Show king of greece has turned the first sod for the railway between the and it is said be could not make tho riffle until he bad soft soaped the shovel commissioner the general land office requires naturalization pipers to be produced 01 evidence of their destination shown to entitle foreign bom citizens to land patents a rector is not down yet reports to the contrary mr berkeley reports to the stockholder of the company tint keeley has discovered all he claimed and is constructing a new and impi oed engine it is possible that he may revolutionize tive power in abo course of human events THE total value of exports of domestic provisions of tallow and dairy pro ducts during the twelve months ending december 1 were some of those had ex some of their butter ind eggs towards the rocky mountains as the price of jhb commodity is sufficient ta warrant shipments to this section JOHN G writes the following note in reply to an inquiry as to the truth of a published rumor that a play aiom bis pen was shortly to be produced bihy ihy time will be lost in going in search of the diama of the newspaper slip I 1 never knew of it before it is a very foolish ire iho idea of a quaker pay is unspeakably absurd ANOTHER oldest person turns up at buford ga and answer to the name of mrs sarah wood she was ears old when she died about two weeks ago sho was a slip of a oung woman when the declaration of independence was signed and bei husband fought at the battle ot kings mountain they had seven children she lived eais in buford and was for usa member of the baptist church nest is a progressive state and spares neither pains or money to keep up in the way of pi ogress and improve anent and in a great many branches of business they are fai in advance of the greit majority of states ahe idea of starting an ostrich farm at anadino has taken root and an igent has been sent to south africa to secure birds to stock the farm with it is thought the climate and soil i adapted foi the purpose IT is said that victor hugo will not a plant or bud as prisoner in his hous as he believes they aie designed by the creator to live in the diee open air vie is pi correct but when the little songster appeals so happy in bis anson home and makes everyone eel cheerfully cheerful by his song and tho delicious perfume that aribas from the fia giant flowers both of jyrich would in the ever changing climate convinces us that victors theory bould male many cheerless homes ans new five cent piece which the secretary of tho treasury has ordered coined weighs twenty one milli melis is one millimeter more than the prent coin and is a little larger than the one now in on alie face of the new coin is a female bead surrounded with a fillet upon which is inscribed the word liberty the whole being surrounded by thirteen star the reverse side contains a surrounding sui a roman numeral representing the denomination ot tho coin OLD ABB is dead but his and jokes will be as conr lived as the words of the vicc solomon john E mcdonald of indiana has been telling bis reminiscence of abraham lincoln and reports him assaying 1 he death penalty is conof the most difficult ques eions with v inch I 1 have to deal when a soldier deserts to go oci 0 o the enemy and is captured I 1 let tho law take it course but when a man has been u long time in the and has not had a furlough and who when on picket gets to thinking of hie wife and children and ahre aks for tall timber I 1 never let them harm nolvat s resolution in the u calls upon the secretary of the anten or to inform the house how much land las been patented to railroad lail road companies dundei the opinion of alia attorney atto iney general in conflict with decisions of the supreme court concerning the so called indignity grants and calls upon for dintler information to tho same body which be is now acting under the of the bubi eini court or the decisions of the attorney it is thought that b this movement an inside view can be ob tamed of he land arabs ard swindle that hive been going on by the tin scrupulous land gribbens grib beis who gobbles on to every foot cf the domain for building a side track two miles long in to some isolated district thi pacific grants would have been all right if the companies had fulfilled their portion of the contract but in cases failed the government should not grant a foot more of land than what tho eon tact t act call for |