Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-10-29
Rrcvities.

| within five months, though to the same
girl both times on the first Of June
at his country seat in Norway, and the
other day at her home in Madison,
| Wisconsin.
A short time since a Mr.. Knott was
tried in an interior county of Georgia
for violation of law. The verdict of
the jury was: ave find the defendant
Knott guilty" The judge was at loss
whether to sentence or not.
A great storm at Hamburg, Iowa, on
the 31st ultimo, blew down the new
Methodist Church, which cost $40 900,
levelled a railroad freight house. RACED
seven buildings to tho ground, and un-
rooted scores of dwellings.
A man was recently found standing
upon his head in the streets of Mobile,
Ala, who claimed to be the brother-in-
law Of President Grant Whenever
the boys hooted at him, he turned
round savagelya and shrieked "Let US
have peace"
The French, in their great resolve to
have Paris we'll provisioned during the
threatened invasion of their capital,
have many buyers all over England
commissioned tolexecute orders on their
behalf, and considerable quantities Of
produce have been bought up for im>
mediate shipment to that quarter.
Public dinner orators should be care
full how they express themselves. We
read the other day Of the builder of q
church now in course Of construction,
when the toast of his health was given,
rather enigmatically replied that he
was "more fitted for the SC caffold than
for puiic speaking"
/ "Well, David" said poor but
worthy citizen to one of the State
street magistrates, "the world has pros
pered with you aud they say you are
immensely rich" "Well," replied Da-
vid "perhaps it is true, but we cannot
take our gold with US when we 60" "It
would melt if you did" was the quick
retort.
| The "social evil" policy, adopted
from the French and other continental
examples, by the city OF st. Louis,
proved failure in the first attempt to
resist it. One of the frail sisters took
her case to court, and it was there held
that the tax imposed upon her class
was without any warrant whatever, and
virtually that the whole matter was
farce and fraud
The Portland Transcript says the fol-
lowing inscription is to be found in q
grave yard in a neighboring town, on q
stone erected by much widowed man
to1the memory of his four wives, whom
he thus economically consigns to eter
nal bliss In two lines:
"Here lies Susan, Betsy. Rebecca and Jane.
For ever and ever in Heaven 20 reign.
A young fellow in Tifin got hold Of q
nightmare the other night, and dream !
ing that his brother was shut up in a
bureau that stood in the room, jumped
out of bed. Seizing tho bureau, he
turned it completely over, smashing the
mirror and badly demoralizing it gener-
ally. He thinks nightmares are ex-
pensive as well as unpleasant.
"You m must admit, doctor" said witty
ady to-.a celebrated doctor of divinity,
with whom she was arguing the ques-
ton of the equality of the sexes, "
"you must admit that woman was crea-
ted before man." "Well. really, mad-
am" said the astonishe6 divine, II
mnst ask you to prove your case "
"That can be easily done, sir,'' she
naively replied, WASN'T Eve the frat
maid 7"
| On Saturday last. T. A. Clayton,
Esq, of Philadelphia, was cunning in
the vicinity of Marcus Hook, Iaving
for pusher B. Heacock. Mr. Clayton
discharged his gun at flock of birds,
but did not hit them. Hcacock thought
he had hit his bird, and raised his head:
just at this time Clayton fred his I'd
barrel, aud the load struck Heacock in
the head. He fell insensible, and died
shortly afterwards.
| A grocery-kecper in Louisville, q few
days ago, waited upon customer, who
desired to purchase quart of vinegar,
and gave him in mistake quart of
whisky Going home the man soon
discovered the mistake, and told his
neighbors in aqait way, who straig ghtway
felt a demand for vinegar, which the
grocery-keeper gladly furnished. He
didn't know what occasioned the sud
den demand for the acid fluid, but soon
found he was drawing from the wrong
barrel. His discovery stopped the sale
of. vinegar, and the .neighbors were
happy.
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A. LADY OF HIGH RANK.