Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-01-26

The Secretary Of the Treasury, in reply
to an inquiry from gentlemen of Buffalo,
decides that hay is 5 non-enu merated arti
Gle IN the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada
and As such IS liable to duty Of fifteer
per cent.
lMr. Draper has found an average Of 2.55
grams of arsenic quito enough to destroy
Life, in each Of the papier naourier fly pa
pers. Hence they might lead to accident
al poisoning Of children, or serve the pur-
poses of criminals. 80
Piccolomoni has been doing the patri-
otic in Florence, where she refused to sing
anything but a national hymn, which had
Just been written for her, and sung that
with great energy and effect.
There is a person in the Massachusetts,
State Prison under the sentence of four
teen years imprisonment for petty larceny,
and another for ten years for the same Of
fence. In the same prison is man SEN
fenced for eighteen months for bigamy, in
successfully marrying and deserving four
respectable young women, under no extenu-
ating circumstances.
On the 18th, while on the route to
Austin, Texas, Gen. Houston met with a
severe accident, near Walnut creek. His
carriage was overturned, and the fingers of
both hands of his wife were broken or dis
located.
The Charleston Mercury says that
careful observation and calculations from
reliable statistics, show that more wives
of Northern men, in proportion TO the num-
Der, annually run away from their hus-
bands, than there are of slaves who flee
from their masters. What a degraded
mass they endeavor to make US out. -
The Cambridge, Mass, correspondent of
the New York Post says that young ladies
of that classic city are learning the manly
art of self. defence, and the wife Of the
teacher Of the gymnastics at the college is
engaged in giving a class of the s'fastest
young ladies in suciety," lessons in fencing,
cut and thrust.
Two men stopped the mail boy on his
way from Sweet Springs to Fineastle, Va,
for the purpose of taking charge of the
mail bag. The boy drew a pistol and shot
one of them dead, which SO frightened the
other that he made rapid flight towards
the woods, and has not since been heard
from. q
Daniel Ball, ESQ.,, a banker at Grand
Rapids Mich, has bought the controlling
in the Peninsula Bank (157,OOO)
al Detroit, 1t is estimated by his neigh
bors that he is worth from 100000 to
500, 900, and it is said that about IA years
since his stock in trade amounted to jack
knife, clay pipe, and plug Of tobacco at
the time be entered the Grand River Vally,
in Michigan, where he superintended a
gang of hands in opening up the plaster
beds at Grand Rapids, leading off with the
spade himself.
There are 937 prisoners confined at the
Auburn prison; the largest number that
has ever been in this prison at one time
The accommodations at the prison are in
tended Out Tor 40.
There is now living in Peru Vermont,
Mrs. Stiles, aged 96. There was time
when her sight was impaired, but about
10 years ago il returned to her, and she
caa now thread the finest needle.
A young lady in Texas was bitten by
snake several weeks ago. Since then she
has had very curious, fits, and while in this
she tries in various ways to imi-
tate the motion and actions of SNAKE
At oue time she weat % days without tas-
ting food. She is also partly paralysed.
The weather was very severe in London
On the 10th ult On the 18th it was esti-
mated that there were at least $4,000
skaters and sliders upon be Serpentine.-
Several accidents occurred. In the Regents
Park the numbers are stated to have been
about 20, 900, skating and sliding were
Kept up throughout the day with the ut
most vigor.