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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-01

5Z.,~ In the last DsmJcrut, the successor Of
Grimes & Moon advises DIc,ur Peck to throw of
Higgins ilolenbech aud others.
Now we think the Doctor has more sense than
to cast oil his republican friends, aud in their stead
to take to his embrace, soa-.,53 Je-aiIs and rl:g-
hear,vd Know Nulhings.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-10-01

Court OF Probate, Wood County, Ohio.
Michael Myers Administrator Of Noe Long decessd
VS.. Noe Long, Jr., ct al.
AID defendant will take notice. that said plaintiff
Don the 2lst of September 1851. filed petition in
said court. asking for order sell the easshalf Of
the southwest quarter of section seventeen OF town
five north. range twelve east, containing so acres in
said county and state to pay said deccdents debts
said petition is set for hearing the 24tl DAY oE
October, 1851 MICHAEL MYERS, Admir- of
By GEo. SrRAiS, his Atty. Noe Long deceased.
September -, lsiT--20wjSIQj.
Notice.
INIE nonresident owners Of land in the south quar-.
Il ter Of sections number T. T. p, TO- H. and Il; tho
north quarter of sections number H. H. Is lG H. ynd
Is in Henry township; the south quarter of section a.
and north quarter OF section u in Jackson township
will take notice that viewers will at the house Of
Joseph Madden, in Henry township, Oclober2I. 1885,
to view aud locate county road the line ofaboVe
lands. HENRY RASELY.
September TO- ls57-l7wt*
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April II. 1857
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-06
KANSAS.

Inc South Caroliniam learns, by private let.
'e', that there will be no fighting in Kansas, the
Citizens OF Lawrence having given up to Gov.
WALKER and quietly submitted to his authority.
The correspondent states also that the prosla vcrv
party mad gwen up the contest for slavery before
'"s arrival OF Gov WALKER, that the country is
not suited for s'aves-tlat Judge ELMoaE's ne
gfoes had most OF them been frost bitten during
the winter-that tho cold<winds from the Rocky
Mountains sweeping over the land, with no
wood t" keep the negroes as wam as tbev re
4uirc, render the country unsuitcd for them.
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TROUBLES IN INDIA

recent foreign news, we learn that the
n''''Sh are having moro trouble in their East In
u'a possessions and from an insurrection suffered
a loss OF thirty thousand men, regulars and ma
aves. The fall Of Delhi, held by iusurgent In:
d'an troops, was hourly looked for when the mail
left Calcutta The Government taking vigor
GUS measure to quell this disturbance, and f,ur.
Teen thousand troops were under orders to start
immediately for the scene of action under the
leadership of Sir COLLIN CAMrpgL1, who dis,iD.
gu's''ed himself at Scbastopoo This officer is to
'ake command of the Indian army, in conse
4"e"ee Of the death of Gen. ASsox, and it is
stated That i'll twenty-four hours after receiving
his orders, he embarked.
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THE RAIN-cRops a.,

Never, "since time whereof the ,nomorv Of
man runpeth not to the contrary" has there
been better prospect for an abundant (,or,
crop Than at present. The rccent rains, howe
Ver' have induced the fears of some of our cil;.
zens for the Corn OH bottom ands, but we find n
majority of our planters think that this cron ho.
s"hereu none thus FAR from too much rain. not
even tie low ground. The opinion is quite prev.
aient among us now that Corn will not bring this
iai moro than fifty, and somo think as low as
forty cents per bushel We trus. this NAV be
The result aud from The present .flatteripo nros.
poets, we think.ifquite probable. With tho aI.
ready garnered Wheat and oat crops, and GOOD
yield of Corn and Cotton, we think that ;5s;d-
lous old pe.goat-"iIard Times s"-wilIabc
compelled 70. sculk from our midst in utter d..
gust -. gfA
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RELIGIOUS NOTICE

