The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-12-17

houses in Ohio. -
Ex.Govs Tod's estate posts
up over half q million. !
The debt Of Ohio, now out,
standing, is S1O,5S5,675.+3.
JOHN MoRRissEY's seat in Con.
gress Is to be contested By his
defeated Republican,OppOnen
Theyete on negro suffrage in
Iowa was, for suffrage, 1O5, 1884;
against, S1,l49; msjorty for
suffrage, 24,576.
trees in Florida retain
their, leaves throughout the
winter like evergreens but they
don't bear fruit.
The United States furnished
England filty.6ve per cent. of
all the cotton she used last
year. 1a a''" 1890 'a4i"sA
Tho principal of a Chicago
public school has beent6ned So
for furnishing -aifeiractory male
pupil with his fist. a9 hslor
{ We see itstated that coal or
gas tar applied about a corn
crib will keep the grain from
devastation by rate. .....
Twenty families Of colored
people at Xenia are preparing
to go to Kansas. They have
purchased seven hundred acres
Of land. I-Yrd yeE III" .
They are having exciting
times in Spain. Both parties,
Republicans and Monarchists,
are holding immense public
meetings. War will come next.
The Secretary ofthe Gsoasury
estimates the total revenue
to be raised for the fiscal year
endmgrJune 30, 1879, at two
hundred and fifty millions of
dollars, nHI .sH er'id5 q.
Mr. Getz, proprietor of a no.
tel iniZanespille, diedsuddenly
Of apoplexy on last Thursday,
while chastising with, his cane.
an old yagrant who had stolen
his overcoat. '1-i',
The Ross Co. Register, says
that's man near that city fiji
1usrrying stone, discovered a
den Of black snakesJr Jr6lled TO-
gether in a ball, Hs killed -aS,
in length from three
v.aa'
InUiicago antelope are now
almost as plenty in the market
as deer They" are brought
rom the line of rthe Pacific,
,oad. q The flesh is said to be
very delicate and superior, to
1enison. .I,;.,,I
The Rev. Mr., Nasty init
mates that President Johnson |
would be an acceptable ,capdi-
lat ate'eslTtii .cT lie Spanish tthhrohe,,he
'ause he has been all his life !
,ntting the Bourbon dowH.11i \
At SptRng gfeld, Mass, an ftin.
'rantscissors grinder won the
confidence Of unsuspecting fe-
males by representing himself |
o be an, gxiled Count. One
ady purchased eighteen pairs,
# scissofs'of him. j lsa af7a I
jeff. Davis has pr6fessed to
,e 'pious for some time, and it is
aid his piety increases in
proportion to the waning for
unes of the rebel cause He
las been lecturing in England
IN Jerusalem. 49,. j
The month Of November has
Witnessed the death Of three
,reat men in Paris who we're
irst in bheirprofession: Rossini,
he greatcomposeE Rothschild,.
he great banker; and Berreyer,
he great erator and advocate.
lTio JtsUrT nffW bnG 80 Fgi 4 II
a correspondent demands a
eforM in the plan Of the drama,
which shall bring before our
yes questions of tho present
nd the fuenre instead Of the
lead wpast. He says: = king
Richard should be jeff Davis,
xclaiming, 'ArlGcomotlvel "a
N.Y. cSntederacy
or a locomotiver"' 'rrea oii c|
The late Baron, gRothschld
vas unceremonious with high /
md low alike. A great per
onage once penetrated into
lis cabinet, while the baron
vas seryli busy. The = Bar on |
lever looking up, saidy With
hat slight German, accent |
which gave character to his, re
.earks' ~Takef a lshair." Spar
l0n,,. said the visitors rather
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