The national Republican., 1869-06-18
PEN, PENCIL AND SCISSORS.


RICHMOND PAPnRs suggest that as tho 4th
Of July falls on Sunday this year, II bo cole
brated on the preceding Saturday.
NEW JERSEY will hold an agricultural fair
on September 81.
A NEW sTTLE of Insurance company In
Hartford has been chartered BY the Connec-
tlcut Legislature TO insure plate-glass win
dows and mirrors. Il has q capital of $780,
600, and power 10 increase to 100000.
C,MBRrDoE, VI, claims to be the "cham.
plon" maple sugar town OF the United
States. Last spring 20, $50 trees were tapped,
yielding 221 $50 pounds Of sugar, which was
sold for about go, 500.
WHEN Andrew johnson appeared at the
place Of registration In Greenyllle the other
day, the over Jealous officer Of registration
demanded proof Of his loyalty. The attempt
TO thus impugn the eI-President's loyalty
was received with the derision and contempt
1t merited.
NnLRLr all tho ladies Of the Society Of
Friends In Europe have discarded the pecu-
liar dress Of the sect.
MRS. GENERAL RICHARDSON, q courageous
lady Of Baltimore, the other day shot and
killed mad dog In the streets.
TnR Floridians are luxuriatlng on ripe
peaches. ....
SAILOR COLLARS are now the fashion for
ladies.
PfrrsBuna Germans have determined to
celebrate the 4th OF July on Sunday.
BENNETT has built a new yacht.
SENECA, N. Y, Jail Is tenantless.
DUsKIRK proposes n ship canal across the
State Of New York.
TURNERvILLB, Conn, has no lightning
| rods on any Of the buildings, and In the
memory OF the Oldest inhabitants not a
building, tree or any other object In the
place has been struck by lightning.
A MAN In North Adams, Mass, has OBJ
tained patent for q skating rod and stool
II consists Of q rod so constructed that when
extended 1t may be used as balancing pole
or skating rod, and when closed, as scat.
The citizens Of Calais, Me-, have voted tC
grant subsidy Of $4,000 to aid the Houltor
branch railway.
EXTENSIVE beds of brick clay having been
discovered In Passaic county, Now Jersey
some two or throo hundred men are at worh
| preparing for extensive operations In the
manufacture Of brick.
Is New Hampshire there arc thirteen
mutual insurance companies, and thu
amount Of property they hold at risk is s25,
555,541.
| SAN FRANCISCO Is rapidly extending be
yond its older limits, and vast tract of sub
merged lands, valuable for water frontage
has Just been sold at auction. These landi
are In the ncighborhood OF Hunters Poin
and Mission Cove. A new suburb, know
as South San Francisco, Is growing up IL
the immediate neighborhood. These lots ar
all under water-some Of them daily crossct
by steamers; aud before they arc available
| h,t
expense will be incurred.
THE authorities of Dresden and Vicnn
havo set FREQ large number of singing
birds, which had been brought to market 70
sale.
A VooDoo doctor in Augusta, Ga, gave
patient prescription for chills and fcyc
which made him mad, and caused him I
drown himself.
A COUPLE OF girls In Cincinnati who had
spite against young man entered his roor
during his absence and soaked his bed will
sulphurlc acid.
AUGUSTA GA, Is eating biscuits made from
new -four.
The Bostonlans don't like side shows neal
the Coliseum.
THE Israelltcs of Philadelphia have con
solidated oil their charities, md merge
them into ono society.
In San Francisco Is the frtus Of whale
preserved In alcohol, which Is about foul
inches In length. The mother was caugh
of the Bay Of Monterey, and was eight
feet In length. The smallest specimen o
tho kind ever found before was elghtoo'
inches in length.
1T IS CLAIMED by Florcntinc professo
that somnambullsni may be cured by simpl!
winding copper wiro, slender and flexible
around the leg Of the patient, leaving an en-,
long enough TO touch the ground. Tn
theory Is that the wire conducts away tn
electricity Of the body.
THERE is but one licensed hotel in Tlog
county, Pa.
The New York Tribune discoarses lugu
blously on the woes Of watering places, an
says II people are sensible they will stay a
home, or go to some quiet place In tn