Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-22
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Griddle.cake sociables are raging In
Iowa.
Ministers of the Interior-The cook
and the doctor.
Treasury defalcations have occurred
in twenty-five counties OF Ohio.
The debt of Pennsylvania was reduced
81. .5O4, ,673 during the year ending NOV
50. S0.'''''
Ashtabula, Ohio, is Illuminating it
self with gas made from crude pesro-
leum.
A wealthy New York lady supports
eight poor families at an expense OF
$40, 900 year.
owe see," said Swift, in one OF his
most caustic moods, "what God THINKS
of riches by the people he gives them
to-"
Kansas preacher has had his salary
increased $50 year for thrashing
three men who disturbed his congrega-
ton.
Two Pittsburgh surveyors have found
a tract of land in that city worth Sl4,-
600, 900, which has never been properly
entered.
French astronomer thinks that ne
will he able to find out during the com.
ing transit of Venus whether the planet
is inhabited. !
Miss Grace Battles won bouquet at
Philadelphia Fair, recently, by 7Oo
votes And now it is somebody's turn
to win battles.
A veteran observer thinks that good
many men are valiant In advance, VINO
would not be in the advance where yaior
was necessary.
The CITY Council of Yeddo, Japan,
has nassed an ordinance directing all
children to be labelled with their par
ents' names and residence.
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, the children OF
the miners are taken down into the
shaft of o mine when attacked witn
whooping cough, and in short time
are entirely well.
The Patrons of Husbandry, according
to their latest reports, have $3.50
oranges, with 602, ,655 members. Tnere
Wero 974 of these oranges organized
during November.
A Frenchman processes to have DIS
covered, by experiment on himself
that coffee taken upon an empty stom-
ach renders the mind abnormaiiy cleaf
and the temper unnaturally bad.
A famous rat hunt has taken place o.
witt Montgomery county, Illinois. In
/ one day there we're killed six thousand
within limits of six miles square. 1t is
proposed to extend the hunt 80 as 70
clear out all the "varmints" In the
State.
A French gentleman, learning English
to some purpose, replied this to the sal, Al,
utations: elbow doyou do, monsieurT
"Do yat?" GLOW do you find your
self ?" "I never loses myself" How
do you feel?" "Smooth. You just
feel me"
The st. Louis Democrat says:-"Our
experience and the history OF the past
eighteen centuries incline us to the be-
lief that no matter how well you treat q
shot gup, nor how you bring 1t up, IL
will bang the stufing out OF you the
very first time it gets chance.
A mill has been recently started in
Enoland in which -four is made by
crushing the grain by small trip-ham-
mers instead of grinding it: 1t Is
claimed that pounding mill, costing
81, 900, will produce as much four IN
the same time as a grinding mill worth
$1,000.
gentleman at dance remarked to
his partner, q witty young lady, that
tbe g room was too close-he must go
ont and git some air." After an absence
of half an hour he returned, when she
asked him IF he had not been TO the
graveyard, as his breath smelt OF the
beer"
The ladies of jamestown, N. Y, made
an energetic and partly successful
movement on the liquor dealers iass
week. A procession was formed, ana
the dealers were visited and requested
to close up. A local paper says Una! "
is the intention to keep the ball moving
every day for six months, varying tne
plan of action to suit circumstances.
A young man at Madison, Wisconsin,
who could not collect his wages from
his employer, owed a shylock merchant chant
S1.75. The latter commenced garnlshee
proceedings against the employer pus
in the meantime the young man called
ot the merchants store in his absence
and naid the S1.75. The costs OF the
a ,isbee nrocess was SO, which the
merchant was compelled to pay. he
wants to know what kind OF country
he lives in where it costs 50 to Collect
$1.75.