Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-04
Omnibus.

Among the patents granted last week
was one for setting and distributing type;
and one for slaughtering hogs.
Mayor Wood, of New York, has offered
a reward of $4,000 for the apprehension of
the murderer of Burke, the porter in Joyce's
store on Broadway.
A canvass of this village upon the Pre-
sidency has been carefully made by one
of our citizens, and the following is the re-
suit Fremont 9s; Fillmore 81; Buch-
anan 26; Doubtful IL. = SpringviUe
Herald
The negro Wilson, condemned to death
for the murder of Capt. VIM. Palmer of
the schooner Eudora Imogene, at City Is
land last fall, was executed at White
Plains on Friday afternoon. He died pro-
testing his innocence.
The Fremont Club of Portland, Me-,
gave grand clam-bake the other day, at
Riddeford. Fires were kindled of large
quantities of pine wood, and the CLAIMS
were baked in large pots. CLANS and the
claims of Fremont were discussed with
equal gusto.
Wednesday, as Johu R. Brown of Hun
terdon, \. Y, was getting into the cars Of
the New York and Erie Railroad, at Jer-
sey City, his pocket was picked of S2,95O,
mostly in $40 bills ON New jersey
bank.
The Sultan has given orders to all gen.
eral officers in his army, directing, that when
there are Christian soldiers under their
command, they shall be at liberty to ''ob
serve their religion in perfect freedom"
The Democratic Reflector and Madison
County Journal have been united under
the name of "Repu6ticaa," which is to be
edited by Messrs. Waldron and James
both gentlemen of experience and ability.
Hon. James B. McKeau, Judge of Sara
toga county, who voted for Cass and Pierce,
made speech the other night at Saratoga
Springs, in favor of Fremont and Dayton.
He could not stand ''nigger-driying De-
mocracy any longer
The Lowville Journal says Hon. Ashley
Davenport, Hon. Seymour Greene, Hon. j.
c. Collins, (late Pierce elector,) Harrison
Barnes, ESQ.,, late County Clerk, with many
other Democrats, are out for Fremont and
Freedom.
The Coroner's Jury on the Pennsylvania
Railroad accident, brought in verdict last
Friday, attributing the calamity to the
criminal negligence Of the Conductor of
Excursion Train, and censuring the Com
pany for defective regulations.
A Collingwood passenger, hands us the
following as the result of vote taken on
the steamer Buckeye State, between Chi
cago and Collingwood: Fremont, So; Bu-
chanan, l3; Fillmore, l. Every passen-
ger voted.
At 4th of July dinner, near Charleston,
S. c., the following toast was drunk with
all the honos:
The Union: May itspeedily be dissolved,
and Hon. P. S. Brooks be the first Presi-
dent of the Southern Republic.
The first brick house that has ever been
moved in Chicago, is now on itsway from
Canal street TO Desplaines street. 1t is a
two story dwelling house, owned by Mr..
James Ward. Its transferrence is delicate
job, but it will be accomplished Chicago
Journal.
At a spontaneous gathering of the voters
of the village or Thompson, Long Island,
last week, vote for Presidential preference
es was taken, and the whole company
numbering thirty, declared in favor Of Ere
mont. There are but thirty legal voters
in the village.
"What are the prospects in the country?"
acked a city politician 70 a farmer. Every
poor as far as regards the crops in our
neighborhood." 81 mean in reference to
the prospects of Buchanan and Brecken-
ridge" "Oh, their prospects are consider
ably worse than the crops"
The Paris correspondent of the Boston
Post gives an account of celebrated mus
ical performer, Visier who was engaged to
come to the United States, but is so frigh-
tened at our numerous railroad accidents
that he demands life insurance for fifty
thousand dollars.
Sailing HAY-This practice we have
reason to think, is greatly overdone. Two
quarts of fine salt to each ton of hay, scat
tered through it, is sufficient. 1t is waste
full thing to get hay in half made, and then
attempt to save it with salt. Too much |
salt is as injurious to cattle as for them to
go without any.
The Broom BUSINESS AT WAUKEGAN.-I
The Waukegan Gazette says that the man
ufacture of brooms has become an impor-
tant item. Dougherty & Clark during the
past year, turned off between $4,000 and
100000 brooms. They find a market in
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Chicago. In
making these brooms they consume 600
pounds of wire-six feet to each broom-
These gentlemen employ from seven to ten
hands. The editor thinks the whole num-
Der of brooms made in the county the past
year will run up to 100000.
BRUTAL PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN TWO
WoMEN.-At an early hour on Saturday
morning a brutal prize fight came off near
Gloucester, N j., between two of the fe-
male denizens Of Pine alley. The fight
was most brutal one, the women punish
ing each other to such an extent that they
were covered with blood from head to foot.
They and several of the lockers on were