The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-28
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s<FoR INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS
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Two MORE pre.adamite frogs have been
found in coal.bed in Nova Scotia, 100
feet below the surface.
EUdENIE flung herself INTO Louis arms
and wept after the attempt at assassina-
nation. Not at the result, we hope.
TUE brother Of Lord Napier has ske-
daddled from New York, where he was ar.
rested for swindling.
SoME 800 creditors are worrying poor
old Jacob Barker's life out of him in New
Orleans
RANGABo, Rangabee, Rangeba, and Ran
CAB are some OF the ingenious names
which are fosted upon the Minister from
Greece by newspaper orthogrnphists.
BEVERLY TucKRR is IN Mexico, man.
aging large establishment for a wealthy
Mexican" The mnn should be wealthy
who has Beverly for manager.
THE agents Of the G rand Presentation
Enterprise in New York were too enter
prising altogether. The only present they
will make will be before The courts.
PORTLAND, ME-, has arisen from its
ashes, and, undeterred by last years dread
ful ,3orience, is to spend $500 in a mild
celebration Of the Fourth
OVER one hundred thousand tons Of fish
are annually sold In the Billingsgate mar
ket; but this is not circumstance TO the
amount Of business done in billingsgate
by some Of our popular orators.
rHE colored people Of New Bedford
Mass, are making arrangements for Q
celebration OF United States and British
West India emancipation on the first o.
August
CAPT. ID. II. BINGHAM, Of Alabama, I
staunch Unonist through the war, hal
been dragged from his beda at night, gagged
taken TO the woods and beaten by mum
be- OF eX.rebels.
ONE Of the items Of expenses in The
erection Of University Hail. of Brown Uni
versity, at Providence, in the last century
was "a les. Sd, or about S25, for rum ant
sugaRkpr the workmen.
APPOINTMENT OF Pension SURGEONS
The following appointments Of examining
surgeons under the Pension Office have
been made: DIR. William Coryell, Ithaca
y. Y; NJ. Jonathan s. Fowler, Garfield,
Ohio.
GENERAL LoNGsTREET hes left New Or
leans for Jackson, Miss where he will re.
main with his family and attend TO his
private affairs. lie is said to have felt
totally unprepared for the storm his letter
created in the Southern press.
The monument erected by the town of
Weathcrsfeld, Vt, which contains the
names of some hundred and forty brave
men who served the town in the great re.
bellon, will be dedicated on the 4th OF
July next with an appropriate address by
Colonel NeaZey, OF Rutland.
WHILE raising a wheat house at Ovid
Centre (Shepardsvllle, Micb.) for b. Shep-
ard on the 22d, one of the bents fell,
striking Mr.. Gabriel Longer on the head
badly breaking his limbs and bruisng him
in such shocking manner that he died in
a few minutes.
THERE are so many insect pests and de
vOurers in the potato field orthe West, that
the time may come when the cultivation Of
this es"ulent will be impracticable in thai
part OF the country. The East may YET
be required to supply the West with pota
toes in exchange for wheat and corn.
liz accordance with instructions from
the Adjutant Generals Office, recruiting
officers of the general service are directed
10 enlist all colored men they can get for
the 10th cavalry, and report by letter to
General b. II. Grierson, Superintendent OF
the Rcgimentnl Recruiting Service, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, for instructions
A wELLKNowN ACTRESS created quite q
sensation on Broadway, Saturday evening,
BY crossing the Loew bridge on horse
back The daring feat was accomplished
in fine style, and elected the applause Of
The hundreds who witnessed it.-N J.. Er-
press.
FARM LANDS IN ALARAMA.-The Com
missioner Of the General Land Office has
received information from Alabama to the
eject that 80 farms, comprising Al ,S95
acres OF land, in the neighborhood OF
huntsville, have been added to the pro-
ductiyc force of the State, under an act Of
Congress approved June u, 1866.
G.. {. GoRHAM, who has been nominated
by the Republicans for Governor Of Cali.
lnrnia, was, twenty years ago, newspaper
carrier in New London, Conn, getting his
solooling and paying his way by his own
o~crtions lie has been an editor and G
lawyer, and is nj present clerk in the Su
prcme Court Of California.
ALoNzo ALLEN, the youngest son Of Gen
A. q. Allen, OF Granville, Vt, who disap
peared about ten days ago, was found dead
On Monday, about "A mile from his father
house. lie was lying between some rocks
with fish cord tied around his neck an,
piece Of the same cord was attached t,
the limb Of a tree twenty feet above him.
Tue electric submarine cable for tn,
contemplated line to Cuba RON the coas
Of Florida is now complete, and will leav
England on the Goth instant. July l5tl
It il expected to be in full working order
General W. +. Smith, Of New York, !
now in Havana in iurtherance Of this i'm
pur u enterprise.
IuE stone house at Openwood, nea
Aliens Grove, Wisconsin, the countr
residence of J. II. Wells, OF the Chicag
Commerc'dl EEpress was burned SatuI
day night. The house cost Sl2,O00. MI
Wells bargained for the sale of the plac
last week, but the writings had not beel
drawn.
CLAss-DAy at Williams College occur
June y. The Tuesday and Wedhesdu
preceding will be occupied by the annua
senior examination Rev. Dr. Gale, Q
Lee, takes the place upon the examining
committee which was filled for so man,
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