National Republican., 1877-10-19
NOTES IND E.iNCIES.

Miss Susan u. Anthony's age is-suffruge.
-lHRd P,ss. DotNgc we should think,
ABorT 700 buildings arc going up in the
burned district of 81. John, 800 of them being of
brick.
For four years past there has been steady
decline In the grape and cranberry culture OF New
Jersey.
TnE sword which John Burgoync very re-
luctantly yielded, t. IN he exhibited at the Sara
toga centennial celebration.
THE police of Baltimore nrc to be given n two
days extra holiday, In consideration Of their cx-
cr,ions during the labor riots.
NAssAR COLLEGE consumes 5000 pounds of
beef wcok.-BnstoH GiDbc. Aud yet the girls do
not complain of too much kinc.ncss.
A THRIFTY Chnaman in Virginia, Nov,
has discovered how to utilize tin cans. He has
made Of them II fence around his garden plot.
A CHICAGO milkman has been supplying
forty families while four OF his children are Ill
with smallpox at his home. lie is under arrest.
THE suit of Signor +. Bianchi, the San
FrancScn imprcSsario, against clara Inuisc
Kellogg for breach of contract has resulted In the
defendants favor.
THE top of the great dam at Gilcppc, Bel.
gium. Is 10 lie crowned with colossal lion cut
from 2D3 huge blocks of stone. A man will be able
to hide easily behind each claw.
THE haggard. dcspairing look worn Just now
by so many of our young men isn't so much caused
by the Inst end Of the watcrmclonS as by the begin
ming of the orcrcont scnSOn.-ii'r. Orrdn.
HARRY NEVILLE, of Philadelphia, sea
man on the schooner Lena Hunter, which arrived
Mt Baltimore Saturday. from Salem. fell overheard
from the forcmast head Un the 9TH instant, and was
lost.
second steam fire engine for the city Of st. Peters
| burg. Russia. This same firm Just before the war
| built the first fire engine used In the Muscovitc
Capital.
IS the Baltimore county Circuit Court Mt
| TOwsOntown the cases Of Judges Gray>on and
Ncott indicted for malhRsanCc In Office, were re.
moved To the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel
county fOrtrial.
RUTLAND Hsrd'd: A young lady in town,
who does not pride herself particularly on being a
political economist. thinks the SOONER grecnbNckS
reach pm the sooner She will be able to invest in
II new fall bonnet.
BARNUM advertiscs his Colorado cattle
rancho for sale In language that would tempt any
man to drop paying business Of s2O.0O year and
take 1t at once. Old.ngc and distance from home
are Barnums reasons.
Ex.Gov. HENDRICKS bought new gold
watch while in Europe, and paid the duty, $3.50
at New York, Mr.. Hendricks, as consistent
| Democrat aud home ruler. should not have bought
u watch In II foreign country.
IT HAS been feared that severe frost in
Florida, last winter had so injured the orange trees
that they would not bear well well this fall These
larger crop than ever before.
IT is stated that the personal feelings of the
Emperor William, of Germany, are now strongly
enlisted In the war, and that he has CmphRtically
cNprcsSCtl tIlt tlht nflStlNllS bt EURO
pcnn Turkey must be Withdrawn from the dominion
| Of the Turk.
THE fatal hour for wealthy English ladies |,
the dinner hour. when the burglars ladder Is put
up 10 my lHdy's window aud by the time dessert |,
over all the diamonds are gone. This has just hap
pened, for about the hundredth time, Lady Hard
wlcke being the victim.
IT HAS been demonstrated that the cork
tree can be raised without difficulty nj Los Angrlcs
Cal and rs the demand for c0rks IN bOttlimg wine
and brandlrS is very great the Pacific cOnst III,
growth and manufacture of cork is likely soon I,
become an industry there.
A CINCISNATI German marked his will
Deadly Poison" that his wife might be dctcrrc,
from investigating its contents But even this die
not make him feel secure and q few days az,
put In an unntninable place.
THE other day mean man out in western
Iowa went of into \ quiet country place and die,
so quick that his wife got his insurance money be
fore the company had time to fail The prcSiden
says he never felt so swindled and cut up since h
has been in the business-IfdpkCye.
AFTER much agitation the price of lage
beer has fallen In Cincinnati to two glasses for iiv
cents. The beer tavcrnS for some time held ou
against the decrease, Notwithstanding a fall In tn
price they were compelled to pay by the kcg TO tn
brewers hut the Indignation of the German popu
lation finally proved too much for them.
; 1.-TWO AND TWO never make more tina,
four" said public speaker. Yes they do,
cried boy IN the audience Perhaps our youn
am M ian "rs Sc @H %o wRsI S
upon the boy cried, when they're side by sd,
r you old stuPid-thcn they make twenty-five don
theyT'
| BY French law, architects and contractor
are held responsible for period Of ten years ate
the completion Of structures for the total or partiN
loss of buildings constructed by them, II such los
IS caused hy fault either In the building or fonr
dations. What heavy sum they would have hH
to pay here In the past ten years had we this exec
lent law!
, THE Chinese Government has published tn
. journal Of its English Ambassador. The object
2 10 famiiiar2c the public mind with liberal view
5 The Government Is ahead Of public sentiment an
+ desires railways, tclcgrnphs &c but lscompcllcd
. hasten very slowly in the prosecution Of sue
, and power Of observation.
CoULD we not get the Egyptian monolit
cheaper than to pay slOODO? For instance, let !
n negotiate with Spencer Gilman aud others Of the
stripe, offering them immunity h'I"ycr 4 they vi
:. man, no doubt, would find some mrauS Of ralsr
. 1t, and there is certainly genius aud .Lill enough
Spencer and the other thieves 10 sirn' it.
l. AMONG the novelties of tho Inning Par
g exhibition win bee youth Of fourteen with fc
l. shaped prcClsly like hs hands. lie can use the
for the same purposes nnd plays upon the pini
!. with both hands and feet, having peculiar cha
IS which enables him to curl his body int the nCcc
II sary position. He Is very coed pir'rnrr, m
speaks both English and German. llir French
/" yet imperfect
/. THE agents appointed by tho G,.rrnor
Illinois To- secure the efficient OpcrAtiuI Trrr
Q. legislative euacimCnts fOrthe prcvcull,n rur
v To animals report 4 CnmmCndnblc spirit 900
Il Grafton as having been steadily cyiuy,,' wnI
4 their lhbOTS nj East st. Louis aud Chic. 100 IN
principal points IN the State whore arc q. ..a,lC
t. The dumb aud helpless, creatures rrluI.' .ur
c lection Ufa noble provision Uflaw.
THE German newspapers of IA, IT,
States are Ulthlr,sly showing up the NJ o., 4
10 Paul Schnrppc who raInr Urnr n,.' .u.,
NJ for murder In Pennsylvania aud VII .... .r.ug
10 by reason of his being or rruimI II a,. mlu
" rst these Journals pcruluIiy wa ..i- eliza
from Imprisonment In the Quaker state be- We
IN West and since then has been figuring under 1t
IL frrcnt names, once assuming the nOhl" tiilc
4 Count Srlmlcnhcrg. In cincinnati. rhiru-n.
l. Louis, aud New York Part Of the time he hu> hc,
n IN newspaper offices where he worked IN rliruri
capacities until exposed. aud part Of the time
ID Joliet Ill.,, where lie attained the honor uf sCryiI
c II term IN the state prison. In Cincinnati he cav
a. near prrsundmg prominent actress In a Gcrml
theatre 10 marry him.
Full of Brlckbats,
a. A Washington special to the New V"
!, Time. has the following: Ben Butler was ask