Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-12

A curious action for breach ofpromlse OF mar
riage has been brought into the irisn Court OF
| Common Pleas. A Protestant woman, having
sixfeen wears ago married Roman Catholic,
now insists on being narrled aceordlng to the
rites of the Established Church. -
The good people of Mobile seem disposed to
carry their modesty a little too far. We notice
in the advertiser. of Sunday, that two men have
been arrested IN that city for vending plaster of
Paris images OF Powers Greek Slave, they being
deemed immoral and indecent.
New OFFIcERs SwoRx N-Op Monday of last
week the State officers elected last fall, assumed
the duties of their respective Offices. John
Maddle as member of the Board of Public
Works; c. P. Wolcott, as Attorney General;
Anson Smyth, as Superintendent of Common
Schools; and Josiah Scott and Ozias Bowen, as
Judges of the Supreme Court.
A new counterfeit Twenty on the State Bank
Of Ohio. Portage County Branch, Ravenna. is
IN circulation. The figures 40" On either end
are pale but otherwise the note is well executed.
Leader.
In Michigan they have no law to hang per-
soRs convicted OF murder, but sentence them TO
Imprisonment for life in the Penifentiary. A
few days since 5 thus convicted of murder made
their escape, by digging through the wall. A
reward of 5000 each is offered for their appre-
hension and return.
At Pittsburg. lately, Miss Martha Simpson
drowned herself in the Allegheny river. From
the testimony before the Coronor's jury, it ap-
pears that a william named Nicholson under
promise of marriage sedueed her. and then re-
fused to marry her-which caused her to COM
init the act.
The lieutenant of the Levent, who led on at
tack upon the Chinese troops at Canton, de-
serves at least TO have his name printed correct
ly. 1t is George Colyoeoressis. He is a Greek
by birth, and entered the United States navy in
1852, from Vermont.
Alfred Hyde indicted for issuing fictitious
Bank paper, at Chicago, has been found euiltv.
and sentenced to four years imprisonment in the
penitentiary. @
AT GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin. the wolves by the
severity Of the winter and want. have hesiooed
the town and no one dares TO venture ont at
night. They chased one man who narrowly
escaped. Every night their bowling is awful.
Not very comfortable place 10 stay in.
EXTRAORDINARY MANIA physician of Ro-
chester. N. Y, in 1853. was called to see young
lady who was in the habit of sticking pins nee
dies, hair pins, etc. into her flesh, without in
convenience until then: He attended her from
April 1853 till Jan. 1854. during which time he
extracted from her body, arms and legs 1877
needles, 81 pins. 9 darning needles, hair pins,
knitting needles, pieces of wire, making a
total of 282.
A new way of raising the wind in New York
is by the boys, who steal blank telegraph bills,
and writing messages from various ficticious per-
sons to the principal hotels, bespeakipg rooms,
collect the pay for the messages OF the landlord.
The largest limbed woman in the world is in
a New Orleans museum. She weighs SIS
pounds. She is nine feet two inches incircum.
ference, measures % inches around the arm, and
80 inches around the calf of her leg. Madame
Oceana halls from Kentucky.
A singular effect of the cold weather is re-
corded by the Nantucket Mirror. 1t saws that
when the ice broke up, the whole Eastern shore
OF Long Pond, from Jeremv's Cove TO the bridge
at the Narrows, was found filled with cells TO the
depth of two or three inches, so thick that a
spear thrust in at random by way of expert
ment, took out ten.
Some scoundrel in Boston saturated dogs
hair with spirits of turpentine and set him on
fire. The bowling animal ran into barn near
by, and fired the building, which was consumed.
Rev. Van Meter. who has been engaged in
finding homes for the homeless children of New
York City, in the far West. was on his last trip
arrested in Washington, Tazewell county. Hi
nois, on charge of bringing paupers into the
state, and was fined $l00 and costs.
Three years and half ago there was not a
foot of telegraph in all India A wear ago there
were four thousand miles in excellent working
order. Directions have very recently been Civ
IN for the construction of three thousand miles
If additional lines.