The Democratic Watchamn. BELLEPONT E, PA Dreadful Ooourrence The beautiful Indian village of Pot tawatomie, situated on the Neosho River in the State of Kansas, was the theatre of an intensely exciting:but wholly unavoidable occurrence on the night of Sunday, May 21. The main moth menagerie and circus of old John Robinson, which had exhibited the previous day, to crowded houses, to the great delight, wonder and aston ishment of the untutored red man, was the great center of attraction, Their astonishment and curiosity was great when the glganild proportions of Old Emperor burst upon their view. Everything passed otr quietly, and oi l Sunday . evening the weather and water being warm, Mr. Robinson determined to let old Emperor enjoy the luxury of a bath in the river, whits a very frequent custom among menagerie owners. Accordingly between the hours of Ave and SIX I'. Bust, the keeper, wee directed to bring hini down to the stream. The Indians to the number of twenty or thirty were poticed watching the process of unfas tening the c:iains ' } 'R elephant, with the closest scrutiny /the object of which will eliorily be seen.] 01,1 Emperor made up his mina, to enjoy himself, and on w i t h slow and :osjestic tread toward the stream, teeming to care for nasght but the commands of his keeper As he neared the bank of the river, without waiting to receive the commend, lie plunged boldly in and began disporting himself w-t b the greatest delight, rol l; ing and plunging from side to side, sucking up great quantities of water and blowing it out through his huge proboscis in great cokemns, twenty or thirty feet high, allowing it to fall in showers of spray upon and all around him, the sight of which, to the Indians, was truly marvelous. Afterremaining in the eater until dark, lie was con ducted back to the correl or camp and secured for the night, the crowd in the mean time followed and watching the entire proceedings with the closest insiection. As soon as he was unfettered and began to move, it seemed as if the tocsin of war had sounded ; front every wigwam, hut and cabin they swarmed forth, )oting and old, as strange and fantastic looking crowd of humanity as ever was seen before; and it was certainly as much of a show 'to the showmen as it was to the half-naked crowds of savages themselves. The wild and excited shouts of the children, the shrill and discordant cries of the squaws, the deep-toned guttural ex.- claniaLtons of the WatiKors and braves, crested a bedlam of sounds which never was nor can be heard outside an Indian village. The Indians slowly disaPpeared, and sought their wigwams for the night, and there being no further need or re mauling awake, the tired showmen also sought to obtain the rest they so much needed in order to enable them to go through with the to-morrow's work. It is customary with all well. regulated menageries and circus coat panics to employ a man as watchman, and to him is intrusted the business of awakening the company in the morn mg, to be in readiness for breakfast and an early start on the road, And to his care is also committed the entire establishment through the night, About midnight tl-e watchman, wishing to receive some iniormation in regard to starting in the morning, stepped over to the hotel where Mr. Robinson was quartered, stud while en gaged in dipnverirstion with him an 11$4 ful, unearthly bowl resounded through, the balls of the hotel, followed by a series of cries, groans and screeches such as no mortal ever art before. In an instant the doors the differ ent rooms were hurried] upenefl by the terrified inmates, wind '8 thrust up, and frightened faces look wildly Out. The women and children littering piteous wails of terror crouched tow eringly dowr. near the men with pale and frightened countenances—crying 'What is it 2"Are we attacked by Indians I"Will they collie here 7' 'Oh, we shall all be murdered.' Th e scene was enough to make the stoutest heart quake with fear. Mr. Robinson, quickly comprehending the matter, sprang from the room and ordered every man to come out, as he wan certain that some of the animals hadbro ken loos. Upon emerging from the tent it was at, first supposed that the entire village was on fire, for it was nearly as light as day caused by the vast number of torches which were blazing through the encampment, The noise and din seeming to grow louder each instant, and being in the Indian portion of the town, they hurri edly made thither; and upon suddenly turning a corner they beheld a eight they will never forget, In the foreground was the huge form of Old Emperor, upon whose back was perched a half dozen warriors, shouting and gesticu lating wildly to their bretbern