Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-07-10


Indiana claims the manufacture
of more wagons than any four States
not excepting Wheeling, Viva,
and the hub of the universe. 4ao
At Burlington, Iowa, .a7little girl
eight years old walked uprand gaz-,
ed few moments at her dead moth
er, and died almost instantly. .ui.
A destructive freshet washed
away the corn patch of Wiscon-
sin farmer and laid bare an almost
inexhaustable lead mine. aGru.n
A new secret society in San Fran
cisco is "The United Order of Coble
Stone Throwers," and their motto is
'Death to the Heather Chinee."
Theodore Hook once said to a
man at whose table a publisher got
very tipsy. "You appear to have
emptied your wine cellar into your
bookseller" -"-'-' u IN is.7lil
| IA. 80 80 gu.4 9nif 4rfu' a0fe,s. 3
The Brinkerhoff 30th of July Con
vention Of Liberal Republicans, to
meet at Columbus, is intended to
catch the dissatisfied farmers OF
that State. Experienced politicians
would not give much for its chances.
In Calcutta, recently, on examin-
ing ship lying in dry dock. it was
found that the sword-fish was i'm
bedded in her bottom, near the keel.
1t had penetrated the solid timbers
to depth Of thirteen inches, and
had evidently been broken off by the
shock. acg 3ii Hai. 7rf9' 'r-- - T
The following eccentric advertise
ment appears in q Boston paper:
''Ths Devils got a mortgage on Bos
ton. Everything is going to burn
up. I'm going to leave. Will sell
my piano, melodeon and sewing ma
chine to any one living out Of the
city, fearful low. Address, sPresen-
timent,' Herald Office. Do .'.7
An Englishman and his wife, with
their boys and girls, passed through
Toledo, Ohio, last week, on their
way to Jacksonville, I'LL, The man
is thirty-six years and six months
old, and his wife thirty five: and
they had with them ten children, all
single births, the Oldest Of whom
was eleven last March, and the
youngest is child of three months.
The Toronto Globe announces the
departure of Professor Bell, of the
Geological Survey, for the Northwest
territory, where be is to examine the
extent and quality of the coal forma-
ton known to exist there. He will
also pay special attention to the
character of the gold deposit scatter
ed throughout. the entire region
from Red River to the Rocky noun
talns. Dlauy a5d Hf -i-4 1>hHasT'c
In the play of aAristophanes," at
Paris, one of the performers Is al
most an infant. This performer
has admirers, one of whom recently
expressed approval by throwing not
q bouquet, but packet of bonbons
at his feet, Oblivious of responsive
bows or stage directions. the child
sat down by the footlights and began
to devour these delicacies, when
the curtain falling left him alone
with the audience, who appreciated
the incident. lra -7a.-- 10 .-lofs
A young Englishman, writing to
his sweetheart, gave her this excel
ent advise: 4 wish my darling, that
you would not write me such long
letters. If you were to bring an ac-
tion for breach of promise against
me the lawyers would copy the cor
respondence between us, and charge
fonr pence for every folio of seventy
two words. The shorter the letters,
the more We save from the lawyers
It is added in the report Of this af-
fair that the the young man received
no more letters of whatever length. /
5 Mrs Ann Hughes,a a Welch woman
who had attained the unusual and
extraordinary age of one hundred
years, died, in Cincinnati on Friday
last. When sue was born, LouisXE.
was king of France; Frederick the
Great was OH the throne Of Prussia;
George III. in the early part OF his
long reign Of sixty years; Napoleon
Bonaparte was an infant four years
old; Andrew Jackson and John
Quincy Adams were just out Of their