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Show - MISCELLANY. It is hinted that King Kalakaua will write a book of his travels and notable experiences in this country. Professor Hay den is preparing for an exploring expedition to thn untrodden un-trodden regions of south-eastern Utah. During tho month of December 1 seven hundred and fifty-five car loads of California barley were received at Omaha. A brutal Mississippi negro who recently outraged and terribly abused two young ladies waa taken and bung up by an excited crowd. Oregon has shipped thus far this season 615,380 centals of wheat, valued val-ued -t over a million dollars. Her lour shipments aggregate 32,447 barrels. bar-rels. Legislative votes in Columbia, S. C.that were sold.readily.attendollars, last winter, are now held at one hun--lred, with an upward tendency in the market. Dr. Richard Inglis, "the most eminent emi-nent physician in the state of Michigan," Michi-gan," died at Detroit last week in consequence of handling an anatomical anatomi-cal "subjeot," Rev. J. N. Coombs, presbyterian pastor at Washington, having been charged by a newspaper with stealing jooks, under the inlluenco of klepto-mania.cut klepto-mania.cut his throat and died. The son of Prof. Win. Peck, of Columbia college, N. Y., recently robbed his falherof silver-ware, bonds, ;tc,, to the amount of $40, 000, The professor refusod to prosecute the boy. Theodore TiltDn, in a recent public :ard, says he has already proved Mr. Beechor's guilt to the full belief of ,hree - quarters of the poople of this nation, including almost unanimously ;he legal profession. A well authenticated case of death !rom the Bting of a hornet recently x:curred in England. A woman who was stung by one in the neck fainted immediately ' and expired in a few minutes. A puzzled lady friend desires a newspaper news-paper to make the reouest that Bish-ip Bish-ip Otimmings and Dr.KichoIson, after ,hay are done telling why they left -he Episcopal church, will preach liaoourses entitled, "Why I Entered ;he Episcopal Church." TheBO are dark days indeed far ournalism when Ben Butler says ,hat the newspapers are of no utility uiyhow," and the debating society of ; 3alem, Oregon, resolves that tho "pubic "pub-ic pjflss of the United States is a tiu,is.ancef and ought to be abated. " |