Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-06
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Items OF Interest.

Sitka has public debt OF SloO ana
only 70 cents in its public fund.
A sausage SO feet long and weighing
5,592 fbs., has been made in Lancaster
Co., Pa.
Advice free gratis to young men---Of
all your gettings, get responsibility and
a good trade.
Gentlemen's pantaloons upholstered
here" is the sign near skating PARK III
Titusville, Pa.
"We're in O pickle now," said man
in crowd. ga regular jam" said an:
other. "Heaven preserve us + moaned
an old lady.
A black bear recently attempted to
hug a Wisconsin maiden to death, but
she iabbed him in the eye with an UNI
brella, and he fed.
rs it an approprite thing, new, for the
proprietor OF O skating-rink to put up
over the door of his private sanctum,
Business office ?"
It is now claimed that the architect
Of the great wall OF China was woman,
brt a woman wouldn't do anything TO
keep men out in that way.
The Scotch newspapers are discussing
the propriety of an intended day OF
special prayer on Sunday, that more
missionaries may be raised up for the
foreign work of the church.
Six establishments in New Orleans,
with an aggregate capital OF Sl,ooo,V0,
are engaged in the manufacture OF OIL
and oil.cake from cotton seed, the yield
being 100, 900 tons per annum.
It is estimated that Of the present
great crop of fruit throughout the
United States, more apples will have
been lost by rotting and waste than an
average crop would have amounted to.
The Piute Indians in Nevada recently
organized themselves into vigilance
committee, and executed summary JUS
tice upon one of their tribe, known as
Buffalo Bill, who had killed brother
warrior.
The Sacramento Bee states that the
Modoc war is gotten up by certain
whites for the sole purpose OF driving
the Indians off their lands, 30 that the
land grabbers can get them.
The balances in the q. 8. Treasury
are !: Currency, 81, 1876, ,S46; coin, $64,-
519, I'll, including s25, 425, 800 in coin
certificates; special deposit OF legal
tenders, for the redemption OF certif1-
Gates OF deposit, $27, $50, 600.
A young lady in Western New York
has lust declined an offer of marriage
from a wealthy lover whose name is
Hussey. It ID impossible not to admire
the spunk of that woman who refusesto
be called q Hussey for any man.
A charitable lady of st. Louis sent
one of her last years dresses to des-
titute woman. She was somewhat sur
prised to have it returned with the
statement that it was too full behind for
the present style, and would she take
out a breadth and change the trimming.
"Is Pat Flanagan on board this
ship p roared Nelson, during a lull in
the firing at the battle of the Nile. I'm
here, nv lord" said Erin son, showing
himself on deck. "Then," said the
the gallant Nelson, looking satisfied,
| '1et the battle proceed" That story is
Pats.
The Bavarian government will repay
the twenty millions Of florins deposited
by officers of the army as caution money
for permission to marry. The law re.
ouiring caution money to be deposited
will henceforth be repealed for all
grades above captain, and the amount
payable by subalterns will be materially
reduced.
Gold is found in 10 less than thirteen
States of the Union, namely, in Yer.
mont, Maryland, Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama.
Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada,
Oregon. and California. During the
last twenty-four years California has
produced the immense amount OF $654,-
121 .449 in value Of the precious metal.
A paper of a somewhat sporting char
acter is responsible for a story OF the
wonderful sagacity of a hunting-dog,
which was quietly preceding its owner
along the streets of New York, when 1t
made sudden point. Its owner, sur,
prised. instinctively looked for Srd
or rabbit, which might accidentally have
been dropped on the street, but vainly
searched until his eyes caught the
words GA PARTRIDGE on an office
door, when the mystery was instantly
solved.
Throughout the interior Of Africa,
and. indeed, some parts OF Asia, a
woman is priced for fatness. Such
being the public sentiment, mothers
seasonably commence a system OF die
tetic treatment that makes their daugh-
ters irresistible. As soon as betrothed,
the girl is cooped up in O small room
and diligently fattened. If her purch,,
aser has lost wife by death or divorced
one. her anklets are sent forward for
the new matrimonial candidate. When
she has attained sizete fill the pattern
rings, she is carried in triumph to her
new home.
The next House of Representatives
will consist Of 292 members. OF these
all but four from Connecticut and three
from New Hampshire have been elected.
The delegation from Louisiana is In dis.
pute. and two sets of members will
appear as claimants for seats, each hav-
inc certificates of election, though from
rival returning boards. Leaving the re
nresentation Of these three States out,
the members holding certificates will be
politically divided as follows: Republ.
cans. 1s4; Democrats, 81; Liberals 4;
Republican majority, SO. A two-third