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The King of Prussia recently visited a needle manufactory in his kingdom, and was shown a number of superfine needles, thousands of which together did not weigh. half; an ounce, and marvelled how such minute articles could be pierced with an eye. The eye-borer asked' for a hair from the King's head. He placed it under the boring-machine, made a hole in it, furnished it with a thread, and then lianded the needle to' the King. ' Theresa Beck, an. old lady oi this city, died at. the -residence of her sister, .on Superior street, "near Dodge street. The; old lady* before she died, had requested of her relatives that she.be buried by the side of her husband and child;' in Wop.d^ land Cemetery; Saturday 1 mo'r'n'ipg. after, her death, lier spn-lin^iaw, Mr Jp.hn'Sauer;, went to,t]ie residence "of M. Sinion, where f the ; bo4y.was- lying? and demanded the body, iii'order to fulfil her last request. But M. Simony being a Catholic, .refusf#l to give ft\ip^ k s^iTlgAhiiiJ?ahe sljauld^inotbe buried in" a Protestant Cemetery as ; she requested. Whilst Mr Saver was taking legal steps to get possession of the body, M. Simon and his CathpljkKfrjeuds 'had taken the body and placed' tne"sain%ln r the vault of the Catholic Cemetery, on Kinsman street, where the constable ; finally founds it,. It was taken from-.the-Catholic. plaeaed ; m'-tnV ; , vault of "the'" Woodland Cemetery, and ■ was interred on Sunday last. — Cleveland Herald.

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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 701, 16 July 1870, Page 4

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Untitled Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 701, 16 July 1870, Page 4

Untitled Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 701, 16 July 1870, Page 4

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