The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-08-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

w. H. Fl. Davis. ofthe Doylestown
Democrat, is careful editor, who,
before taking his summer vacation,
freed his mind from care by making
his assistant give bonds not to change
the politics of the paper during his
absence.
An observant policeman in Paris,
KY, noticing an old woman digging
in her garden one morning before
daylight, and knowing that her hab-
its were the reverse of industrious,
maintained strict watch upon her
movements. He was rewarded by
being able to capture a box contain
ing $50, 900, the proceeds of recent
bank robbery.
Mr.. John Young, of Tucson, Arizo-
ma, experimental with tarantula,
and being bitten on the hand will
never venture to repeat it. His hand
and arm began to swell, and he suf-
fered the greatest pain. He swallow
ed great quantities of whisky, kept
his arm constantly bathed with am
monia. but for an entire day he was
delirious. Finally, the swelling be-
gan to disappear, and at last accounts
he was out of danger.
One hundred and twenty Norman
horses arrived at New York on Sat-
urday in the steamer City of London
from Havre. Two died during the
voyage, and another on the wharf
after being landed. They were
placed on twenty-three railroad cars
and despatched for their destination,
Bloomingdale, Illinois. Most of the
horses were of handsome notified
grey color, and several were jet-black.
They cost in France from $500 to 81 :
200 each.
The price of Autographed sermons
in Chicago has gone down to thirty
cents sermon, and the concern that
iloo SonC lulO VIC DuolllSoo hbS SSNSIdl
hundred diScourses on miscellaneous
topics with which to tempt lazy
preachers.
Among the rumors prevailing in
Philadelphia in relation to the I'M
known purchaser of the Main Cen.
tennial building, is one that Mr.
Bullitt, the lawyer, bought it for {
gentleman who intends presenting i
to the city.
Colonel A. b. Lawrence, of War
saw, n. V, who was presented with
the original gatepost to the Ander
sonyile sCockade recently, has had {
section of it sawed up, and sent t.
the several Il. A. h. posts in thu
state suitable pieces for gaVel heads
Theresa great scarcity Office in New
York city, and many of the com
panies exhausted their supplies dur
ing the recent hot wave. The brewer:
and butchers were in great fright
as some of tnen had 500 600 wort 0
stock that would be ruined Withou
| Ice.
The Raleigh N. c. NetCs now esti
mates The prohibition majority
i'll that state at 1l2,0U0. The state
canyasserS VIII meet Oh Thursday
Angus %, to canvass the vote. The
board consists of the Governor, Sec
retary of Safe, Attorney General
and Two oenatOrS-nne from eaci
| party-lO be chosen by the Governor
A table of official statistics show,
that the wages of thirty-six differenI
ttrades IN France in 1877 averaged .;
per cent. higher than in 1888. The
lowest increase given is ~, lor col
hers, and the highest "A, for bakers
The compiler notes that the rise has
| been highest in those trades III Whlcf
machinery has come largely into use
The price of bread has remained sta
tionary.
The Connecticut Board of Agricui
tural Commissioners, in a report up
on the decline Of population in thu
rural portions of the state, say tina
the revelations OF the last censu:
show "a loss of 1854, while the gair
In the whole state during the decade
is but So 1913. They say it is caused
by the young men gong West, ant
the BANKS aud moneyed men invest
ing their capital outside the state.
A special dispatch from Union.
town, Pa, says five Mollle Maguires
were arrested in thu mines near Dun.
bar, Pa, on suspicion of hay ing been
concerned in the assassination OIL
| Maurice Haley, OF the Dunbar
Furnace Company. The prisoners
gave the names of James Kane, Pat.
rick Doneian, James Mcfarland
John Collins and james Reagan.
| The arrests were made by H.. j. Lin
den, Of Pinkerton's detective agency
F. w. Fritsche, formerly "A meu-
Der of the German Parliament, who
made several speeches in that city
abusive of Bismarck, has concluded
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