Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-10-26
Miscellaneous.

They tell bride in Philadelphia
by her new watch chain, and BRIDE
groom by the shawl on his arm.
The vote in Greeley's colony in
Colorado was: Republican, 324;
Democratic, SO; Republican majori-
ty, 241.
Stokes will be discharged from the
penitentiary October %.
Blue jeans is very popular with
the Democrats, but after all they pre-
fer Tweed for party wear Hawk
eye.
Ben. Buffers nephew wants to bet
$4,000 on his uncle, has bet $4,000
on Hayes, and is searching for ia
ker for another $4,000.
The Manchester IN. Fl. mills are
running nights to keep up with their
orders. Hard times are fleeing fast.
The Boston Post before the cleo
ton: Indiana will give the Blue
Jeans ticket somewhere from 1900
to 10000 majority"
A Massachusetts Liberal says
Democratic civil service reform
means, "You step down and out and
let me step up and in" Score him
one.
When a fly succeeds in passing
himself off for a huckleberry, and
gets baked in tart, he has achieved
the highest ambition of the tribe.
"Much remains unsung," as the
tomcat remarked to the brickbat
when it abruptly cut short his sere-
made.
An Albany woman sues her father
to recover $4,000 for causing the
death of her husband by striking
him a fatal blow during a quarrel.
AS the trial of "a breach of promise
suit was about to begin In San Fran
CISCO, juror arose and asked to be
excused because he was engaged to
be married, and consequently his
mind was not free from bias. He
was excused.
George W. Childs has given tickets
of admission to the Centennial Ex-
hibition to four hundred orphans of
soldiers.
Peter Cooper has been interviewed
on the October result. He says be-
ing comfortably seated on his air
cushion), 81 shall stand firm to the
end"
The New York World before the
election: ''Candid men of both par
ties are agreed that the Democrats
will carry Ohio by 10000 majority
and Indiana by $4,000"
In Indiana a promise of marriage
is void if the wedding doesn't come
off within year from the time of the
engagement.
There is man in this city with a
nose so long and so red that he fol-
lowed it one night half way around
the square crying "Firer er'-[Belfast
(Me. Journal.
"Of course I've broken the engage
ment," he said, in answer to an in
quiry about his girl. 81 tried to
kiss her, she hauled off with the old
mans boot and gave me diff, and /
quit"
Mrs. Susan Clarke, a venerable
dame who was one hundred years old
last December, gave a reception to
seventy five of her descendants at her
home in New Sharon, Maine. last
week. Her mother lived to be nine-
ty-six years old, and her grand
mother died at the age of one hun
dred and two.
Julia, the daughter of Don c.
Bishop, of Mannsville, Oswego Coun-
ty, New York, aged twelve years,
rode the trotting horse Little Frank
in two half-mile heats against
black trotter ridden by Newt. Mann,
at the Oswego Falls Fair, winning
both heats in 2:2S and 2:27.
"There is no more touching spec
tacle," said Potter, ethan to see
full-grown adult struggling with a
wet towel in bath room, vainly en-
deavoring to dry thatone spot in the
middle OF his back, that is and al
ways has been beyond the reach of
the most agile" ."-Neao Orleans Bul-
letiH.
A girl in Hackensack can see with
the top of her head and tell what
time 1t is by a watch laid thereon.
There used to be an old woman in
Belgium who could smell with her
right ear, and now comes Adirondack
Murray who can hear with his
mouth. He will publish his remin-
iscences under the title, "What the
Keg Told Me-"