The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-02-21
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Apache gamblers play With hofpe-hide

rs APACHE gamblers play With hofDe-ifhae
cards. - " T'' 1a''70 i-'7ggs 9baT' tua Z
+ Two Georgia girls raised So, 09Q WORT.
of cotton last year. I.b,sa5, sd5 81 Q! 10
AND now thin plates of metal are cenia
ing into use as wall 7hangingr ''i r.,iaa ia.'aI
\ ELKs take the places of drsit horses
in some portions of Nebraska. a'od - 'rr
BzrrED goods are coming into fashion ,hi !,
again, especially Irish poplins. DE, Is
z Bn11ARps is becoming very fashion,
able amusement for young LADIES' ! .,ss ~
y IT is estimated that 1900 acresof tims
Der are cleared daily in the country. nia
PENNsY1vAsr4 proposes a constitu-
.tional amendment making voting com
-pulsory. s.t'm u"ss.h t,aiioT
M1cH1eAs farmers drive into town with
red.hot stoves in the rear end Of their
sleighs. -~--~
WELLS forty feet deep and over. at
Anoka, MINI. froze over during the late
cold spell. o. - . ~ 7ri - ."'[i =
The 100, 900 COWS Of Yermont, by strict
attention to business, make sc, OOO, 600
per annum. y-F'0Er"~ 81 .Ucissu1s
FRKsCH modistes are attempting to re-
vive the medieval chatelaine bodice for
ball dresses. t4E r-E;-7rr~ SIT
3 ANOTHER bcd-quilt sheet the Cincin-'
natl Gazctte-is about to adopt, the
quarto form. 'a 5str hez7h7c ss-q II
A TENNESSEE newspaper boasts of .
new subscriber who is 101 years old.
Not very new. .i....- ..t-fr. r.EF
Ar Sing Sing the convicts complete
l 100 pairs Of shoes and 100 pairs OF
boots per day. e ,.sfa.s a.. l,-nba
FIFTEEN firms in Cincinnati made last
year drunk with the manufacture of
II ,03s, ,S29 gallons of whisky, ri : p, p
THE soldiers at Fort Laramie are.
obliged to attend prayer meeting or suf-'
fer the loss of months pay. '.a .-- !
+ An Indiana editor hires q band to ser
enade him twice week, and he responds
by a column Of thanks next day. : 4
THE entire product Of the lead mines
Of WISCONSIN since they were first opened
is estimated at nearly $500, ,00O, 900. o"i %
TIE mysterious name of the monkey
wrench" was taken from its inventor, Mr..
Monkey, who still lives in New Jersey =
A NEGRO named Williams has been
sent to jail in Salt Lake City as a va
grant for lighting his pipe on the street.
WEST NEwBuRY, Conn, has two cats
viii, six feet apiece. 1t is not stated
whether they can yowi in two yards at
once. .-..- ,......- 81 ~
A STEER with no hair on, and tail re-
sembling black snake whip, occupies
stall at Woodward Gardens, San Fran
cisco. t.......r. -. ~ .s-T
~ An Omaha bride was married bare
foot because her lovers kinfolks dressed
that way, and she did not wish to seem
proud. ' 4''' " '.'' Y ~ 4
=, In Kansas City, Mo-, it is estimated
that 5000 capital has been sunk IN
irving to establish unsuccessful news
papers. r,r .... ..a ..of.r7.hE .G7I
A san FRaNoIsco goldsmith keeps his
apron in safe. Thirty-fve years ago it
weighed only two pounds, and now it
weighs seven. m s..ar+4 p. .,fs- -.s. I
IT was with regret that our Western
exchanges chrunicled the fact that but
few Indians froze to death during the
recent chilliness. A. .e.-.-. E.-. s.
A MINE of lithographic stone has been
found in Virginia The only other mine
in the world is in Bavaria, and is being
rapidly exhausted. '-ixzsg
WIscoNsiS has enacted that hotel
keepers may not collect their bills from
boarders who are billeted above the Sec
ond floor, unless their rooms beprovided
Will Hfe-esCdIcs. 30 o.
A KANSAS man recently drank two
bottles of whisky in fifteen minutes for a
wager of SIS, and the loser is looking
for a medium who will undertake to con-
yey the amount Of the bet to the place of
departed spirits. .r,.-r..r 20 r
I IT is said that Germans rarely commit
suicide in their native land; yet in New
York city, last year, fully 40 per cent. Of
the cases of self-destrnction were among
the Germans The same ratio, it is said,
will hold good in other places having a
large German population. i,r ....lI +
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