The national Republican., 1866-11-06
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LARGE quantities Of honey have arrived ai
Baltimore, and good article can be bought at %
cents per pound.
In all the cold autumn there has perished
no sweeter flower than Fannie A. seward.-Louis-
ellie Journal
A MAN named James Thompson and three
Of his children were drowned at Odtown, Me-, last
Friday, BY the upsetting Of q boat.
A GERMAN named Swartz committed sui
eide at Hillsboro, Ohio, on Friday, BY shooting
himself through the head.
The almshousc in Falmouth, Me-, was de-.
stroyed by FIRE on Sunday morning. Three Of the
inmates were burned to death.
Mrs. GEN. GRANT is a granddaughter of
the Rev. Mr.. wrenshall, the first Methodist local
preacher licensed west Of the Ohio.
Gov. BRAxLErrE, Of Kentucky, has ap-
pointed Thursday, Nov. 80, as a day Of thanksgv.
ing in that State.
The largest catch Of mackerel in the Bay
Of st. Lawrence this season Is BY the Electric
Flash, Of Gloucester, 023 barrels.
Ar banquet to George Peabody in Bal
timore s72, 900, 900 are said to have been repre-.
sented The victuals tasted no better to them,
however than to poor folks
The Boston Transcript says the political
nominations in that city are better than II was
feared they might bo, and that Is not saying much
for them
A SPECIAL DISPATCH to the Express from
Pottsdam. New York, the residence Of District At
torney Dart, denies that he has been removed from
office.
Now, BOYS, this is a whale. Can you tell
me what the whale does with all the water he swal-
lows?' Smart boy, whose father is pawnbroker:
" Please, sir, he spouts it,
THE Mobile Times announces that Colonel
John A. Brown, late Chief Of Ordnance Of Major
General Maury's staff, confederate States army,
has become associated in the ownership and edito.
rial department of that paper.
The Admins Express robbers, tried at
Danbury, Ct, were found guilty by the jury last
Friday. Counsellor Taylor gave notice that he
should file motion in error and me OtOn for new
trial. Sentence was therefore deferred.
MAYOR STEVENS, of Portland Maine, has
just received from Isidore J. 0jeda, of Matanzas
Cuba bill of exchange for sl5265. "to distribute
among those who have suffered most on account Of
the FIRE on the past Fourth of July"
Mr.. JoHS WALTER, proprietor Of the Lon
don Times, and his eldest son, who spent some
time last week in Philadelphia, left for Altoona
and Pittsburg on Saturday morning. They intend
making an extended tour throughout the Western
States.
Nor long since an Amsterdam merchant,
after lavishing fortune on furniture and paint
ings, caused tho floor of one Of his apartments to
be laid with Spanish dollars set on edge. "Pop"
says that man is an Amsterdam fool.
AN EXTENSIVE fire il Paris last month was
instantly extinguished by the bursting Of three
bottles of suphurc ether. tho contents of which
mixing with the atmospheric air, put an end to
| tho comb ustiop.
AT q fair for the benefit of q Catholic So
ciety, now going on at the Boston Music Hall, an
old lady inquired. with much earncstness when the
big organ was to be rafled og and offering to pur
chase a chance.
The Fon du Lac wisconsin, Reporter
says that in s65 Fon du Lac county produced
s52 37s bushels oats 524 1928 bushels corn 1885, $50
bushels potatos and 40, AL bushels apples. The
average yield of wheat was about l6i bushels to
the acre.
An old gentleman, named Niklaus, died
He had go ne into the cellar for wood and staying
rather long, some one started to look after him,
when he was discovered lying on his back in the
cellar, dead. His death supposed to have
been cnused by extreme age, or heart disease
The New York Observer says: "The Rev.
Mr.. Grammer, an Episcopal clergyman, Of Balti-
more is repor ted to have had q very narrow escape
from an awful death, in Switzerland, q few days
ago. The mtlle on which he was riding won't over
a frightful precipce, and was dashed to pieces.
Mr.. Grammer caught hold Of the limb, Of q tree,
AMI was saved"
| A MOST vILLAISoUs ACT was committed by
some unknown person at Elyria, N. Y, on Monday
night of last week. The switches Of the Cleveland
and Toledo railroad at that psint were all turned
the wrong way and wedges were driven into the
frogs to make the work Of destruction certain upon
the arrival Of a train. Fortunately no train ar
rived before the trap was discovered by Mr. d. II.
Burnell and wife, as they were returning home on
the track late in the evening.
: The Ohio State Journal, of Wednesday,
says "Mrs. Sophia Hayes, mother Of Gen. r. b.
Hayes of Cincinnati, died yesterday at tho resi-.
dence Of her son in.law, Mr.. William A. Platt, Of
this city. Mrs Hayes was born in Fayette vile,
Vermont and was about "a years Of age She
came to Delaware, Ohio, over 40 years ago. For
many years she has resided in this city" Gen.
Hayes has lost by death a son, mother and his
mother. .in.law within few months.
ALEXANDRIA has discovered its Oldest in,
habitant in the person Of bright mulatto woman,
residing on Cameron street, between Patrick and
Henry streets by the name of Anna Carter, who
was born in that city in the year 1885, making her
: at the present time Ill years of age Her hearing
and eyesight are somewhat impaired, and she is
l. slightly affected with paralysis, otherwise she
seems to be in remarkable state Of preservation,
c and bids fair to continue a dweller among US a
number of years to come.
A Villain aud His Victim.
Detroit papers publish the sad history Of young