Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-29
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OAAPplngS.
H Water is selling in St Pan, Mn
nesota, at 10 cents per barrel.
Eg The school fund of Indiana am0,,,,s
to $4,912,Ol2.
EE The Canadian Parliament w;,,
meet in Toronto, on the 26th Of February.
E 1t is said that there are about sew
enteen thousand criminal desperadoes
at large in London, who are known to the
police. 6 -
% In the Maine Legislature, on Sat.
urday, Hamlin was elected Senator for the
long, and Amos Nourse for the short term.
H The Kansas Free State Legislature
has adjourned till the second Tuesday in
June.
re- There are one hundred and fifty
two custom houses and other buildings in
process of construction by the United States
to cost nearly $lo,OoO,0oo
H The United States Supreme Court
has affirmed decision from below" Civ
ing Mccormick damages for the infringe
ment on his reaper patent.
The Memphis Eagle and Eaquirer
hoists the name of James Bell, of Tennes-
see, as American candidate for the Presi-
dency in 1850.
Two Democratic Senators have been
elected in the little State Of Delaware, and
is to be in New Jersey on the ed.
The capital of the Bank of Commerce,
New York, is greater than the entire
amount of Bank capital in the State Of
Ohio.
The New York Mirror says it is esti-
mated that one of sour rich men," (W. B.
Astor,) has now a regular income of
$4,000 . day; or about $2,00O,000 9
year.
A woman was lately found in the streets
of Philadelphia in state of mania potss
who was at one time the wife cf one Of the
most distinguished citizens of New York.
Russia has adopted the new style in cal
ender time. Heretofore the dates of all
Russian officialism have been fifteen days
behind the almanac of the rest of the world.
The Georgian calendar is at last proclaim
ed by the Autoerat.
On the 22d of December, the thermome-
ter at Micanopy, East Florida, stood at
twenty-five degrees at sunrise, which is
colder than has ever been known in that
region. Standing water froze to the depth
of two inches, and ice accumulated for sew
eral days.
Horace Vernet, the celebrated French
painter, has been invited to paint histori-
cal picture for the new Capitol building in
Washington. He has accepted the invita-
ton, and will visit this country as soon as
he has finished picture of tha storming Of
the Malakoff for Louis Napoleon.
Two Democratic Senators have Just
been eleted in Missouri, Gov. Polk for the
long term, and Mr.. Green, ex-Member of
Congress for the short term. Polk had
Just been inaugerated. as Governor, which
leaves the State in the Executive control
of Jackson, the Fillmore Know Nothing
Lieut. Governor.
The Mansfield Herald announces the
death of the Hon. Josiah Tracy. He died
in that village on Sunday evening last.-
Mr.. Tracy was, some years since, resident
of Huron, and represented that county in
the Senate of Ohio. He was an excellent
man, and respected and esteemed by all
who knew him.
A disease among horses has made its ap-
pearance near Boston. The animal loses
the use Of his limbs, and staggers and falls.
The limbs become cold. The animal suf.
fers but little appar> mt pain, and retains
its senses to the last. The pulse is low
The disease is attended by pushing tho
head forward, and drawing both lips away
from its teeth.
At Ham, England, recently, a young
man by way of joke, placed calfskin over
his head and rushed out upon some young
girls who were passing IN uufrequented
road, making horrible noise. The girls
were terribly frightened. One of them
died two days after, and another was con-
sidered fatally i'll.
Two Democratic polititions in New
York named Matthews and Ferris. had
brutal fight in Broadway, last week, in
which the former "gouged" both the lat
ter's eyes.
DR.. Bigler, charged with causing tho
death of a young woman, in Buffalo, by
an attempted abortion, has been laced un-
der $4,000 bonds to answer, also, to the
charge of seduction.
re- Three e. s. Senators were last week
elected for six years from the 4th of March
next, viz: Stephen A. Mallory, Dem, Flor
ida; Charles Sumner, Repub. Mass. James
F. Simmons, Rep, R. I. The first two
are reflections. .
Of the 26 members of the famous Hart
ford Convention, every one has passed to
his grave.
The INDIAN SEcr.-Kaye in his history
of the Indian Empire gives us some views
of various religious sects in that vast land
which Great Britain has brought under her
sway. Among others he mentions one
called the Khonds of the Hill country of
Goomsar. They are in the habit of offer