we are requested to state that the Rev. T. $.
AHTIiun' OF Greenvilc, will preach in the Eps,
copai Church next Sabbatl, at the usual bours
th'shI lie Will, by invitation, deliver discourse
before the Young Mems Christian Association.
The Rev. L. JOHNSON will also preach on
Thursday next, at palf-pasL 10 O'Clock, upon
which occasion he will administer the Sacrament
to his congregation.
ihe Independent Press will please extend this
notice.
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II N"t for tie AJolition,sts-On Sunday
morning last, IN interesting and lovely child, q
little over year DID, Of 8ir. Paulus Thyson, gro
Ger, on 7tll street. in this city, died after few
days illness. The nurse, n negro slave, who was
dovotedly attached to her little charge, was pres
ent when its angel-spirt took its fight TO happier
realms, and was so completely stricken down will,
grief and anguish that she had TO he borne away
from the chamber of death, almost in state Of
insensibility. Every care and attention was in,.
medately layished upon this faithful slave that
good master and mistress could bestow. A phy-
slcian was called in, and all tho relief his art
could render was united to the tenderest solici-
tude Of her masters family. 1t was in vain, how
ever for, before the infants corpse was removed
from the house, the spirit Of the faithful nurse
had taken It's flight from this earth. The remains
OF Q, tns devoted slave were yesterday followed to
the grave by the members of the family she had
so faithfully served, with every suitable demon
stration Of respect and sorrow. The deceased
was n"f 80 years OF age.
:, 10 ho' rare or even unusual example of
lne relations existing between M asters and slaves
at the South, though it is not often we hovo to
record such instances Of tender deyotedness on
the part of the latter. Such cases. however, ,rn
worthy OF being recorded. for they sneak les,on
OF truth and reality, whc,e there is 40 mucl, oi
hcton 10 mislcad and Deceive JYashin0tou
Union.
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RUssKLyl irAaAzfHr frop .1,o,,,,

This valuable monthly for August' has been
received. re- anexcelled by any preyious numlor
Tho following is The tabie Of copt.n,a.
letter to the Evaapelinai I: :i,r;.,;.,. -. =.
United States; Song where hsnny. =, me
breathe perfu,ne;," Es.coap ;aor. The Msn,a;sss
Of Virginia GentIeman--C Chsn xWI. tTbs ~
cretHand; Chap. XIV, Estcourt's Journal . f:bse s,o
XVI. The Mask Of tho Actor; sPoscst " Ss;si !.
The Merchant; A Love Song Cheap tsss ;aI,s, 9sss
1T iss bensf,ts and Injuries: From sssian oi
Centennial Address; From tho PsrSan, Al sssd?.
Tho Pre.h; Lines-"Thy btssffT S5as - ~,
sight =" European Corespo&d nee { ms D1Sis.ll
The Seasons lChinesal; The Voice, the Hand.
and the Silhouette Lucy S,eidon's Drear,i. =
..Messrs. BRANcH & ALLEN, of this village o,s sS
the authorized Agents foI this work.
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COMMENCEMENT.

The Annual Commencement of Ersk;ne (,,l.
lcsc will take place Oh "Wednesday next. the 18Th
lust. lh's Will be an interesting occasion us we
learn That the graduating class is large, and quite
n number OF speeches may be expected The
Ad'ti css before the Societies will be delivered Iv
klcnAED YEADEN, Esq, of Charleston, whose
reputation for ability and learning, will secure
him large audience.
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EI,FCTION

An Election for Colonel of Cavalry, was held
OIL Saturday last, and resulted in clectnu Can't.
Eurris, without opposition.
An Election WAS also held here the same day,
to fill vacancies in the Southern Rights Dragons,
and the following gentlemen were elected, w. NJ.
liADDEN. LIST. Lieut.; J FRAZIER LIVINGSTON, 2nJ.
Lieut.; $. G. DEBEuuI. 3I. Lieut..
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

We would call attention to the new advertise
ments OF j. L. PARKS, DANIEL RouxrnEr, $. t.
GEArD"N, j. w. CALHOUN, Jr, ii. S. KERR, and
notice Of application 10 Legislature. Also, the
advertisement of CIrILDs g. PETERSON, PhiIa,cI-
pfla, publishers of the Biography Of DIR. KANE,
the celebrated Arctic Navigator from tI,e nc, ii
DIR. WILLIAM ELDER
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HUGH S, LEGARE.

