The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


The early Saxons seldom wore hats
and still more seldom caps Their sole
head covering was the long faxen hair
which they cultivated with sedulous
care.
In the twelfth and thirteenth CEN
turtles the French and Spanish nobility
wore hats profusely ornamented with
gold braid, feathers and sometimes
precious stones
Ludwig ~. of Germany and Otto
III. of the same country were each
designated the Infant. The first as
cended the throne at the age of seven;
the second at the age of three.
DR.. John A. Smith, dentist, OF
Staten Island, N. y, while pulling
patients tooth, met with a strange &C
cident. The tooth broke and part of
it struck the dentist in the eye, caus-
ing, it is feared, the permanent loss OF
sight.
The destruction of life in modern
warfare is something frightful. In
the Franco Prussian war from August
4, 1870, to August is, one hundred
thousand Germans and French were
killed outright, to say nothing of the
many thousands more who afterwards
died in the hospitals from their wounds.
"A Yorkshire plasterer who was up
for bigamy before the West Riding
assize court explained that he had sold
his first wife to another man some
years before for three shillings and six
pence, and as she had gone off willing
lv he had decided to have nothing more
to do with her. He was found guilty,
however.
-Valladolid, Spain, the Roman Pin
tia and the Moorish Belad Valid, was
recovered by the Christians by Ordono
H., the first king of Leon, A. d. 014-23.
1t became the capital of CASTLE in the
fifteenth century. 1t was taken by the
French January, 1903, and captured by
the English June 4, 1913. Here died
Christopher Columbus May 20, 1906.
Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot
and orator, was born in Cork, in 1880
and in early life became one of the
leaders of the UNITED Irishmen." IL
July, 1903, he led party of insurgents
which killed Lord Kilwarden, Their
chief justice of Ireland, and severa
others. The insurgents were soon dis
persed by the troops. Emmet was ar
rested. and, after having defended
himself with great eloquence, was sen
fenced to death. He was executed il
September, 1903.
The first white child born in Man
haitian island was Isaac du Trieux
son of Philip du TrieuX and Susanna
his wife, who, according to the records
of the Reformed Dutch church in New
Amsterdam, first saw the light OF
April u, 1912. The distinction of being
the first born New Yorker of whit,
parents is sometimes claimed for Isaa
Bedlew. But the date of the latter
birth was 1913. The first white chile
born within the limits of New Yorl
state appears to have been Sarah Rap
ellie, daughter of Joris Rapelje, VIII
was born at Albany, June 9, 1925.
"A man who gave his name as Georg
Wilkins committed bold robbery o
the ticket office of the Montana Contra
depot at Butte, Mont, recently. A.
excursion train was pulling out TO
Anaconda, when he ran to the tickle
window and grabbed sack containing
about fifty dollars and, before anyon
could catch him, jumped upon tn
train and was gone, A switch engin
with several policemen was soon i
pursuit, and after hot race of tie
miles the passenger train was over
taken and the robber arrested. Tn
money, however, was not recovered
He had evidently passed it to a confec
ate