below, while at intervals of half a minute *- horrid yell would ring out upon the night air, followed by huge columns of smoke and dust,and then could be beard the shrill trumpeting of the ale pliant as uttered when enraged or in pain. On every side lay the ruins of the once peaceful horns of the Indians. As the showmen were preparing to rescue Emperor, crash went his huge trunk, and an entire wigwam was seen flying through the air, while from the clouds of dust and eaps of rubbish could be seen the naked forms of some .4 half en squaws and children re gain conciousness, and darting awe rough the woods with fright ful yells of terror. The scene was aw ful; the demoniac yells of the savages, the infuriated trumpeting of the ele phant, were enough to strike terror and dibmay to the stoutest heart. The company headed by Mr. Robi n son, rushing up immediately, scattered the Indians oft' from' the elephant's back and led him away. Ile mani fested hia delight at finding hiMself once more among his friends by repeat. edly caressing tie keeper with hie trunk. Ills body was found to becov ereil with wounds from whiob the blood was flowitig intetreams. Over one hun• dred arrows were found sticking in his body. Their first proceeding was to extract the arrows (each one as it was drawn frown his flesh caused him to ut ter piteous moans of, pain), and then staunch the flow of blooti, which being done, lie was enabled with great diffi culty to walk back to the camp, Amid the confusion it was impossible to as certain how he became Josenetl trout hie place of confinement, but upon ex amining the chain it was found to be unlocked, showing that it was through the agency of some mischievously in clined person; and upon a strict inqujr ry being made, it was ascertained tliNt a party of young braves, noticing how very gentle and harmless the elephant was, concluded to have a grand me nagerie procession of their own ; and while some were unlocking hie chains, the or six leaped upon his back and two more walked on each side and steered hint along, and thus the grand cavalcade started for the Indian guar. .er oi "le town, ;i::!"lingi no doubt, to create a big sensation among their brethren, which they certainly did, thoygh with a result far different from what they anticipated; for upon reach the first of a long row of wigwame, lie discovered the top of one which had been covered the day before with the long, sweet grass of tile prairie, thrust out his trunk for a mouthful, when the whole top gave way, and out burst the tri-litened Minato' with terrified rcreatits, also 'Knifing the elephant at Il e sante time. The Indiass, becoming alarmed for the safety of the rest of the wigwams, comnierced goading him with spears and knives; while at the same tune hundred torches were Hashed upon the scene, producing the very object they were endeavoring to prevent, for it not only confused but blinded the elephant, while the pain and torture of the knife and arrow wounds rendered him al , nip -it francs with rage and terror to such a degree that he rushed madly forward, dealing destruction on all sides; and it would be difficult to tell which part) expressed the most setts faction in parting from each other's so ciety, Indians or elephant. Old F:mreror was purchased from the King of Siam, and hie been in this country on exhibition for about thirty years, He is known to all showmen as being the best dispositioned elephant in the United States, never have been known to injure any living creature, and it is the only large elephant on ex• hibition that is allowed to stand with out a guard rope being placed around in order to keep people away from him, but on the contrary, ladies and chil dren are constantly by his side feeding him with all sorts of eatables without the slightest fear or harm. 'Lie In dians, noticing how very gentle lie was were not slow to take advantage of his docility and good nature. The Western Indian is noted for his tl»et ng propensity, but h istory has no record of their ever endeavoring to pil fer co large an animal before, although 'their disposition was good enough to attempt it. But they have the conso !soon of knowing that they are not the first showmen that started out and 'busted up.' Mr Robinson immediately pent for the chief to ent.leavor to con,:iliate twin, and for remunerating those who had lost their dwellings by the unfortunate occurrence. Upon the arrival of that dignitary, he quickly made icnopn hat wi,ebes, when the clue( immediately replied that the 'father of all the animals,' as he termed the elephant, 'was not to blame, but that the blame rested upon hte ;.oung men who had unteatened Old Emperor, for which they were