AMERICAN NOTES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1168, 26 April 1872, Page 2

AMERICAN NOTES.

Brigham. Young complains ..thajb>:he;.JiaG! : to board, his own. gaoler. Angora goate are being introduced onto the mountains of Utah, ~*The~police of "New^Yortpropose a"iestitnonial tq;the memory of Fisk.l : . -Two out of every three persons in San Francisco do not go to church/. '£!>:: 4 Small-pox is ragin'giwithgreat virulence throughout the United States. A heavy ' emigration \ front Europe to Americans expected this year.. Pigeon shooting is illegal in New York, and is put down by , the. police.,. . The St. Loins street boys sridwbalLtd the Russian; Grand. Duke Alexis. - The discovery =;of a .mountain of magnesia is announced from OregOD. - i .'. '' A -New> York shoemaker advertises V Women's Rights— and 'Lefts^ ■■',"■■-■ Poisoning -is- 'the- favorite method of committing Buicide in New YorE, , v r -* : The Mormons , ar,e now caref uilj concealing the number "of their wiveS! : ' A party of spiritualists have estabKahed a little farming colony in California. The demand fbr r .smail*fjirms in California is said' to be; rapidly increasing. . Jem Mace and O'BalSiwin .are gbuig to fight fo? the. championship of the yworld. ; The gaoler at Sioux City, lowa, permits the prisoners. to go. rabbit-hunting. >. y> o ' Mr Henry Ward BeechethaifcoUeoted from: his'churclr 675, OOOdol in 18years. i Thevuse of jewelry [byladies {of tmv, ia being largely discontinued in New Yorki ! * AnArizoha paper is printed vrith. violet ink on lemon-colored wrapping paper. • Ar passenger on one of the NewTork ferry-boats lately sneezed himSelf overboard." ";,;- ' , '.. ;- _ In Hampton, Canada, a geutleipan was attacked by tbTree goats, ang neatly killed. The Japanese- are baying up large quantities of, pure-bred stock in California. ' " • ' ' ": |" A Yankee has written a book to prove that the United States are the kingdom of Heaven. , "_ A public concert has been held in Richmond, Virginia, to raise funds to clean the streets. .. ; A bill will shortly be introduced into■the?:Californian Legis Mure ' jo; ; license gambling houses. ~ l " ~b«£sts - lof^s* three-y<&r-bld prodigy yrith. a ibe^td; like a man and a coarse voice. * . ''. "Mark. Twain" has taken out a "patent or an " adjustable and detachable strap for garments. " — Brazilians keep pet auacondas, from 10ft to 12ft long, ,iv their "cellars, to destroy rats and mice. I The New York ladies have revived r the I fashion of wearing black patches on the cheeks and lips. ' ]