Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-06
Clippings.

Dispatch says that new superine -four is
dull at five. dollars per barrel. We only
wish it were the same here.
Sylvester Lind of Chicago, has given bis
bonds for 100000, 10 aid young men IN
preparation for the ministry, and S4o,ooo
to endow for Professorships in the Theolog-
ical Denartments An institution, to be
called the Lind University is to be located
in the village called Lake Forest about
fourteen miles from Chicago.
John Bum lately went to Montgomery,
Ala, on the humiliating mission of solicit
inc aims, but the police suspected him and
on searching his pockets found SlS4 In
money and certificates of deposit amount
ing $4,000. The old rascal being beyond
the pale of the law, the police placarded
him as "the rich beggar" and let the boys
escort him through the streets to the depot.
There was desperate shooting affair at
Goldsboro' N. c., on Thursday, DR.. John
w. Davis, prominet citizen, was shot
down by 2 German Jews, named Odenham-
mer. Davis is not expected to live, and
one of the Odenhammers had his skull frac-
tured. Great excitement was produced,
and lynch law was spoken of.
Gen Concha remitted last year surplus
from the revenue of Cuba of four millions
of dollars, and the present one promises TO
yield still larger return. 1t is also stated
in well informed circles, says the n. Y.
Herald, that he sent home million of dol
lars on his own private account, realized
in successful stock speculations.
An enterprising and thorough farmer at
North Pepin, Wis.,, says he made profit
of $2,O55 on the cultivation of farm of
twenty-seven acres, last year. His figures
are as follows: half acre of beans, $50: thr-
teen acres of corn, $1,000: five acres of oats
$500: one acre of potatoes, $500: seven
and half acres of wheat 1915.
DR.. Carbia of Cuba, has invented a new
system of propelling vessels. His plan
proposes the building of Windmills on the
decks of bis spips, with great wings, from
which the motion is communicated to side
wheels similar to thos, of steamships
The models it is said have been successfully
worked.
Bayard Taylor, in late letter from
Germany, mentions having drunk wine
two hundred and Mirty-thrte years old, it
having been gathered in 1924, just four
years after the landing of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth! He says its taste was oily
and otherwise disagreeable.
A slave named Henry Dixon, in Ala
bama, recently refused his liberty when Of
fered to him, and the southern people were
much tickled thereat. 1t tur.ed out upon
subsequent examination that Henry is as
crazy as a loon.
The Constitutional Convention of Ore
gon consists of AZ locofocos and Is Repub
licans. The locofoco papers announce it
as the intention of the majority to submit
to the people a separate clause in the con-
stituiton establishing Slavery.
The Southern Convention of last year
appointed committee of learned men to
prepare series of text books for use in
southern schools. The committee was
called 10 meet at Columbia, s. c. on the
18th of May last; but not one of the men,
bers attended.
A school teacher named Moore, was at
tackled and cut to pieces while in school, in
Greenville, Hunt CO., Texas, by family
named Howard, for chastising one of the
children of that family who had written
some indecent language in young lady's
copy book.
On the farm of Messrs. Carle d Thomas,
near Urbana, Illinois, the. e is a wheat field
of one thousand acres, and in which one
day last week there were twelve reaping
machines at work! By the employment
of the twelve reapers, the immense field
could be put in shock in four or five days.
1t is thoug int the field will average twen-
ty bushels to the acre.
In many of the first class houses recent
ly erected in England, fireplace shutters are
provided which, when partly drawn down,
act as powerful blowers, and when wholly
drawn down, So as to touch the hearthstone,
entirely close up the fire place, and instant
ly extinguish the compustion of the fuel in
the CRATE, or that of the SCOT in the Chin
ney, should it accidentally take fire.