Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-12
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miscellaneous
The Gobble family. of jackson town
sa;n Sssnd6sky county. numbers ln2
nsrpors What q conmotion they
russ make among the gobbier family
about Thanksgiving time!
One editor says: "This paper has
one subscriber who would awake
nights if he we're in any way prevented
from paving his subscription for a year
in advance on the e8th of January.
We don't want our friends to lose any
sleep, but -you know how it is your
self"
A witty woman in Old Town says
that as death is reported TO love a
shinisg mark. she is continually in
dread Of a shaft being aimed at her
husbands nose.
The true Mount Sinai, in Arabia. is
reported to have been discovered by
Dr.. Bake, the English traveller, who
states that he found there the remains
of animals that had been sacrificed, as
well as Sinaitic Inscriptions. 1t is s.
600 feet above the level Of the sea-
proper altitude for the emanation Of
the "bigher law"
A smart young lady wrote to a nice
young man the otherday thus-"Com'
and play goa cm with me this even
ing" She meant euchre, but the sim
ple-minded youth got mad about it.
The Changers of Los Angeles,
California, recently put in 40scres o
grain for a sick brother Granger.
"Came to an untimely end while
being hit on the head with q long
handled stew pan in the hands of hi
wife," was the verdict in q recent
case in Indiana.
The editor of the Troy Wing asked
his Satan, "How many scruples Their
should be to a drschm;'' and all th'
little wretch answered was that arith
metic wouldn't warm his stomach il
winter.
The Providence press tells Of
married couple who were passing
jewelry store the other day. Her at
tention vas attracted by a "%perfectll
lovely pair of earrings. Said she
"Oh, Ned, go buy 'eR!' And Me-
went by 'em.
A Chillicothe topper finished a spre
and himself with a dose of raw alec
hol.
The present amount of currenc,
in circulation is s$77S,000, 600, o
which 1882. 000, 900 are greenbacks
$34S,0 00, 900 are national hank notes
and the rest, $4,000, 900, fractiona
currency.
A newly married lady in Haddon
field, N. j., "just for fun" hid a snak
in her husbands boots q few day
agD. The result of the joke wa
somewhat peculiar. The husband
on discovering the mock reptile, frs
took a critical look at himself in
mirror, and then. going to a closet
seized his demijohn and threw it ia
out into a neighboring pond.
A Mississippi Postmistress ha'
discharged her husband from a clerk
ship for non attendance to duty. Sh
wanted no nepotism in hers.
An up-country exchange placed it
condensed kilograms under the hea
of "Midnight Sparks" The mex
morning the editor received a cal
from q young man who looked a
though he hadn't slept much, VIII
wanted to know if anything persons
was intended by that heading.
A Kansas gentleman has thought
fully put his front gate in the parlo
so that bis daughter and her youn
man can swing on 1t without takin
cold during the cold weather. Thi
is a humane suggestion to all fail
ers. A front gate II the parlor ma
save a good many dollars that woul
otherwise be paid out for soothin
syrups and cough balsam.
The Zaleski R R. shops are work
ing nine hours daily.
William E. S~turtevant has been al
rested for the murder, at Halifax, Mas
sachusetts, of his uncle and Mis-
Buckley, and committed to Jail.
The House Committee on Appro
priations has completed the Indian Az
preparation Bill. 1t appropriates owe
$4,000. 900, being a reduction fror
the estimate of over 81 1900, 900.