Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-07-15

The Baltimore Catholic Mirror sup
ports Hancock and English warmly.
A fery speech should invariably he
read hot.
When a man draws an Inference he
should draw IL mild.
When big trees begin to shoot Its
about time for the little bushes to leave.
General Grant, lis rumored, intends
going to England TO visit his daughter.
So far this season the hot weather has
been in the East and the cool weather at
the West.
Henry C, Baldwin Is the Greenback
nominee for Governor of Connecticut.
James e. Wharton has been appoint
ed Surveyor of Customs at Portsmouth,
Ohio.
A man is like an egg. You can't tell
whether or not he is good, until he ia
ssbroke."
Cats buried in gardens afford the
best kind of nourishment for growing
shrubbery. The more cats buried the
better.
Ulysses s. Grant, jr., will be married
to Miss Jennie Flood, a daughter of the
San Francisco millionaire, about the
middle of next November.
The Rev. Mr.. Duchet, an Episcopal
clergyman, made the first prayer ever
made in Congress.
An immense number of fish in Lake
Saltonstall Connecticut, have been
killed from eating potato bugs poisoned
by Paris green.
General Grant has an only daughter,
President Hayes has an only daughter,
90 has General Garfield and so had Gen.
eral Hancock.
When people, says critic, feel that
they have done something disreputabie
they turn about and abuse society.
Thedore Tilton supports his wife. but
does not see her. His eldest son is
studying for the ministry. .
jeff. Davis is enthusiastically for
Hancock and English, and JEFF. Davis
says his cause will yet be successful.
Joseph johnson. soldier of the war
of 1912, died at Newport, Ohio, the other
day, aged one hundred years,
Railroad prospects are encouraging.
The crops are large and the foreign de-
msnd promises to be heavy.
A Detroit boy found railroad signal
torpedo, and placing it on his knee, he
hammered it with a brick until Ii ex-
ploded, blowing away his leg.
Sparks from ar unoiled reaping ma
chine set fire to great field Of wheat
In Illinois, and all the grain was de-
stroyed.
Westchester County, N. Y, is prepar-
ing for big celebration of the CEN
tennial of Major Andres capture, Sep
tember %.
Senator Edmunds pays taxes at Bur-
lington on q valuation of $4,000.
Senator Blaine pays tax of 81 ,3O4 30
at Augusta. '-
Miss Anna Arthur, sister of the Re-
publican candidate for Vice President,
Is school teacher in Minnesota.
The exasperating thing about revenge
is that it never satisfies, but leaves you
rs angry as at the beginning. After
all, one might just as well forgive fell
low at once.
Colonel Bob Ingersoll Is of opinion
It was the defeat Of Tflden, moro than
the nomination Of Hancock that enthus-
ed the Democracy.
Binghampton Republican Somebody
has discovered that cats can't live at q
greater elevation than L, 900 feet, there
fore back sheds should be built $500
feet high.
There are no undertakers in Japan.
When person dies his nearest relative
must put him In coffin and bury him,
and the mourning doesn't begin until
after burial.
Some Of the residents of LIE Seur,
Minn., believing IN spiritual mediums
prediction of tremendous tornado, dug
holes in the ground for refuge, and
spent the whole of an unusually calm
day In them.
The little girl who was disappointed
because her name could not be found in
the bible, says: 'Never mind! will be
such good girl that il ever another
Bible is written my name shall go into
1t.
The Republicans have fighting
chance in West Virginia, and even in
old Virginia the threat Of General Ma
hone to run an independent Readjust-
ers' Electoral ticket is making the
Bourbons shaky.
The President will start for the Pa
cific coast early in September. His
family will spend the summer mouths
at the Soldiers Home, near Washing
ton.
1t would never do to elect women to
all offices. If q female Sheriff should
call at the residence of handsome man
and explain to his Jealous wife that she
had an attachment for him, there would
be vacancy in that Office in about two
minutes.
Edward David, aged 100 years, died
near Nashville, Indiana, last Saturday.
Twenty-eight children, the result of
four marriages, survive him. His aunt
died last fall, aged 1l0.
An Idaho woman didn't faint when
an Indian siezed her, but she broke
away, picked up pitchfork, and he
Joined his tribe with two portfolios in
his lungs.
''Did you know" said cunning
Yankee TO jew, "that they hang Jews
and dnokeys together in Polandi"
"Iudeedl then 1t is well that you and
are not there" reDorted the jew.
A Frenchman has on his estate near
Paris, mule aged 73, goose aged 81, |
a COW of SO years, hog of 81, bull
finch of 2S and a. sparrow of 81. he |
makes it his pastime to give home to |
old ani.nals.
The German population in Phila-
delphia is estimated at about 10000. |
TO meet the spiritual wants of these,
there are Al Evangelical German
Churches.
There are about 1850 Christians aud
$500 Jews III Morocco, and these have
no rights of property or protection.
except such as the foreign consuls en-
force.
A young lady who has been married
short time lately told ''bosOm I
friend" that there was only one thing
more astonishing than the readiness
with which Ned gave up smoking when
they became engaged, and that was
the rapidity with which he took to it
after they were married.
Mr.. Jorgerson, the only Republican