The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-12-24
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NY Cau DUMiuSO.
The last humbug is a proposition to
hold the Democratic National Convention
at Boston.
The Postmaster general asks an ap.
preparation of s22, ,S37, 500 for the next
fiscal year, ending June 80, 1869.
White6eld, N. H., has elevensaw- mills
which turn out, 100000 to 5000, 900 feet Of
lumber, each, year.
In Danbury deaf and dumb man has
started shoe shop, and all his workmen,
are deaf and dumb.
Chicago lawyers talk of making dis
count on divorce fees VIII ere large num-
Der of bills are wanted in one family.
A negro woman, near Savannah, few
days ago, gave birth to three children
two coal black, and one pure white.
Colonel Parker, the big Indian on
Grants staff, has just married ''pale
face" wife at Rochester.
The London Times thinks that McCul-
looh's fnanciering proceeds on the prin-
ciple of substituting new evils for old
ones.
The Postmaster general reports thirty
FIVE millions paid out on the Bounty Bill
thus far, and forty five millions yet to be
paid.
The portrait of the late lamented Lin
coin is to be woven in silk at Lyons. He
is the fourth person who has been simi-
larly honored.
E. w. Moore, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
not slept since the 29th of November
II he keeps on much longer, his friends
will have to celebrate his wake.
1t is limited by the New York Times
! (Republicanl that the impeachment farce
has cost the Government something like
half million dollars.
! The Montreal special says: Two chill
dren were eaten by wolves in the woods
in Saint Malachi on Thursday. The
{ mother had narrow escape.
n Affairs in New Orleans are desperate
General distress prevails, and there are
three hundred houses aud stores to rent
! Families are pawning jewelry for bread
A recent assessment of the value oil
property in Maryland shows total Of
, S402, ,653,572 against S278,512, 1856 BY
the old assessment
Il A Chicago divorce case rests on the
complaint Of a lady that her husband
made her get up in the middle of the
night and make the bed over.
An aged French woman living in Eas
, Lee, Mass, whileon her way across the
mountains toward Washington to visit .
son, recently, lost her way and was found
dead, after several days search.
: The last dispatches from Mazzowal
report that the British expeditionar,
force IN Abyssinia had reached plac,
+ called Zenape, where there was an abund
! ance of water and the natives friendly.
> A large whale appeared in NsrfolE
J Roads last week, and spouted severa
times, coming within hundred yards O.
1.-THE wharf at Sewell's Point. It finally
? went south, towards the capes, in safety
L j ] rar-
An Ohio burglas-- improvised :,
hotel by tying widow and her two chill.
j dren in one bed and himself occupying
another. In the morning he loosec
them long enough to hare his breakf as
. cooked.
e Mrs. Roone and four children wer,
: found in New York on Sunday, poisoned
e with laudanum, administered by Mrs
Q Roone, because of her poverty. They
we're taken to Bellvue Hospital, but vii
probably die.
A man who has just been hanged il
Hungary for murder confessed that be
was the murderer Of jeweller namec
4 Lyons. who was made away with in hil
store at Charleston, s.. c., some twenty
: years ago.
), Siuce 1860 we have produced 1s4, GOO,
600 of the precious metals beyond wha
| we have exported There is, doubtless
as shown by these figures, an amount o.
gold boarded in the country far beyont
what is generally supposed.
!, The plate glass for the Treasury ex
!. tension was imported from France, at
total cest, when delivered at New York
of 81, ,269. The lowest bids the superyis
ing architect could get in this country t.
furnish this glass were S9,732 and &c..
$50.
Il A forage dealer in Paris, whose premi.
ses were infested with rats, which neither
cats nor dogs could extirpate, recently
adopted the novel mode of dipping live
rat in red paint, and turning it loose. The
vermin have entirely disappeared from
his premises.
i Iti said that one out of every three
young women in Kentuckey elopes fol
the sake of marrying. 1t has long been
! the romantic fashion. of the State, and
!. ordinary weddings without sensation
are considered unworthy of girl Of
spirit.
| In Philadelphia,a a man feeling little
spiteful the other day, went into stable
and deliberately cut the throats of three
j horses which were standing there, be.
: cause the owner Of those animals recent,
ly shot cat belonging to him.
Commodore Vanderbilt proposes to
destroy the business of the express com.
panies, -hreaking up their contracts
for freights on Tfthe roads ever which
he has any influence, and particularly OF
the New York Central, Hudson River
and Pennsylvania Central.
:. The Committee ofWays and Means es-
innate that revenue of S305, ,573, 400