The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-26
GENERAL.
Coon. are very plenty In Virginia.

!" Sts 5OUU VeetUtsy " VuiNU"V 0ScW"s
expecting his aged mother To die, WAS
buried In the coffin himself the other
day. and his mother, who has recovered,
attended his funeral.
MIR. SPENCER CocMRAN has Just been
married In Miss Bethany Hubbard in
Virginia. Tie groom Is only ninety
two and tho bride forty. The grand.
daughter aud grcat-granddangh,cr Of
the groom ..stoci uv" with the young
couple, and his son married them.
A ugAwrIgss Montreal landlord
turned n nan, his wife. ard seven chill.
drcn into the stree. the other day when
the thermometer was ID degrees below
Zero. The victim WAS recen,ly-arrived
Euglishmat,, unable ~ get Il place and
robbed oi his usual income by the fail.
IRE ii a creditor In Eagland.
EDISON was - years Of age on Feb.
ii. Ten years ago h. went to- New
York City from Boston. and had 10 walk
the streets all ni:hi, not having money
Ia hire bed. Ills associates say that
he will bc the richest of all inventors Yet
known to man. \ fcx months ago hi.
London agcnt brought him out one
check for $4,000.
TmE Mexican people are said TO be
The best judges 81 cotton, lircn, and silk
goods on the continent, rs the Govern.
ment impost regulations have been
based On the principle the finer the
goods the lower The impos.s, which has
induced German, English, and French
factories to send their best goods. The
Mcxicans src like the negroes, however,
In prcierring brigh, colors. 80
TuE late President Wilson was
always quite frank when speaking Of the
depressing influences that surrounded
his early years. liz used to say that
until he was twenty .onc years old be
never had . dollar in money to spend
for anything. During his whole APP
premiership his master never gave him
. penny but once; then he gave him
three cents, and allowed him 10 spend
Il Ut . muster. Mr.. Wilson never had
but twelve months schooling, but even
IN his youthful years he was an insatis-
bic reader. '''.'.''-' l. go"
Mrs. MARY DRovsR CowDRY, who
recently died At Passaic, n. j., was q
daughter Of the Seventh New York Reg.
iment until she married in 1854. Her
father, the regimcntal Adjutant, left her
an orphan VI four years in 1850, and the
command showed its respect for his
memory BY assuming the support Of hi,
child. Her formal adoption when nine
years old was touching to al concerned,
aud the regiment gave her up q. her
marriage with . present Of $4,000.
TaEgE. arc in the United States, &C.
coriing TO the census reports, $500.
LS2 males and q. 6i2, 2Si females. The
natives number l3,475,j O6 and the for.
eign.born 6,677.Ss;0. There are AZ, 4O4,-
81, whites. 6,577,l5l colorcsl, lN5, 4G3
Chinese, and 25j other Asiatics. There
are lj.l58 cOlOred persons to each 100.
goo whites, against ll,j2S in 1870; H..
BID foreigners to each 100000 natives,
against 1888 in 1870, and 96.5l9
females to every 100, 600 males, against
97,S0l in 1870. ~ 40 Il =
'OxE ofthe villages Of New Zealand is
built on thin crust Of soil roofing over
vast boiler. Hot springs hiss and
Ing upward and boiling with tha S gisst.
Ell fury otkcrs mersiy ~ ". w quo . ~.
warmth. So thin is the crust on which
the people have built their little homes
that In most places, after merely thrust.
Ing = walking-stick into the ground be.
meath ones feet steam instantly follows
It's withdrawal; and the greatest care Is
necessaryin walking among the hot mud.
holes and boiling springs. II -a,l.s.
"INmAN J,x." or J,wo, J.ooh, .
lannon's hunter n ~ Sor.c. .r;S, -. :"
found dead In Tho ~oo,,s 90 n. .,.ov; was
~, Pennsylvania. ls,eIr bv , na rv'" y,
hunters. He was 6I ysars aid erI;. -
supposed ne disd AZ hssr, disco 81" %,r -
inc h;s Ifs lin tot go 's..;t. =.
vear;n~ Tia tvn;..i a.. . "x ~ p''So !"
woods and VA. si~,cs 49, sso' " :: .'T 49,. 49,
moccasins. bucks Rr.s seSa an saS;u
shirt. and velvet vest n H. So. Lnc,,.
far and vide, his trapping and hunting
~ ' .hs -. oH.sn,""e ! p me nesawstcrs
h.nr. .~I ,,sIS... A''s' ~ '''e S'sque-
nearly one hnnSrsS . ""a sm .,,;Is
wooded co,,ntrv '4'A0 i''e' VI
~. vig!7l saly2 raa f,f.
OxE Of the best attested cases Of ex,
treme longevity Is that Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Treadwell Weston. Of Psterhoro', N. H..
who celebrated. her one hundred and
third birthday 1t Greenfield On Feb. Is.
It h.s been maintained with much pains
and ingenuity that there is no proof that
any person IN modern times ha, lived to
the age d 100 ye,rs; but most persons
believe shAs er~helming evidence OK.