Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26
Miscellany.
Hearts OF oak never pine away.

Three-fourths of the lard used in
Germany comes from America.
Mrs. Ann Denny, of Smyrna, Del,
has lust celebrated her l02d birth
day. Tf
Of English farmers, All were bank
rupt in 1877, SIS in '7S, and 1;431 in
'79.
To rid the city of its floating
debt-let it float.
"Watchw said the second hand,
"1'll be around in q minute"
The most cowardly act of war
rior is to surrender principle.
What is that which no one wishes
to have and no one wishes TO lose?
A bald head. Sea-.
The hornet is little sternwheel
rhinoceros.
To avoid miss always marry
ry widow.
The Connecticut House Of Repre-
sentatives contains ninety-four far
mers and fifteen lawyers. tF5g
Connecticut had last year $500
acres in tobacco. 3
The ex soldiers of Athens county
have formed Veteran Association.
Teach your children to repect their
elders and themselves. rEf
Faith builds the bridge Of prayer
that spans the chasm of human need
Yes, complain of the weather, if
You can think of nothing else.
Gone into winter quarters-the
members of the house.
A man addicted to hard drink, soon
becomes hard.
The salary of the Governor of
Michigan is only $1,000 a year. - =
Ninety-seyen thousand miles of
submarine electric cable are now in
working order.
Congress continues exceedingly
dull; not much work, and the mem
bers do not seem disposed to play.
Susan Day, little girl Of Logan
county, choked to death the other
night by getting bean lodged in
the wlndpipe.
Professor Proctor can tell the age
Of star, and yet the softest kind of
a gawk CAT fool him in horse trade.
Franklin said that rich widows are
the only secondhand goods that sell
at prime cost. 81 Al
A three-year old boy who died in
Hanover county, Va, a few days ago,
is said to have weighed s74 pounds.
The pnll-back's advantage - 1t
makes it difficult for lovely women to
stoop to folly.
Senator Conkling is of the opinion
that the New York Convention will
indorse Grant.
The reason "the boy stood on the
burning deck" was because it was
too hot to sit down. i
There were eight thousand six hun
dred and fourteen deaths in Chicago |
during the year 1879.
The bill to restore Fitz John Por-
ter to his rank in the army is likely |
to be defeated.
Says Jones-"I hate fool" "Yes,"
replies Smith, "like hates like" They
meet as strangers now.
Woodcocks carry their young in
their claws from place to place, in
order to avoid danger or procure food.
Preparations are being made in all
the great mining camps for an un-
precedented year of activity in min
ing.
1t is pretty we'll settled now that
Sherman will have LOG votes to start
with in four States.
The two hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of the Falls of St. An
thony is to be celebrated at Mime
apolis on the Sd of July. sIts
The Mayor of Buffalo has been
confronted with petition signed by
three thousand persons, requesting
him to close the saloons on Sunday.
The indications are that Ohio Re-
publicans will hold their State Con-
vention between the middle of March
and the first of April.
King John of Abyssinia is the
champion anti-tobacco apostle. Hei
cuts off the noses of those of his sub
jects who use it.
If you are angry don't let any body
know it. This is the quickest way
to overcome it. fEF ia
An old lady says "as my rents are
past due it seems to me, must gath
er them in with sewing-machine.
About forty young ladies of Lin
coin, ILL.,, have signed pledge not to
speak to or associate with any young
man who does not wear a blue rib. =
bon.
Petitions are pouring in upon the
Iowa Legislature against the teach
ing of any other than the English
language in the public schools. y
John: The philosophy of dogs
running when can is tied to his
tail, instead of biting the string of,
is not very clearly understood. IL
There are ninety-nine counties in
the State of Iowa, and out of this
number there are only three that have .
no railroad facilities.
James Pa-she-go-bhy,a resident Of
Iosco county, Mich, killed -13 deer
during the hunting season of 1879.
He killed eight one forenoon without
dogs or any help. '
Do not lend your paper and cheat
the printer. People who do not pay {
for the papers they read have the I
hardest kind of time trying tolget to I