Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-17
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During the May anniversaries in New
York, the following dialouge was overheard
between two of the news boys:
"Issy, Jimmy, what is the meaning oi
so many preachers being here altogether
"Why;" answered Jim, athey always
meets here once year to exchange ser
mons with each other"
INFAMOUS TREATMENT.-Cases OF Bru-
tai treatment of wives by their husbands
are becoming more and more common dai-
". The last and most shocking one ehron-
icled in the papers is that Of man named
Marten, who married woman BY the name
of Martin, and in that way knocked an
eye ont on the very dag of their marriage
The cotton factories at Newmarket have
suspended operations on account of the pres
sure on the trade. The Great Falls Aduert;-
ser says that two of the cotton mills al
that place have suspended operations fol
two months. The Souhegan Manufactur.
ing Co., at Milford, have stopped one-sixth
of their looms.
Illinois, this season, will produce two
hundred and eighty million bushels Of
grain-more than ten bushels for every
man, woman and child in the United
States. This knocks the corn exchange
spectators into the middle of next year.
"Crenzot" is the name of one of the lar
gest iron works of France, where marine
engines and locomotives are built. The
number of hands in the various shops is g.
500 There are 95 steam engines, of an
aggregate power of $500 horses. The
gross amount of work yearly is worth s4,-
100000.
One of our exchanges announces that a
Mr.. White, living in Venice, Pennsylvania,
was recently murdered in his own bed by
some one who wished 10 get his money.
The editor adds, that 'luckily Mr.. White
had deposited his money in the bank the
day before" Mr.. White lost nothing but
his life.
Mr.. Samuel Dutton, of Fairmount, has
two children, a boy and girl, six and eight
years old, which weigh, the first but 10
and the second but l2 ponds. They have
grown only one inch in hight, and gained
a pound in weight since they were born
Their parents are of the ordinary size.
At Gloucester, Massachusetts, Sunday,
Samuel Davis shot his wife dead, and af-
terwards shot himself. Jealousy was the
cause. 49,. ---..--
According to the Saratoga papers, the
arrivals at the several hotels at that place
for "a days, have been 17,137, against 49,
COS for as days last year.
About one hundred employees in the
blacksmith, sail-making and laboring de-
partments ofthe navy-yard at Portsmouth,
Va, were discharged on Monday on ac-
count of the scarcity of work in these de-
partments. e~
Speculation seems to have run at pres
ent pretty near its length in the commodi-
ties which constitute the necessaries of life.
At Philadelphia on Monday beef cattle de-
clined so cents on the 100 pounds, and
-four 25 cents per barrel.
RATHER THouaHrLEss.-Mr. James
Laraby, we should think, was rather care
less man. Last Wednesday he left New
Bedford for Boston, on tho train. At a
place where the trains were changed, Mr..
Laraby got out, leaving on his seat in the
cars bag of gold containing $1,000,
which he had forgotten. And it was not
until he had reached Boston that he miss
ed his treasure, Luckily it was found by
an honest lad who placed it in telegraph
operators hands, and it was soon returned
to its owner. The boy was rewarded with
$50 and the operator with $l0.-Boston
Traveller.