ery sorryand hoped that Mr. Robin son would forgive them ; and now as no one had been killed—only very badly scared—he did not think it right that the 'father of all the animals' should be made to pay anything. al though nineteen wigwams were etroved. But Mr. Robinson inaisted upon his receiving a sufficient amount to rebuild the dwellings, which he wee loth to do, but filially accepted, and thus a metier which at one time threatened to rei.ualt in a fearful lops of life was happily itieried. Old Emperor ap pears to be particularly unfortunate in ai'ventures; winter before feet while travelling in the South, he bad a ter rific combat with alligators in a*Flori da swamp, where he succeeded in sav ing the white camel that elands by big aide, and which at that time was a that time was a mere calf; and now cornea this last midnight encounter with the Potawatomies, the wounds from which he will not soon recover. Luckily indeed was it for the poor In dians that lie is the most docile ele phant in the United States, or the re bull might have been terrible, and it will be many a day before they at tempt capture another elephant.— Kansas City Bulletin. Fancy of a Fashionable Belle for a Heathen Chine.. An unusual ti4tat is now going the rounds of fashionable gossip, Bays the New York Star, relating to the strange fancy of an uptown belle for a verita• ble 4 11eatboa Chines.' The young lady in question is an exceedingly stylish and handsome brunette, who luta been' splendidly od. 'mated at the Georgeteten convent, where she graduated about a year ago. Since that time she has been the sole mistress of her father's elegant and ar. istottratic mansion near Murray Hill. . The young Illy is motherlopr, and an only child. She bas been indulged in every whim by her fond father, who is immensely proud of his daughter's beauty and accomplishments. About six mouths ago the father took into the household as butler or steirard, remarkably clever and intelligent Chi. narnan. dreamy•eyed, 'yel low and slim,' the Few butler perform. ed his duly admirably. It was long, however, before the almond yes of the Asiatic and the sparkling orbs of his beautiful mistress interchanged many glances of admiration, whenever the duties of the household brought them together in consultation. Long and more frequent became their interviews. More and more im terested were they in the household accounts and—with each other. The servants whispered among themselves about the strange intimacy between their mistress and that 'Heathen Chi nee, whose smile was so child-like and bland.' About two weeks ago the lather came home unexpectedly, and entering the library suddenly, was hor ror struck at the sight of his lovely daughter in the arms df the loving 'Celestial.' The way that he went for that 'Heathen Chinee' would have gladdened the heart of Mr. Win. Nye, could he have witnessed the scene that ensued. In vain the daughter cried, and pleaded her love, wowing her deter mination to marry him. It only add• ed iQ the flame of wrath sou ow ing her father's henrd---oho was forcibly con vi need of the neee.ily of an immediate departure not from the house, but from New York also. Bountifully supplied %rill' 'l'ifelicrin man's money,' he in now fast nearing China, leaving his lovely and loving brunette, surrounded by watchful eyes, to mourn Ole tool of her Mongolian Inver. A Fierce Attack on a Farmer by an Enraged Horse. From several farmers coming into town yqterilay , from the township of 'fay lor, our reporter learned the par tieularn of a very exciting affair which occurred in that township, about Fey enleed milen Irons Detroit, on Sunday last. A man named Pierce Andrews returned that morning with a young horse it Inch lie had purchased at Wy• andotte. In riding the animal home Andrews hail to give him several whippings, and was once or twice run away with, and thus when he arrived bonne he was tired out, and the horse was nervous and excl,ted. There being some goods packed away in the sta ble, Andrews took the horse in on the barn floor to tie hint. While so doing the animal bit him, and for this lie Ana soundly belabored with the handle of a broken pitch fork. After being struck several times he broke loose and ran at Andrews and struck him down with one of his lore le e t. While in thin position the farmer received a bad injury from be ing stepped on, but managed to get up and show fight, still retaining pommel sion of his weapon. The horse reared, kicked and uttered mad neighs, and in a moment struck the man down again. Andrews fell so close to a partition that the horse could not get at him well, and here lie kept the beast at bay by inn:riding its legs with the club. 