The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-03-01
Odds and Endo.

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1t is believed that the plague in Hon
Olulu has now run its course.
Prince Henry of Prussia was held up
and robbed by Siamese bandits.
The survey Of the route for q Pacific
cable has been finished by the steamer
Nero.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
has announced general advance OF D
per cent.
Gen. Braves Of Mexico has defeated
the Maya Indians in the southern part Of
that country.
Advices from Dawson state that a gen
eral exodus to Cape Nome was expected
in May and June.
The farmers Of Dickinson County,
Kansas, have sent three cars of corn TO
the famine sufferers Of India.
The Millar-O Osborne spice works and
the Moline Plow Company's warehouse.
Denver, Colo, were burned. Loss $50,
600.
Ed Berlin was found dead on top Of a
Pullman car at Louisville Death was
caused by his head striking a bridge or
tunnel.
Young Hollanders are said to be arriy-
ing in America, intending to earn enough
money to carry them to South Africa to
help fight the British.
James Detrick, a Californian, is in Bu-
cyrus, Ohio, to purchase great steel wag-
ons and traction engines for use in the
desert Of northern China in place Of cam
els.
A jury at Dallas, Texas, has declared
the will Of the late Gen. E. A. Mexia Of
Mexico invalid because of undue infiu-
ence. Property worth over 81 ,OOO,OO is
affected.
A troop Of Boer hOrsemen who perform
nightly in a German circus have been
forbidden that part Of their program
which represents q victory over British
redcoats.
The Abbott-DOwning Company of Con
cord, n. H., manufacturer of carriages
and wagons, has failed with 500, 600 lia
bilities and $500, 600 assets. 1t was es-
tablished in 1896.
The Glasgow (ScOtlandD Tramway and
Street Railway Company has ordered
from the RitterCOnley Company of
Pittsburg, Pa, structural iron and steel
plates worth 100000.
The Chicago pOstOffice shows great
decrease in the sale Of postage due
stamps since the rules prohibiting the
forwarding Of underpaid second and third
class matter went into effect.
A Kenosha (Wis) minister sued cou-
pie of well-known young men of the town
for 81 each, the fees due him for per-
forming the double ceremony of marriage
when the two SOung men welded sisters.
A slab to the memory Of George Wahs
ington's ancestors is to be removed from
q church in Wiltshire, England, to the
Smithsonian Institution. Its date is 1915
and it bears a coat of arms and an in
scription setting forth the virtues of
Washington's grandfather's grandpar-
ents.
Italian agents who have been in New
York for couple of weeks past have con-
cluded arrangements for the equipment of
several trolley roads in the leading cities
Of northern Italy.
What is said to be the first instance of
mother performing the marriage cere-
mony for her daughter occurred recently
in San Francisco. when Mrs. Kate
Heussman united Miss Mary Violet
Heussman to Felix Drapinski. Mrs.
Heussman is an ordained minister under
State charter issued to the Independent
Bible Society, of which she is 4 mission
ary.
Rear Admiral w. r. Sampson has pos
itively declined the presidency of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Claim bills now before Congress, exclu
sive of pensions, provide for the expendi-
ture of about 500. 900, 600 of the Gov
ernment's money.
The lowest point of land between the
two oceans OH the American continent is
the grand divide in Nicaragua. where the
elevation is only 146 feet. The lowest
point of land on the Isthmus of Panama,
according to the report of the canal COM
mission, is Culebra, which is 33 feet
above tide water, and is now the scene of
active work by the Panama Canal Com
pany.
William Burts. a negro. was lynched
north of Aiken, s. c.. by 80 men. The
rope broke the first time.
Imports into Porto Rico from the date
Of American occupation to Dec 81, 1899,
were So, 191 ,S29, and exports in the
same time, $l1 ,696.S0
A Congressman has received the follow.
ing suggestion: Would it not be well for
the United States Government to prohibit
expectation of miles until our supply has
caught up with the demand? The coun.
try is now being depleted Of its mules,
and should any serious trouble occur with
any Of the European nations our means
Of transportation would be seriously ham
Vesed."