One of the Editors of the Charleston Couri,,
has left FOR Boston to remove the remains of the
lamented LEGAEE, TO his native Carolina, where Il
suitable monument will be erected 10 his memory.
Since his death, it is said, that lie has lain with
the common dead, in one of tho Cemeteries of
Boston, and with some difficulty, the spot Of his
burial has been recently found. Col YEADox,
OF the Courier, we believe, is charged with this
mission.
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THE 1Vidow Of Henry Czay.-A correspond.nt
OF the st. Louis Republican, whs was pie iesent at
'he laying OF tie cornerstone of The CLAW n,on,,.
nent ut Lexington, on the 4th of July, thus re.
iers in his letter to that journal to the venerable
WIDOW OF the great Kentucky Statesman -
before leaving Ashland I passed over TO the
to the widow Of Henry Clay. At the hour I' Of the
VISIT she was out taking m evening ride met
lcr however, amid the scenery endeurcd toaber
ny thousand associations-on beautiful driv
Ashland. F''''s" VI
-, "Mrs: Clay is sevcnty-six years of nge. Un-
health Her feebleness is now, however. gIow.
ing manifest, and the time is not remote, When,
IN the tomb to bo erected for her husband and Inv
his side, she, too. will DO consigned to her final
earthly repose. May her closing days be tran
qui, hopeful and happy"
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PUBLIC I.ECTuRE

We are requested to say that Gen. w. C. No
RACINE will deliver Lecture before the you,,
Mems Christian Assocatoi;, on Friday Evening
neXl' i'll the Court 1louse.-SuLjcct, the CORA
t"rical Statesman"
II'e high Literary attainmcnts Of this gentle
man, Will ensure i treat TO all who favor him
with hearing. Tie public are invited TO at
tend.
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II Cat Co"signn,cnt.-A Now York merchant
recently sent for cargo of Maltese cats from that
celebrated Island, per schooner William E. Cal,
lis OF Nantucket, Captain Smith. Fifty kittens
were received OH board the schooner. as q part
Of the assorted cargo. On the voyage very high
weather was experienced At first the tafs nts
tributed tho rapid succession of gales to tue COM
ct, but one old sailor told the crew thatit was
nothing outside tho vessel that occasioned tho
storm that one cat was enough, to send any ship
to Davy Jones' locker, and as thew hadefiffv on
board, not q man of them stood n change of set,
ting foot on dry land again. This was enough
for the superstitous crew, and the cats were ini
medately demanded Of 4,e captain, givon Of, and
drowned. by singular coincidence the storm
thcreupon nbnted. The owner ofthe eats las
now sued the owners Of the vessel for damaGes,
laying the valuo of the cats ut $50 apiece. ca:
$25OO.-ALGany Erprcss .
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.sgo,l,,uerfaI,
ABpsvrLipC.sH1hi,Si,st,

/! .ABBsvrLtpG. : :, shustat Q; s;ls59sssF
Il. 0otsaa ssI,iaIe. if any, roferiaG layers,
.ab0wsyer; wcald dfreely give FROM lgial l4sS y, !
s Wheat, 90 a l.aO; eorn so; Bacon. 100
2oSMolasses, rs @ 50; ;tSsrgp;sl 90 ;sButtsi.
% 1s;Eggs 10 @s13. ..FlJds;s5H@ s58
per cwt. =.
Corpners, Ahspsi 4;.fabE :
aTfsrs yyss no Cotlsn Offering aJsSay: si.f aon.
.sc1uentiy we can only co1tsnue 8lr iSff nom
lnnl quotations ia censs ::sshi entiro
wopN Teely III 6ifefta . II" 80
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SALE DAY

