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Show ITKLIVGS. A Concord, N. II., coaehmaker, is l building six coaches, for servica in the diamond region of South Africa. . Thousands of the little sparrows in the New rork parks, are dying of -thirst, because the water in the fountains foun-tains are frozen. The gambling fever is spreading. A million of dollars' worth of jewels are to be put up at lottery in New York in aid of Fiance. A gentleman purchased a quantity of supposed milk at a Boston re.tau-rant re.tau-rant a few days ago, and, a few hours afterward, found his purchase had "settled," the top being clear water and the bottom a poor quality oi' flour. The sixty minutes between U and 12 o'clock on the night of the 31st ult., were memorable as the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the decade de-cade ending with 1ST0. Such a coincidence coin-cidence will not occur again in over eighty years. A Paris correspondent says: "Must I confess to Tabitha? Alas! pussy, genuine pussy, dressed with mushrooms, mush-rooms, and white wine, and onions, is excellent, and when I come down to not-over-particular-about-eating point again, I shall know what game to select." se-lect." - One family of immigrants by (he last steamer from Scotland consisted of a man, his wile, and nineteen children; all but one of whom arc girls, and the oldest only 23 years of age! The grandmother grand-mother on the mother's side, a lady aged only SO years, also accompanies them. - Within the last ten years, Kich-mond, Kich-mond, Ya., has been the theatre of e three years' siege, with a final disastrous disas-trous conflagration; the destruction of a bridge, involving great loss of life; a destructive flood, and, lastly, the burning burn-ing of the Spottswood Hotel. The Bangor (Me.) Whir report.-that, report.-that, owing to the intense cold, the wires of the Yestern Union Telegraph line, between that city and Lewistun, were broken on a recent day in nearly fifty places. The wires were put up during the hot weather, last Summer, and, contracting wittt the cold, snapped snap-ped like threads. A passenger train froui Suspension Bridge, one day last week, carried a young lady to Rochester, having, as part of her luggage, two black pigs about six weeks old. She had been to Michigan on a vi.-it. While there .-he was presented with the purs, on condition that she would take them home. The animals were accordingly placed iu a has and deposited under the seat in the ear. This they rode safely to Kothe.-tcr. and conducted tlieui.-eUes in such un oiderly manner that ih'-y did unt attract attention. On reaching the lep"t, the young lady took the bag of pigs in her arms and disappeared. |