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Some of the phrenological editors of the city, have examined the orangutan, now being exhibited at the American Museum, and pronounce it quite equal to the lower classes of humanity.
A gentleman who has resided in Paris, France, eighteen months, says that in all that time he saw but one fire, and heard but one alarm. He was probably accustomed to sleep very sound.
The beautiful College Green at New Haven is about to be improved by a substantial and elegant iron fence, with double rails and lattice-work, and hewn granite posts.
During a recent storm in Washington, a spark of lightning passed down the chimney to the cellar of the house of Mons. Pageot, and broke several dozen bottles of choice wine.
Several manufacturers at Waterbury, Ct., are engaged in making small coin for the Haitian Government. They have a contract for six tons of one kind, rather less than a half cent.
Measures are in progress for the survey of a railroad from Salem, Mass., to Andover, to intersect with the Boston and Maine railroad, and shorten the route to Lowell.
Books have been opened for a telegraphic communication between Boston and Portland, with the privilege of extending the same to Brunswick, Bath and Bangor.
Ten years ago the expenditures of the State of Indiana averaged about 12 cents to each person. The debt is now $12,000,000, her taxes high, and the interest of her bonds not paid.
The new locomotive, "Boston," now running on the Long Island railroad, performs the whole distance—96 miles—with a full train, in less than three hours, and runs moderately at that.
A new furnace has been put in operation, in Hamden Co., Ill., for the production of lead, which yields from 65 to 86 per cent. The mines are very extensive.
A contemporary complains that there are 30 thousand persons in the United States, of the name of John Smith, and recommends the transportation of all but 5,000 of them.
The new steam factory building, at Portsmouth, N.H., is to be 200 feet long, 70 wide, and six stories high. It is in progress and expected to be completed this seasons.
Rev. J. N. Maffit is said to be preaching successfully at Toronto, C.W.; but whether he is preaching Methodism, or Odd-fellowism, we are not informed.
A bald eagle was shot at Compton, R.I., by one of the Boston sportsmen, last week. He measured six feet four inches from tip to tip, and was very ferocious.
A boy was lately caught in the act of stealing a political newspaper from the door of a subscriber, and by way of punishment, he was compelled to stop and read it. He will not take another.
A woman in Frankfort, Ky., having broken off the point of a needle in the palm of her hand, a magnet was bound on the place, and in a short time it drew out the needle.
In Manchester, N.H., containing a population of 6000 inhabitants, there is no place at which intoxicating liquors can be obtained in any quantity, at any price. This town must prosper.
One feature proposed in the new constitution of Texas, is that any citizen of the state may hold a farm of a certain size, free from all claims and legal process.
A young man only 20 years old, in Oswego Co., has been convicted of marrying too many wives. His name is Ketchum, (or Catch-'em) which in a measure accounts for it.
Some thief has stolen a coat from a Cincinnati editor; the thief is known, but the editor cannot expose him lest he should expose the coat also.
The Abington Virginian speaks of a section of the country where the grass is so short that the farmers have to lather it before it can be mown.
The Picayune says that the Yankees near Boston are constructing flat bottom boats, for the purpose of running over the bars and shoals of Texas.
The steamship Bangor, at the time of her destruction by fire, had on board 150 barrels of alcoholic liquors, as part of the freight.
The result of the new census of Brooklyn shows the population to be 60,000, being an increase of upwards of 23,000 within five years.
It is expected that the line of magnetic telegraph between Philadelphia and Baltimore, will be put in operation by the middle of October.
It is contemplated to construct a bridge over the Niagara at the whirlpool, a short distance from the falls. The length of the span will be 332 feet.
A correspondent of the London Miners Journal asserts that he has recently written on paper made entirely of iron. No great improvement.
An exchange refers its readers to the advertisement of Mr. Stillingan (still wag on) who appears to be a very persevering man, and an excellent artist.
A lady in Philadelphia has been held to bail in the sum of $1000 for breaking open and destroying a letter directed to a young man of her acquaintance.
A Pennsylvania State Senator has been fined $300 for whipping the Deputy Attorney General. Those children should be taken care of.
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