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Show iivkliivgs. A man has hpen sent to prison for nine months in Vermont for sending threatening letters. An English manufacturer has lately filled a war order to make a million quin'ne pills in a fortnight. The value of the Canadian fisheries is estimated at $50,000,000 a year, and they employ 80,000 men in their prosecution. prose-cution. "What arc you going to do after you graduate?" said a gentleman to a Williams College student. "Damfino," replied the youth; "preach, I s'pose." The bill allowing Ilanscom, the naval contractor, to. withdraw his resignation, resigna-tion, has passed Congress after an acrimonious ac-rimonious debate in the House, and goes to the President for signature. A little boy in Cbillieothe, Mo., while running on a vacant lot, fell and struck his head against some object and was instanily killed. It is supposed sup-posed that his neck was broken. A brutal man in Marblehead, Mass., went home diunk a few days ago, and thrust his wife out of doors and broke her leg. It was set, and a night or two ago he went home, drunk again, and broke her leg again in two places. Jeremiah O'Donnovan Rossa, the Fenian exile, is described as being "six feet in height, straight as a rush, with a fearless biue eye, somewhat deep under tbe arched brows; and aquiline nose, sensitive as a war horse at the nostrils." A Chicago man left $1 to each of his two daughters, and the rest of his property to his wife, but authorized his wife to sell the entire estate if otherwise she could not raise the two dollars to pay the bequests to the daughters. The natural produce of wheat in Our country, under careless cultivation, is about sixteen grains to one; tbn unusual un-usual produce, under the highest order of garden culture, has gone as high as seven thousand four hundred and forty-five grains to one. The Governor of Mississippi recommends recom-mends a tax on bowie-knives and pistols; pis-tols; and further, that the carrying of coDcealed weapons be declared a misdemeanor, mis-demeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment', im-prisonment', and the use of them, except ex-cept in self-defense, a lelony. The Chinamen at North Adams are gradually assumingAtuerican costumes. Many of them have left off shaving their heads, and, with wide-brimmed soft hats and ITaukee coats, they look quite Americanized. They are faithful faith-ful in their work and very successful. Portland, Me., rejoices in a u.-eful Newfoundland dog. Let a horse run away and he forthwith seizes the animal by the bit, and by his united streugih and dead weight stops it almo.t instan-ter, instan-ter, and thereby prevents a siua-di-up, if not more serious consequences. There are millions of young white Gsh in the Sta'e Hitching House at Caledonia, N. V., now ready for de-livery.o de-livery.o those who desire to ilace them in lakes and pundj in the State. There seeun no rejson why this delicious de-licious fih should not he nb'jnd;int in our ex-tern waters. Ejr. One of the results of the German Arctic exploring expedition is the discovery dis-covery ol immense coal beds in the north of Grecnla.nl. Mountains exceeding ex-ceeding Mont 15. anc in hciirht were discovered, and the botanical specimens speci-mens found indicate lhat (Jreenlai.d niu-t have been covered at one time wiih a rich vegetation. |