The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-10-14
ODDS.AND ENDS.

An eight and a half feet Chinese
giant, and his wife, corresponding
longitudinal proportions, have arrived
in this country.
Land. that sold in Virginia four
years ago for six dollars an acre will
now bring thirty.
Twenty missionaries have lately
been murdered by the pOpulace in
the province of Szecheking, China.
A man in Detroit has a snake in
his stomach which he can quiet only
by drinking large quantities Of whis-
ky. Queer, but that kind of snake
seems to be common.
The Hearth and Home is not per-
mitted to be sold in the depOts of the
New York and New Haven Railroad,
because TX Marvel criticized said roads
therein.
Illinois is the first Northern State
to organize colored men as part of
the militia.
Mrs. Grant once wrote poetry for
Western journals, under the signature
of "Australia."
Married, at Sunberry, by Rev.
Cranberry, Nehemiah Blackberry to
Catharine EIderberry, of Danbury.
Fast trains via the Pennsylvania
Central, and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago, now run between New
York and Chicago in 20 hours. So
far no accidents have occurred.
Henceforth, wheat, barley, oats,
rye, biscuit and bread, peas, beans,
Indian corn, buckwheat, -four and
meal, and all other breadStufs, will be
admitted into Great Britain free Of
duty, in conformity with a resolution
of the House of Commons.
Griffin, the engineer, who is charg-
ed with the blame of having caused
the recent terrible disaster on the
Erie Railroad, at Mast Hope, has
been admitted to bail in the sum Of
| Sc, 600.
Ofthe four candidates for the Presi-
dency in 1860, three are now dead
lincoln, Douglass and Bell. Two Of
the candidates for the Vice Presiden-
cy are also dead-Everett and Lane.
Two lovers courted Miss. Grub. One
named Garret was successful. The
!other left the country because he de
tested a garret, and could MT live
without grub.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tri
bune says the gold dollar has lest
purchasing power in San Francisco
than the greenback has in Chicago.
Josh Billings says, life Il like (
mountain-aftcr climbing up ont
side, and sliding down the other, We
put up the sled.
A church out West advertises fo
sale a pew which "commands view
of nearly the whole congregation"
German sewing machines are ruT
by clockwork, which runs for thre
hours after winding up.
Initiate the example of the locomO
tive. He runs along, whistles owe
his work, and yet never takes any
thing stronger than water when h
wants to wet his whistle.
The new Post Office, New YOrI
City, at the lower point of City Hal
Park, will take two years to complete
paid city 100000 for the ground.
Grasshoppers are at last utilized
"Iowa is tsGnsing with grasshoppers,
says a paper of that State.
Handkerchiefs are now madein Ne7
Orleans from the Ramie plant. Th
texture is finer than silk, and tn
handkerchiefs are quite pretty.
Loving wife, at Long Branch: "Th
horrid surf makes me keep my mout
shut" Sarcastic husband: "Eak
some oft home with you"
The North Bridgewater (Mass
Gazette says: A superannuated dos
overhearing a conversation betwee
his master and neighbor about xii
ing him the next day, disappeared th
same night, and has not since bee
seen.
Ohio has $50 turnpikes. reachin
an aggregate Of 3,168 miles.