Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-12-04
CURRENT NEWS.
Within The past ten years nine evening pa
pers have failed in Cincinnati.

Head Centre Francis tlas at length been
captured 10 Dublin. Il
They are exhibiting an eel in London that
weighs thirty six pounds.
The largest circulation of any paper in
Dublin 10 only fifteen thousand r-
They propose to fish by steam in Virgin
ia q! "
-Mails are deliEered- in New York in ssFes-
teen days from San Francisco. ...v
LfrsrpoOl streets are kept level and hard
by steam rollers, running in the night.
The profits Of the London Times are said
10 reach nearly half million dollars year
O. Louisiana has o wax myrtle which yields
eight pounds Of tallow day. .
Chicago has a pedestrian named John
Sheparcy who is backed to walk 10 New
Orleans in twenty days.
A newspaper appears at Terre Haute, Ind.
on the lst OF January. 1t will be edited by
LnTee WOmens
1t must be pleasant for Thad. Stevens to
know that the Washington papers have his
obituary in type.
There is sensation in Dubuque. A ; oung
woman kicks, beats, pounds and hacks an in
FAINT to death, breaking all its bones and
rendering IL unrecogn zlble. Cause un-
known a- F.
"IIorse OIL" instead of butter,is frequent
" used in dressing vegetables in Paris. The
first taste Of it makes man feel like trotting
away from the table.
DR.. Livingstone is reported not dead. IL
telligence has been received in London that
he 10 known to have been alive and well in
April last. lie was then exploring the
wastes of Africa, hundreds of miles from the
sea coast. .s.-
Mr.. A, T. Stewart, the New York million
are, recently purchased carpet in Paris for
one of the parlors in his new house, that cost
$1,000. II is one entire piece, and repre-
sents a scene in Versailles s- 's..
The clerks in the various departments at
Washington are claporing for more pay, and
they threaten to 'raise" a certain individual,
not mentioned in circles polite, if the Gov
esnment don't came down,
The submerging OF the Island Of Tortola,
as reported last week, was greatly exsgerat-
ed by the press dispatches. 1t suffered CON-
siderable damage by the ST. Thomas tornado
and was partially inundated. Many lives
were lost. -
Dickens landed in Boston on Wednesday
last, and will give his first public readings
on Monday next. Tickets TO the entertain
ment were sold from So to SIS, and even
$50 apiece, aud went off like the very dick
ems, at that,
A .tin'' wedding was lately observed in
Gloucester after rather unusual manner
The wife eloped with young fellow, taking
with her all The "tin" she had saved IN ten
years. The discovery Of her absence closed
tie FESTIVITIES.
The latest style OF bonnet has turned up at
Richmond, Indiana. 1t is described as "con-
sisting Of two straws tied together with a
blue ribbon on the top Of the head, and red
tassels suspended at each Of the four ends OF
the straws. Price Sl9.
Over $500 balls and soirees will be held
In New York city the eomming winter from
the splendid hops st the Academy to the
.roush-and tumble a'raffies" at the M'Ginnis
Hall in First Avenue. Upwards of five mil
hons Of dollars, it is estimated, will he the
cost Of this ''libcriaI spirit Of amusement"
The British Expedition to Abyssinia, foE
the purpose of forcing King Theodorus te
some respect for Her Majesty Queen Vlctoris
and hcr representatives at the Abyssinian
"Court :" it is feared will fail in its object
1t has drawn many millions from the ex-
ch equer, and has as yet failed in even mak'
ing landing on Abyssinian sand.
"Who's there 2" said Robinson, one cold
winter night, disturbed in his repose by some
one knocking at the street door "A irleod,
was the answer. "What do you wart ?'-
s"Want to stay here all night" "Quee1
taste, amt it ? but stay there by all means,
was the benevolent reply.
We commend the following paragraph tt
"whom it may concern"
IA man advertised for a wife, and request
ed each candidate TO enclose her carte IL
pisite. A spirited young lady wrote to tn
advertiser in the following terms "Sir,
do not enclose my carte, for though there i
some authority for putting cart. before
horse, I know Of none for putting one befor'
an ass" .- ~
In Richmond, a few days ago, it was deci
ded that a person whO-had taken counter
fcirnote- and kept it for several months
could not then recover from the person h