Very little personal or real estate was sold by
our Sheriff OH Sale Day last. One negro girl,
IL or l3 years old, was sold for 900 Dollars, and
ono lot Ill Greenwood, containing five acres
Tor Ill Dollars. This, wc believe, was all tho
property sold, except the remnant Of SLAGEn
IL LEvINGsroN's Goods, which was closed out on
Tuesday
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Bagghg and Bale RSpe. 8 :.
ID EALEs heavsy Gunny Digging AaB
- bO coils pure Hemp Rcpe, ~ az
/. 100 lbs: Woayers throa.py Twino .s just
received and fF sale byst I'll s. ;KERN
Aug. g., 81 Is a
~ Prcss copy. r.
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YORKVILLE ENQUIREF

SAMUEL w. MELTON Esq, we observe, has with
drawn from tho Editorial management of thi.
paper. 1t was conducted by Mr.. MELTON, with
ability, and his Withdrawal will be loss to the
Editorial Corps OF the State.
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Inc pubic Is invited TO attend Railroad Din.
her' at DonN's Gold Mine, "n Thursday, the 18th
INST The purpose is To aid in tho construction
OF tho Sav"nnah River Valley Railroad. Several
addresses may bc expected OH the occasion.
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Il NondcscripL-A female, 1t is said, of very
peculiar characteristics, now attracting great
deal of attention in London, and it is believed
that she has no equal within the whole range OF
humanity. She is twcnty.tIree yenrs of age.
four feet six inches high and weighs ll2 pounds.
Tier general aspect is startling, for in addition TO
an extreme ugliness Of feature, she is covered,
as to her face and forehead with long black hair,
and upon her checks, upper lip, and chin, she hus
all the characteristics Of the opposite sex. The
forehead is low, rctreating, and lleshy, and from
her hend flows an abundance Of straight Jet black
and moderately coarse hair. The enrs are thick
and elongated, and, like her face and neck, also,
marry. The nose is depressed and spongy, and
lhe lips thick and projecting, like those Of ne
gro, but the skin is of a dirty yoIlow. In regard
TO the mouth, there; is distinct maIformation,
!he teeth being arranged within large overlap.
ing gum, which in front docs the work Sihe
teeth. Tho molur teeth seem to be perfect
FROM The chin depends black beard Of some
,onr or hye INCHES in length, and her,neck and
breast, 30 fur as they are exposed, are clothed
WIN black short hair. Her eyes are the only
redeemng feature; they are black, but mild and
pleasing. The exhibitor gives positive assurance
as to the sex, but nasmuch as the individual plf,
takes more Of q ,nale than female in general
Of the fact
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S T r YED4''

fROM hs,subscribcr about the st6yss ;ss.S
u June, Bay Mare MULE COLT;sH
i4.or@i5 months old, and well grown to AI&
its age, 1t is very gentle and nai,e somewhat
hacked with shears. 1t was lase.heard Of ;neor
Cambridge; Any information respecting .aaid
MgLE, will bo thankfully received .,g ..s.,l - =
: Address DANlEL'R0UNTREE,sss < =
I.ongmires r. o. :
Edgefeld District, s. G.s
August 6, 1857. l5s e3SItT,
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4I,1ST or aoNSi6NEEXs

Ragdiafng IN The Depot at AJbeoiils, io; tks
-. ecek cmdin1 Au14st 9th, 1851.
W. ArBlacE. VIA GSnes, III. IL Hsaa, II s
Kerr, Cobb, Hunter & Go.siI " Lawson, W L
Nickles, Z Westfeld, II A Jon co, g en- A M Smil,.
& w cEomer, Hon L Wsrdlam, W D MaI,,
hnsnry ny Zones, > w TrowbridgeA ZyonstJsa
; A Norwood, J. Wlitcfeld sonth, Tsggess Tsss
d. E.SONDLEY. sAa,I I.
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STRAYED.. S

STRA YED :: .:'..s, 1..s,*:' ;y'''
HROM the Subcriber about the 18Th Of, June
j. last, fine. white and black spotted COW
She was owned by. Capt. y. B. Byrd, audI ,bsye
no recollection whether she is marked Or not:.
II she 49, it is smoothc crap in elen.e aud
an under.blt III The right Any pepsep. lbat ,will
whereabouts, will be literally rewarded. .by,i:<s
u T.. PARKS.
Greenwood, s. c., July 30. 1851; .sl5-4t =
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ABBEVILLE BANNER.
Thursday Morning, Aug. 6, 1867.
w. q. DAVIS, Editor.
GREENWOOD FEMALE ACADEMY.

