The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
Miscellaneous Items.

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First cousins are forbidden to marry in
New Hampshire after December "a.
"A snake FIVE feet six inches in length,
and petrifiot, has been found in q st. Peter
quarry.
Within nine months q family in Indi-
ann hns celebrated four weddings, three
births, aud two deaths.
AT the recent Imperial ball ut st. Cloud
the Duchess do Mouchy displayed $500, 600
worth Of family diamonds on her head.
"A bcreavod father in San Francisco sues
for $780, 600 for the loss of his daughter
killed by n fire engine.
-Forty-nino is the number of Hebor @.
Kimbal's children, and two of Thorn nie
called Sarah NJ. ALI tho rest have different
names.
"A young woman of Memphis has fol-
lowed the advice Of the Revolution, ''prO-
posed, to o mon she liked, and married him
him tho next day. II II
"A Young man sont some money to n
Now York firm TO get something good 'for
those contemplating matrimony." Here,
ceiyed several bottles of soothing syrup.
DO you ever take a%nything2' asked
Sharp of Snozzles. 'Never, sir, except
I'm unwell, and then my weakness is cog
nae. just now I'm troubled with hollow
ness, and / don't care III do"
There is said to be a young lady in JEFF
f%ersonville who can easily swim across tho
Ohio River and back again without stop
ping TO rest. The dear little " duckl'
A Davenport paper il responsible for
the following calhoun county has q Pur-
gatory Swamp and q Hell Slough II
must be a devil of n country"
A drunken man, after trying in vain to
keep on the sidewalk, was heard to exclaim
as he headed for the middle Of tho road,
'Therc now: 90, in the street, If you wnnt
tor
"A lady teacher was endeavoring TO i'm.
press upon her pupils the terrible effect Of
the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar, say.
ing: "Seven years he ate grass like u COW,
when a boy asked, 'Did he give milkP"
"A New Bedford lady got n pair OF white
pink gloves at a tore, TO be kept If they
suited, and after they had gracod tho handl
Of n corpse dressed for tho grave, oconomi
cally removed them and returned them L
the shopkeeper.
"A Missouri deputy sheriff is after nj
Arkansas girl of the period. She is tlir
teen years old, without shoes, stockings o
bonnet, and was last seen trying to mako
horse which sho had stolen ''git up"
"A young man under ago applied at
Minnesota land Office for a farm under th.
Homestead law, but was denied on accoun
of not being married. Ho returned in jus
an hour with n remedy for the difficult
hanging on his arm.
-Itis told Of Il young lady in Newark
that whom her jealous admirers sent bnc.
her letters with a request that Hho woul
return his, she answered that she regrette
that she could not comply immediately, a
she had lent them TO a young gentlemen [
read.
A California paper reports that theI
were 80, 600 tons of wheat lying in sack
, along the banks of the Sacramento rivei
Z in Tehama, Butte, Sutter, Coluia aud Vol
/ counties, ON the LIST of August, and tha
60. 600 moro wcIo 10 follow, making 1000
: tons ny the yield of five counties.
3 a young man named Drossler, in Pitt,
8 burg, carolessiy left his loaded revolver ],
T. inG in his room on Monday morning, nm
8 his sister Mcna, eleven years old, strnye
r. into the room, rot hold of IL, uid acc
i d~entally shot herself through tho hcnrt.
"A rich man who died lately in Ind,
p%ondence, Mo-, left ten dollars each TO Ii
two sons, who aro working on n farm {
lNtilll utlliAlh " illilNhs llNl lllb resi- vi III
: property, worth moro than half a inillio
? of dollars, 60 n married niece.
ALitchfold Comm clock dealer latol
sold IA small clock TO nm Irish woman, vii
a walked or with il under her arm. On n,
= way she tgrncd il bottom upward, aud
wiro dropped from It's position, causing III
a clock 10 strike without intcrmission Their,
a upon Hho returned in trouble, complainin
TO tho merchant. ''Suro. an it's cryi
ailhcr yo already"
II The King of Prussia has twenty splei
\ did Thoroughbred horses, each of which
worth -, 500. The Emperor Of the Frenc
y hns about four times as many, some of Il
animals heing very valuable. Tho stnbl,
of the Sultan arc said to contain no loi
than three hundred splendid horses. d
finest collection Of these animals in q
j. whole world.
"A Crctin recently murdered thrC
small children nc Murzsteg, Germany. III
children had toasod him for some da,
4 past Orc morning, when.h he found the
alone, he cut thor throats. When the N
fortunate mother of the little ones reiurnt
home and found them wcltering in the
blood, she went mad.
II "A question for solutions: Two ladi
were walking along a Chicago street Il
d other day, each having her child with he
" Soon they met two gentlemen. ''rhere
said one, ARE our husbands" eyes, ga
Ii the other, sand our fathers" 'tAnd o,
n grandfathors," said the children. All we.
correct in their statements. Who can sol
e this relationship sphynx?
10 In New York, on the Sd, a large bla,
ID snake fell from the roof of 1874 Foulteent
street, the residence of A. O.. Dusenberr
and struck q boy on the knee. Tho be
y "got up and busted" A Mr.. Butler M
- the reptile fall, and threw n stone, but fa
~ cd to hit IL. The snake rose about u
= feet perpendicularly, and, with jaws di
tended, was preparing 10 attack Mr.. ButlC
~ when a cartman seized a heavy ring ai
in struck it, causing its death.
bt A constable in Williamantic, Ct, ma
of a wager the other day that he could brei
out of tho village Jail in fifteen minute
n and when it was accepted consented to
o. a 1 prisoner. No ooner had tho door boz
Il locked than he seized the leg Of a bedstea
no struck the bars upon the door, knocking
ic completely off, and in three minutes fro
20 the cliok of the clock he emerged, thirte
le minutes ahead Of time, winning he bet.
"A Virginian patent medicine dealerh
4. gone far beyond the wooden nutmeg trio
ilo went 10 oJ. Johoph, MO- win n Ill
e- ment which he claimed would cure
nc earthly ills. He hired an old gentleman
crawl upon crutches, declaring that he h
~ been a cripple for ten years. The qua
40 pretended 90 battle the limb of the hir
70 cripple, who hen threw away his orutch
as and ran across the street. The "doetC
on soon had not a bottle of his stuff left.
n "A man named billiard, while engag
81 in digging n we'll on the turnpike, TIN
% miles above Portsmouth, o., last week, |
20 came affected by clamps" In the we'll, a
io dropped down insensible. No one "
" nrnennI Inf N Wnlsh wnnnnn mud phn COL