The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-10
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passed over the Brooklyn bridge since
It was opened to travel. -Bteoktyn
Union.
The last revolutionary pensioner
died at Clarendon, N. Y, in 1865,
eighty-four years after the close of the
war.-B'!falo Express.
The main building of the New Or
leans Exposition was put up at auction
the other day. 1t cost over half a
million dollars, but the highest bid re-
ceived was $9.050.-N. o. Times.
1t has just been discovered that the
cemeteries in Wayne County, N. Y,
have during the past two years been
systematically robbed. At least one
half of the bodies inferred have been
stolen. Buffalo Express.
-Colored depositors in Charleston,
according to the NeUS and Courier,
have 1924, 936 on deposit in five savings
banks, the largest sum belonging to one
person being S6,547, and the smallest
one dollar.
One inning of recent game Of
baseball in Atlanta, Ca, presented a
curious features Atlanta had three men
to bat. Zach one of them was given
his base on balls, and each one thrown
out while stealing bases. There was
not ball struck in the innings, and yet
every base was filled and no run was
scored.
"A strange accident happened to a
consignment of heavy cattle sold for
shipment to England Rough weather
was encountered on the voyage. and
the stanchions to which the cattle were
tied gave way, forcing the stock to the
other side of the ship and causing it to
careen so much that to tighten the
vessel the cattle were thrown overheard
a loss of $4,000.
Little John Alexander and a com.
panion of Newport, Va, thought to
have lots of fun by soaring a clerk who
slept in store. So they scraped on
the door with a bit of iron, and the
clerk thought burglars were trying to
get in and fired his revolver, and ball
went through the door and entered
Johnny head, hurting him very badly.
Young girls have taken a sudden
craze for donkey carts this season, the
donkey, for some reason, having
awakened to find himself fashionable,
no doubt greatly to his own astonish-
ment. The small ponies are no longer
in demand, but in their stead the
donkey is sought after with a persist
ency that bespeaks him more popular
than he will perhaps be when the fair
purchasers become more familiar with
his tricks and manners. -Albany (M.
~ Journal.
An Indian funeral procession in
Eastern Oregon is thus described:
1.-The defunct had been set upon a
horse, and stick had been dashed
along either side of his body to keep it
in an upright position. The head was
not supported in any way, and as the
horse trotted along the body seemed
bowling in every direction and the head
shaking in a horribly grotesque man
ner. The widow. dressed in her mourn
ing paint, trotted along behind on a
lazy mule, to which she kept vigorously
applying the whip"
The Genesee river, in New York,
is surprising manufacturers along
its banks by its increasing volumes of
water from year to year. Some years
ago, in common with other streams of
the State, the water diminished and
the mills and factories that had de-
pended on its power were obliged to
use steam. The Rochester Democrat
says that mills who have not used their
wheels for years are getting back to
them, much to their financial advan-
tage. No explanation is given for this
condition of the river.
-Ball-players in Pittsburgh are talk
ing about the smart young catcher of
an amateur club, who was remarkable
for catching batsmen out on foul tips
even WHEN the bat didn't seem to strike
within three or four inches of the ball.
An investigation revealed that the
catcher had a gum band attached to
his glove, and when he desired to foul
out man he would raisc the band with
one finger, and when the ball passed
under the bat released it. The band
would snap against the glove and all
within hearing would hear a supposed
foul tip. Pittsburgh Post.
Frederick Barkman. of Whining
ton, Del, owns dog. Recently while
this canine was busily scratching out
something from the ground Mr.. Bark
man thought it would be a good joke
to crawl up behind, give snarling
bark and suddenly grab the industrious
animal by one of his hind legs. Mr..
Barkman did So Quick as thought the
dog turned and grabbed his jocular
master by the proboscis, making his
teeth meet through that prominent
feature before he saw his mistake Mr.
Barkman sensibly acquitted the dog of
all blame and did not punish him
N. Y. Tribune.