Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-06-30
NEWS ITEMS.


TnE Cathedral Of Notrc Dame, Paris, has
only inst been consecratcd, under an IN,
diligence from the Pope The Cathedral
was founded five hundred years ago but this
omission, or delay, in the conservation GER
cmony, is due TO the fact that the building |
has never been actually finished until this
day.
THAT apocryphal production, Abe's last
joke is thus reported in connection with his
visit 10 Philadelphia "When the President
began the work Of filling himself at the Ia
bic Of the Sanitary Fair, he exclaimed
TUGgItd Il out on His line 1u tokes all sum
mer. SO far as known. this is the only
joke he perpetrated in Philadelphia.
TIE ability Of this administration TO put
down the rebellion may be seen in the fact
that eleycn-tweliths Of all the territory con-
quered by our troops is a wilderness, occu-
pied only by wild beasts and prowling
guerrillas
a MARRIED couple travelling in England
recently held the following dialouge: My
dear. are you quite comfortable in that cor
ner!' Quite, thank you, my dear" Sure
there's plenty of room for your feet p
n Quite sure, love" "And no cold air from
the window by your carr" Quite certain,
darling" "'Then, my dear, LII change
places with you.
The New York Sun says the immigra-
ton setting in at that port is unprecedent-
= ed no less than l6, 900 landed during the
week ending June llth, larger number
than ever before arrived in the same length
of time.
Mr.. John NJ. Clay, living near Lexington,
lost twenty-five thousand dollars worth of
= race horses by the Morgan raiders. Among
| them was the famous Skedaddle, for which
he was offered recently at st. Louis eight
:, thousand dollars
u Jacob Griesemer, of Oley township
}erks county, Pa, was recently driving 8
e four-horsc team home, when three Of the
horses were.ki by lightning. The fourth
was stunned, and stumbled. Mr.. Griesemel
u had hardly dismounted when the lightning
n struck this horse also, killing him.
/ GENERAL Burbridge made the unparallel
b edmarch ofninety miles in twenty-four hour,
G in pursuit of Morgan.
G If any man in the army natters the Presi
n dent and avows abolition opinions, the Presi
;. dent is pretty sure to strap him.
j BELLE Boyd was serenadcd at Montrea
n on Thursday night by the band Of the Roya
= artillery. In response, she appeared at
e window and bowed gracefully to the crowd
e ITs stated that Secretary Welles recent
:, made the startling discovery that Noah S ar
> was double-ender Possibly this explain
+ his fondness for that style of gunboat.
SIS Norton name and Bakers name, Lin
coin candidates for Governor and Lieutar
- ant Governor, are both taken out of ever
III German Indiana Republican exchang
H. which reaches our table. - Iadidndpol
IN Sentinel.
to Cedar Bluffs is thought to be the poir
ut upon which the rebels will fall back whe
ar they abandon Atlanta 1t is thorough
: fortified, and is considered impregnable /
80 the rebels. Sherman will doubtless flank
nd it.
he Thomas Hyer, the we'll known char
to pon of the American Prize Ring, died
ov his residence in Thirty Fifth street in Nc
moo m York city, early on Sunday morning, fro
~ dropsy Of the heart.
I'll Millions oflocusts are making their appea
ch ance in Wisconsin. Many persons ha
as been so severely bitten by them that they a
,at not expected to live. Their last appcaran
al was in lS49
ch A private dispatch received by reside
No. of Denver City, now in St. Louis, sa
~" that the Indians continue to commit OF
u RACES near that place. They killed a
the scalped two families, only fourteen mi
hat off The citizens are drilling and form
on,. companies to send in pursuit of the
cry skins.