The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-05-16
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The Order of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry is spreading at the South. =
The tunnel under the city of Balti-
more, built at cost of $4,000, 600, will
be completed in two months.
Gov. HENDRICKS will visit California
in a short time, where he has large in
terest in an extensive gold mine.
GEORGE EL1oT's husband is said to be
the ugGest man in England and Hans
Christian Andersen is reputed to be the
homeliest in all Europe.
DETROIT, Mich, claims to have fam
ily,-composed of father, mother snd
three children, all of whose birthday
anniversaries fall on the 18th of April.
A BATTLE CREEK, Mich. letter s,.ys
there is great excitement there over the
course of Mrs. Brinkerhoff, the we'll
known woman's rights woman, who has
left her husband and gone to live with
another man named Squires.
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/ BONNER has expended over half a
million in advertising. He has paid
$1,000 for single advertisement, and
$40, 600 for weeks advertising. He is
now worth more than $1,000, 600. A
clear case of cause and effect. @
T The East river bridge, in Brooklyn,
will require 10000 tons of masonry in
the construction of the towers, and 30
900 tons of masonry, 4, 100000 feet of
timber, and $50 tons of iron in sheathing
and bolts in the caissons, forming a
total weight of 1000 tons, and q grand
total of 113, 900 tons in the entire struc-
ture.
The populations to the square mile in
several of the largest cities of the world
is as follows: London, $4,000; Paris,
%, 900; Pekin, 2s, 300; New York, 49,
600. Pekin has generally been regarded
as surprising all others in the density
of its population, but New York exceeds
Pekin by 14,50O, or more than 80 per
cent. to the square mile.
An attempt is shortly to be made to
cross the Pacific, from San San Francisco
to Japan, in a small sloop, thirty feet
long. She is named the Dolphin, and
will carry a crew of three men, in addi-
ton to her captain. The object is to
hunt sea otter, which are stated to be
very plentiful on the Japanese coast.
|. A YOUNG man advertised for CORE
spondence with ladies in Cleveland q
short time ago. Some fellow answered,
and appointed an interview one night on
Euclid avenue. One of their number
dressed in woman's clothes and met the
advertiser, and then another, pretending
to be her brother, belabored the roman
tic youth with stuffed club, purposely
prepared. He ran away crying loudly
for the police.
The transportation Of Goals to New
castle, according to the New York Her.
aid, is, from being a proverbial express
sion, in fair way to become fact.
That paper learns that the Great East
ern, after laying the new Atlantic cable,
is to take cargo from Cow Bay to Eu-
rope, on her return trip, of Is, 900 tons
of coal, and that one of the principal
shippers in Cape Breton has contract
ed to load the monster steamer in fifteen
days.
The New York World estimates that
there are 125, 900 women in that city
earning their living in other than do
mestic employments. Of these, 1900
are milliners, $4,000 artificial flower
makers, 10000 in the hoop-skirt manu-
factories, 1900 in the hating trade,
5000 tailoresses, while several thousand
work in book-binderies, and large num-
bers are employed making parasols and
umbrellas and in other minor trades.