The national Republican., 1867-02-01
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TuRKEr has become so tender that IL is
about TO fall 20 pieces.
THk weather was milder yesterday, and q
little more Of the ethereal mildnss would bs 40.
ceptsbis.
The bronze statue or Chief Justice Mar
shall, for the Richmond wa,hington monument, Is
on It's way from Munich.
SEVERAL yatchting clubs in France have
presented Prince Bennett with medals commsmora.
tive Of his winter voyage across the Atlantic.
The gentle cockroach Is not fastidious in
the matter Of his diet He partsksth freely Of the
entire bin Of fare In the pantry and likewise ssts,h
books, clothes, soap. eOrk,. and pills.
An immense amount Of cold must have
accumulated In the higher istitudss during the
over 90 large area Is Il has during the winter.
THE agent Of the wamsutta Mills in New
Bedford. has given notice that return 10 the old
system Of eleven hours day would be made Feb
ruaryl r.. ..
The Borghese palace, in Rome, took FIRE q
few days ago, and three rooms were destroyed, but
the conhagration fortunately stopped before II
approached the gallery and other art treasures
SoxK admirers Of Ristori in Cincinnati re-
Gently got so frantic that they presented her with
six great fat hogs. This was queer way Of OF.
pressing their sassidgsfaotion st her acting.
TIE Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland keeps up
the state due his vicsregai position, the Marchion-
sss never going out, even whom shopping without
four horses to the earrings, and two outriders.
The night trains between Springfield and
Albany have been discontinued In consequence Of
the bad state Of the railroad between those two
cities.
TIE number Of Freemasons' lodges under
the authority Of the United Grand Lodge Of Eng
land has increased during the past year from LOIS
10 l, ,l4o, being an increase Of 65.
A YORKSHIRE psper reports that Mr.. Titus
Salt has given $4,000 towards the Bieentsnsry
Hall which the Congregational Di'ssntsrs are
about to erect In London, and which Is to cost
f7O, 900.
The country in Europe in which the
greatest number Of marriages takes place is sarony,
where the avarAge is yearly to every III inhsbi-
tAnts. The proportion in Spain Is ! In 1876. In
France the rate Is l In l27.
CALIFORNIA, II is estimated, produced last
year 600 900 gallons Of wine, and the annual pro-
duct few years hence, when the growing vine.
yards begin bearing, 1t Is predicted will reach s.
900, 900 gallons The value Of the fruit crop Of
1866 Is stated at 81, ,533, $50.
The age is behind itself in the matter Of
penitentiaries. Some very substantial structures
have been built but they insufficient to accom-.
modats the increase Of crime, which keeps pace
with the increase Of population and the stimulated
activities Of the times.
IT has been again rumored that Sir Nor
ton Peto was about to retire from the representa-.
tion Of Bristol In Parliament, but II Is since per-
emptorily eontrsdicted. Sir Morton has no inten-
tion Of retiring. The wish was father to tho
thought ".far
!, OK Saturday evening as q man named
Steele was walking on the street in Marblshsad,
Mass, With a married lady named Sheen, they
were met by the husband Of the lady, who imms-
diateIy attacked Steele and inflicted q severe
, wound upon his head with knife.
Tnr Irish People, of New York, states
positively that the affidavit that Head Centre ste-
phens had been seen in New York last week Is
either forgery or perjury, and that Mr.. Stephens
has certainly gone to Europe. He was accompa-
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Republic.
IT turns out that the abandonment Of the
visit Of the Empress Of the French to the Pope
arose from the fact that the Holy Father decidedly
snubbed her. In other words, the Emperor would
not let her 20 without direct invitation, and this
the Pope would not give but coolly sent her word
that womans FIRST duty was to obey her husband.
An old Irish actor Of the name of Barry
was rather too fond Of whisky punch, and one
!. night, when he came rolling the stage q voice
from the gallery called out, Barry, you lief o. the
wurld how many tumblers o. whisky punch did
yer take to night ?" To which Barry, looking up
'''I s"U."r~i i---, rNnlied, ''Nons, 70 black.
guard, at your expense" !"
) We see q proposition in one of our ex-
changes for the organization of society to prevent
cruelty to human beings. This had Its origin In
Philadelphia, in one of the neighborhoods where
the inoesant eatterng Of bells and the whistles Of
locomotives on closely built.up streets destroy
everything like peace and quiet, and make sound
and refreshing sleep impossible.
The Prussian Government Is announced as
having put in execution system Of espionage over
the mails, and In this way has taken out Of them
various American papers addressed to Americans
now in Prussia. The alleged cause Of this Is that
these papers contain real or fancisd reflections on
Prussian policy. France and Spain have been
guilty Of this petty spite for some time past.
ALL the elements, sugar, tannin, salts,
acids, and the others, that give value to wine OK.
cept the alcohol, which has been added to Il, are
found equally in the sOcAllsd light wines and the
strong wines Of Spain and Portugal and hence or.
dinary clarst is quite as valuable to the system
under numerous conditions both of health and
disease, as port sherry This fact Is neither so
widely known nor so we'll appreciated as 1t should be-
The Manchester Mirror learns that the
Attorney General Of New Hampshire has given di.
rsctOns through the State to close up by prOsscu.
tiOn all liquor shops, BY whatever name they may
be called, whore crime is committed, to which II
can be directly traced or In which criminals are
harbOrsd. Why don't he 60 a step farther and ad.
vOcats an impartial and faithful execution Of the
law against liquor selling
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