conducting tenn D,
Relaoce revival as kind of adjunct to the es
aoody and Sankey meeting. She gives tn
eaklast TO every man who will pledge HI
lSell to listen to the temperance appeal tn
a1 follows it. Hundreds attend every
Forming on these terms, and of course the nc nc
tos' OF them at the outset care only for n ~
e meal; but the woman is convinced that Ar ar
rany are converted from intemperance to
fovement. tn
C!ncinnatian says he has pair of IN ta
Io's That he would like to exhibit in the ~
aaanps u de Mars next year, and he thinks pr
y secretary of the Treasury from Ohio a,
(ould @ pay their way over there. If these
P'is 'H were truly good ones, such as would sh
,,;' tlle lower extremities Of Deacon Richard - =
tanh' private subscription should at =
p'e oe taken up for the purpose; but, even
,; suc,' good cause, it would not be le- me
hi D",e aW TO break an excellent principle AZ
IL II "a allow their transportation to be paid e; Ee
t. Of the public treasury. WI