Wo are requested To state that the exercises Of
this School will be resumed on Monday next,
10th instant.
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NoTIcE

5 hereby given, tla. al application will l,e
- made to the next Legislature, to change tho
Old Cambridge and pendIeton Roads W est OF
Long Cahc' SO ;'s to avoid the Big Gully between
Wesley CroIucr.
August &, 1851 Ii Am
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Sugar, Coffee and Tea.
SS EEi.S. primo Sugars, 90 bags prime Rio
lo bags primo old Government Java,
G. 80 do do Mocha, =. -,
~ chests prime Young IIyscn Tea: just
Aug 6, 81 IL a..
eS Press copy.
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- Rcminiseence.-A writer of Court reco,Iec.
tons for an Indiana paper mentions q curious in.
cdent within his own experience. Happening
to stroll in tile United States Court room at Dai
t,more, in 1923, he found venerable Judge on
the bench a lawyer addressing tho court, and
and another taking notes of his speech These
Three and the marshal composed every person btiI
asked the marshal who they were. seCle jddre.s
said he, rs Chief Justice Marsiial the gentle,
fhan addressing The Court Is WIN. Writ, afidt
one taking notes is Roger b. Tauye,g tbrseaf tlis
most distinguished men in the UnitS3 States =
aud yet, In city with population ~ then fifty
Thousand souls, thsy were unable to draw an au-
diopco 70 Tho court room" ss.s.
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NOTICE

EN-. MARTIN tolls before me, any, -
1 ,.aa EsIray Mare MCLE, about eig igll- s&slA
Teen months old. of light bay color; and aN.&.
without amy marks of note. Said MIJIE NAV
place. '''"' :. '"''
n S. r. GRAYDON, NJ. A. D.
C'kesbrry, s. c., July &c, 1857 l5.tf
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MASONIC N NaTIcE.'

- II " - I, - <
TNIIE Regular Cofnmlnicat ion d saflNHONSs
Il LODGE. No: s;A..Fs q 81 ss, Vim 6a Hat
on NQEDAY Escliing ION. .ls,st:.. =,
Pupctudf attendance is desired, las business 81
Importance will be transsated: 80. { -
by order oftlte 70 Sf:s q 81 ~
- R.SJ:, WHITE, issss'yg.a
/. : August 8. 1881. Is T. re ssss
HEsPERfAN 0IfARfEH H.
~ GONV0CATI0N Of HespsssR = G,SSS
Re- NJ, wi! be held onfy a5sSSSvs
thesa2th lsst3 at which tma. ihS BpTaf AfciI =
grse will be conferred e & ssas s 8 .ssxas kEss,
j. i: 3 Z by s order; e .ihs = e 81 Z @ A
I Aeggss [, ,sss,s:
Settlehentsof f fha = p s. 81 ss
I, JAMES sDkNMRfaf sc p
ME- grsaitop a5 ~
q ,sss So ;ss,sa 81 81
= 5'sA -,. r6llN Baeraaf {. 81
Jaay q, 3, 1897 .sl4. s ) 81 ;ss I,
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> Senator Mason and Kansas.-Senator J. NJ.
Mason, of Virginia has written letter to the
Richmond South in which he denies the state
ment that he has expressed his belief that Kan
sas would be freeState. His expectations was,
he says, on the passage Of the Nebraska Bill that
Kansas would bccome-a slave State, and lle still
tilnks That "f African slavery be ultimately cx
cluded from Kansas it will be effected by the nu-
merical force of organized majorities, operating
against the usual laws which govern emigration;
and will'present n new and most instructive les
son to tho Southern States" LF'
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Diamond CIT DiamoiG-A couple of patent
...safe sharpetrs got hold of supposed green
hoU' yesterday, near one of the hotels, whom
! they found to be extraordinary vcrtlant that
kss cor their part was entirely laid aside
VA. ready enough to go it, blind ON their
e}6s, but his wife had got nll his money, and
nc wanted q good pretext to got il out of.her-
So he borrowed gold watch of the sl,arpers,
in order to show II 10 his wife AS desired pur-
chasc-entered the hotcl-stcppcd out of another
door-and the sllarpers have not seen him since.
--Ncy York Su,s.
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Set tlen1snt 81 tha EsistI
x assJ1MEasD6NMNEffsv$sfSas$

