Show CLIPPINGS the petersburg says the state debt of virginia amounts to with iio ito DO prospect of diminution i 1 M oersted herstedt Oer t celebrated as a and ex prime minister of den Deh denmark mark has just died at copenhagen aged eighty two henry grice of ohio has been appointed and confirmed as united states marshal for I 1 the terri territory I 1 tory of utah the richmond enquirer of the aist dinst says that three hundred negroes ne roes were baptized baptize d li l 1 i the appod at petersburgh Peters burgh on sunday last at san francisco choice butter was selling at 30 and 23 cents per pound and arid cheese at 12 to 16 cents last year they were precisely double those rates the citizens of amherst N if H celebrated the close of the first century since the set element of their town on wednesday of I 1 may As many as 1000 jews of tetuan are stated to have tann taken passports from the spanish authorities to establish themselves in different places in spain at chicago a most shabbily dressed man was arrested as a vagrant and locked un up although he had about 1500 1600 in his pocket in cash or cash funds the officer is to be proceeded seeded against for false arrest the treasurer of the boston and worcester railroad announces that all outstanding bonds of the road will be paid on presentation with Inte interest resL resh these bonds amount to between five and six hundred thousand dollars during the reign of pius IX 80 new dio cases of the roman catholic church have been formed which is nearly a tenth part of the tho whole number of these 12 are in the united states and 9 others upon this continent mrs jane swisshelm of or the st cloud minn visitor thus does up the late prize fight fi ht they rattled their fives they milled a and nd milled and plenty of dirty claret they spilled but the thing was a failure for neither were killed the seventeen year locusts are perforating the ground in the vicinity of ne Newark NJ in multitudes their holes being generally about half an inch in diameter 1 and from four to eight inches deep they are found most numerous around the roots of the cherry tree near the apple pearland pe arand peach trees but few are found and generally on the shady side A lady in this place says the grass valley vailey national during the last storm was struck by light lightning nin g nothing saved her but the hoops she korep wore around which the lightning played until it spent itself harmlessly in the surrounding surround ilig air she felt the effects of electricity powerfully and her right arm for a few moments was waa powerless the young lady about whom the love troubles of the young prince of W wales nies ties have begun and which have led according to rumor to his visit to the north american colonies is the lady caroline villiers daughter of the earl ear of jersey and granddaughter grand daughter of the late sir robert peel of whom the countess of jersey was the eldest daughter she is ver very youn not over 17 the prince not 19 until november next an agricultural dhow show was held on march at adelaide south australia at which nearly eight thousand persons were present the wheat exhibited was very fine the first prize same weighing from sixty seven to sixty eight and a half halt pounds to the bushel the sample of the first prize plain growing wheat weighed weighed sixty five pounds nine ounces to the bus bushel el A new gunpowder is announced in england which is said to be less dangerous than ordinary powder produces very little smoke and that of a less pungent kind than usual not only enabling the miner to work in close places without the great delay consequent on smoke but greatly diminishing the t ae unhealthy effects of it in the mines it is invented by a relation of the gentleman who introduced the safety fuse which has proved invaluable to thousands the F fort ort madison iowa Plain dealer of the lath reports a somewhat extraordinary case of blasphemy and sudden death that occurred near farmington van buren county a few ew days previous A farmer living there while 1 L talking to a neighbor about the dr dry weather be began bean an an outburst of the most tern terri ble ale blas bias blasphemy ph emy using the vilest epithets toward war d th the 6 almighty and the savior because he ie did not send rain the man was going on I 1 n frightful rig hatful language when all at once his aw aws be became 4 me palsied his ton tongue mue gue beca became m e power ess his voice ceased and he fell on the earth a corpse |