Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-08
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Items Of Interest.

lators. :
Massachusetts, refuses to pension its
retired judges.
A. Yannke is Milwaukee German,
and an alderman to boot. l
Sugar duty in England is to be re-
duced 80 per cent. In May.
A number of Mormons. are sn their
way from Utah to Arizona, without any
wives.
During the year ending March 81,
2,O65 more people died than were Dorm
in Chicago.
Chinese boys now "play horse" in
San Francisco by using each others
cues for reins.
The latest heiress to fortune has
been for some years living in the Cleve-
land poorhouse.
The total meat supply of Great Brit
ain last year was seventy-elght pounds
for each person.
The people an d the sheep on the IS
lands on the Irish coast, oh Galway,
are dying of starvation.
The New York city charter passed by
the State Senate retains all the present
heads of Departments.
A young lady of Lewiston, Me-, re-
auires 60, 900 grains OF opium per annum
for her own consumption.
Two of twelve good men and true are
likely to get into trouble in Chicago ZOE
Offering to sell verdict for g..
The Attorney General OF Kansas
opines that it was unconstitutional TO
exempt mortgages from t-xation.
A Maine man asked to be excused
from serving on jury, saying he is 80
deaf that he cannot hear it thunder, and
is not very ambitious"
A Memphis (Tenn.) grand jury has
indicted all but four of the county
judges for drawing 100 per cent. more
than their legal compensation.
A young man of Peoria, ILL.,, has
blown out what in another man would
have been called his brains, because
his sweetheart would none OF him.
Schuylkill Valley farmers are for
once satisfied with the appearance OF
their grain crops, and have adopted as
their motto, "Wheat rye to please.""
White neckties for full dress are
now worn very wide our fathers wore
Just such neckties, and we shall soon
be back to the "stock" Of our grand
fathers.
A will made by citizen OF Armenia,
who died thirteen years ago, has JUST
been discovered, much to the disgust
of those among whom the property was
divided.
The New York State Assembly has
determined to bring William M. Tweed,
Jay Gould, and John B. Dutcher before
the bar for contempt in not responding
to the Erie inquiry case.
1t Is related, as an instance of West
ern energy, that man at st. Paul,
Mimi, sneezed the other day, and so
strained his spinal column that he has
been helpless ever since.
The ouarrymen of the Enghien dis
trict in Hainault, to the number OF g.
600. have struck work for higher wages.
They attempted to make demonstrations,
but the gendarmerie dispersed all gath
erings.
A desperate fight occurred a few days
since in the small town OF Olonne, De-
partment of Vendee, France, between
two rival companies of strolhng actors.
Nine of the contestants were killed and
several injured.
An Indianapolis landlady who de.
tained the trunk of woman In default
of payment for the board of herself and
husband, has been compelled by the
courts to give it up and to pay $40 dam
J ages, the husband alone being held re-
sponsible for the bill.
Wealthy Americans with handsome
daughters, whom they are about to take
to Europe, should know that French
law provides that sons-in-law may claim
SUPPORT from their fathers-in-law. Paris
is full of "barons," very handsome, and
decidedly impecunious.
A Chinese servant was brought home
by the gentleman of the house, and his
mistress inquired his name. Yung
Hoo Wing" "Oh," said she, 4" / can
not call you that: : will call you Char;
ley." "What your name? ?" he asked
i'm return. "My name is Mrs. John
Browning" "Welle, I calle you John?'
exclaimed the Celestial.
The total population Of the Sandwich
Islands, according to the census OF De-
cember, 1872, is 1907, of whom 5! ,53l
are natives. This is decrease of the
native population since 1866 OF 1924.
During the same time the increase in
the number of foreigners was l, III.
There are over eighteen hundred China
men and about one hundred Chinese wo-
men included in the population OF the
islands.
An analysis of the food and drink
consumed by the citizens OF Dundee,
Scotland, has produced some startling
results. Every sample of bread, butter,
tea, coffee, and cocoa was found to be
more or less adulterate!, while the SAM
Piles of claret, port, sherry, porter, ale,
rum, and brandy were free from adulter-
} alton which shows that in this city at
at least the drunkards have the advan-
} tage over the temperance men.
Two boys of respectable parentage,
one being the son of clergyman, were
: recently tried in Manchester, England,
. for robbing q church. Infamed by
| reading tales of highwaymep, they had
, assumed the names of "Dick Turpin, "
/ Jack Sheppard, and Claude Duval,"
and stroye to initiate those heroes Of the
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