The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-28
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An Ohio man has invented new kind
of . bngg.xheel without any hub or
fenoes. 1sll;s os,l Ieft !. ,frgaIsf li.,
/ Bmx1NaHAN, Ala, has opened . bed
Of photographic stone, pronounced by
Philadelphia experts equal TO the best
Bayarian. .n6.t5 -, 99s.,,t 4; - I
Mr.. WIN. Copy, otherwise known as
" Buffalo Bill," made a visit of inspec-
ton to Yale College last week under the
guidance of Prof. Marsh. -,
| A COMPANY has been organized at San
Francisco, with capital stock Of $780,
600, for the publication of o newspaper
called the Vine Dealers Gazette.
ORsaoN is estimated to contain about
81 ,O0O, 900 acres of land, Of which the
Government has surveyed up to june 30,
1872, only 10,140.2 .2S1 acres, or q little
over oae-sixth of the entire area. e,ss
IT is incorrectly stated that Bsyard
Taylor intends to reside permanently IN
Germany. He will return home in about
q year and half, accordingto his pres
ent plan, and will live in New York.
MARX TWAIN says that eighteen or
nineteen years ago the population of
the Sandwich Islands was 400, 600. Then
the people were happy and alar1ningiy
prosperous. Civilization reached them,
and in two years the natives numbered
only 100, 900. He thinks . few more
sen.inaries would finish them completely.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER describes fash
ionable religion as beautiful suit Of
broadcloth and magnificent suit of
silk, locked arm in arm, and Walking to
Grace Church and sitting and listening
to resplendent music, surrounded by
respectable people that send cards
through their coachmen's hands to each
other. aaaa SID
THREE million of dollars were invest
ed in 1860 in this country in the manu-
facture Of silk Now 5000 operatives
are employed in the business, earning
SS, ,OO0, 900 per annum. The growth of
mulberry trees for this purpose is still
limited in America, and the machinery
is SO inferior that the raw silk must be
sent to Europe to be reeled. - u
The maddest woman in the United
States of America is the one that lives at
Jackson, Me-, and recently lent her fifty
dollar muff to female acquaintance,
uhn .snnrted il at small -pox funeral !;
stating this fact, and that as she chad
sprinkled it with benzine, the owner need
not fear catching the disease" a'a.
CAn1.orrAPArrI was born in Italy. The
oldest Patti girl, Amelia, who married
Strakesch, was born there. while Car
lotta and Adelina was born in New Or
leans. Their parents were poor, the
father being fruit-peddler, suspected
Of organ-grinding antecedents. Car
lotts's lsmeness is owing to hip dis
ease in early life, which left one leg sew
eral inches shorter than the other.
TIE annual report of the Philadelphia
Health Officer has just been made.
There were 2O,072 births and 20,5A
deaths in the city last year. The num-
Der Of marriages was s, ,496, and from
1860 to 1872 inclusive there were 211 ,033
births, 76,126 marriages, and zoe, ,94S
deaths. Last years figures will not be
as satisfactory to the local social econo-
mist as they might, but 1872 was an ex-
ceptionally unhealthy one.
THE Ssutherners are engineering q
great cotton pool, the admission to
which is s.. to test the skill of competi-
tors in making estimates of the crop Of
1872. The person coming nearest, the
number of bales in the crop, as deter
mined by the Financial Chronicle of
Sept. l, 1873, is to have all the money in
the pool. Each competitor is to inclose
his estimate, with his IS, in q letter to
g. W. Trotter, Secretary of the Augusta,
Ga, Exchange. -f7l F.
An ingenious machine has been in
vented for spreading mortar on walls.
It consists Of a trough three and q half
feet long, furnished with two trowels,
one above the other, and the mortar is
spread by the moving Of the trough up
the wall between two upright scantling,
by means Of pulleys worked by Drank.
The inventor claims that the machine
effects great saving of labor, time and
expense. an III gsrs.
SPHERE OF WOMAN ENLARaED.-A
Jackson township woman challenges any
man in the country to meet her and con.
test their superiority in cradling or NOW.
ing in the harvest field, chopping wood,
hauling with team, hitching up and
breaking green mules, ior any manual
labor generally performed by men in the
I oountry. We do not make this challeno<