The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-26
cURRENT F AR Ao RAP
Misceilane Gus Items.


CARLO butter IS dehcacy in Spain.
METZ, France is 10 miles from Paris.
i The Norfolk oyster fleet has gone to th
banks.
THE only church at Ogden is the railroa
station.
CALIFORNIA olives are more plenty thai
ever before.
In Georgia schpol the head BOY is age
and the tall boy 40
Hay Is said to be in great demand 10
the European markets.
The yellow fever has made its appear
anee in Philadelphia.
CALIFORNIA is being blessed by heav,
rains, that were long needed.
TIE New York papers complain of tn,
deiects ot the detective system IN that city
WASHINGTON complains that its oroar
grinders begin their operations before day
break.
IERRAPN Tower, the old lookout at Ma
garas is partly undermined and must soor
go over the Falls.
The power of committees In CONGRESS- il
Is stated, lar exceeds anything recognized
by English Parliamentary custom.
A NEW traction engine has been intro
duced into Scotland, which for eheapness
Is SAID to be superior to horses on the rail-
way.
An extensive business in cement is car
ned on In Clarke county, Indiana. on the
banks OF the Ohio, and large quantities are
exported.
HE last rail of the New Orleans, Mobile
q Chattanooga Railway was laid on Satnr.
day. The road will be open for traffic at
once.
AN American, low travelling In Europe.
reports that Sweden is the only country he
has visited where the sleeping apartments
are lighted with gas.
A CoLORED student has been admitted tn
faie, having passed n very good examina-
ton lie is said to be as black as ink"
black ink we suppose they mean.
IKE Darmstadt Gazette, the official Or
gan OF tbs Government of Hessee. com
mentlng ON the French Emperor's declara-
ton that he had no idea Of acknowledgement
said that only born idiot would believe in
Napoleon.
HE small pOx and hot weather in Paris
drove thousands of strangers to C,erma,,
springs and Switzerland this simmer
elsewhere.
IN South Bend, Ind. the home of Vice
President COlfax, according to the RibIe
agents report, there are one hundred and
thirty families without the Scriptures. and
OF this number sixty-one refused to receive
a copy.
SUCH is the habit of borrowing money in
Chicago, that the Michigan Central rail
road have TWO large painted signs in their
depot, as follows: FtCaution to passepo-
ers. Do not lend your money to stran-
gers"
CHICAGO is said to have a divorce case
now IN which the happy couple had only
been married four days. They are inprov-
ng on 1T all the time, and will soon have
It so you can get divorce the first night. !
FRENCH accounts declare that the needle
gun recoils so badly that the marksmen are
'oon compelled to fire from the shoulder;
out the latest telegrams show that this /
hitting from the shoulder" is a vsry dis 1
Istrous piece Of business for the party hit. /
A LADY writing in the New York Mail
ays TO husbands: "The fresh air of the
the relaxation from toll. which /
Will inspire you with new life and hope,
VII also bring back the roses to your
Fiie's pale cheek, and the old gleam of
oyehgnt 10 her eyes"
HE desire for liquor drinking seems to
,e on the increase IN Philadelphia. The
jierk Of the Court of Quarter Sessions has
1st issued 3, S49 tavern licenses. 1t is a
'lty the Phiiadslphians can't contrive to
nJoy their ''OrOtherly love" without the
i'd of liquor.
AT Kingston, Canada, dry goods clerk
Tas recently accommodated with the loan
I revolver to blow out his brains with.
q order to spite a lady who mad rejected
I'm and married another. On sober sec
nd thought, he sold the revolver and got
runk.
lHE progress IN marine guns during the
asst decade has been very great. In 1859,
ne 6o-pounder east-lrOn gun vas the most
owertul weapon. At present there are
25 ton guns. bes1 ies. 18-ton
2-ton, 0-ton and 63-ton guns The light
Sc OF these guns Is more powerful than the
S-pounder, and could pierce Al inch arm
~ . oAAb oANAC at AOO LQ6
5-ton gun would probably pierce most
at range or two miles.
DURING the prevalence of the cholera
! the summer of 1882. the old artillery OF
roy was sent down ON the road between
nat city and Albany to fire cannon to keep
Il the epidemic. As cannon firing i'm
the air with sulphur, the philos-
pliers OF that day supposed that the dis
ase could be successfully resisted with ,
ege guns. The firing did not amount to ,
luch. The cholera was not frightened
y the artillery. The pestilence invaded
roy and remainS+ there for over. two
lOnths.
HE youngest elOpement on record took
lace at Hudson, Mich, last week. Master
frederick Tubbs of that town, aged five
ears, took Miss Schermerhorn, aged three ,
ears, combed her hair, put the dolls ,
,ings IN box, and proceeded with her to :
le depot, where they got on the rear plat :
'rm OF the western bound train without A.,
elng noticed till the conductor received d
lspatch for them. They We e put off at :
sseo, and returned on the next train well !
leased with their trip.