Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-10
News.

A man named Ihefle, IS living IN Akron,
ILL.,, with woman as his wife, who, in fact,
is his halfsister-the daughter Of his own
father. 1t has just been brought to light
that he left his wife and three children in
Germany and ian away with this halfsis-
ter. A mob visited his house and he fred
into ii, killing one of the number and then
escaped.
Two men and boy at Peru, ILL.,, when
out in thunder storm were. struck by.
lightning and two out of three were kill
ed. y~v
A house in Amboy, ILL.,. took fire from
a pan Of ashes and was burned; a young
lady of seventeen and two boys, who slept
up stairs were burned to death.
A house in New York was set on fire
on Tuesday evening by the explosion of a
fluid lamp, which the girl was filling when
lighted.
The Rev. Mr.. St. Clair, of Tuckaho,
Winchester county, New York, was using
fluid lamp in the parsonage of St. Johns
Church, when the lamp burst, setting the
parsonage on fire and consuming it.
A Mr.. Stowe, lawyer of Plymouth,
On. H. )committed suicide lately, and after
his death forgerics committed by him were
found to large amount. Notes of his
with forged sureties had been discounted,
and even he forged a mortgage deed on his
wifes property.
A lad in Troy, N. Y, had sore nose
and put bit of court plaster on it. On
going up stairs in the dark, he hit his head,
showing the plaster, corner of which pen
etrated the ball of the eye and destroying
its sight.
In the year 1858, 81 suicides occurred
in Massachusetts, and the number has not
greatly varied for the past five years. For
the last seventeen years and eight months
ending December 81, 1858, 1899 persons
have taken their own lives in that State.
The priests of Paris, and indeed through
out France, are denouncing Machiavella,
Julian the apostate, Judas the traitor, and
other ignoble characters of history; the
blows are not meant for them, they are
aimed at the perjurer who lives in the TUT
leries, all these names being regarded as
his aliases.
On Wednesday last Evelyn Judson, a
little son of Hiram H. Gibbs, of Hinckley,
Medina couty was so badly scalded by
falling backwards into wash tub of hot
water, that he died twenty hours after the
accident. He was six years of age.
A profligate woman named Patsy Winn
has been arrested in Boone county, Mo-,
for setting fire to Mr.. Solomon Robinsons
house, near Sturgeon.
The Chicago Journal says that "it is
not improbable that large number of the
more violent Douglas men will leave
Charleston in the night, for fear of lynch
ing"
A subscription has been commenced in
Troy for the purchase of Nalle, the fugi-
tive who was rescued the other day. ST.
900 is wanted, and $500 has already been
subscribed.
The ship Uiaderwriter, from Liverpool,
which arrived at New York Wednesday,
brought the large number of 219 Mormon
men; 81 women; and 1s9 children; total
49s. They are now at Castle Garden.
A great natural curiosity, in the shape
of an immense cave, has been discovered
in Kentucky, and explored for considera-
Bile distance. 1t is located not many miles
from the great Mammoth Cave, and is said
to rival it in size and attractiveness. 1t
goes by the name of the Hundred Dome
Cave.
The recent reports of the discovery of
extensive gold and silver mines in Califor-
MIA have caused large increase in the en-
igration to that State. The sale of tickets
By the "North STAR" which sailed on the
goth, was stopped twenty-four hours be-
fore the time of departure. She carried
over one thousand passengers, and large
number were obliged to wait for the next
steamer.
The municipal authorities of New York,
Wednesday, appropriated thirty thousand
dollars, and engaged of the Messrs. Le-
lands, the first floor of the Metropolitan
Hotel, for the japanese Embassy, which
room they will occupy on their arrival in
that city. They intend to give them the
most brilliant reception and entertainment
that any distinguished guests have hither-
to received.
The largest canal boat ever constructed,
was launched last week at Rochester, and
is now loading for New York; She is nine
ty-three feet long, has seven feet six inches
beam, and twelve feet three inches from
| top Of deck to bottom of keel. She will
carry 1850 barrels of flour, and may be
laden to draw fully seven feet of water
She belongs to the Rochester trausporta-
ton Company, and cost $4,000.
The Japanese have discovered that a few
seconds previous to an earthquake, the
magnet temporarily loses its power, and
ingeniously constructed light frame sup
porting horseshoe magnet, beneath which
is cup bell metal. To the armature is
attached weight, so that upon the mag
net becoming paralyzed, the weight drops,
and striking the cup, gives the alarm
Every one in the house then seeks the
open air for safety.
Two single ladies in Pittsburgh, the 9th
er day, attempted to befriend a young lad,
who had been pierced by the fangs of the
law, but an ungailant Judge positively re-
fused to except their proffered bail, al