The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-15


,xtend this letter as l wished, for
which you may be thankful, but I'll
pest you soon again. JOHN JULEp.
NEWS ITEMS.
The Henry county fair commences
At New Castle on August 18th.
1t is said that Judge J. NJ. Wilson
will spend the summer in Colorado.
The Ohio Falls Iron Works are in
full blast, working $50 men.
Jacob D. Cox, President of the To-
ledo, Wabash, and Western Railway,
has been d. DID by the Ohio College.
Theodore Tilton has retired from
the chief editorship of the Golden
Age, but Iseecher has only retired to
his country residence.
Goldsmith Maid beat Judge Full
lerton at the Evansville races last
Thursday. Time 2:25l, 2:20t and
22l4. Outsiders claim that the last
heat was made in 2:19a.
The latest victim of kindling the
fire with kerosene oil occurred a few
DAYS ago in Salem. The usual explo-
sion followed and the lady died in u
few hours in great agony.
Out in Wisconsin a horse kicked
and killed a book agent, whereupon
the citizens made donation party for
the horse. and he now has oats enough
to last him a full horse lifetime.
Mr.. Bergh has at last informed the
public where correct explanation Of
hydrophobia can be found. 1t is III
Eicrtel iahrschrift fur die Praktsche
lIeilkundic Prag. XVII and Xxx
Jahraana.
\ Navy Department clerk took his
girl out riding day or two since, and
because he told her that he didn't
need a dashboard, as her feet would
answer every purpose, she won speak
to him any mcre.-Washington Chron-
icle.
The Chicago Tribune estimates
that getting born costs the people OF
the United States 1920, 095, 900 annu-
ally; getting married, S250, 600 900;
getting buried, S73,sSa,450; total.
$543,9S4,450
4 woman-Mrs. Blake-delivered
the 4th OF July grafton at East Or
anec. y. j., and it was a good one,
too, devoted 70 tribute to the wo :
men o. the Revolution, and their he
role efforts in shaping the success and
subsequent career Of this country.
The District Conference for the In
dianapolis District, South Eastern In
diana Conference, convened at Shell
byvilIe on yesterday (Tuesday) and
will continue in session until Thurs
dag evening. There are 10 Circuits
and Stations in the District.
John Griffith. barber In Cincin .
natl, actuated by ambition, and en-
boldened by alcohol, jumped from the
Suspension Bridge, l02 feet, into the
Ohio river, where the water was II
feet deep. He came up alive, rowed
out, and took another drink. Sam
Patch, who was also drunk when he
last jumped, lealed from height of
125 feet.
Edward J. Roye, a barber, has be
come President Of Liberia, and the
richest man in the Republic. Sew
eral cities, Terre Haute, ChilIicothe.
ct. al, claim the honor Of his birth.
Covington is Out-there is not black
man within her borders.-Cov. Gaz.
A young woman named Carson, at
North Adams, Massachusetts, had a
habit Gas many others have) OF taking
arsenic for beautifying purposes. On
Friday she took an overdose, and
beautified herself to death. No doubt,
however, she made a pretty corpse.
Savoy Grange, No. 652, of Cham
paign county, H., has passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That Savoy Grange looks
| with distrust, and most emphatically
disproves of the course taken by some
of the oranges in sending delegates to
political nominating conventions.
During the thunder shower at Du
buque, Wednesday evening last, three
boys playing on the street were struck
| by lightning. One of them, aged IL
years. was instantly killed, the cleo.
trio fluid striking him on the head
The others we're rendered insensible
for several hours, but are recovering
Governor Davis, of Minnesota, re
ceived reports last Friday saying thai
| the vast army OF locusts are slowly
moving northward and spreading east
ward with the prevailing winds. Ii
Iowa and Minnesota they occupy +;
stretch Of country about 100 mile,
wide from east to west, and about II;
miles from north to south.
A mail car attached to train OF
the Atlantic, Ohio and Mississippi
Railway was burned to the wheels
| Friday, few miles from Petersburg
Va, before any one, besides the tw,
gentlemen who were in it, and VIII,
| barely escaped with their lives, dis
covered the fact that it was on fire.
The Smith sisters, of Glastonbury
Conn. lose their case in the Legisia
ture, their petition for woman suffrag
having been rejected by the commit
tee. Adverse reports were also mad
on the bills to exempt the property 0
women from taxation and allow wo
men to vote in town, city, and borough
meetings.
A Parkers City man undertook t
drive a cart load of a hundred pound
of nitro. glycerina over an uneven roa
last week, and, as a deafening explo
sion was heard shortly afterward, an
not an atom of man, horse or WACO
has been found in any of the adioin
ing counties. the local papers exonel
ate him from any suspicion of dishon
esty.
i At Yankton, Dakota Wednesda
afternoon. Chief Justice Shame
overruled the motion for new tri;