The national Republican., 1866-11-02
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The Central Park gait-nine miles an hour.
JESKKSs says that Ristoris diamonds worn
BY her on promenade are worth $4,000
The old Salisbury IN. o. prison is offered
for sale.
MECHANICS have worked 600 years on the
spire of tho Cathedral at strasburg.
ONE of our English exchanges says that
Louis Napoleon 10 said to look "psle and puffy"
LORD BRouGHAx few weeks ago cele.
brated his eighty ninth birthday.
FRED. DOUGLASS and son are about to
start . Newspaper in Alexandra, Va It Is ru-
morsd that Charles Summer has taken stock in It..
IT IS rumored that Anna Dickinson has
recently rejected an offer Of marriage from q dis.
tinguished Senator. Lucky for him!
A FACT not generally known-that there
Is more lager beer made in the principal cities of
the United States than In all Europe.
A MICHIGAN lady lately got divorce from
her husband because he was Catholic and had Q
bald head
An old bachelor-blast his impudence-
says that the talk Of women is generally about men
He is mistaksn-it Is dry goods.
IT is proposed to supply London with wa
ter from the river Severn. one hundred and eighty.
three miles distant, at cost of $43, 900, 900.
PERU is taken up with the Presidential
elections, and It is thought the present Dictator,
Prado, will be the successful candidate.
DR.. RowLANDs, a distinguished Welsh
scholar died at Utica, N. Y, last Saturday. He
established the FIRST Welsh periodical In this country
The Lynchburg Republican thinks, with.
out szagssration, that Lynchburg promises to bs
the most important city in Virginia In tho course
Of few years"
RIsroRI, within forty-eight hours after her
arrival in New York, received twenty boxes con.
tanning materials for cleaning the teeth" den.
tifrioAl compliment.
Nor PLACE, the new Bishop of Marseilles
has issued q pastoral letter, in which he writes
strongly against any eventuaties that might do.
prive tho Papacy Of the city Of Rome.
DIR. A. HILL, Of Norwalk, Conn.,, has in
vented simple process BY which oil paintings can
be executed on marble, with the colors as perma.
neutly nxed as in stained glass
The last horse story we have is from q
veritable New Jersey paper. The horse is said to
be 20 hands high, and his avoirdupois is recorded
at 2, 1868 pounds.
"AGAssIzs TRAVELS IN BRAZIL" are nearly
ready for the press. They arc to bs published In
Boston, and to be gotten up In q most magnificent
scale Of the art pressrvAtive Of all arts.''
In Nashville colored children ore heartily
invited to attend the Catholic Sabbath schools with
the other children, and no distinction is made on
account Of color or previous condition Of servituds
AMONG the articles being prepared for an
approaching fair In New Orleans Is o book Of au.
tographs to contain the names of the leading con.
fsdsrsts generals and legislators,
Mrs. KEENAN,, Of Lowell, Mass, was di.
vorosd from Keenan, at 10 Saturday morning, and
married to Jones ut 4 Saturday afternoon. She
was ksen'un.
The retiring editor of the Circlevile (Ohio)
Union says that during 81 years of continual edi.
torial service he wrote 5000 columns, and all fol
viotuals and clothes.
GARDENERS mind their peas; actors mind
their cues but church wardsns, instead Of mindinl
their ''p's" and "q's," very often give all thsil
attention to their psws and keys.
They have revived the ancient order o.
the SONS Of Malta" In Memphis, Tenn. Tb,
initial meeting took place on Friday evening last
many Of the old members in good standing beinl
present.
A WESTERN editor thus "cusses his op
ponsnt: MAY his COW give sour milk and hi
hens bad eggs in short, may his daughter marry
one eyed editor his business 60 to ruin, and he g.
to-Congress
AT village merrymaking in Tillhouse
Pyrsness, France, what was supposed to be al
empty shell was used a. q candlsstick. The candl
burned down till the last piece Of wick foil through
when an explosion took place, which killed au
wounded six persons.
A FRENCH sdvant has lately disc0vere,
that certain fish contain eggs envelopod in verita
bio silk cocoons. Each egg measures IS cent?
meters long by IS broad, and weighs $40 grammsi
and Is covered with silky flaments, which may b
employed in weaving.
The following statistics concerning Hal
ward College are contained in the catalogue just II
sued: The number Of professional students and rel
ident graduates amounts to Sal, viz; Is diyint
students, l57 law students. 6l scientific students
3OI medical students, and resident graduates
There are 4l9 under. .graduatss viz; "a seniors, s
juniors, 100 sophomores, and 1875 freshmen maxim
u total of 96l students connected with the Unive
sty. The college libraries contain 1853, 900 vol
umes.
A YOUNG lady, the other day, in the courE
Of a lecture, (after the man and manner Of Mi
Anna Z. Dickinson,) said: "Gst married, youn
man, and be quick about it too. Don't wait fc
the Millennium. hoping that the girls may turn
angels before you trust yourself with one Of then
A A pretty thing you'd be alongside an angs
0 wouldn't yOu-you brute' Don't wait anoth'
= day, but right now-this very night ask some nio'
industrious girl to go into psrtnsrship with you,
: clear your pathway Of thorns, and plant u wit
. dowsrL" Healthy old gel, that