'I lie people at the house liar) heard the sounds of the struggle, and a hired man and the family mere soon Around the door. As the horse seemed to qui et down a little, the loan grouted to Andrews to crawl carefully, along to the dour. Thin the fernier started to do, but had not crawled three feet ttlool the horse pounced upon him agmn, and this time dislocated hie shoulder by a blow of the hoof The horse then commenced plung ing and kicking at ever, thing, pimp trig at A ndrews wheneter tire larnier moved, and in this emergency, seeing that lie was likely to be killed, he shouted to the man to get the family out of the y ard and then open the door, supposing that tile animal would then go our. 'I h is was done, but the horse plunged out and in again with such rapidity that the farmer could riot es cape, tine animal making at him every time he tried it: As a last resort, the hired man loaded an army musket with line situ], and gate the horse the shoulder, at short range. The beast went down, jumped up, made a few circles of the yard, moldier] leaped the fence into the pasture, arid ran until tired out. Andrews wee badly bruised in many places, had It shoulder dislu caled, as waled, arid will be confined to the bowie for come time. The horse received considerable injury from the gun shot, but it is thought that a ve terinary surgeon can heal the wound, —Del-oil Free Press. A Veritable Silver Island Marvelous stories are told of the ores that are being taken out of the Silver Island region, on the northern shore of Lake Superior. The Chicago Tribune is intormed that from a space Wooly about sixty feet square a De- troit company last tall took out eiggh• ty tons of pre that worked cat $80,000 ; that during the winter $BOO,OOO to $1,000,000 worth of ore was mined and made ready for shipment; that on the reopening of navigation a single vessel brought down to Detroit, in one cargo, $280,000, in ore; that a good deal of the ore taken out during the winter will turn out $2,000, and some of it $4,000 per ton, and that ems I er quan• titles have produced at the rate of $17,- 000 per ton. No such yield as that re ported from this Lake Superior region has ever before been reported on the American continent. The average paying return of the Connitock and Colorado mines is from $BO to $260 per ton. Silver Island in situated in Thunder Bay, a fearful and wonderful region, where incipient oiimiler and lightning roar and dash around pre cipitous craggy cliffs a thousand feet in height, indicating the presence in enormous quantities of mineral depos its of some kind. The vein. which crosses Silver Is. land had been traced across the main laud a distance of seven miles, and it is said to be clearly defined from the surrounding rocks by being several feet in Width and two or three feet high, and of a, 'holly differcrit 'and harder material. Two or three other companies haveprospected and obtain• eel, as they thick, lands fhlly as prom• ',sing as those occupied by the DetrOit company. So great, boweiver, is the confidence of the astute capitalists of the latter gornpany that they are erect ing reduotfon works near Detroit, and already have five hundred men emn. ployeti in getting out the ore. It is very seldom that the first adventurers in such fields procure the whole or the most valuable of the treasure. It is evidently not a pocket deposit, but a fissure vein of argentiferous galena, or silver and lead•bearing rock, of wihich the lowest yet taken out proves the richest. Ink Slings. ' BY JOSH BILLINGS Truth ie like the burdocks a cow gas onto the end ov her tail; the more she shakes them oph, the lees she gita rid ov them. There is 2 kinds ov men in this world, that i don't kare about meeting when i ant in a great hurry. Men Whom r owe, and men who want to owe rne. Therein always one chance agin the best laid plane ov man, and the Lord hold') that chance. Mi private opmun about 'rtbse'nco ov mind' is, that 9 times out ov /0 7 it iz absence or brains. The flattery that men offer to them selfs iz the moat dangerous, bekause the least suspekted. Take a kitten that kan hardly walk on land, and chuck him into a mill pond, and he will swim ashore—enny boddy kan apply the moral in this. The beet philosophers and moral ists i ever met, hay been thoze who had plenty to eat and drink, and had money at interest. It takes a wize man to suffer pros perity, but moat enny phool kan suffer adversity. Pride, after all, iz one ov our best friends—it makes us beleave we are better and happier than our neigh bors. Before yu giv enny man advise, find out what kind ov advise will suit him the nest. Knowledge is like money, the more a man gits the more he hankers for. The