The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-04
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANY.

Lee has been TO the circus.
"ARcHIE LOWELL" has been dra-
matised for the Versatile Lotta,
Ex-GovERNoR Bramlette is going
to practicing law in Louisville.
VIM. B. BRIsrow, the musician,
died Sunday morning in New York.
The King of Portugal and Ponia-
towski made a joint call on Rossini.
"HoG'EM' is the euphonious name
of a ten days old city in Montana.
A BOY sculptor in Columbus, Ohio,
cuts wonderful statues with his jack
knife.
MILLARD FILLMORE is living in
elegant ease and studying the classics
in Buffalo.
A LETTER from Mexico, dated July
30th, states that new raisins were then
in the market. .
LORD PALMERsToN was favored
with the only private visit made by
the Sultan in London.
THE Indians never scalp negro SOL
diers. Much cry and little wool is
their motto.
BRIGur's friend, Henry Vincent,
delivered a lecture on America after
he got back to Liverpool.
SENATOR TRUMBULL, it is stated,
endorses Gen. Grant as u suitable can
didatc for the Presidency.
THE wife of Jesse Carter, of Mobile,
Ala, was recently killed by her son,
who mistook her for robber.
SANTA ANNA thinks he can buy
himself off. Not if the Mexicans csti-
mate him at his own valuation.
"NoNE of your unkind reflections"
as the old maid said TO the looking
glass.
THE original meaning of chignon is
cabbage. Heads Of cabbage-oh, la
dies!
BENJAMIN G. HARRIS is mentioned
as the Democratic candidate for the
next governor of Maryland.
WAIT for others to advance your
interests and you will wait until they
are not worth advancing.
IRA ALDRIDaE, the famous negro
actor, died recently in Poland, while
on professional tour
WEAR your learning, like your
watches, in private pocket, and don't
pull it out to show that you have one.
SOME fifty unpublished letters of
Voltaire are said to have been discov-
cred in Belgium by NJ. Philaretc
Chaslcs.
FoRT LYON, on the Arkansas river,
is about to be rebuilt, ata cost of $780,
600, and will be one of the finest forts
in the west.
THE Detroit Board of Trade has
passed a resolution that two hundred
pounds shall herealtcrconstitutca bar
rel Of flour.
A GREAT public demonstration in
behalf of Mr.. Stanton is to be held in
Springfield, Illinois, as soon as Gov.
Oglesby returns.
THIRTY thousand muskets, taken
from the Austrians during the German
war, are to be converted into Prussan
nccdle-guns.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke
of Cambridge are to visit ireland, to
be present at the coming national horse
show in Dublin.
A JUDGE Of the Supreme Court of
Maine has decided that a marriage be-
tween a negro and white person was
illegal and void.
The entire population of Ireland is
estimated by the Registrar General at
1881, ,625 in the middle of the year
1866.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in st. Louis
against the bakers, with view of i'll
ducing them to reduce the price Of
bread.
A TAPE worm fify-sovcn feet long
has been taken out of the stomach of a
Rochester man. The man is reported
in good spirits and so is the worm.
AN editor referring to patent me-
talic air-tight coffins, says: "No per-
son having once tried one of these
coffins will ever use any other"
GENERAL SHERMAN at st. Paul
recently, denied that he was Demo-
crat. He said "No, sir, 1 am not,
and never was. / am a soldier"
PARIS has 25O,OOO women who
should be married but are not, beside
fifty thousand liccnced and unlisensed
nymphs du pare.
The Tuscarora Indians have tract
near Niagara Falls; they are mostly
farmers. The tribe now numbers ouly
about four hundred.
A CROP croaker says he will have
to give up on the abundance of the
hay and wheat crops, but will not
acknowledge the corn"
In the little town of Winn, Maine,
one hundred thousand hides are annu-
ally tanned into sole leather at one tan
nery, said to be the largest in the