The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-12-17
HERE AND THERE.

ITALY j. negotiating for the purchase
of the island of st. Helena. One of her
son>-Napoleon Bonaparte-died there,
and She desires To Owl the grave; she
would also turn the island into Il Botany
Bay.
CONCERNING the engagement of Il
pastor by church in Kentucky, Il MEM
Der writes: We have secured his Serv-
ices for the ensuing year at the salary
of 800, and are looking forward for
great blcssingS,"
GOLD is found in large quantities at
Canton, Ga. Mr.. Dial, of Canton, is
said to be banning out one hundred dol
lars worth a day by washing the earth.
There Is a great deal of excitement
about il around Canton.
An international game of chess be-
French and English players. to be COM
mcnced soon, will last two years; the
moves to he made by telegraph. Such
Il trial of skill occurred in 1856, the
French winning.
IN Maine, Sunday cursing is taxed
two dollars per oath; on week days the
rate is lowered to only II dollar per
oath. The law is rigid, and the pro-
ccedS, when collected, are to 90 toward
founding Il lunatic asylum.
TIE amount of capital invested in
manufacturing enterprises in Louisville,
Ky, is about S20,0 00, 900; the number
of workmen employed, 10000; the to-
tai of wages paid, $4,000, 900; and the
annual product, S55, 600, 900.
THERE is a young lady in Georgia
who weighs 203 pounds, and is 6 feet 2.
She is also accorded the palm of beauty
throughout the State. a proper re-
serve ,ithholds her name, but inquiry
of any one at Camilla, Ga, will fetch it.
THIS season the elements are having
full swing around the circle. Storms
and floods in France, Switzerland and
Italy caused heavy damages last month.
Paris alone had 100 chimneys blown
down, and some of her streets dampen-
ed by the Seine.
The members of the new Legislature
of Samoa are So verse to wearing a
respectable amount of clothing that it
has been found necessary 70 adopt a
rule imposing a fine of 800 upon any
of them who enter the hall in a COM
plcte or partial state of nudity.
NINETY mechanics and artisans with
their families have emigrated from
Pennsylvania and settled on Hood Riv-
er, Oregon, and over 800 will follow in
the spring. They intend building Il col
lege, Il wooden mill, a griSt mill, and
other educational and industrial cstab-
liShments.
EVERY recruit for the British army
has to spend four hours in gymnastic
exercise each day during the first three
months of his service. The various
gymna>iums provided by the Govern
ment are fitted with all the cOmmo ath-
Itllt dpEIliIiCtN, anu Shllltu itI>lI uCIoiS.
4 WILLIAMSBURG man, the father of
seventeen children, found a basket at
his b~aScment-door the other morning
containing a little golden-haired cherub
about , weeks old. \ tag appended to
the handle Of the basket bore this lc-
gend; "lou appear to be fond of
children. amt. Please accept this
one
THE British Consul resident in Siam
gives some queer information of the ST.
ameSe and their ideas of Justice. Witches
and wizards are hanged there now, ms
they were in Europe and America Il
century and a half ago, and a question
of yeracity is decided by putting both
parties under water ard seeing which
can hold ont longest, when Judgment is
Immediately passed on the other. Oh
for some such easy way i'll this country.