TnE passengers who arrived in Calilbr
nia on the 4th of June, 1849, propose to
celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary by
holding a festival reunion in San Francisco
appropriate to the occasion. A large
number of men who have risen to positions
of influence, and who have prospered in
business, are included in this band of argo
nauts.
IfERE i.ia railway president worth hav
ing. Sidney Dillon, the President of the
Union Pacific Railway, has removed with
his family to Omaha, for the purpose of
being near the scene of his work. This is
not the action of the Wall street operator,
who, when he received intelligence of his
having baen elected to a prominent office
on the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Rail
road, said: "'Yes, Pittsburgh, that's in
Ohio; but where the deuce is Fort
Wayne ?"
A BUFFALO street-car conductor refused
to permit a female in "bloomer costume"
to ride on his car, believing her to be a
woman dressed in men's clothes. The
ease was carried to court, when the con
ductor's counsel stated that there was an
ordinance against a female wearing a man's
dress, and thought that worn by the
woman came very near to it. Thejustice,
however, held that the "bloomer" was a
female costume.
A MONUMENT to the Confederate dead,
just erected in New Orleans, is a column
of Italian marble on a terraced pyramid
topped with granite, surmounted by a life
size figure of a Confederate soldier on
picket duty. On the side of the column
are busts of Generals "Stonewall" Jack
son, Albert Sidney Johnson, Leonidas
Polk, and Robert E. Lee. Itwas executed
in Italy. cost $12,000, and is put up by the
Ladies' Benevolent Association of Louisi
ana.
