Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-11-22
NEWS ITEMS.

Anu the Oest way 10 ''preclpthte tne
cotton regions into revolution" is to
marry her.
A Frenchman, seven feet eight inches
high, is stopping at the ST. Charles Hotel
New Orleans.
A grizzly bear in the mountains Of
California is supposed to have killed no
less than seven men in the last year.
In the Island OF Ceylon, in September,
man, his wife and three children were
destroyed by huge anaconda.
a man named Page recently killed a
Mr.. Garret in Texas, for which he was
forthwith hung by the mob.
There is prospect that the Neil House,
Columbus, will be rebuilt. The work
will not be commenced before spring.
The population of New York, by the
last census, is S21, lib, being ali increase
Of 191, ,303 in five years.
Mr. Hobbs, the celebrated lock- maker.
who has passed somo eight years in Lon.
don, has arrived in Boston.
In Mottvlle, N. Y. one day last week,
Mrs. Mitchell and young female friend
were burnt to death by tho explosion OF a
camphene lamp.
The population of Baltimore, Nd. is
now stated by actual census returns to be
213,037, an increase during the last ten
years of 1898,
Daniel Coyne, native of New York.
is said to be the wealthiest merchant OF
Athens, Greece, having accumulated q
fortune of SO, 100000.
Peter and Hannah Crocel, brother and
sister, having been unable to procure any
work. poisoned themselves recently near
Bath, England.
Harper's Ferry IVA, where the John
Brown raid was committed, voted as fol.
lows at the late election: Douglas, 378
Bell, 275: Breckinridge, II.
A man near Alexandria, Va, had an
extraordinary escape from death; he fell
to the bottom of well 100 feet deep
burying him head pnd shoulders in the
mud. He was not much hurt.
DR.. Livingston. tho African traveller,
has been heard Of. He was safe and wei
up to last May, and reported hat the ma
tivcs Of Africa evince less hostility tc
travellers than formerly.
IT is now certain that w. Pennington
of New Jersey, the Republican Speake,
Of the House of Representatives, has beer
defeated for reelection by Perry, Demo
crat. Tho defeat of so high an officer as
Speaker of the House is great triumph
The New York Herald says the vote II
the State on the amandment to the Con
stitution to allow negro suffrage, is over
whelmingly against such amendment.
Tho Pixies Peak papers report ,h,
names of n largo number Of the miners
spectators and others in that region
who are "leaving for America," adding
generally that "they will return in the
spring"
dug! Little Dug. say you':c dem
asogue,' suffered drunken individual
who staggered to the front of crowd
which Douglas was addressing. But tho
witty Dug retortel with telling empha
sis, and without moments pause: III
some one would put few wisps of straw
around You. you'd be demijohn."
Tho heart of Mr. Hiram D. Pierce,
blacksmith in Troy. was gladdened few
days ago by the return Of his "long lost
son." who had been away from home fol
nine years, and who, it was supposed
had been lost from the masthead OF yes
sci on which he was sailor.
A GooD ONE.-Thc Cleveland Plai,
Dealer tells COOL one on tho Duke o.
New Castle. Whilc stopping at tho Bur
net House no occupied room lettereC
H." and finding it locked ono time or
his return from stroll through the city
he astonished the clerk in attendance b,
inquirng for "thc key to hell" Hero i
where the laugh comes in.
! New York city is getting to he almos
as bad as Paris in the non attendance o
its population at Church on the Sabbath
Reliable statistics, according to tho New
} York Evangelist, n Presbyterian organ
show that only 100000 ont of 100000
in the city so to all tho churches on Sun
day.
) ANsoN BuRrINGAMr, Of Massachusetts,
; said: "The times demand. and we mus
have an Anti-slavcry Constitution, al
Anti-slavery Bible, and an Anti.slaver,
God" Even tho stomach Of Massachu
setts Republicansm could not stand sucl
sentiments, and its author has been defeat
cd for Congress. where the Reverend po
licical protligate will no more appear.
LINCOLN voted for himself-for his ow
electors at Springfield, Illinois. Al
| the Republican papers, instead of being
ashamed to mention the fact, publish it .
something worthy Of great commendatio,
in "Old Abe" Donglas was in Alabam
on tho day Of the Presidential Election
! Lincoln should have been complimentar
enough to his competitor to have paire
off with him.
CUpE FOR DuRNs.-The Gazette Medi
caic OF France says that, by an accident
charcoal has been discovered to DO cur
for burns. BY laying a piece Of col
charcoal upon burn, the pain subside
, Immediately. By leaving the charcoal o.
one hour, the wound is healed, as ha