Daily Colonist (1874-06-07) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1874-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

EXCLUSIVE 'lO THE COLONIST.

LAST NiGHTS DiSPATCHES.

Etiatorn States-Nrw YoHK-, Juno 5—Henri Roohefort lootured to-night in the Academy of Music before a slim audience,. composed almost e.vclnsively of Fre'nehmen representing the Communist element.

PiirnADEnPHiA, Juno 5—The wool market is dull, and the stock small.

Europe.

R0.MR, Juno D--Tha Pope was ablo to celebrate Moss this morning, and subsequently walked to his library.

California.

Cat-ifoknia, June C—Greeritacks,

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A QuKKi! JIixisTEn.—W'orcestoi'.Mas-sachusetts, has got a Congregational minister v.-lio, if all accounts be true, should iminodialely apply for a situation at Tony Pastor's or tho Hippodrome. Ho was lately weighed and found wanting by a Council, which le-fused to instal liiia. .Some of his parishioners tlioreupou got up a church for him, and gave him tho right-hand of followsliip. The reverend gontl iinaa announced as his first subject "Never Skedaddle," and, when he had finished, he threw his leg over the pulpit and desired to know "how is that for high?"

A (2i i i:Nsn\iiFRiTree.—Mr. Walter Hill, tho Govorninent botanist in Queensland, reports to tlio authorities there that, while cutting a given line on the banks of tho Itivor Johnstone, for tho purpose of examining tho land^ an enormous fig-tree stood in tho way| far exceeding in stoutness and grand-urc the renowned forest giants ao California and Victoria. Tlireo feet from tho ground it measured loO foot in fiircumferenco; at 55 feet, where it sent forth giant branches, the stem was nearly 80 foot in circumference.— The Garden.

A. Gir.^ionu has just received a large wsortmont of Cunadi.an and English Cns-tom-mado Clothing, which he will sell at Reduced Prices; therefore the public are invited to coll and select for theinselvi-a and make their purchases before going olsewhere. * *

The VicroaiA Bindeiiy.— Bookr of all descriptions bound in elegant Turkoy, Morocco or common .sheop. Paper ruled to any pattern, liecoipts numbered and perforated. ChartB or Map.i mounted on linen with rollers attached, or with cover suitable for the pocket.—K. T. AVinLiAMs at T. N. Hibbon & Go's,

The Book for every Housekeeper, ono hundred %olunies in one. "I'ho Library of Poetry and Hong," being choice solec-tiunu from the best poets, English, Irish, Scotch aud American, including translations from tho Gorman, Spanish, etc, with an iiitroduofion by William Gttllen Uiyinit, in the impi'rial large octavo volume of over ROO pages, well printed 011 good jjapor and illuscrated with an admirable portrait ou steel of Mr. Bryant, to-g(.'tlier with 20 autographic fAc-similes 011 wood of celobrotod poets, besides other choice, full page en^rrav!n,i:;s by lho best artists, prejiared wifii tlie aim of gathering into a single vuluim' the largest practical)!!! oniiipihitiou of tho liest poems of the liaglish language, of whieh tho "Interior," Chicago, .says, "Looking through tlie delicious pages of this collection by Mr. Bryant, aud sipping hero and there from tho golden vessels pnt to onrlips bv Sir Philip Sydney, Sir John Suckling, and the whole array of seors and singers from tbo dawn of English poi try to our own time, we wonder less at the ailmi-ratiou this elegant volume h.as excited in i.r, iiiany minds.

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