The national Republican., 1867-08-29
saational gepnb,itau,
NEMa AND MIsCELLANY.

Mas. EssIxy, Of Hector, New YORK,
after indulging in her favorite smoke ON
Friday, put the pipe in her pocket In
few minutes her clothes were ablazc, anu
she was burned to death. < araa.7g7e ii
NEw YoRK is trying concrete pave
ments. and one is being laid across uhe
Citv Hall Park. The first layer is course
oraysI This Ia followed with layer OF
eourse gravel and sharp sand, mixed tho
roughly with pine tar. ' Ash' aa'-' 4
A NEW YoRk city missionary has con-
tributed to the waste basket Of the Times
a long poetical appeal to the public for
assistance. That journal thinks the re-
verses OF the poor viii not be softened by
the verses Of such poet.
A CHINAMAs answering TO the romantic
name Of John Here You Bet was arrested
in New York the other day for the lar.
ceny ofa watch and money from q brother
Chinaman who rejoiced in the euphonious
title Of Hi o Man. I'd u ~ O.. 81
A rASxrnY has been put in operation at
Rockford, Illinois, in which the new
patented process for exhausting the air
from the vat is employed. II takes by
this process only twelve hours TO complete
sheepskin. The weight Of leather is in
creased ten per cent. over the old process,
and the cost Of the works is but ten per
also claimed that the leather is superior.
A COLLECTION Of the names OF newspa
pers in different countries, and from the
commencement oftheir history, would be
both curious and entertaining. Many oI
those in the United States smack Of orig
inality Of conception. In this respect
Ohio, perhaps, stands foremost. There Is
O Screto DRYER, a Warning Bell, Fo,.a
tain, Star an tte WeSt, Forum, an Az
rord, Dollar, o Rdinbo,o, q Touchstone, G
Toledo Blade, Torchlight, and The Ark:
DIsPArcHEs received from Fort Hayes
Kansas, dated 23d instant, report severe
Indian fight, which lasted for three days
Captain Aims, with one hundred ant
twenty-five men, while on their way to thu
Republican river, came suddenly on or
Indian village two miles in extent. He
charged twice through their wigwams, tn,
Indians fighting desperately. He los
three men killed, twenty-five wounded
and thirty horses. The Indians lost heavily
but numbering-as was estimated--eigh
hundred warriors, repulsed our troops an,
held their ground. A strong regula
force under Major Elliott, and some Kansa
cavalry, under Major Moran, left For
Hayes on the 23d, to find and fight thes
Indians. : ..s.
Is THERE any limit to human ingenuity
An Englishman has devised plan for sup
plying the residents of crowded cities will
fresh country air, imported at so much pc
cubic foot, and laid on in pipes, for all th,
world like Croton water. A network o
underground tubes, radiating from some
place beyond the reach Of the foul exbala,
tions of the town, is to run through the
pestiferous alleys and sitting back streets
Of the great cities, and the emaciated occu.
pants Of tenementhouses and cellars need
only turn faucet, and the breath of the
daisies and the odor Of new-mown hay will
rush in to revive and strengthen them.
To be sure, they will all be apt to get
dreadful colds, and breathing in house
where the mir in turned would probably
be something like inhaling the zephyri
from an active pair Of blacksmith's bel
lows; but what startling thing it is Il
think Of country air being hawked abou
like country milk or fresh vegetables.