Odd Names

In examplcs of curions Christiaa nnmos (says a correspondent of London JSioLes and Qucries,) there is probibly nu district riclier tlian tlio West Biding of Vorkshire. Every out of the way icripture uame is to be found. Luvi umi Moscs are great t'avorites. - Marquis, Duke, Earl, Lord aud Squiro ui-o coimnoi), aud childi-eu are actually baptized Littlo ïeiiter, Littlo tscribbler, etc, froiii lUo bnuicliol' the voollen manufacture carrried on by their pareats. 1 have met with a boy uanicd WashiiigtouohristeJöed Geiwral George, a giii named Togotubuline and still inoreextniordinary#a boyculletl Nonderful Counsellor (u-om [saiah, ix. ti.) Kioknamea are quite common. Torn, Ben, Bill, Jerry, being oonferred at baptism iostead of tüo full name.' In soma of the rougher villages 1 should add that surnainus are still dispensed vrith or unknowo. Tom'sBUl, meaus Tom's son Bill. Toni o' Bills is the same, whilo Tom's Bill o' Jaok'a means that Bill is the sou of Torn, tho sou oí' Jack. Last year there 'vrcro driven into Nevada from eastera Oregon over ,000 head of best cattle. Over 140,000 crossed in one place. From the noast there went to Montana and the east over 200,000 head. This newdual commenoed onl v two years ago. In Pawtucket, R. I., as a gang of workmen were digguig a treneh on School itreet, betwoen Meado v and Pond streets, tbr a water main, they unearthed two full grown ikeletons, one of them in quiten good state of preerratioii. They were tbuud in the middle of t!ie street, and .bout two feet under ground. This streel, bctween the two street ruentioned above, was graded a year or two ayo, and the bodiet wheu buried must have been placed auout eight feet under ground. A year or two aeo there wu a biosensiiLion in Öan Francisco over the conduct of a deutist, Dr. W. F. Smith, who procured a iraudalcnt divorce in Arizona, and then married Anule Carpenter, a niece of the silver-tongued Toni Fiteh. The doctor was iudicted lor adullery, hul he BUQcessfully slaved olf the proseention until last week, wlien the district aliorncy dismissed tho indictment, there being no cvidencc to convict. It is presumed tliat Smith and his yile have "made up," whilc Annie is sparring arouiid tor some otliur victim. Since lí oí the iLiid term how littte is heard of Graut.