The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-03
Miscellaneous Items.

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The Chicago Republican treats its
readers too whole page Of Common Coun-
Gil 'Also's."
"A Pennsylvonion, who has kept q
record, reports twenty-five deaths in tibet
state, last week, from kerosene oil explo.
sions.
Indianapolis has a first class Grim con
sensation, in the elopement of the ife of
q prominent citizen with a political adven-
turer.
George W. Gibson, a local editor of the
Missouri Democrat, was thrown from his
carriage and seriously injured on the 18th
inst.
As a result of tho strife between riya.
freight Inns, n piano was shipped through
rom New York to Evansville, Ind, last
week, for 50.
Twelve car loads of through freight
from Boston to San Francisco passed
Omaha on the DIST by what is known ms
the 'Red Line"
"A company has been fonmed at Painee-
vile, Ohio, for the manufacture of nitro
glyccrino, their works having a capacity
for 1000 pounds a day.
"A theatre was struck by LIGHTNING i'm
Chicago on the Goth. This was proyiden-
tial. a church was struck Mt the same time,
and that was accidental.
The cotton seed oil mills, at Mempbis.
have produced about 1000 barrels of oil
during the season now drawing 10 n close.
Scarcity Of seed has compelled all but one
to close.
"A horse jockey in Manchester, II. H..
has traded 5000 times in five years. and
neverlost n dollar in his bargains. The nv
erage value OF these 5000 horses is estima.
ted at S15.
II July, 33l,277 citizens of Boston.
men, women and children, avniled them
selves Of the privileges and ADVANTAGE.
afforded by tie various public BATHING.
houses in that city.
The other day a lady in the Dark Cor
ner Of Carroll county, Georgia, pavesbirih
to twins. On the same day and in tbe
same house two of her daughters brought
forth twins-all boys.
A bulldog and q large bald-headed
eagle, owned in Now Haven, have become
strangely attached 10 each other. They
sleep aud cut together, and neither permits
any interference with the other.
II is clnimed for the Arkansas Hot
Springs that the waters viii not only de.
stroy the taste for liquor, but will clear
from ones system in n very short Time ol
the effects of previous dissipation.
1t is stated that, ut PHILADELPHIA. tbo
mean velocity of the wind during the en-.
tire year, is found 60 be about eleven miles
an hour; Mt Toronto It's average velocity is
nine miles; and Mt sea il is estimated at
eighteen miles.
"A woman Of mre presence of mind voq
o%yertokon by u train ON u high trestlo
work near Marietta, Ohio, on Saturday.
n dropped between the ties, holdinu
herself suspended by her arms until the
train passed over, when she climbed back
again; all without a scream.
Tho New York Telegram gives hef.I.
lowing definition, which Is worthy of "A
place in Webster: ''Eiui il n French
word, for an American malady, which CEN
orally arises from the want ola want. and
constitutes the complaint of those who
who have nothing to complain Of"
The New York Sun, in speaking of the
proposition TO establish in this country n
great university after the pattern of those
IN Europe, says: "To our mind thus
seems the perfection of nonsense. We
want WORKERS IN this country, not idle
dreamers among books; aud next TO hang
ing a man, the worst use You can put him
to is shutting him up IN a college library"
The Albany Express iutimateg that
James Fisk Jr., il 10 said, proposed to Mr..
Ramsey TO settle the Susquehanna Rail
road difficulties by playing a game of 'soven
up moro commonly known as "old
sledgo.' Mr.. Ramsey quietly replied to
TO the Admiral that he did not know how
to play cards, he would surely lose the
game.
DIR. Austin Flint writes q long article
in the Quarterly journal of Psychological
Medicine, TO prove that the Dorchester
Rapplngs' we've produced by the medium
consciously displacing her knee.joint. Ho
experimental upon hUr with great ingenui-
~ and perseverance, and appears to have
made out his case so far as the Fox girls
are concerned.
Henry Vincent writes that his forth
coming visit this country must be lis last.
" Indeed he says, - should have de-
cided not TO AVE como again, did / not
feel the strongest desire to take n personal
farewell OF the many generous friends VINO
have so warmly greeted me on former oc-
casions. | hope to lecture in the East,
New York State and Pennsylvania, up to
the end of December"
Asa Rhodes, of Richmond, Vt, whose
safo WAS mysteriously robbed of nearly
$4,000 three weeks since, recovered tho
money in rather n strange way, Mt Greou-
field, Il few days ago. IT seems that, while
the agents OF n circus were in tho latter
town making arrangements for an exhibit
ton, they found among the robes of their
buggy between $1,000 and So, OO0in o
and notes, some of the latter being drawn
in the nOme Of Mr.. Rhodes. A telegram
was immediately sent 20 Mr.. Rhodes, who
went down TO Greenfield and identified his
property, every dollar Of the amount stolen
being recovered. 1t IL supposed that the
burglar placed his plumber in this odd
place 10 escape detection, while the circus
men were ut Richmond a few day after the
robbery.
An %EAITHQuAKE PEEDIcrED. A very gem