Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-12-29
Various Items.

The number Of barrels of apples receiy-
ed at Chicago, from local stations on the
Michigan Central Railroad, for the months
Of july, August, September, October aud
November, was as follows:
| July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Total.
le59--l260 6s47 l2.7s9 1874 1861 55,676
lS5s-- GLIB 3.472 4,3l6 l7,77s 1919
Increase a.. .4s7
The larger share came from Eastern and
Central Michigan. The average price of
these apples has been from &, Is to 81, so
per barrel.
The Arabian horse, Imaum, died on
Menday last, at the farm of the late Gar
ret Vanmeter, near Richmoud, Va. He
was one of The two horses presented to-
President Van Buren, in 1856, by the Inn
aim of Muscat, and must have been at
the time of his death about 80 years old.
Some time since German, named Bas-
meE was detained in New York, to appear
against a notorious ticket swindler, by
whom he had been defrauded.a 1t appear
ed that he had become insane during his
three months Imprisonment as witness.
This was three months ago. Since then
Banner has become a maniac, and the
swindler is at large on bail.
The report of the State Auditor Of Kes-
tucky for the past year, shows that the ag-
gregate wealth of Kentucky has increased
about ten milliens Of dollars in the year
from 1857 TO 1858. The valuaaior for
1853 was over four hundred and sixty-six
millions of dollars. There was an increase
of slaves of over five thousand. In thirty
six counties there has been decrease, and
the increase was in the remaing counties.
The total valuation of the slaves was over
ninety-four millions of dollars, or about
four hundred and sixty dollars per head.
A writer in Blaekwood, speaking Of
horse dealing in Syria, and the color Of Arab
horses says; HGray of various shades,
sorrel chestnut, and brown bay are the or
dinary, and it may almost be said are the
only colors of an Arab horse. The COM
monest of all coiors is a dark uniform gray.
In my register of horses brought from Au-
ozah, l find one black; but so rare is that
color that if had merely trusted to my re-
collection / should have said ! never saw
a black horse in the desert.
The Columbiana, Tenn, Mirror, says:
"a revival of religion has been progressing
at the Methodist Church in this place du-
ring the last three weeks, and yet the deep
interest which has all the time been mani
tested in the glorious work does not seem
to have abated in the least. Indeed, we
do not remember to have ever seen this
community more thoroughly aroused on
the subject of religion. Already more
than hundred souls have been converted
to God, and the altar of prayer IS crowded
daily and nightly with mourners, inquiring
what they must do TO be saved. The
Methodist Church which is large and
spacious building, is filed to oyerdowing
every night, and feeling Of earnestness
and seriousness seems to be pervading the
whole congregation.
The workmen engaged upon the Victo-
ria Bridge at Montreal, have erected a mon
ument to the memory of the victims Of
ship fever, some six thousand Of whom he
buried in the neighborhood of the bridge.
The dead were chiefly Irish emigrants who
lost their lives during the great prevalence
of the disease in 1857 and 1s4s. The
consists of huge boulder,
about thirty tons, resting on q
base of cut stone mason work, about twelve
feet square and six high.
No exPresident has ever lived in more
studied retirement than Martin Van Buren,.
He is seldom away from his home, and
never seems to eovet attention of any kind.
On the 5th inst. he passed his 77th year.
He is said to be writing memoir Of his
times.
The Scientific American announces
machine for picking geese, the result of
number Of years labor, and one of the
most ingenious pieces of mechanism ever
,een. 1t not only plucks the feathers, but
separates the long ones from the short
,nes, while passing through the machine.
L will pick forty-five geese per hour and
must materially affect the price of feathers.
Another Christian quarrel has occurred
It Jerusalem. A little piece of the marble
,ayement of the Church of the Nativity
lad been broken of and taken away. The
question was whether the Latin or the
Greek worshippsrs should repair the loss,
10Th got their Bit cf marble ready, and be-
,an to quarrel about the mending. Ths
Latins with the aid and assistance Of the
French Consul and the Mussulman author
ty, managed to mend the pavement first;
hen came the Greeks who undid their
work and wanted to mend il for themselves.
Violence would have succeeded on both
ides, but the device was at last resorted 10
# getting the Turks to make the necessa-
y repairs. 80 this was done, and the be-
levers were resor,ed to peace by the hap
" invention Of the infdels.
rv Those who have finished BY making
u others think with them, have usually
cen those who began by daring to think
nth themselves Colon.
rH- The beloved Of the Almighty are
ne rich who have the humility Of the poor,