Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-05
Items Of News.

The Michigan Legislature at its last ses-
sion appropriated sl0,o to Kansas.
The Queen of Great Britain has comand-
ed that medal be granted to all persons
of every rank and class, who have been en-
gagged in the several expeditions to the Ar
tic rigeons, whether of discovery or search,
between the years 1918 and 1855, both m
elusive.
In view of the drowning condition Of
ALBANY, the Statesman suggests that appI.
cation be made to the Legislature to change
the name of that city to Watertown.
The entire family of Judge Pitcher, Of
Mt Vernon, Ind, consisting of six or eight
persons, were poisoned from eating bread
containing some poisonous matter, which
was mistaken for cream of tartar by the
servant girl who made it. All were more
or less afected-none, however, fatally.
G. w. Kendall, the former wellknown
editor of the New Orleans Pieayune, now
resides near New Braunfels, Texas. He
owns cattle rancho, where he has a fine
stock of mares, horned cattle and large
flock of sheep, the latter under charge Of
an imported Scotch sheperd. He has no
slaves, but hires all extra labor done by
Germans from the village in the vicinity Of
which his estate lies.
1t is said that the ssGrand Turk" is very
axerse the building of railroad to Con-
stantinople, because it would afford too
great facility for the running off the Sui
tanas, and thus break up the harems.
Mr.. Sumner left Boston the oath inst for
Washin -.nn to resume his seat in the Sem
ate. He will proceed to Europe in the
Fulton on the 7th of March.
Three prominent citizens Of Syracuse,
Ckas, R. West, Robert Rondall and Har-
per Johannot, died suddenly on the same
night at their respective residences.
An ordinance has been published at
Wuzburg, prohibiting dancing at the we'd
dings of widows and widowers.
A new Norman dance, which tickled the
fancy of the Gentiles much, has been intro
duced in Utah, and is all the rage. Each
gentleman has two ladies for his partners,
and it is denominated the "Mormon Coti[
lion, or Heaven upon Earth"
A Georgia emigrant in Kansas signing
himself "Ratt. Jones'" writes home that
''the Georgia colonel is broken up" and a
majority Of the emigrants have returned
home" He says-"Peace reigns; but it is,
in my humble opinion, a dreadful one for
the South ~
The Grand rapids Enquirer having sta
ted that during the sleighing season,
young lady of that place was kissed fifteen
hundred times, the Herald has gone into
the mathematical investigation of the case,
and demonstrates the proposition in this
way: "Now, supposing that the sleighing
season lasted sixty days, this this would
be an average of twenty-five kisses per
dayp
In New York the other night high
wayman got hold of the wrong customer
when he stopped Chief-ofpolice Matsell in
the Park and enquired the hour. The
chief knocked him down and belabored him
till he cried for mercy. The rogue recog-
missed the officer aud apologised for the
mistake he had made.
The act for consolidating the Detroit
and Toledo Road with the Southern Mich
igan, has passed the Michigan Legislature
and become law.
L. D. Register, editor of the Savannah
Georgian, has been found guilty of forging
a note of $4,000, used in the purchase of
his paper within year.
In his recent message, the Governor of
Illinois expresses the belief that the whole
expenses Of the State Government will now
be paid by the revenue of Illinois Central
Railroad.
A gentleman in Boston has flock of
Pigeons, about one hundred, that ate in
one day last week three bushels and fifteen
pounds of wheat, and drank thirty-nine
quarts of water. Rather expensive.
Rev. Henry Brooks, colored preacher
and whitewasher, of Lockport, N. Y, is
around swindling people with a pretense of
wanting to buy his sister out Of slave
ry.
Col John Preston, of louisiana, has
lately made $3.50, 900 from one years crop
of Molasses, at go cents per gallon.
During the freshet in the Fox river, ILL.,,
a house was carried off from Aurora, with a
woman and child inside. They were res
cued after floating some twelve miles.