Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-06-14
News Orthe week.

NE L HllduClIulu OOWNW says itin-
coin is Seward without Stewards brains.
FhED DouG1Ass has returned home to
take an active part with his political
friends in the Lincoln campaign.
A few days ago a couple Of deaf mutes
were married at Cleveland. There vii
be peace in that family.
A soldier of the Revolution, named
Henry Shaft, aged 106 years, died recent
ly in Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y.
The coal oil works at Hartford, Ma
honing Co., were consumed hy fire on
the ODD. Loss $4,000. No insurance.
EvERyTHING is upon an equality "out
west" The very nature Of the atmos-
phcrc declares that all shall have "fair
shake"
S. II. TRuMuLE comitted suicide at
Mishawaka Ind, on Saturday night last,
by taking laudanum. 1t is supposed he
was insane.
The RIVAL ELEPHANTs.-Van Am
burgh's Hannibal and the Chicago Han
nibal. The one is vicious, the other goes
for "Vce."
The Alta California, at San Francisco
says, it has paid $4,000 for overland
mail and pony express news in the four
months to the lst Of May.
Hon. Samuel d. Ingraham, formerly
Secretary of the Treasury under Gen
jackson, died at Trenton, N. j., on the
9th inst, aged eightyone years.
ALL the Republican Senators but
Trumbull, voted against the Mexican
treaty. War is predicted with Mexico
within six months.
The JOINT WORM IN VRGINA.-Aiarm
ing news comes from all portions Of Vir-
ginia of the ravages of the fly and joint
worm.
The Lincolnites have at last been ena-
bled to raise apoe. The occurrence toek
place in Lawrence county, Ohio. They
say they mean to keep it standing.
The wife of Mr.. Chlicoite, residing at
Fort Wayne, was SO frightened by the
recent storm at that place, that she was
seized with spasms, and died on the 3lst
inst.
Ir has been definitely ascertained that
the coon which was discovered in 1910
"settin' on a rail, !" selected that location
on account of said rail having been split
by Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois.
FIFTEEN hundred acres of watermelons
have been planted in one township in a
, county in Indiana; it is calculated that
these fifteen hundred acres will produce
9 800, 600 worth of melons. r.
G AccouNTs from Texas state that the
yellow fever is raging violently among
a the Indians on the frontier. Before the
yellow fever and the endless wars the In
, dians cannot last much longer.
Q In the storm which passed over Wash
ington on the night of tho 26th inst, the
residence of Judge Douglas was unroofed,
and the rain poured in in torrents. Sen
ator Douglas was at the time lying very
y i'll with throat disease
D., A man named Brant, residing in Shak-
vile, Somerset county, Pennsylvania
=: came to his death few days ago, from a
most extraordinary instance of gluttony
and foolhardiness. lie had just partakcr
IS of twenty one boiled eggs at one meal
Ir is astonishing that tie three rail-
split by Lincoln thirty years ago, SHOULD
10 have been marked so well as to be rccog
l. nized. The haggling manner in whicl
&c the work was performed may have distin
II guished those three rails from all others
II If so they would compare favorably will
c somo of his speeches.
A newly married couple who live'
" near Madison, Ind, were run down b,
a the steamboat "Jacob Strader," on Fri
n day last, while they were crossing tn
river in a small hoat, and drowned. Th
n captain, pilot and engineer of the boa
m have been arrested for man slaughter.
:, A man named Richard Mackey wa
struck by lightning in Gurnsey count
last week, telling him sensecss to tn
ground. The rain falling on his fac
at soon restored him to consciousness an
D. although he suffered severely for a con
lie siderable time, he is now in fair way Q
v recovery.
a negro named Henry Brown, sup
~ posed to be one of Old Browns confeder
be ates, at lIarper's Ferry, as he lahore
It, with him on the farm, was run over b
IN the cars, the other day, near Baltimore
:" killed, lie had been drinking excessive
ly.