| Show NEWS ITEMS IN 0 one n e village in the delta of the nile celebrated for the cultivation of watermelons water melons the whole of the inhabitants died during the recent prevalence of cholera being unable to sell their fruit they ate jt t themselves em selves and died to the last man it was necessary toem ploy forced labor to bury the last it is said that in all eighty two thousand victims of the contagion ana and bad living were buried in egypt within six sir weeks JV asun Y vun sun Y THE berkshire county mass mass hass moved by the list of crimes of various kinds appearing in its local column very concisely remarks if the devil at large abw he never was he is continually moving up and down the earth stopping at pittsfield both ways rays V as he goes not only seeking whom he may devour but always devouring somebody A FINE piece of carpeting measuring me 14 feet by 20 the first of the kind manufactured in austria has just been placed in the museum at vienna it presents a map of the railways of central europe and wag was as produced at prague TEN aeres acres of the antietam battlefield battle field have been purchased near the bridge where burnsides troops fought eo so bravely y as a site for a cem elary in which to bury b ury the remains of the men who fell in n that memorable battle the work of interring inferring in the remains of the men mer who fell in that memorable battle the work of in the remains in the cemetery is now in progress there are some or 8 buried on the field thus far 26 2600 bodies have been identified 1704 1 04 by name regiment and state anz and 91 gig by their respective states THE handel festival has been out done so far at least as numbers are conc cone concerned arned by the great gathering of the german choirs at dresden which has just closed more than bing blag ers from every part of germany and even from foreign countries met to celebrate this festival A building buning to accommodate people was erected in the valley of the elbe and in this the concerts were given under the guidance of the chief musicians of germany AT the temperance tempera nee nce convention held at saratoga garrit smith declared the temperance movement was a failure through want of fidelity in its ita leading advocates THE soldiers 9 friend for september contains an engraving of whitin writing 9 done by a soldier who has lost both hands and who writes with a wooden hand it is a marvelous illustration of the rare skill with wi alth which these artificial limbs are made bears brans are very numerous in various parts of Arao county maine the woods near the sett settlements settlement lemen are swarming with them themy and the grain crops are summering suffering ring from their depredations whole fields of oats are trodden down and stripped by them as if an invading I 1 army had passed through the raspberry crop was short this season and it it is supposed that athas it has driven these an animals gals gais into the clearings for food THE emigration still continues without withof it sign ot abatement two thousand members of one tribe with their arms horses and cattle have been received at kara by the turkish authorities ori ties it is expected that the rest of the tribe numbering some sixty thousand persons will follow and be dispersed over tle the the districts of lylo 1110 uch and Diar bekir THE failure of the apple crop seems to be general this year the quantity produced in kentucky will be be very small A mr cutter hear culbertsons Culbert sons station renton kenton county last year sold 2600 barrels this year he wil wll will wili I 1 only have about barrels the nova scotia papers say the fruit of that province will be very light this year many orchards in annapolis valley md from which a hundred barrels of of apples have been annually gathered will not yield twenty barrels this year THE philadelphia volunteer refreshment saloons closed at noon yesterday after having luring during four years and three months entertained I 1 all soldiers passing through the city numbering persons without expense to the soldiers or orthe the government t |
