Marshall County Republican., 1873-04-17
Personal and General.

A RICHMOND school-boy has had his
leg broken by a stone thrown by play
mate.
CHARLES B. AY1EswoRTH, a Jack
son, Mich, printer, recently committed
suicide.
AN Iowa clergyman has been steal
ing Bibles and giving them to the unre-
generated.
THREE persons standing together
constitute an unlawful assembly in Lex
ington, Ky.
THE counterfeit greenbacks are made
to look old and more genuine by being
boiled in coffee
THE Supreme Court of Vermont has
set aside verdict procured by the jury
drawing cuts. -
THEY have revived the high, pointed
heel in Paris just as it was going en-
tirely out of fashion.
CARROLL COUNTY, Ohio, registers vo-
ter named Deford, who is hale and
hearty at the age of 103.
IT IS one of the latest fashions for
bridesmaids at church weddings to wear
bonnets, corresponding in color to their
toilets.
A HoGsHEAD of Louisiana sugar,
opened at New York the other day,
contained chunk of wood weighing II
pounds.
PEOPLE never plot real mischief when
they are happy. Laughter is an enemy
to malice, a foe to scandal, and friend
to mankind.
Mrs. MARY HUTcHNs, of Embden,
Me-, is 81 years old, has forty-seven
grandchildren, and never saw steam
boat nor rail-car.
The benefactions for educational pur-
poses, outside of all taxation, by midi
vidual parties, in 1870, were $500, 900 /;
in 1871, 9,957, 949 %.
THE Ohio State law against lotteries
also prohibits churches from hold
ing fairs, and fines any one who raf-
fes for turkeys the night before Thanks
giving.
IT'S estimated that over $50, 900, 900
have been loaned on Chicago property
since the fire. The money has been
drawn mainly from New York, Boston and
Hartford.
IDAHO Territory has not been ex-
plored or surveyed sufficiently to state
definitely the amount of tillab1e land
therein, but it IS safe to put it down at
100000 acres.
LONG, pendant earrings have finally
gone out of fashion. Now the ladies
are wearing studs on the lobe of the
ear, or small drops of gold about the
size of a cherry.
IT was stated in recent debate in the
Kentucky Legislature that the city and
county debts of Kentucky, contracted to
build railroad and other improvements.
would, in the aggregate, approximate
$30,000,000.
A VERY wealthy farmer of Ohio coun-
ty, Kentucky, has this "notis posted
up in his field : If any mans OF
woman's COWS or oxen gifts in these here
oats, his or her tale will be cut off as the
case may be-
Quill pens, which few years ago
were despised as being of the old-fogy
order, are coming into favor rgain. This
is partly owing TO the very inferior
quality of many kinds of steel pens now
In the market.
MISS SADIE F. WILKINSON, of Bridge
port, has gained a verdict of S25, ,00(
damages against GO Brick Pomeroy, fol
breach of promise. It had already cos
"Brick " $4,000 to be in a condition tc
make marriage promise; and all the
while he was old enough to know bet
ter
A PROVIDENCE girl, on repairing t.
her room late on Monday morning, wa
astonished to see pair of feet, withou
boots, protruding from under her bed
She did not scream, but she went dow
stairs quietly and informed her father
and the burglar was then nicely caugh
and handed over to the police.
As AN evidence of the reverse tide O
trade in some localities, the statement O
a Buffalo produce merchant is interest
ing. A few years ago he shipped yearl
to Milwaukee from 1000 to 1,5O
cheeses, and to Chicago $500. Now
instead of shipping to either place, h
is shipping largely from Milwaukee t
Buffalo