Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-02-14
Items. Fact and Fancy.

on Sunday to great extent.
The wife of Mr. B. B. Vandergriff, cit
izen of Cincinnati, has, by the recent death
of relative, become heir to an estate in
Cuba valued at 100000.
Experiments with cotton seed are to be
made on the prairies of Illinois. 1t is'be-
lieved that it may be acclimated to those
regions.
The late cock fight in New York lasted
twelve consecutive hours, having been bro
ken up by the police three times. Fifty
thousand dollars exchanged hands on the
occasion.
So severe was the cold in London, Eng
land, three weeks ago, that woman was
frozen to death while tending an oyster
stall at the corner of street.
The largest sugar crop ever made in the
Island of Cuba is said to have been made
last year on the Isabel estate, Guantana.
mo. On 275 acres of land was made 67l
tons, or nearly a million pounds-average
of % tons TO The acie.
Such is the value of hops, at this time
10 England, that the owners of the mail
steamer Saxonia, which plies between New
York and Hamburg, have just paid the
cost of sending on the mails and passen-
gers by another vessel from Cowes to Ham
burg, in order to convey cargo of Amer
ican hops to London.
Mr.. II. +. Clarke's office, 81 Courtland
street was entered by burglars on Saturday
night and robbed of $40 in small change.
An attempt was made to blow open the
safe, but it proved unsuccessful. On the
top of the safe the burglar left the follow
ing notice, "Leave safe key when l come
again. Y. Tribune.
Cassius NJ. Clay made conservative
speech at Odd Fellows Hall, in Washing
ton, on Saturday night. He sustained the
Adams proposition.
Dr.. w. w. Gitt, one of the delegates to
the Chicago Convention from Virginia, for
the State at large, is now in Springfield
He thinks that the Southern delegates are
united in recommending William c. Bry-
ant, William C. Rives, and Emerson Eth
erid dge, for the three first class foreign min
listers.
Thirty-fve men were killed last year in
duels in the United States. If the death
penalty is right in any case the thirty-tive
survivors ought to be hung.
Three ladies fell on the slippery side
walk at New Haven, CT, last week, and
broke their legs.
The English newspapers TEEN with mel
ancholy narratives of death amongst the
poor from exposure to the cold.
1t is stated that the Clifton House, Nj
agaia Falls, has been leased for few
mouths to some prominent citizens of
Charleston, for the accommodation of their
families.
Fifteen thousand men are Strengthening
the defense OF Portsmouth, England, which
is nearly opposite TO Cherbourg, the for
midable channel fortress of France.
The Montour Iron works, the largest in
Pennsylvania, except one, have been stop
ped, and about 1000 men have been
thrown out Of work in the very depth of
winter.
A heavy train of freight cars ran into
passenger car at Philadelphia, on Saturday,
on steep grade; the passengers saved
themselves by jumping off, but the two
mules were jammed in, and instantly killed.
There was severe shock of earthquake
felt in Southern Georgia last Friday. 1t
continued about ten seconds, and caused
considerable alarm among the timid people.
The Legislature of Washington Terrific
ry has enacted that Vancouver shall be the
Capital of the Territory instead of Olym-
pia, and that Land Office and Peniten-
tiary shall be located at Townsend, and a
University at Secuttle. The Republicans
voted against the bills.
The people of old Boston, in Lincoln
shire England. have subscribed 1890 TO-
ward paying for a monument in memory
of their late townsman Herbert Ingraham,
who was lost in the Lady Elgin.
The wife of Mr.. johnson, daguerrean
of Canaudaigua, has recently fallen heir
to the fortune of an uncle, amounting to
about 100000. The property mostly
consists in real estate and manufacturing
establishments at Cohoes.
A marble statue of her Majesty the EN-
press Eugine, from the chisel of NJ Barre,
was recently conveyed to the Palais Roy
al. This statue, which is of the natural
size, is to be placed in the state apartments
of the palace.
The s'Courrier du Bas-Rhin" states that
the late census in the Swiss Canton of
Bale Country, makes known the existence
Of family composed of father, mother,
and nineteen children, the eldest of which
is twenty-three, and all are robust aud
healthy.
A MissioSy residing at Karadind Cey-
lon, place famous for venomous reptiles,
says that he killed within short time 26
cobra di capelles and SO puraran snakes.
The bite of the former is certain death.
M. Guizots translation of the complete
works of Shakespeare is in course of pub
lication by Didler, of Paris. Thefrst volume
has Appeared and contains along with NJ.
Guizlot's "Study of Shakespeare" Hamlet,
Corio,Sus, and the Tempest.
T. The rrke Of Brabant, who carried off
fIom ALltantN-ple $4,000 worth of
Turkiss aa-SeJn ed by the Sultan fol
his ust spt, 20, lsso.-nS',by much comment in
the par BAKEBturned to the Sultan
ro4; forwarding s. lepnying ~41nHhhanp' him fp1
fhe VI IL IL G.
Il s.saNp DE nts and wealth.
SALT FSsH. PL. ltry, has address
AitdssWAi'. Senator, from
owing etagraph is an ex-