The national Republican., 1867-09-09
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! is spouting petroleum.

| Mr.. JOHN BRoUGBAN is going to play
fortnight at the Howard Athsn@um, Boston.
Corn sells in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at eight
cents bushsi
A CENSUS Of Dubuque gives 2l,222 pop
ulstion, and 80, 1Ol, ,o4o valuation.
PRINCE EsrERHAzY's picture.gallery sole
for 5000, 900.
LoSo JoHS WKsrwoRrH-his friend'
will be pleased to learn-is getting alons nicely
Mr.. DICKENS is said to be enthusiastic
about his visit to America.
The Highways and Hedges is Matthew
Hale Smiths new paper.
Why is fire paradoxical Because
tho more it's coalsd tho hotter II gets
Rev. Il. L. CUYLER will not be able "a
accept any Invitations to take part in any courseI
of lectures this season.
The Memphis and Ohio railroad has
paid the State OF Tennessee its interest, and
does not 20 into tho hands Of q receiver.
A sTATrsrIcAS estimates that every
married couple may calculate upon 4,l94, 3oi
descendants In about Eve hundred years.
The State University Of Iowa wants q
president, and will pay the right man a large
salary.
The Southern Pacific railroad, running
west from Shreveport in northwestern Louis
lana, has come to stop for lack Of means
The receipts Of the st. Louis custom
house for August were sl4l, 2s7.5S. They indi.
cate a revival Of the fall trade.
WM. CULLEN BRYANT and daughter ar
rived in New York from Europe on Wednesday,
in good health.
In RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ind, no less than
1000 miles Of turnpike roads are in contsmpla-
ton.
ESrERrRIsrSG young men in Canada
pass the notes in use at o commercial college In
Toronto upon unsuspecting oountrymsn
R. W. LAIR, of Spring Grove, Illinois,
killed . hen the other day, and found in her q
tea spoon which had been lost two weeks.
A LARGE QUANTITY Of tobacco is fow-
ing into Danville, Va. Alot brought there rs.
Gently $ll2 per 100 pounds.
A MOVEMENT is on foot for organizing a
Rev, J. Willotts is moving in the matter.
The charitable institution Of Boston cost
B242, 900 last year, and the income derived from
hem s72 900.
STORES in Wilmington, n. c., have re-
,ently been engaged at prices ranging from 33t
10 40 Per cent less than the same rented for
last season.
An ARsssIo MANUFACTURE died at Bog
ton last week from the continuous infusion Of
poison into his system during his long employ.
ment in the business.
A MICHIGAN PAPER nominatss Banks as
the eight hour candidate for the Presidency, and
John Bright for president Of the United States
Of England, Ireland, and Scotland"
The Bostonians are congratulating
themselves on the excellent qualities of their
new European steamship They talk of having
more built Os soon as possible.
TnE CENSUS Of Dubuque, Iowa, Just com
pletsd, shows that it has population Of 81 222,
an increase of nearly 1000 since 1865. The
value Of manufactures last year was s3,lO4, $50.
A YOUNG GIRL Of incendiary propensi-
ties was caught in Cincinnati, and according to
the papers she confessed In an "artless manner
to having set some dozen houses on FIRE.
A SEVERE FROST visited some portions of
Wisconsin on the 30th ult., by which the cram
berry crop was generally killed, owing to the
dry condition Of the marshes.
Ex.Gov. THos. Brown, of Florida, died
in Tallahassee a few days since in the s2d year
Of his age He had lived in the State for forty
years, and filled many positions Of honor and
trust.
TIE Grenada (Miss.) Sentinel says the
hot weather has disagreed with tho army worm,
and the prospect for good crop Of cotton is
brighter than 1t has been for years. Corn also,
promises we'll"
THE loss by fires in Chicago during the
past three weeks amounts to Sl53,725, on
which there was sl32, ,375 insurance. The total
loss for the past fo,r months was S9s2, ,7l0; IN.
suranos, s1,O55,737..
A BODY Of policemen from New York
were detailed by the Superintendent, who is a
Methodist, to keep the peace at a camp meeting.
Many of them were converted, and forty Of them
held prayer meeting on their own account
SOME of the New Workers are grum.
bling about footing the bills of their pet regi-
ments. Peter Cooper calls 1t RECKLESS and
shameful" to pay $40 apiece for chairs in the
armory
THE Grand Duke Frederick William
made a speech at tho opening Of the Baden Diet
at Carlsruhe Thursday. He took strong ground
In favor Of union of Baden with the States Of
North Germany,
RAREYs will is just published. He
leaves the reclaimed Cruiser" to his brother,
with the injunction that the horse is not to be
sold nor exhibited for money, nor taken away
from the stable which tho testator built for him.
EXCELLENCE in anything is always the
result of work. Mere lack is myth. People
who believe in the latter may be put on the long
list Of fools It Is hard work that does the
business
The Independent says Gail Hamilton
holds all New England In solution In her costly
wine Of life, and pours out with unsparing
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