The national Republican., 1867-04-04
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come to this country during the present year.
PENN YAM, N. Y, is experiencing relisi-
Gus revival.
A LARGE catamount was caught last week
near shickshinny, N. Y.
0Ur Of seven hundred conyicts in the Cal.
ifOrnis State prison only three are females
THERE s a colored theological school, with
thirty scholars, in Augusta, Ga.
In A RACE around clearinghouse break
fast table always 60 in for the J'csep HoatI.
A NUMBER of children have been bitten by
mad dogs in Memphis during the past few days.
MISS NoxER says that Booths diarrhea is
q terrible complaint.
The promenaders on the Avenue yester-
day seemed 10 be full Of grit.
A MACHINE for constructing railroads has
been tested, and proved capable Of doing a. much
work with 20 men as 200 could without IT,
DOES "Lo the poor Indian" belong to the
same tribe n the Indian Massacre" We have
heard 80 much Of lately!
Ar LoSo BRANCH, N. j., Tuesday after
noon, Green's Bath Hotel was burned Loss and
insurance not ucertained
II is said that Admiral Tegethoff has been
tslogrsphsd 70 return to Austria and resume com.
mand Of the Austrian feet.
A vKLIsE recently left on the doorsteps Of
. physician, IN Lewiston, Me-. vn found to con.
tain nns boy baby.
The State Treasurer Of New Hampshire
receives only 5000 salary, and 10 obliged TO give
bonds to the amount Of 5000, 900.
The National Democratic Convention, to
meet in Louisville, has been postponed until the
9Th of July.
WHEN a man kissed the wrong woman,
what sort Of weapon should he be dispatched
With A blunderbuss, Of course.
An old Episcopal church at Richmond,
Staten Island, was burned last Thursday. 1t was
built BY Queen Anne In l7l3
TIE Parepa-Brignoli troupe are giving
opera in Boston. The receipts on Monday night
the hrt Of the ssasOn-vsre the largest ever known
there.
MAIL ADvTcEs report snow in Ireland, with
out full days intsrmission, for fifteen days and
nights. Another FsniAn rising was expected when
the cold weather should moderate.
A BOY Of fifteen, in Stafford, England, who
was recently sentenced to be whipped and i'm
prisoned three months, hung himself soon after he
was put in prison.
MAIL advices report the rejection, in the
North German Parliament, Of amendments to the
constitution securing freedom Of the press and the
right Of public meeting.
A GERMAN GIRL, who died in Cincinnati
the other day. after living on charity for year,
was found to have had SO, 900 hidden away in her
room, 81, 500 Of which was In gold.
In San Francisco it is reported, there has
been tried, with success, 4 machine intended to
level railway tarcks lay ties deposit rails lay them
in their places, and almost construct railroad"
To GET round the prohibitory law in Mas.
sachusetts they sell mince pies with lots Of brandy
In them-about one drunk to each mince pie. The
opposition getting up what they call anti.brandy
pies, against the prOhibitOry pies
A FOREIGN Prince has just sent small
boz to Paris containing some costly jewels, among
them pearl valued at $4,000 francs. They are
ordered to be sold to put the Prince in funds to
visit the Exhibition.
IT Is reported that the trade Of Great
Britain during the fiscal year 1856 was fourteen
per cent in excess Of any previous year. England
exported in 1856 goods valued at $9i4, ,l3s,926 in
gold, as compared with ts29, l7s, ,62b in gold in
1895.
The Paraguayan war continues to show
success for the Paraguayans. The Brazilian feet
attacked Curupaity, as they announced they would
but, according to report, the result was n defeat
two Of the Brazilian iron clads having been dis
Abisd.
A BILL has been introduced into the Stat
I Senate at Harrisburg providing for the consolida
tiOn Of Pittsburg, Allegheny City and the sur
rounding towns into one city. The consolidation
Is to be perfected upon much the same plan thai
: used in consolidating Philadelpha in 1854
A GALLANT WRITER has recently recorde,
his opinion to the effect that the virtues Of tn
r ladies exceed the magnitude Of their skirts, ant
d that their faults are as small as their bonnets
D That chap Is looking forward to female suffrage
and intends to run for some important Office.
The New Orleans Picayune tells Of mar
who, after years Of search, found the much sought
for fOurleafed clover which, 1t Is said, will brint
good luck to any man who can and one. He got
lottery ticket. drew a handsome prize, and nov
. lives In clover.
, A STORY is told of man at Hornellsville
n N. Y, lately eating at q single meal one larg
square ps.tin heSping full Of cold beef and pOtA
toes twenty -four raised biscuit, cut with tea cup
two pounds cheese, two pounds honey, two pound
crackers one pound butter, two dozen herrngs, 81
r cookies, one mince pie, one glass brandy
" ENGLAND guarantees loan Of twenty mil
s lions to aid the new Confederate Government of th
British United Provinces to construct q railwal
from Halifax to Quebec, some $50 miles, which
whom completed, will be snow bound four months
and practically useless the other eight of the ysAl
q ADvIcEs from Utah and Colorado say tn
weather is intensely cold. During the month Q
: March the mercury, in some localities, fell of a
/. degrees below zero. The snow is very deep an
disastrous foods are looked for in the mOuntai
districts. Large numbers of horses and cattle wer
u frozen to death.
The raid on the "chignonS" still continues
= The London Lancet SAWS Il Is certain that man