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— A Pacific male—King Kalakaua, 
— Baltimore demands a new post-office. 
— The school fund of Missouri is $2,500,000. 
— The police of Hudson made 700 arrests last 
year. 
— St. Louis has a Hercules upon Its police 
force. 
— Cattle two and a half cents a pound in 
Oregon. 
— The apple crop of Connecticut in 1874 was 
worth $2,000,000. 
— Delaware sent away 837,219 baskets of 
peaches Inst year. 
— They are eating green peas, fresh from the 
garden, in Savannah. 
Twelve of the American States have made 
education compulsory. 
Roe Brothers, grocers, Cincinnati, have 
failed I liabilities, $187,000. 
— The standing unanswered conundrum still 
i 8 _Where is Charlie Rosa ? , 
— Upwards of 300 prisoners are confined In 
Raymond street jail, Brooklyn. 
— It has been decided to start the Woon¬ 
socket Mills, R. I., on full time. 
— Troy policemen are practicing on skates, in 
order fco catch the river rowdies. 
— Italy's finances, it is said, can be managed 
to get bet' out of debt In 200 years. 
— Troy estimates that its school expenses, 
this year, will amount to $135,000. 
— Nearly seventy blacks and two whites were 
killed In the Vicksburg massacre. 
— An extended strike of miners In Bast Flan¬ 
ders. Belgium, has just terminated. 
— Connecticut Republicans hold their State 
Convention at New-Haven on Jan. 20. 
Two councils nf the Sovereigns of Industry 
were organized last week in Brooklyn. 
— Some of the first-class hotels In Chicago 
have reduced their prices to $3.50 a day. 
■ Ju the mystery of Charlie Ross’s disappear¬ 
ance to be allowed to pass into oblivion ? 
— The Catholic Cathedral lair at Boston was 
visited by 150,000 people and nettod $40,000, 
— The manufucturo of the Iron work for the 
new Custom House of Chicago employs 240 men. 
— A countryman in Boston paid $200 to see 
King Kalakaua. He paid It to a pickpocket. 
— Tlie report that Belgium bad recognized 
the new King of Spain is pronounced prema¬ 
ture. 
— Preparations are being made north of 
Rhlnebeck, on the Hudson, to gather In the ice 
crop. 
The State Constabulary are after the Boston 
municipality for receiving King Kalakaua cor¬ 
dially. 
— Alfonso of Spain was at least known to 
Leopold of Belgium—he recognized him Imme¬ 
diately. 
— SI Sam, the Treasurer of a Chinese Society 
In this City, has been Incarcerated as a de¬ 
faulter. 
— A new lodge of Good Templars, with fifty 
charter members, has been established in Bing¬ 
hamton. 
— Lake Champlain Is still open, and a steamer 
continues making trips betweenPlattsburg and 
Port Heury. 
New York is satisfied with a biennial Mayor, 
but Philadelphia has just inaugurated a Cen¬ 
tennial Mayor. 
Col. Ilenry and a company of cavalry have 
started for the Black Hills country to drive 
out the miners. 
The Meriden (Conn.) Britannia Works have 
shutdown for three weeks for repairs and an 
Inventory of stock. 
— The United States ship Pensacola, now at 
San Kruuulsoo, has been detailed to carry King 
Kalakaua to bis home. 
— Buffalo has contributed 229 boxes of cloth¬ 
ing and supplies, and $1,365 cash to the Kansas 
and Nebraska sufferers. 
— The Ladies’ Union Monument Association 
of Buffalo, has collected $1,435 for the erection 
Of a soldiers’ monument. 
A loss of $130,000, partly covered by insur¬ 
ance, was caused by the burning of the Pomona 
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The St. Lawrence river at Cape Vincent, N. 
Y., is covered with ice, and crossing to King¬ 
ston is made In tee boats. 
— Most of the business portion of the town of 
Orangeburg, S. C., was destroyed by fire last 
week. Loss about $200,000. 
— The commissioners for the erection of the 
new city and county hall la Buffalo have ex¬ 
panded $984,602.73 thus fur. 
— Three hundred thousand temperance peti¬ 
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concerning the liquor traffic. 
— A Texas man who died the other day left 
*• the sum of $5,000 as a fund to defend persons 
who kill railroad baggage smashers.” 
— The residence or Milo Kuggles, at Put-iu- 
Bav, O., was destroyed by fire on Monday week, 
and three persons were burned to death. 
— So numerous are the additions to the 
library of Harvard College that new shelves to 
accommodate 2,000 volumes are In oourse of 
construction. 
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