advice and phony's or great men are never admired or imitated by great men. The trew art ov kriticism is to ex cuse faults rather than riiiikule them. We have no more right to lair at a deformed person, than we have at crooked tree—:both ov them are God's arkitekture. How strange it is that most men had rather be flattered for posawailin' what they har not, than to be jtiatly pt.o-eti tor having %hat they poa.: Mean. Suavity ov manners towards men iz like suavity ov molatutiz tpwards Hies, it not only calls them to you, but s.icks them fast after they gil. there. There iz a great deal or charity in thin world so koldly rendered that it fit rly hurts; it iz like lifting a drown- inan out ov the water bt the heti, rad then letting him drop on the ground. Exchanging komplimenta it another name for exchanging lies. The greatest thief this world haz ever produced is Procrastination, arid he is still at large. Religion IC nothing more than a chattel mortgage, executed, and rekor ded, 117. Nek !mu lOr a mart's morality and virtew. White lies are .e.l tew be innocent, but 1 am eatudied that envy man who will lie for phun, after a while will lie for wages. A man with only one accomplish ment kant expekt tew interest us long. We all gil tired pretty soon looking at a goose standing on one leg. New York Weekly. CURIOUS ,Jose.--A physician in the Grand Army Journal, tells this ghast ly joke: 'I remember one day in making my hospital rounds a patient, just arrived, presented me amputa ted forearm, and in doing so could scarcely refrain from a broad laugh ; the titter was constantly or his face, 'What is the nastier? Thy does not strike rue as a subject of latighter.' 'lt Is not, doctor, but excuse me. I loot my arm in so funny a way that 1 still laugh when 1 look at it. Our first sergeant wanted shaving badly, and got me to attend to it, as I am corps• al. We went together in front of his tent ; I had lathered, took him by the nose and was applying the razor when a cannon ball came, and that was the last I saw of either hie head or my arm. Excuse use, doctor, for laughing as I do, but be especially blasted it I ewer saw such a bully thing,' TRAMMING IN °NI'S OWN 81111 ALT.-- The experiment of permitting parties to crime al suits to testily tic many of the States with satisfactory results. As an instance we may cite the fact that J.idge Bedford of New York, in passing sentence upon a murderer, re marked that the prisoner had been per in".ied, under the new law, to testify in his own behall,but that did not help his case as be 'swore too much,'and thus tainted 'his evidence with sus bicion, and the Judge added, that such oa been the case in almost all Installers in rhial•prieopers have testified. The exception is rare in which a criminal de fendeut has been able to tell A straight and consistent story.—Coemopolits• —The platforms of the Keystone g ond the Buckeye Butte Democracy an the Keynotes of. Democratic vioto ty. Bo Goys tb• 14. Y.lleraid. —A achi race for lk twouty Luu• died da.i r clip is to cows off at Cape hfu ! in Jul!. Lafayette College Commencement One commencement day is much like another, but that of Lafayette,col lege, occurring to-day and evening, has been somewhat more than unusually agreeable. The day has proved ex tremely warm, but, the attendance was large and intereitt in the exercises well sustained to the end. The feature of the evening has been the annual ad dress before the literary societies, de livered by lion. A. K. McClure, of your city. The subject--'Every Day Life'—was well chosen and most ad., inirably handled. It abounded in orig. inal views, some of which will provoke comment and discussion, which is about the highest praise that can be bestowed upon any production in this age of polished platitudes. The subject will appear to many , somewhat hackneyed, but the audi ence found the treatment anything rather than that. I would like togive you a resume of the.address, but have neither the time nor the skill to abridge it in that way. Instead, I copy a few of the more striking passages. After premising that he had chosen a home ly theme, not set forth in the list of studies, lie said that life was an unend ing lesson. That we only get the out lines of the world's history from books, and that he who would master the philosophy of history must' make a study of the every day life of men and nations. To illustrate how circum stances control the destinies of individ uals and nations, he said : 'Washington was perhaps the only man who could have won the indepen dence of the colonies, and vet there were those in the revolutionary army no less brave, and much more brilliant. It was rare wisdom that called him to the