National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-09

GENERAL NEWS.
., No balloon and no fireworks In. Boston uu
the Fourth Of July.
TERRA HAuTE complains Of q grinding
monopoly, there being but one sclssors-sharp.
ner In the place.
SAMUEL 4. KISo, the acropaut, declares Il
tic 10 balloon.
II Is reported that 500 900 has Lcen sub
hospital In Boston. VI "''''''P"'n'o
MAinE court has lately decided that N
ralfoad ticket Is good for six years n moi
used before the expiration Of that time,
A FORT WAYNE girl engaged herself 10 n
young man Tor fun, but che tainted when
ton Of the engagement In a nowspapaT
ATLANTA has fooled with the spiri,n.li.r,
business until IL has raised a medium in m"
shape OF baby fourteen months old, that
writes messages from the spirit land.
InE masterpiece Of Austrian dlamond-sot.
Jung al the Vienna exhibition Is a collar Of
twenty large stones each set en- soiifdirc. IL
NaIucu NJ nan million norlns, (s25O, OOO)
MURDER Is a very serious thing, sir" said
at Is next to stealing a horse or \ mule H..
and shall send you to tho State prison for
ok years, sir" P''''" 'O'
THREE incorriyiblc bachelors In Indiana
have made up q purse Of siOO TO procure a
slNer tea-set, 10 be awarded the uglicst wo-
W., u,an on efhiOltlon; willing or unwilling, at
- i III oar-rooms Of New York arc reported
10 be doing an unusually large busIpes. thIs
spring. IL looks as II everybody anticipated
drought, and were laying In stock, camel.
fashion, against the dry season
TnE several congregations Of Israeliies I'm
Cincinnati nave taken the first steps toward
me establishment Of Jewish THEOLOGICAL
institute. A general conference Of cofIgrc-
July. ''o' y" Tue OH Vi
A JAsEsvILLE, Wis, alderman VIVA o.lcd
to estimate the damage a COW had done In
q yard. lie did 50, literally. lie was then
introduced 10 his own COW as the anthor of
family. Wv" NV
The Minneapolis Tribune states that Min.
nehana, inc beautiful Laughing Water" Is
TO be placed under the auctI0necT's hammer
aud knocked down to the highest bidder But
thls " no laughing matter. II might provoke
Longfellow's muse again.
ONE Of the most experienced underwriters
row IN Boston expresses the belief that oiled
rags oec lslon more ares In this country than
my otnor single cause-a fact not only duly
appreciated by those who daily use them, and
suffer them to lie around loose and ignite. or
Now them into heap aud thus increase tho
| danger.
CRAZY INDIAN captured a freight train
| on massachusetts railroad the other day
driving away the engineer, fireman and other
| employees. He attempted 10 start the en-
CINE, but his education as 10 mechanica had
been so limited that he could NOT make The
machine work. lie was finally oycrpowcrcd
and lodged In jail.
=, YOU shouldn't be glutlnous. Isaac" said
Mrs. harrington, as, with an anxious express
| sion, she marked the strong convulsiyc effort
that young gentleman was making to bolt
W i nast quarter OF mincc pic. you
shouldn't be so glutlnous, dear. You must
DO very careful, or you will get something in
your elementary canal or sarcophagus, one
OF these days, that will kill you, Isaac"
IhE late DIR. Marshall Hall, Of England
SAID II were seriously i'll Of cousumptlon
would i've out doors day and night, except
W rainy weather or mld-winter; then would
sleep In an upholstered log house. Phytic
has no nutriment, gasping for air cannot cure
you, monkey capers In a gymnasium cannot
cure you, and stimulants cannot cure Won,
What consumptives want Is air, not phySIc-
pure air, not medlcated air-picnty Of meat
and bread"
A MASS meeting Of farmers and others, en-
9racing delegates from all portions Of the
territory, Is called TO be held at Denver, Col
orado, on the llth instant, to devise means
LOT procuring = comprehensive system OF lrrl.
CATION for the Territory. The Greeley nj.
Dune which has aroused the whole Territory
by Us Iteration OF the results, backed by facts
nnd ngures, attained by irrigation in that
thriving community, affirlns the feasibility
and profitable operation Of canal ono hun.
the Platte river.
Mr.. WIN. G. ANsIs, editor and proprietor
of the Baton Rouge Gazette Comet, has issued
can Tor o convention Of the propretors OF
newspapers. The object Is the adoption Of
some definite plan and scale of pricts In
making contracts with advertising agents.
This Is move 10 the right direction. " it'll
out concert Of action newspaper publisher,
are a. the mercy OF advertising agents. who
as Mr.. Annis says, 'offer less than half rate!
Tor their favors, and charge one-fourth of The
amount for tho gracious privilege Of dCipp
their work." We hope Mr.. Annis NAV nc
coed In arousing the press, aud when the on
yentlon assemblies In Baton Rouge July 4
q representative may be found In attcndanc,
from every newspaper published In the State
The convention Of underwriters in thl,
city, (says the New York Express, few
since, raised one hundred thousand dollars
10 be used In secret detective service to eN
: pose and arrest incendlarles. This soryic,
J | reaches TO the upper class of villalns-to IN,
respectable hre-bugs who set fire to thcl
stores and factories In order to secure insur
ance money. II has already proved benen
: clal' In Mobile the watchers one night no
Y | ticed man with q bundle under his arm
b This man entered store adjoining one hicl
8 he himself owned, and which was heavily In
c sured. In short time he came out wlthou
Ills bundle. The Insurance police hailed hin
I aud he ran. They fired upon him, an
/ wounded him In the leg. He was arreI ted
The premises which he had entered were ex
1 amined. In the second story tho plasterin
' had been torn from the wall, and kindlln
wood, now all on frc, had been stuffed i
Roadway, but II was cxtinguishcd. This mr.,
bug was respectable Citizen" city @
. county attorney, We think this new move
ment on the part Of the insurance companle,
n which Is TO be organized all over the countr,
q will finally result In the punishment OF som
| very respectable" flrc-bugs,