Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-01-15
William Allen has risen up

William Allen has risen up
The Anthracite strike seems to
have fairly begun, unless the opera
tors will recede, something that no.
body expects.
Ten State Legislatures begun
their session last week. Ohio Him
ois, Minnesota, New York, Wiscon-
sin, Missouri, Maryland, Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania and Maine are
the afflicted commonwealth.
There are said to be five living
female poets in Rhode Island, who
are all unmarried. Probably the
men were afraid to take them for
better or for verse.
The Washington Republican char
acterizes recent lecture Of Anna
Dickinson, in that city, as magnifi-
cent specimen or feminine oratory."
Didn't know oratory had any gen.
der.
The Republic, published by the
Republic Publishing Company, of
Washington, D. c., for January, is
on our table. Its contents are of
unusual interest and no one can
read its pages without great profit.
Under the new Pennsylvania con-
stitution the Governor is hereafter
to be elected for four years ;the Leg
islature meet only biennially; the
length of the terms of all the judges
is increased; the October election is
abolished-the Pennsylvania elec-
tion taking place in future on the
same day as the Presidential cleo
tion.
Philadelphia business men say
that the new Constitution of their
State is worth one hundred millions
per annum in its reviving effect up
on trade, but the politicians are not
so well pleased, ,and are preparing to
contest its validity in the courts.
Currency is steadily coming out of
the old stockings, and seeking in
vestment and use. The indications
all point to great deal Of business
activity in the early spring.
The Tituusville Herald reports
twenty-four farms and eighty-six
producing oil wells on the Modoc
belt. Their joint production is s.
595 barrels of oil per day. The lar
gest spout from one well is 1,07O
barrels, and the smallest four.
An Arkansas farmers wife recent
ly made medallion of a sleeping
face in butter, which is said to be a
really fine work of art. She mount
ed it in milk pan and set the pan
in a frame. 1t is now on exhibi
tion. Her husband is proud of her,
and loves none but her.
They can't get over it. Those
Kentucky rebels have treason SO
thoroughly ingrained that even the
sight of the old flag throws them in
TO fever. 1t seems the Legislature
of Kentucky proposed to fire a sa-
lutte on the Sth in honor of Jackson's
victory at New Orleans, and the
House voted also to hoist the Ma
tional flag from the staff of the Cap
itol. But when the resolution came |
to the Senate only eight members
were found loyal; eighteen voting
against the stars and strifes. One |
Senator said he would not have that |
flag flauntcd in his face.
A clergyman in Columbia, Penn
sylvania, recently tested the efficacy
of prayer by introducing the follow
ing petition 80 Lord bless and en-
tighten the young man in the pink
neck-tie and the maiden in the blue |
bonnet and gray shawl, who are pro-
flaming the sanctuary by kissing one
another in pew No. g." The pray
er was promptly answered, for it is
asserted on the best authority that
the kissing Immediately ceased.
Affairs are no better in Arkansa as
than they might be. A UnitedStates
Marshal named William H. Britton
proves, upon investigation, to have
had no fewer than one hundred and
forty three deputies; and, according
to three separate reports made to
,he Department of Justice by Off
,ers sent to investigate affairs, these
deputies derived their support from
ICES that they should collect, and
hat they travelled, manufacturing
eases. One-third of the fees were
'etained by the Chief Marshal, be-
tides ten per cent. upon all gross re I
,eipts. Deputies loaned their COM {
MISSIONS to others to make arrests t
md divided the fees. {