Z 80. DIN RIsG sGNYtsLH RI
JMY a2 1897 s .slx. g. Z & 80 & q
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o war seemed q lit subject for the contemplation
oitnat ase whose childhood was nrriured in tic
Hiadow o! Tie greatest warrior Of apy nation
so truly do our earliest associations become our
latest. NJ ~ '"i
The walls Of his room; were. covered with mill
tary pictures, in which Washington always fipiirad
in the foreground pictures whose creation had
been q great source of senjoyment 10 one who hoJ
wearied of active life. before time had exhaus,sd
single energy Of his robust constitution.
-. tSniI:pen had some sucI, resource for tl,.;r
tsStIRtQE years the wordsq qucrnlous and bnrft;sn.
s6i164 kSnid never l,aye become associated ,y;ti
ola. age. Not for the benefit which the world
would derive therefr6n,b but for tlleir own umnsc.
g @I rssay' IL w''''" ""y such vocation
Mr.. Gusts thinks that his pictures will ner.
.Petuuta many scenes in the early history Of pnr
country. which, but for his pencil proofs, might
become mere unbelicve! traditions; but wheth.
er they do or not, the pleasure of painting them
will have lcen5to him its own exceeding ",sa,
reward sss.as e"'
have always laG an earnest desire Ia roo
some representation Of the mother who had rear.
ed such u son as George Washington, but look.
cd in vain through the hall at Arlington, which
was hung with pictures OF great value, some from
quaint old masters, and some from more modern
scloois for portrait Of her Mr.. GUSTS said that
singular ns ~ might seem, he; knew of but one
picture OF Wasllington's mother, and that was
III The possession Of Mrs. Kirkland, Of New York.
VINO iound IT in some foreign collection while in'
Europe, and brought it home to its own country.
os~sA-
Good Shootiny-A Miss Curtis of Hartford.
Conn., gave good specimeapf rifle practice at
shooting gallery in Saratoga last week. SHE
ircd ut tie distance Of 65 feet, hitting tie buls
eye eleven timcsont Of thirty -one shots; every
other ball she fired stsuck within two inches Of
the mark.
-. -ss-s$----s@
~, L" 1868, more than hundred years before
"hh'nst"n City was thought Of Capitol Hill
w"' called t"'m, inl The snai crock flowing at
Il. ".'~. 49,. d.. - !:Sa. called the Tibcr.
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In 1868, more than n hundred years before
Washington City was thought Of, Capitol Hill
w's called Rom, Jnl the s,i.lI crock flowing at
4. ".'~s 49, d.. - !:Jr". called the Fiber
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4 Hemarh'n~e IIiGr.-Onc day last week t.
family living ON South Ann street, Hartford,
heard groaning in the attic of the building occu.
pied by them, and rushing up stairs found i. man,
who had, been OIL a spree for several days, hang
ing by the neck, with leather strap fastened to
beam overhead. The woman occupying tho
lower floor cut Him down, threw him down Stairs,
held his head in pail Of water until life was
restored, and then arruped him sound with tho
strap Afterwards lie went into her room and
began to show fight. when she attacked him
with rolling PIN. drove him into tho next room
and locked him in. The next day she gavo
birth TO zinc boy, and is doing very we'll,