Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-11-29
Iaens-Fact and Fancy.

InF Ateos-E0ct ana EaRcyr
Mayor Wescott, Of Syracuse, has taker
legal advice, and is satisfied that the city
isliable for every dollars worth of proper
~ destroyed in the recent anti-bawdy
house riots.
T. "Life is Short" were the last words ol
Mr.. Ball, as he stepped on q train, with
friend, at Ffancisville, Ia, last week; bis
foot slipped, and the train being in motion,
the next moment be was mangled corpse.
The expenses of the New York City
Government, including the Aims House,
Board of Education, Fire Department,
City Courts, DC, for this year, up to the
first instant, amounted to 81, $50, ,l4s,4 ,4s.
Rosenburgh, the New York artist, has
fallen heir TO 100000, left him by an
English relation-which is probably bet
ter than, with all bis merit, be could have
accomplished with the pant brush.
At Illinoistown, on election day, a sword
cane was thrust through the back bone OF
John Deivin. 1t broke one or two pairs OF
pinchers in extracting it, so firmly was it
imbedded in the spinal coulmn.
William G. Gray, formerly of Massachu-
sets, late land operator in Minnesota,
committed suicide at St. Paul, on the 10th,
BY jumping from the St. Paul bridge, dis
tance Of near hundred feet, into the Mis-
sissippi river. He had become seriously
embarrassed, and to relieve himself resor-
ted to forgery, and was about being ares
ted, when he committed suicide. Until the
the day of his death his honesty was un-
questioned.
The Chicago Journal is informed that a
Mr.. +. G. Kent. of Newport, Lake coun-
ty, has boy. about l6 years ofage, whose
body is literally covered with scales, like
those of salmon, with the exception of
his legs arms and face. He sheds these
twice year-at the opening of the cold
season and at the opening of the warm sea-
son-the old scales dropping off and new
ones coming on in their places.
Col. Lewis w. Washington, of Jeffer-
son county, was married on the 9th inst,
to Ella NJ, daughter of Geo. w. Bascett,
Esq, of Hanover county, Va. In this
marriage a singular coincidence occurs
the groom being the great grandson of
two brothers Of Gen. Washington, and the
bride the great grand daughter of the only
sister OF Gen. Washington, and also the
great grand daughter Of the sister of Mrs.
Gen. Washington.
The population of Philadelphia is 56s,
O34. In 1850 it was 40S,762. Increase
1922.
There is great fear in France of Asiatic
cholera, and Sanitary Congress will short
ly meet at Lyons.
In the Vermont Legislature bill has
been offered TO exempt from attachment a
printers outfit, not exceeding twelve hun
dred dollars.
Mary Smith, abandoned by her seducer,
ended her sorrows on Friday afternoon,
near Rowlsburg, Pa, by casting herself in
front of train, which killed her instantly.
Direct trade between the South and Eu-
rope is progressing. The Richmond pa
pers notice three vessels loading there for
Europe-two for Liverpool and one for
Marseilles.
A dispath from Columbia. S. c., says
the Northern drummers and agents, solicit
ing custom in the South, are viewed with
great scrutiny, and some register at hotels
as hailing from Baltimore.
Gen. Riley was shot in the chest, while
sitting at his own ireside, last week, at
Dahlonega, Ca, by desperate named Da-
Wis, who has committed several murders al
ready, and for whose apprehension 81 200
reward has been offered.
Martin Porter, having been cast off BY
Emily Scull, upon the earnings of whose
sin be has long lived in disgraceful idle
hess, shot her through the heart, and then
blew out his own brains, at New Orleans,
on Tuesday week.
A little boy, four years old, in trying to
recover his ball, at Philadelphia, on Tues
day, fell into tub of boiling water, and
was dreadfully scalded. He died few
hours after in intense agony. Just before
he died he sang little hymn which he
had learned at Sunday School.
The New York Tribune. says
"The Republicans of the free States are
scarcely allowed by our adversaries to have
any opinion or do any act with reference
to the Southern clamor for disunion. II
we express our conviction that the effervcs-
cence will subs.de if it find nc support from
without, we are accused of wiIliul igno-
rance of the depth and bitterness of South
ern hostility to Lincoln and Republican
rule. If we say nothing, we are charged
with Indifference TO a great public peril
If we demonstrate with the ire-eaters and
undertake to show that they utterly mis-
take and misrepresent US, We are told that
we have become alarmed at the awful con-
sequences Of our frepressible conflict and
are trying to back out from our position or
explain it away"
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