The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-03-19
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A murderer In Chicago was released
after he had confessed his guilt
Chicago slaughtered 666,0oO hogs last
year. A big squeal.
Medical men inst Louis gravely shake
their heads and say the cholera is COM
ing.
The South desires to attend to its in =
dustrial interests, but the politicians will
DOT let it alone.
A lady advertises In Glasgow paper
that she wants gentleman "for breakfast
and tea.
Brownlow is still on the rampage, or,
as a Memphis paper puts it, "the guyas-
cutus has broken loose"
The Governor of Illinois has signed
the bill making eight hours legal days
work in the State, in absence Of contracts
to the contrary. 1t goes into effect i'm
mediately.
A writer to the Buffalo Democrat COM
plains Of the photography of the fore
man of gang of laborers, who, in ma
king his daily returns, spelt the word
"shovelling" sixteen different ways, viz:
I"Schuf1ing, shofing, shoyelin, shoveling,
chovling, shovlin, shovelling, chovelling
showing schoveling, shuvilling sbuvel
ling, shovaling, suvling, chivling."
1t is proposed in Indiana to allow the
shooting of prairie chickens only be-
tween the 18th of August and the 1st of
January of each year, and to forbid the
netting of quails at any season.
One of, the New York weekly papers
publishes list of the diamond owners in
that city. 1t occupies three columns, and
while it administers to vanity, must prove
a complete directory to rogues.
Vienna is the only city in the world
where the snow is removed as fast as it
falls, but at an enormous expense. All
the men out Of work are set to sweeping
the streets at "a cents day.
LONDON, March 7.-Advices from the
Cape of Good Hope bring the sad intel
ligence that DR.. Livingston, the celebra
ted African explorer, has been killed by
the Caffres.
A dispatch from Carson, dated the 18th
instant, says the Nevada Legislature ad-
journed sine die at midnight. Before il
adjourned the Lieutenant Governor said
that the Legislature had done no credit
to themselves or the State. No Revenue
bill had been passed, and the, State was
so utterly without credit that is was found
impossible to borrow one hundred pounds
for the repair of the State prison. The
closing scenes were disgraceful.
/ New ORLEANS, March 8.-Governor
| Wells has issued proclamation declar-
ing the act Of Congress "for the more
efficient government of the rebel States
to be in full force in Louisiana. He
proclaims that "all elections held from
and after this date, either State, munich
pal or parochial, under any authority,
except in strict conformity with section 6
Of said act of Congress, will be void and
of no effect. All persons elected to off
ce must be able to qualify under said law
before they can be allowed to enter upon
the duties of the same"
According to report of the German
Emigrant Society, two thousand seven
hundred and twenty eight of the i've
thousand six hundred and ninety five
emigrants who landed at New York in
February were Germans. Last year the
number of Germans arriving during the
same period was two thousand eight hun
dred and twenty nine; while in the cor
responding period of the year previous
it was only five hundred and forty-seven
The whole number of German emigrants
+ who have landed at New York since
January 1st is six thousand seven hun.
dred and nineteen.
A silver mine has been discovered on
the farm of VIM. Bradley, Esq, on Pass
Run, Page county, Va. The ore is said
to be very rich.
Since 1921 Mexico has been governed
by % presidents, z dictators, 2 empercrs
vice president and generalissimo.
!, Chicago and Boston are concerned
about the number of their iuhabitaDts
who are now out of employment.
Natchez sends saddle of Mississippi
leopard and rattlesnake skins to the Par.
is Exposition.
In Kentucky lives man, the head ol
very respectable and intelligent family
who, during one week in each month,
about the first quarter of the moon, i'm
agnes himself a woman, dons the hoops
and balmoral and sits in his parlor wait
ing for his beau! This strange conduct
was first noticed in him when he was
about seventeen years of age. He is now
ffty-one.
New York, March '13.-Tbe Times
special says: An order will be issued to-
day assigning General Scofeld to the
First, Sickles to the Second, Thomas to
: the Third, Ord to the Fourth, and Sher-
iden to the Fifth Districts, in the South
ern States, under the military reconstruc-
| tion bill.
One hundred and ffty-six millions Of
letters passed through the New York
postofice during the past year.
A Southern paper says were the South
to make Stevens a present of 100000,
that revengeful fellow would cease his
vindictive schemes agai..st the South
! Iron-works.
An exchange says that lawyers prac-
tising before the military Courts in the
Southern satrapies, are expected to open
their arguments withthe usual formula
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