Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-12
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80 Clippings.
1t is said that hoops and small bonnets arr
becoming Questionable In France.
Sandusky Bay, and the Lake as far as can b
seen from Sanduslly, is now clear of ice. 81
says the Register.
The damages by the recent freshets to tn,
Illinois and Michigan canal, will prevent it
opening till the first of May.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company ha,
appointed clergymen as superintendent o
~''track literature" to suppress all magazines
newspapers and books having an immoral ten.
deaey-
One of the two annual corn crops of Cuba
the winter crpp-has failed, and the govern
ment is urged to suspend duties Oh Indian corn
and meal. these articles being indispensable for
cattle and the poorer inhabitants.
: A Mrs. Gunder, of Mahoning county, COM
nitted suicide by cutting her throat, while un-
der depression ofspirits. Mrs. G. had been ad-
dicted to drinking laudanum, but had endeav-
ored to abstain, which gave her system such a
shock as to produce temporary insanity.
q A meeting of between FIVE and ten thousand
of the laboring classes of London was lately
held, to consider their present distressed con-
dition. 1t was stated that twenty five thousand
of the building trade alone in that city are out
of work, and that the total number of unem-
ployed persons in that great metropolis would
probably reach aquarter of million. y
In the libel suit of John Heeker. proprietor of
the Gturehnaan. against John 81. Hopkins, of the
Church Journal, the fury rendered verdict of
six cents for the plaintiff. sl,e
The Harwich correspondent Of the Bransta-
bic (Mass.) Patriot furnishes the following
married, February 9th, by Rev. DR.. Lathrop,
Deacon Gamarial Chase, aged 63 years. to the
Widow Phoebe Y. Chase, aged rising 90 after
long and tedious courtship of two nights"
James Robson, the youthful circus rider, has
been offered by anorthern circus company $3.50
week for three years, and pay all his expenses
an a European tour. The-fourths of the edito-
rial corps of the United States do not receive
over one-tenth of this salary.
The trialof George Knight, for the murder of
his wife, which is going on in rural village in
Maine, excites SO much interest that a daily pa
per has been started for the purpose of reporting
1t. The courtroom has been crowded, chiefly
by ladies, who, both young and old, bring knit
ting, crotchet aad sewing work with them, SO
shat the hall presents) aside from the trial)
quite busy appearance. u.r
1t is said that all the gold coin in the world
if melted down and cast into solid mass.
would make a column not more than ten feet
square and eight feet high. sF 4
~ A train on the Memphis and Charleston r.
R. ran through a flock of wild turkeys, recently
and one of them was caught On the head light
and secured by the engineer. Z, - 4a--- -
A wealthy and quite pretty Jewess of Is
summers was elandestinely married to an admir-
ing Gentle at Albany, last Wednesday. Her
father kept her under close guard, fearing
such result, but love triumphed over paternal
watchfulness. 51ii7 -sf ai
The returns of supervisors elected in New
York, as far as yet collected, exhibit Republi-
can gain of 60, Democratic loss of 20, and
Know Nothing loss of SO. ...
The latest cotton statements received at Au-
gusta, Ga, from all parts by mail and telegraph,
show decrease in the receipts for the season
thus far at all ports of 1900 bales, as compar-
ed with the same date last year.
A "gentleman of refinement and education"
advertises in the Auburn american for "board
in the bosom of a small but respectable family"
the members of which, he thinks, will be great
1y benefited by enjoying the society of one
Sersed in coil painting, wood engraving and
Latin. .--,, .-s,Fh ~ ---T -
DR.. VIM. A. Aleott is advocating the use of
bread SO baked as to be all crust To make
bread so, he mixes whole meal (wheat be says
is best) with soft pure warm water, rolls the
mass into thin cakes, say one quarter to one
third of an inch in thickness, and cut into strips
from one half an inch to an inch in width;
very hot over and quick baking completes |
batch of the best bread over made for this IA
nous dietist."
It&eaid that the New York Central Rail-
road Company now pays $4,000 per annum
for the privilege of crossing the Niagara Sus-
penson Bridge, and that this bridge, costing over
$500. 1000, pays an annual dividend 90 per cent.
john B. Cough, at the close of his lecture in
Chicago, was presented with a beautiful casket
filed with gold coin, and rich, elaborate vase,
the whole cost of the testimonial being $780, |
Two hundred ladies of Chicargo were the do
nors. .....7
A lady in Pennsylvania has applied for di-
vorce on the ground that her husband will per-
sist in washing his feet in the frying pan.
The Boston Post says that forty young yer-
monters, of both sexes, had party and supper
at the hotel in Bethel, and became so elated,
that a clergyman was sent for, and four couple
were married fright off the reel"
Edward Barnes, resident of the Eastern
District Of Brooklyn, has been arrested on a
warrant issued by Coroner Smell, charging him
with having caused the death of his wife by nu
merous beatings.
A women in New York has succeeded in de-
luding large number of Germans that she is
the sister of Jesus Christ. She raised consid-
erable sums of money out Of her disciples. /
+ During the fog on Wednesday, some four or
five prisoners made their escape from the State |
Prison at Sing Sing. 1t is supposed they cross
ed the Hudson on the ice in safety.
Accounts from Salt Lake state that Brigham |
Young is fast declining towards the grave.
Rev. W. Bethune, of New York City, has
q Library containing over six thousand volumes
OF the most valuable works in literature.
The frigate for the Emperor Of Russia, which
the war between that country and England
stopped from progressing in this country, is to
be now built in New York, by Webb, the ship
builder The she ship will be a three decker
Of the largest class, and be supplied with en-
gines of great power.
Al act repeating the law against betting on
elections has passed the Louisiana Legislature;
also repeating the law which prohibits lotteries.
A man named Former, living at Williamsburg.
Ohio, on the 18th ult., bet dollar that he could
walk home, distance of five miles. barefooted.
He won his bet but lost both his feet, which
were so badly frozen as to require amputation.
Judge H. P. Broadnax, who died on the 4th
nit, Russellyille, KY. aged SO, left a'legacy of
$4,000 to the Presbyterian Theology Seminary
at Danville, KY. The Judge is said to have been
an in6del the greater portion of his life.