Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-08-21
NEWS ITEMS.
Nine. Nilsson sails for this coun-
try ON the 2Sth inst.

Nine. NILSSON sails fOr tnlS coun-
try on the 2Sth inst.
A slight fire occurred in Northern
Indiana State Prison on Saturday y
The journals of Rome mention
the death of Rinaldo Rinaldi, the
last pupil of Canova.
The first bale of cotton received
in St.Louis this year was soldat sew
enty cents per pound.
There is girl in Burlington, Ia.
six feet seven and half inches in
statue, and still growing.
The wreck of the steamer City of
Washington, as stranded, was sold
on Saturday for 81, 200.
Bishop James of the M. E. Church
is seriously ill at his residence, near
Baskinridge New Jersey. s .oas
A horse boarding house is the
polite name, according to a Phila-
delphia paper, for livery stable.
Gen. John A. Logan, U. S. Sena-
tor from ILL.,, has gone on a fishing
excursion to Grand Traverse Bay.
Suit has been commenced against
Simon Haas, importer, to recover
$4,000 alleged undervaluation of
invoices. "a -
Mrs. Joseph Medill, wife of the
Mayor of of Chicago, left the city
on Monday last with the intentionl
Of gong to Europe.
John Stuart Mills fortune falls
to his step-daughter, Miss Helen
Taylor, who is known in London's
literary circle. tS 1S3
Judge Mackennon, of the q. S..
Circuit Court, is spending the Sum
mer where he spent the winter-at
his home in Washington, Pa. asc'
The report comes from New York
that wooden payements are not suit
ed to heavy traffic and are no long.
er used for pleasure drives. = 4 70 i
DR.. D. G. Dodge, superintendent
of the New York State Inebriate
Asylum at Binghampton, has ne
signed on account of impaired
health. as H .i4uaH = 1aa sIil
1t is stated that the costs of the
recent lawsuit to establish the
claims of women to medical edncas
tion at Edinburg University amount
to $4, ,241,- and that those costs have
been thrown ON the lady students.
DR.. Cumming declares that misti-.
ness is the promoter of wisdom. If
be so, persons who have lately had
occasion to cross the Atlantic ocean
must be wise indeed, for fog and
mist Ieigned supreme. nfr4
A passenger, bound for q water
ing place on board Of a steam boat,
watching the revolving light of
light house on the coast, exclaimed,
"Gosh! the wind blows that light
out as fast as the man can strike
it." .sia f1Hnsma lru 5
William Allen, many, very many
years ago was known as the "Chi-
nese Gong" His voice sounded
like several of them, all beat at one
time. He is supposed to be about
the same age as the Chinese wall,
and was contemporary with the
Mound Builders. 4Ho.t Fg5
A Cincinnati paper says. Since
the farmers movement was begun,
General Sam Cary, of Ohio, has
done all his sleeping in hay-mow.
Not the least singular part Of this
business is the fact that it has nevzl
er occurred to any one to set the
barn on fire.
Mr.. William Allen, the Democrat
ic candidate for Governor of Ohio,
was the contemporary In the U.s S.
Senate of Clay, Webster, Benton,
Calhoun and Silas Wright. 1t used
to be remark that his voice was
like a Chinese gong and could 81
lence q steam whistle.
A stranger in Detroit street. car,
when asked for his fare, pulled off
his shoes and drew up, a fifty cent
note, remarking that if a little pru-
dence on his part would prevent 1t,
he didn't propose being left penni-
less in strange city by having his
| pocket picked. - ~ .asfTe6J
Not long since young Kentuck-
ian paid his undivided attention to
one of the fair sex; and concluded
to pop the question. After much
stammering and hesitation, the
young lady exclaimed, ~ am parti4
ally engaged, but my mother wants
to marry"' ~ ia 5,
The Secretary of War orders that
in the sGones for soldiers graves
abreviations may be made in the
christian or first name of the deceas-
ed d;also in his rank and in the name
of the State. When the name of the
deceased is long it must be put on
in curve, with the rank and name
of State below. ~ ffn7so
The Springfield Republican SAYS:
The work of preparing the Atlantic
and Great Western for the change
of gauge from broad to narrow has
been completed, or nearly so,we are
informed, and Sunday, August "a,
is named as the day on which the
change will be made call along the
line"from Salamanca to Dayton.
| At Homerville, Medina county.
last week, John Miller, eighty1fotK
years of age, arose in the morning.
in the enjoyment of health, ate break
fast with his usual relish, assisted
his son in the work on the farm un-
I'll about ten o'clock A. NJ, when he
returned to the house, seated him
self in his easy chair, and expired in
a few minutes.
The Shah has gone home, certain
| ly poorer in purse for his elaborate
and expensive tour, but perhaps
enough better posted than before
about the affairs Of the world to
compensate for all the expenditure.
Now, the fellows who haven't exact
/ ly pleased him during his absence
may begin to feel for their own
heads. 'aa'"a"i~ t-a ja u <