M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-11-20
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English paper:
In the vicinity of Cape Cod two ap-
ple-trces and a goosberry bush are
called an orchard. Capt. Boreas owns
five plum-trees, and is looked upon
as an aristocrat. Oneyear they don't
bear, and the next year they can't
the school-boys using the fruit for bull
lets to kill owls with. Great country,
that Cape Cod.
ELoPEMENT.-The residents ofa Ger.
tain section of the Fourth Ward, in
this city, were thrown into a state Of
considerable excitement, Saturday
morning last, by the elopement Of
Mrs. -, the wife of a tlourishing
manufacturer, with the book keeper
of the establishment. She was last
seen on the cars bound for Philadel-
phia, in company with Mr.. S-n,
the book keeper, and her daughter, an
only child, some six years old. The
forsaken husband Immediately follow
ed on after the fugitives, not with
view of inducing the fair and frail one
to return, it is said, or of inhicting
punishment on her paramour, but sim
ply to regain possession of his child,
to whom he is devotedly attached.
Pittsburgh Journal, Nov. 10.
OREeoN.-The Indian troubles in
this Territory have recently been re.
newed, and threaten to become more
serious and extensive than ever before.
Gov. Stevens, who had advanced into
the Walla Walla country for the pur-
pose of negotiating a general peace
with all the tribes in that quarter, had
been obliged to vacate the same, to.
gether with such United States troops
as had accompanied him. The entire
country to the north and east of John
Days River was, at last accounts, in
the possession fthe savages, number
ing about 5000, many Of whom were
armed with guns.
The ELECTION RIOTS IN BALTIMORE.
The election riots in Baltimore on
Tuesday were as serious as many q
regular battle. The Republican, re-
ports that 25 persons were either kill.
ed or mortally wounded, 81 danger,
ously wounded-making total of 137
persons injured in the riots at this elec,
ton. Thousands of qualified voters
were driven away by bludgeons and
bullets. Yet men, and preachers, and
presses look on in silence upon this
bloody reality, and howl over imagin'
ary "outrages" in Kansas.
PooRE JoKEs.-The Portsmouth
Journal says that Major Poore should
be created "barO,c-net."
A wagin the Boston Journal Office
got off the following while the pro
cession was passing:
"Why is this scene paradoxl"
Said Tom to Harry "Prthee, sayn
Quoth Hal to Tom-"It is at once
great and yet Poore display"
The Worcester Transcript says:
There are three kinds ofpoor, It's said,
"The Lords poor" poor devils" and devil
poor"
Better than ail-bct on this head
Here comes at last--the better, Pore"
AN ANACONDA SLAUGHTERED. Th
Royal Gazette, of Grey ytown, Demarara
publishes an account of the seizure G
a large Camondie, a species of Bo
Constructor. lie had seized fin
sheep, and coiling round its bod,
crushed the bones of the animal AM
killed it. A laborer, who was, nea
raG up to the monster and destroyed
with his cutlass. When uncoiled,
was found to measure 25 feet il
length.
A BIG LITTLE ONE.-The Hart
ford Courant says there is q baby il
that city, only five months DID,, AM
weighing 156 pounds. That may b
a aOhapper in two senses. Iftrue, tn
baby is a aohapper--if not true, it
still a achapper!
! A THIN DREss.--An exchange pa
per under the head of Of "Good Ad
vice." advises young men to "wral
themselves up in their virtue" 4
contemporary we'll says, "Many G
them would freeze to death if they haC
no warmer covering"
A New PIsToL.---The Alban,
Times states that a new pistol has beel
invented in that city which will fir,
ninety times per minute, carry bal
forty yds. further than any pistol nov
in use, and it is also much lighter anC
in every respect superior to Colts eel
ebrated pistols.
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Buchanan at Home.
The city Of Lancaster has nobly ant
triumphantly vindicated the charac
ter of James Buchanan from the viii
and infamous ISLANDERS of the scoun
drels in our midst, who, with fiendisl
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