National Republican., 1873-02-11
NnTRa OF THE DAY.

FlrTEEF New YORK actresses have recently
Joined church.
Tus spanish American, will build church in
san Francisco.
CHICAGO objects 10 paying dog tax, as II In.
Creases the price OF sansages.
STATES EvfpEpCB-A wretch that IL pardone1
for being baser than bis comrades.
TUG value Of horses exported from England
last year was nearly million dollars.
The dogs In Dubuque get drunk and furnish
much amusement TO the loafeTs Of that city.
FIVE live fishes were recently sent by mail
from Naples TO the Crystal Palace aquarium.
IT Is SAID that Richard III. must have been q
prohibltlonlst, because he stopped King Henry's
''bler."
PEORIA, Ill.,, not satisfied with weekly hops,
wants yeast factory to elevate the upper crust
Of society,
TuEY are catching more than six wagon loads
Of nsh a day at Muscstlnc, Iowa, by the aid Of
pitchfOrks.
La CROSSE, wIs. makes It's own watches, and
good, steady blacksiniths are In great demand at
the factory.
OuR red-noscd friend thinks he has a taste for
music. lie says he Is thoroughly acquainted
with all the barr.
A NgNngR OF the ohio Legislature proposes a
blll fOrbldding the Smith family TO christcn any
more babies John.
GEORGIA rArERs say that the farmers Of that
state are preparing TO plant largely increased
average Of cotton.
| In an article on public libraries, a paper finds
the total number Of volumes In New YORK and
| Brooklyn to be bil,oOO.
A DOCTOR In Scranton, IA, says apoplexy is the
| cheapest, easiest and most painless way Of max
! Ing an exit from the stage OF life.
DELNwAHB and Maryland basket-makcrs are al
ready actively at work, anticipating a great de-
/ mand when the peach season opens.
TVS editors Of the Louisville Courisr-Jovrnai,
having experienced no rellci from nsh as brain
| food, have taken, as last resort, to snalls.
TUE schuyikln river, at Philadelphia, has been
| selected as the place for the National Fall
Regatta In isI5, and the time The Both Of Sep
| tenbeF.
II reported that boulder Of gold, weighing
over two bundled Hnd forty pounds has been
founl In Chlncss cam Al Mooreb flai,
| Nevada.
EVEN the Rev, 4. T.. Hammond found II difi-
. cult TO get up any religious fervOr In blooming
ton, H., last week, with the mercury at o. de-
grccs below Zerr.
4 sALoos.KEErER In Blnghamton found q
pearl In one OF his oysters worth 800, and now
all the people Of that city patronze him aud take
their oysters In the shell.
An ingenious Wisconsin tenant has kept the
wind out of his house and increased Its internal
warmth by pouring water over the outside until
he made an imnctvious coating Of tee.
THE reason an urchln gave for being late al
school Monday was, that the boy In the next
house was going To have d dressing down with d
bc'l-cOTd, aud he waited to hear him howl.
TINS clearancrs At the Boston Clearing House
are now more than ten million dollars n day
When II was established, some sixteen year.
ago, the business was about four millions q day
KANSAS IL proud Of the precOclty OF town
called Sargent, which, though barely a fortnight
old, has sent TO market more than 5000 buffalo
hides, aud hal three murders committed within
its limits,
4 MiLwAuEEE Sunday school teacher has re.
ceiNed call TO go to driving street cars because
schaum pipe as a reward VI merit for learning
Bible verses.