Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-11-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

higher 1t is the worse It hurts TO oe
thrown out of it.
Bull Run was q farm when the ia
nous fret battle was fought, but now
it is a village of 800 inhabitants.
The annual catch of Goldfish is val
ued at sl5,000,0GO.
The annual value of the New York
oyster trade is estimated at S36.cOO,-
600.
There is a report in London that
DR.. Livingstone is held a prisoner in
Central Africa by a tribe which de
mands a heavy ransom.
Fifteen hundred thousand head OF
cattle have been driven from Texas
into Kansas this season, which is at
least 100, OOO more than last year.
Reports from al parts of the South
represent the mule market as per-
fectlv stagnant, and the few who have
already shipped would be but too
glad to have their mules at home.
The Chinese have 3 saying that an
unlucky word dropped from the
tongue cannot be drawn back by 8
coach and six horses.
The only explanation a drunken
Benedict could give was, 81 caves
have their time to fall and 40 have ! +"
A Vallejo (Cal J thirteen year old
boy weighs 27S pounds.
Philadelphia lost 16 residents, 80
wears old and upward, last week.
A complete wedding outfit for a
Chicago belle these times costs just
SII,5S6, while the young man who
..gives himself away on such an oc
casinn is dressed up to the tune OF
S1,026.
Children expect the truth, and If
they find themselves deceived, 1t not
only shskes their confidence in 9th
ers, hut they, being very apt sehol
ais. will soon learn to lie and deceive
too.
Naturalists are worryingth their brains
to know whether animals are pos
sessed of instinct or reason. So far
the majority think they do.
A couple Of Kentucky boys were
PLAYING ''shoot pistols and one OF
the pistols went off The hoy that
stood in front of it wen off too.
During a sermon in the chapel of
the Georgia State Prison $50 convicts
struck up well all drink stone
blind" and had TO he marched down
stairs. They didn't like the chap
lain.
A Boston dry goods dealer adver-
tises Financial crash towels"
Four counties in Iowa have elected
women for County School Superin-
tendents.
A Leavenwortb Justice descended
from his desk, knocked h lawyer
down, and said. as he resumed his
seat: Now, Mrs. Peters, go on with
your story"
Colonel Phineas Adams, of Man
chester, New Hampshire, has q col
lection of coins valued at ten thou
sand dollars. 1t is the result of thir-
ty one years of labor, and is nearly
complete. One coin alone. a silver
dollar Of 1904, would probably bring
eight hundred dollars in the market
A Pennsylvania clergyman has
made a hit by introducing "person
aI sort in d bis 4hhssY feey on E jA8Fndi ns saJGs
han, who keeps a saloon near the old
red bridge. Either lay him upon 8
bed of sickness or have him removed
from this town."
A preacher in a Scottish town took
up a collection one recent Sunday
and found, when his hat was returned,
that there wasn't q cent in it. ~
thank my Cod" said he, turning the
hat upside down and tapping the
crown Of it with his hand. "that
have got my hat back from this con-
gregation."
A notorious lunch fiend of Virginia
City, says the Enterprise, has made
a bet of $3.50 with an unbelieving
hash-wielder that he can eat 1000
eggs in 1000 hours. He takes his
eggs in any style that may suit him
raw, poached, boiled. or fried. He
began the other evening in a private
room connected with a well known
restaurant.
The total number of oranges of
the Order of the Patrons of Illus
bandry in operation at the end of
last month was 1880. OF these only
101 are in the Northern States, and
5.O01, or nearly two thirds of the
whole number, are in the West. The
Southern States have 9,47S or one
third of the whole.