chief command. Had Arnold com mended, he would have lived a patri ot, fought desperately, and Cost his cause. Between Washington and the people there was a common inspiration. They mutually led, mutually followed, mutually suffered, and mutually tri umphed. The desire for liberty be came part of the every-day life, part of the every-day devotion, of the colo nists; and the patriotic hero became the Father of his Country. set us for a moment transpose the two chief military leaders of the early part of the present century. Transfer Napoleon to Britain and Wellington to France. Could there have been a Mar engo, or Austerlitz, or Waterloo 7 had Napoleon been in the English army with all his fiery zeal, he would have been cashiered before he reached a cob onel's commission ; and had Welling ton been under the eagles of France, he would have lived and died a subal tern. But each in his own army was a great captain, and each tpyifled the people he so successfully commanded. fhe people of France created Napo leon ; the people or England made Ar thur Wellesley Lord Wellington. 'Sol diere 1 from these pyramids, forty cen turies contemplate your actions,' were the inspiring words of Napoleon to his victorious army in Egypt. 'England expects every man to do his duty, was the strongest appeal that could be made to the British soldier. Napoleon would apostrophise the 'sun of A uster hits,' and hurl his columns into battle like the whirlwind ; while Wellington would silently, calmly and stubbornly maintain his position in presence of de feat, and wait for Blucher. The people of these two powerful na tions moulded their leaders, and through them moulded their own des tlpies. had they been differently edu cated and inspired, they would have created other leaders, and the annals of their heroism would have been no less glorious; but the names to which ambition so proudly points would be unwritten therein. Napoleon quicken ed and developed, but did not create, the every day life of the people of France. The ripening fruit fell before the fitting harvester, and since then France has obeyed, but never hoer 'an other name. Never was she so great aa under Napoleon I. The glory of France was in the keeping of every household. Honesty, vigor and ad • vancement inspired all classes, and their every day life was written in blood on the battle-fields of almost eve ry nation of Europe, and cominernora ted in the grand column of the I'lace Vendome. Turning to our own country and la ter trines, he contracted Lincoln and Davie in the discharge of their airta gont-In• thwee, Hail Mr. Lincoln been a citizen of the south and ardently ri, ~,,ia t li y with its cause, li curil I riot (rave ministered the govi, , iirent of the con federacy for a iudve month, Nor could Mr. Dnvi. with hie confessed ad ministrative ability, have conducted the war an the executive of the Union. Men of the type of these two rulers were not rare in both the north and #.ouh dorm: the war, andsincerely de sur,,d to their respective sections; but they were felt or unfelt just as their leading characteriattesi were in accord Or in antagoniein with the great pur pose of their people. 114 the carmen of these two civil leaders not been es neutrally and irreconcilably at van ante, there would have been no dime ered states and no war; and being vi tally discordant, their rulers and he roes were created for widely different purpoeee, and of necessity from the most opposite of elements. Each wan the true creation of his own people,and I believe that both filled the poseible measure of the duties assigned them. One was voceevelul, and success is the moot etiece.olul of all human rewards. Tut- other failed, and must answer for all the errors that failure so greedily group and magnifies, This was followed by contreete re lating to the chief actors in the great struggle all opposite and skillfully placed. The peroration was exceed ingly fine, And the satire address was ,complimented by the most profound attention on the part of the audience. did were than please--ijkwakened titougLt, and proved CcON'&011l. •ihrICTATOR. All Sorts of Paragraphs Coughing Hoes' is the Indira name for locomotive. Why is a hey-rick like the It of May 7 Because it is made hay. A Western gentleman advertises for a"self-supporting wife.' Anybody can got ice on the Keene bee:river, )30. for .4 cents a ten. The now colored cadet at West Point has been dubbed Sir Charier Napier. Bears are said to be quite plenty among the White Mountainethisseason. The N. Y. Post. i spenks of the ostrich like delusion of dew ly-merried people. Ladies' watches are now made in an oval case to look like lockets, and worn on the necklace. The Liberal Chrialian denies that thd Rev. Mr. Hepworth, Unitarian, isgo ing to turn Episcopalian. th 9 present rate of progress the Northern Pacific Railroad will be fin ished within three years. The number of horses in tho country that aro 'going to beat Dexter' is said to be getting very largo. Grualy sums it all up when ho says farming will certainly pay if conduct in a prolltablo manner. Tho torni 'Gilt-edged Hell' is apples! this season W John Morrissey's gamb ling house at Saratoga. A'. Boston widow daily plinms erse On her deceased husband's grave at an anual expense of $6OO. 