The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-07-02
General News.

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The A~shtabula, YoW. gstown and
Pittsburgh Railroad has just been
opened.
Rev, PETER GEI. Err and his broth
err John were drowned at Ripley on
Wednesday last.
The Emperor of Morocco has
eighty children so far and so
father.
THE flow of oratory in the Consti-
tutional Convention is generally
commencing.
The Ohio State Fair, is to be held
at Mansfield, on the first five days
of September next.
EIGHT thousand dollars a year for
fuel for the Presidents house is
what Uncle Sam pays.
GOVERNOR HENDRICKS, of Indi-
ana, is to deliver the 4th of July
Grafton at the Soldiers Home, at
Dayton.
WILLIAM RIcHIsoN has been con
yicted the second time Of murder
in the first degree, for the killing Of
Fogwell, at Xenia, Ohio.
JUDGE GREEN, of Columbus, has
decided that that portion of the
Sunday law which closes houses
where Ohio wine, beer, &o., is sold,
to be void.
A BERMUDAH letter announces
that a family named Knowles, con
sisting of father, mother, and two
daughters, mere murdered in Ham
ilton on June 18th.
THOMAS JEFFERsoN's family car
riage, imported from Europe by
! him, has been sent TO a shop in
Stanton from Charlottesville, where
it is owned, to be repaired.
The Shah is doing London by
gas-light with Albert Edward,
and is wondering what possible
objection the English could have
to his travelling with three wives.
The Cherokee, Iowa, Times, Of
the 9TH, says: "As we go to press
the air is filing with millions of
grasshoppers. The cloud is so vast
that the sun seems to shine through
an Indian summer fog"
REV. ID. STORY is said to be the
first ordained minister in the
Northwestern territory, His first
sermon was preached under al
elm tree, on the bank of the Mus
kingum opposite Marietta.
GEN. JAcKsoN's Bible, which was
given to him during his Presidency
by a Washington lady, and after his
death was presented to the Hermit
age church In Tennessee, was sto-
len from that place recently,
A PENNSYLVANIA man owns a
Bible 1T years old, that has never
had its leaves cut, If such careful
usage continues, the sacred vol
ume will answer Tor his descend
ants for twice as many years ia
come,
A MAINE paper announces, as on
item of State news, that the first
naval battle of the Revolution was
fought at Machias Harbor, in 1775
} That is an interesting fact, but il
has been q little slow in finding Its
way into the local journals,
DURING the year 1872, the people
| of the United States consumed one
hundred million dollars worth Of
! bread, two hundred and fifty mil
lions worth of Tobacco, and six
hundred millions worth of intoxi
! eating liquors. What in the world
did they want with such a large
: proportion of bread?
The Athens Journal says The
wheat crop bids fair to be mucl
better than the farmers anticipated
a few weeks since.
The same paper says, the far
mers' movement still goes on, an(
we hear the organization Of Gran
e ges almost daily, 1t is reported
that more than one Grange exists
J., in this county, but think this news
is premature.
IT is astonishing what perfect
' Cherteraelds the murderers are
getting to be. At the trial of Wag.
: ner, the Isle Of Shoals assassin, in
D Alfred, Me-, We were told hal as he
8 entered the courtroom his manner
{ was dignifed and pleasing. The
handouts having been removed
, from his wrists, he cordially shook
hands all around, his facc beaming
4 with q pleasant smile.
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