Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-19
CURRENT ITEMS,

Exchange.
DIAMOND cut Diamond"-The dia-
mond swindlers of San Francisco and
their dupes.
PROVIDENCE has only one steam whis-
tie in the whole city, and is bound to
eradicate that.
LOUISIANA has more pork than for ten
years before, and will ship tons of bacon
to England.
Busy Boston has already issued new
directory containing all the changes of
residence.
THE only man who has raised cotton in
Sonoma county, Cal, happens to be a
Mr.. Derrick.
A CALIFORNIA man is manufacturing
watermelon syrup, and thinks his expert
ment success.
A YOUNG lady who thought she could
make her voice clear by strainingit made
great mistake.
A SUCCESSFUL borer for petroleum is
said to resemble "the oldest inhabitant"
because he's senile.
THE Schenectady Union made a bet of
new dress on the result of the election,
and won it and wears it.
ONE of the Giving skeletons" is grow
ing fat, and he now fears starvation be-
cause his occupation is gone.
THE oysters in several of the tributaries
of Chesapeake Bay have become green,
and, in consequence, unmarketable.
A BARREL of apples sells for twenty
five dollars in San Antonio, Texas, but
beef is only two cents per pound.
CANvAs-BAcK ducks are more numer-
Gus in the vicinity of Baltimore than any
where else in the United States.
The ravages of the boil worm were
more serious in Florida and Alabama du-
ring the past season than in any other
State
THE latest thing in opera 6ou6e is one
by an Italian composer, in which all the
parts, even to those of the chorus, are to
be taken by women.
AN Indian skeleton has been exhumed
at Mystic, Conn. At it's head was pint
bottle, of thick flint glass, of unique
shape and rude manufacture.
THE recent failure among the fish mer-
chants of Boston have, it is stated, caused
great distress among the poor fishermen
of Cape Cod.
ONE day when Mrs. Partington heard
the minister say there would be a nave in
the new church, she observed that "she
knew well who the party was"
| 4AOSES OENAOA, VI
ing more passengers to the United States
than the tonnage of his vessel allowed,
was fined $3.50 and costs.
season for fine peltries is now well ad-
vanced, but furs are not coming to mar
ket in large quantities.
VERMONT proposes to enact that rail-
way bridges shall be made wide enough
to prevent the frequent decapitation of
passengers by projecting timbers.
THE assets of the Washington are Sc.
curely invested in bonds and mortgages
first liens) and United States and New
York State stocks and bonds, in COM
pliance with the laws of the State of New
York.
THE Titusville Press says that the
meanest man in town is the one who
horsewhips his wife because she won't
tell him what she intends to give him fol
Christmas present.
G. G. COFFIN has dasneu or 20. pie+--
esque story of the Boston fire." which
will be illustrated. Several carpenters are
now at work ON the "cuts." Mr.. Coffin
we imagine, is grave writer.
PENNSYLVANIA proposes to amend hel
Constitution so as to prohibit her Judge:
from indulging in gratuitous rides upor
railways, and to permit her juries to rem
| der valid verdict by two-thirds ma
jority.
A MAN named Peck, who murdered
! Mrs. Almira Cheney, in Coleraine, Mass.
: five years ago, and who has been in al
insane asylum ever since, hiss been dis
charged, cured, and will be tried for mur
, der this month.
Mr.. JoIGNERAy, an athlete of prodig
1 inI1c or nfh hoe do hi !,
Paris. Among other exercises, bein;
;; suspended by his feet from trapeze, h
lifted from the ground a real horse, b,
the mere force of his wrists.
,, A PAIR of loot herons made head-ouar
, ters at Highland Lake, East Andover
N. H., for half century, and the othe
day stranger shot one of them, whicl
, so enraged the citizens of the neighbor
hood that the man was in danger of be
ing lynched.
! THE Titusville Press says: can intoX
, icated printer in East st. Louis wandere,
} into shoe shop in a fit of mental aberra
e ton and set up several stickfuls of sho
e pegs, and took a proof of his matter il
the boot press. before he realized his aw
, full condition"
4 BRITISH spectators are sending fo
a large quantities of American oysters t
9 plant in British waters, and expect tina
the bivalves will thrive, for the reasol
that they have some moister season
s there than can be found in any othe
D country.
0 The CongTegat5onGlist says that "i
| a prayer meeting not many miles fror
q Bosten, few weeks since, one of tn
!. brethren prayed most earnestly that tn
: pastor might keep level head But
J, is fair to explain that the pastor ha
+ sometimes been called eccentric"
q THE Buddhist nunneries at Wuchan
!. have been suppressed, and the parent
:. of the girls notified that, if not elaine
!. and taken home, the ex-nuns will b
handed over to any eligible parties d,
8 string wives there are numerous applies
y tions for them.
THE London Diapers Journal says tina
the demand for lace set by the preser
fashions in millinery and dressmakin
made lace, and the prospect is that th
demand has been permanently enlarge
by the prevailing fashions.
VIRGINIA has sent Commissioners t
England to hunt up and overhaul certai
maps in the British Colonies Office, trf
dition existing that therein may be foun
the original boundary line, giving vi
ginia five miles more territory to the we!
than she now possesses.
AT the Geological Gardens, London,
recent event of some interest is the birt
of a hippopotamus. The babe is thre
feet six inches long, weighs one hundre
pounds, and is of the color of a polishe
mahogany dining room table. 1t sucklt
continuously, and enjoys life very mucl
THE Georgetown (Texas) Sentinel say
"We intended to publish the dispatcht
regarding the fire in Boston, and lai
aside the paper containing them, for tt
purpose of clipping them out; but befol
we had time to do so, Colonel Coffee bo
rowed it, and failed to return it.''
A MAN at snake show in Paris didn
believe the anaconda was alive T
placed his dog in the case to show VIII
an impostor the Snowman was, when NJ
X snake proceeded to embrace the do
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