Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-12-25
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Yo,t Central Railroad had on hand Ia,
aI5 cords of wood, valued az 20 '''0' w.
Russell. the Crimean correspondent of the
London Times. is recovering nom MS Sc
rsra illness at Simpherapol.
- Eases have constituted the prin-
D.u n's;ness of the Supreme Court, now
elPa. asssion at Salem, Massachusetts,, and
III N than half the applications came from
aCsiifornia widows
A negro woman belonging to John d
Hudlev, near Moresville, Ala, gave birth
on the 10th of October, to three living IN
fants-two whites and one black.
A man, name unknown, was run over
bv a train of cars on the Syracuse and Os-
wepo R. R. last week, and cut entirely IN
two in the middle.
The Catholic Bishop and priests of New
Jersey have descided that it shall be an Of
fence for any members of their fiocks to
hold a wake over the body of deceased
friend, after the 4th day of March next.
The Holyoke Bank of Northampton,
Mass. has been placed under temporary IN
junction. 1t is believed to be perfectly
solvent but has been infringing on the
banking laws
Indiana papers of Monday, state immense
and almost continuous rains have fallen IN
Tennessee and Arkansas for the past ten
days. All the western rivers are rising.
7. ornears from the anual report of the
N. Y. Central Railroad, that during the
wear ending September 3oth., there were
killed, on that road, by collision and 9th
ervise, fourteen employees, and thirty-eight
persons not passengers or employees.
The Galena QL,) Courier says-The
night of the snow storm, loaded wagon
was left standing on the Plank Road, a
few miles from this city. 1t was complete
ly covered, and on digging it out, the snow
was found to be full six feet over the
wheels.
At recent laying of corner stone OF
Pilgrim Church in London, England, a
note was read from Mrs. Abbott Lawrence.
Of Boston, inclosing f1OO, and pomising
another flo0, hereafter, towards the erec-
ton of the building. The Church was es-
tablished by suggestion of her late hus-
band while Minister to Englrnd.
A colered man named VIM. Anderson
an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Madison, Ind, was arrested at
Louisville on Saturday last. He was ia
ken to Carrelton, from whence it IS said he
has aided a number of slaves to escape.
The Little Rock Democrat gives the aver
age official vote for Presidential election as
follows: Buchanan 81, ,s99, Fillmore l0,79o
Buchanan's majority l1,102. The falling
from the aggregate vote cast for Governor
last August is over $4,000.
There was frightfull railroad collision
on the Wilmington and Manchester roads
on the evening of the 9th, SO miles from
Wilmington, n. C. Several persons were
injured quite badly, and many passengers
escaped miraculously by jumping out. The
cars were perfect wrecks.
J. A. Gilligan, a young Irishman arrived
in New York three years ago with $4,000
given to him by his father. A day or two
since he drowned himself, and seventy-five
cents of his last dollar were found on the per
son. The rest has been dissipated. 1t
lasted pretty well.
It's said that Litz, the eminent COM
poser and pianist, contemplates speedy VS.
it to America-tha. is, that he has mark
cd out the United States for prospecting
tour.
Miss MAY, niece of Joseph Gales, editor
of the National Intelligencer, has accepted
the terms offered her by the lessee and
manager of the Queens Theatre, italian
Opera) London, and is engaged to him for
three years. A European letter says;
Every person, without exception, who has
heard Miss May sing, pronounces that she
will become the first vocalist of the age.
An enterprising but ignorant South
American has sent to an Albany locomo-
tive shop for one hundred acow catchers.' =
He expects to use them in taking wild cat
tie on the plains of Paraguay, in place OF
the lasso.
1t is stated that no less than twenty
thousand singing birds are disposed of every
wear in New York. They are raised chiefly
in Germany, among the Hartz mountains,
BY the peasants, and are brought over du-
ring the summer.
jeremiah Murphy, being true Demo
crat has been employed in the Boston Gus
tom House at two dollars day for the
last two years, and during all that time his
thrifty wife Hannah has been drawing her
support from the observers of the poor as 8
"poor wildly with three small childers."-
They have just found her out.
The Committee of Patents in the House
are about reporting bill to establish a
reciprocity of the privileges of patentees
between this country and the British prov
inces. 1t is thought there will be no oppo-
sition in either branch of Congress, and it
is understood that the British Government
will readily agree to the proposed arrange
ment.
A Honolulu paper cautions its readers to
examine their cabbage well before cooking
them, as centipedes of largs size are fire
quently concealed amongst the leaves, ane
describes one that was housed that was 81,
inches in length.
Mr.. Robert Raylor, of Totness, England
is,,.a made man." An old stone tossing
about his house for many years, had turned
out to be (so the story goes, blue dia
mond, worth some 100000.
Mrs. Sarah March, of Heath, Mass, il
NOM In her l01th year but still maintain