The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-01-29
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been doubled in four years.
By order Gen. Grant forbids tho
rcenlistment of intemperats or un-
worthy men.
General Grant requests that there
be no ball on tho occasion of his in.
auguration.
Secretary Stanton declares no
'shall never again hold public Of
fee" The country is agreed.
Hon. Hugh ]. Jewott is spokei,
Of ia connection with the Democrat.
ic nomination for Governor.
Grant docs not want any more of
President Jobnson's appointments
to be confirmed by the Senate.
Farmers must have Iiconse before
they can sell tho -four they may
have manufactured out of their own
wheat.
Within the past few weeks nearly
$4,000 sheep have been slaughtered
near plymouth, Rlchland couAty,
merely Tor tho pclts and tallow.
"That's all Sam. Galloway gets"
remarked a citizen, as he read tha.
Mr.. Galloway was amoug tho speak
ers at Lancaster. "Thcy put him
forward TO bark"
An exchange is responsible for
this: "a threo-year old" neighbor
saw drunken man "tacking"
through the street. Mother" SAID
he, did God mako that man p She
replied in the affirmative. rho
ittlo fellow reflected for a moment,
and then exclaimed, III wouldn't
have done it,"
The speech Of Butler and the let
ter OF lion, Thomas Ewing on tho
financial question, have but contrib
butod to perpiex tho Republican
mind. Day by day, it becomes
more apparent that Hon. George H.
Pendleton's plan Is the only ono
that will get the country safely out
Of its financial troubles.
1t is claimed that four, five or six
hours is as much head work MS any
many should do per day. To OK.
ceed this is to enaanger health.
Eleven thousand dollars IL what
the wedding dress of NJ lie Candan.
ro, French lady, cost hut thon
she has n fortune of two millions.
"Thcre ncvor lived man who
was lionizod," says an exchange,
"thst it did not spoil" That editor
certainly forgot th? prophet Daniel.
TEX.
Henry Reed, Esq, lately on the
editorial staff of the Cincinnati En-.
quirer, assumes tho place oil the st.
Louis Republican made vacant by
the death Of Mr.. Homes.
TuE Temperance men of Illinois
propose to put State ticket in the
field for the next annual election.
"Where are you gong to ?" asllr
ed little boy of another who had
slipped and fallen down. "Golng
to got up" was the blunt reply.
for2'
because lie is full of fleas."
"Fleas Why that dog sleeps
with mo-"
"Yes, that's whar he got EN-.
"a penny for your thoughts,
madam, said a gentleman to n pert
beauty. "They are not worth a
iarthing, SIR she replied, II was
thinking Of you"
Mr.. Jenkins sold yoke of oxen
10 Mr.. Spinner, Are they kindH
asked Mr.. Spinner.
"They never troubled me any,"
was the answer.
A few days passed and the buyer
came back, IN considerable excite
ment.
"Didn'tyou tell me them oxen new
er troubled you? They We been and
tore down every fence within fifty
miles of my place that they could
got at. What did you mean by
telling me so 2"
"Pooh that's nothing" SAID the
impertubable Mr.. Jenkins; II new
or let such little things trouble NE"
"Why don't you get married ?"
said Young lady the other day 10
u bachelor friend.
81 have been trying for the last
ten years to find some ono who
would be silly enough to havo me,
was the reply,
81 guess you haven't been up our
way" was the insinuating rejoinder.
Daniel ID. Pratt, just elected to
the United States Senate from In-
diana, ism his 55th year was born
in New York ; is lawyer by pro
fession WAS Wing when that
party had an existence has lived
in Logansport since 1886; was the
Wing candidate for Congress in
l847, but was defeated was a Wing |
District Elector III 194S IN 1851 |
and 1853 was a member lower house
OF the Legislature was Republican
for Elector in 1856; IN
1860 was the Republican Delegate
for the State at large in the Chicago
Convention and was elected last
fall IN Conpreaa from tho 9th nia