'Grasshopper Jim' is the dignified cognomen by Which RII editor vi Port land, Oregon, is distinguished Gentlemen will wear at the Springs Ulla summer high crown mouse Rdor hats and light bib-tail and shad-Lilly coats. The marriage record of Bocion for 1870 develops the feet that during the year eleven white girls married col• ord mon. Mr. Butler is nrrnnging n big hen farm near Geneva, 11l on which he ex pects to keep 18,000 hens of choicest Creeds. In India they cure leprosy by wash ing the patient with warm water mid soap ono day, and with carbonic arid and oil the next. Engagement rings of dimonds arc get. ling too common to be sulec , a ri i t ria to the plain gold betrothal ring hes taken place. A Troy editor Melly returned a tailor'a 101 l with the following memo. randum on the margin . 'Your inane. script is respectfully declined.' Mr. W. J. Carvan Is the f.rtunste man who drew the $25,000 prize at the gift concert of the Musical Secirti, lately given in Mil.vaukoe. The lion. W. C Flagg, of 11 Ilad ison county, 11l , has been gold medic for his extensive Li TA., which cover over one hundred 'et., It. is announced in London that toti• oral Sickles who is a great favorite at the present Court of Spain, is , liortly to s married to a young and beautiful : 4 1.11%. ilia Lady. In Dubuque the other day a rnr, promenaded Main street,from on ,r to the other,with two large rattlesna , i coiled about his neck, arms, and slw.ll - Twenty•fourcar loads of strawberroa, comprising 250,000 quarts of the fruit, weighing 250 tons,passed through 11,1. Islington, Del.,for the North in a single day recently Mr. Whitehead, the inventor of the 'Ash torpedo,' will, it is said, !Troy° $75,000 from the Ehglish gneerne,.nt in consideration of his making over Ins Invention to It. There are said to be 1, 000 raft, .f timber on the Susquehanna. b tvv. , Columbia and Williamsport, that are prevented from going down by the shal lowness of the water. A foreign-looking man created rp.de an excitement in Now York, a few d ago, by driving a four-in-hand rl um manse bull dogs attached to a light wagon, through Central Park Tho scandal that a school teacher ;,!,. Vermont had flogged her uncle 1. , .11 , :- what mitigated when we learn that the uncle is only twelve years old, sod we: one of her unruly scholars. A Maisachuaella man who telegraph ed to New Bedford for a box of 1,1,...,1 organ mad received a box of pressed ced flah, to astonished at 'tbo mistakes the telegraph mon do make ' Twenty-six thousand children or ,. raw learning music in the Boston pob; . Schools Fifteen thousand of ee su furZad vaneed 110 to 60 r,! tal pant in n musical fentivol St Louis has the 'botilu% tad nil,' has Just (Tonna is new miles lung and one hundred lest wale, un which the nubbiost turnout, in the Western world will be oxhibited A friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson met him in the Yosemite valley, and said, hope you fool no dieappmnt• rent hare."No, no,' said he. 'lt 0 the only thing that quite comes up to the brag.' Rev. J. Hyatt Smith is no much censured by his Baptist brothern on sc• count. of his Open Uommunion notions, that he nays he would be in danger of suffer mg at the stake If he were not em wet to burn.' Tho teacher of an infant class to a Portland Sunday school is ninety years old. Ilia sun is superintendent of the school, and his grandson secretary, making the school considerably 'in the Wisconsin farmers complain bittrrly of tho damage done to thier wheat fields by millions of pigeons. They make reg ular raids every morning,and leave hale of the sown grain behind them when they retire. They are going to celebrate the Fourth of July el Niagara by Bending an old ship over tho falls. A motion has been made to amend the resolution by pro viding that the ship be first filled with Niagara hackman. In Indianapolis a charming lady phy' stun was called to administer to a gen tleman who we; down with fever. You need good nursing,' said the lady. Nurse me for life,' replied the patient• .1 will,' was the soft answer. I
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