Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-21
Item 8.

A poor man. named Curtain. lately found a
lump of gold worth nearly $500 that had been
thrown out of their sluices by the miners.
Minister Sanford, our Paris residing minister
| to Belgium. is giving his leisure moments to
the study Of artillery. and has just made pres
ent to Connecticut of a twelse-pound steel ri
| fed cannon.
The World states that some suffers profits
are exceedingly lucrative, rolling up from 81 QUO
| 10 81 500. r
The fare from San Francisco TO New York by
the Overland route is $3.50 .,.-....
Gen. Mcclellan has issued an order requiring
| Gen. Scott's passes TO be recognized as if he
were still in command. eo.sr. .cf.aa5
The Troy papers say that the personal friends
! of Gen.. Wool, inthe city, positively deny his
| reported resignation. ifEB tl9HlJR /
| The Toronto Globe says that four Of th g best
telegraph operators on the Grand Trunk line
have accepted situations as United States army
telcgraphers.
Ii you can coax fish to bite. try your per.
| suasive powers upon a cross dog, and you will
be sure to succeed. So some one says who has
tried it.
Lieut. Joel McGregory, the last Revolutiona-
ry pensioner in new Hampshire, died at New
port, N H., On the 3ist of October, at the age
Of 101 years. He was prisoner in the "Old
Sugar House." of revolutionary fame.
the sensitive to take any quantity of disagreea-
Bile medicines, if they wish. One of our friends
tried il. and was able to take secession paper
for three months.
Four millionaires have made subscriptions to
the 7 10 treasury notes, as follows: Col. Coli,
of Hartford, ST. 900; Solomon Sturges, of Chi
cago, $l0O. 900; Commodore Vanderbilt, of New
York. $l0O.0O0; VIM. B. Astor, of'New York,
| $4,000.
Mr. Thomas Scott has invented new,trgger
for the Enfield rifle, which requires no pull, but
is worked by a pinch motion. with the thumb
and finger. This is intended to obviate the
| throwing of the piece out of range by the act
| of pulling the trigger.
A canpon, made of gold and other precious
metals. is shown TO visitors of the tower of LON
don 1t was made in Turkey in 1880, and ta-
ken by the English, at the capture of Alden, in
1889. e3i .l.. a, 10 %&
The astronomer, Alev. c. Twining, states
that the period from the 1lth to the 18th of
November will probably be distinguished by
| remarkable numbers and display Of meteors.-
| Be on the lookout.
I A collector of rags and bones, in England,
bought an old waistcoat, which he offered for
sale for I'd. He couldn't find a purchaser for it
it was SO bad, and took it home to tear up, when
he found check for E300 in the pocket
/ The Baldwinsviile (Onondag6 Co., N. Y. {
Gazete says that Mr.. Isaac Talmage Of Van
Buren, drove four oxen through that village the
other day, the aggregate weight of which was
$3.50 pounds. .5.-l. -, .sfs.i ~
| A volunteer to a Philadelphia regiment pick
ed up on the battlefield, at Balls Bluff, rebel
flag of miniature pattern, made out of satin.
On the white stripe was delicately written,
"Amelia to Edwin. Wear this next your
heart" -sin
| During the seven months ending Oct. 3lst,
$4,000 men were shipped for the navy al the va
rious rendezvous in the United States and IL, :
600 recruits were enlisted for the regular army.
The Gibraltar Chronicle tells of French cap
when large funny fish took the hook. and
dragged the captain, who had the line fastened
! round his waist, overboord; be was not seen af-
| terwa ards. f}Te ~ tfits A hl !