Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-11-20
CURRENT NEWS.

Ian has been or n I'll be rendered the appolrt-
nent of Secretary of War by ibe President.
Several more citizens of Richmond have
been ordered TO leave that City, for speaking
Unexpectedly of the great Hunnicutt.
Returns OF the registrations in South Caro-.
lima shows that the blacks will have q very
large maturity Of the vote in t6at State, prob
ably $4,000.
The Rhode Island cltton manufacturers
have unitedly consented to reduce the wages
of their operators, this week, and to run short
time.
During the past week namber Of cotton
and wColen manufacturers Of Philadelphia
reduced the wages of their employees from
ten to twenty per cent.
The Agricultural Department, in its report
for October, estimates the yield Of Wheat for
the year in the whold country al 220, 900, 900
bushels, being about fifty million bushels
more than last year.
The Radicals have been put on trial for the
many crimes Of which they have been guilty
during the past six years, and the verdict of
the people has been guilty,-guihy.
The Democratic majority in New Jersey so
far, is l3,492. Seventeen counties out Of the
twenty-five are Democratic. Democratic
majority in the Legislature, 81.
Secretary Seward has concocted another
secret mission scheme. Rev. Mr.. Hswey.
PreSby terian minister at Auburn. is 10 be
sent out to foreign countries for about four
months on some mysterious business.
In Missouri, James B. Mccormick has
been elected to Congress in place of Hon.
Thomas E. NOEL, deceased, by one thousand
najority-a ain. The county elections show
large Democratic gains.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
running Of cars on Sunday sa work of ne
cessity and charity, but that if illegal, the
remedy Is at law and not in equity. Justices
Strong and Agnew dissented from the ma
jority opinion.
A correspondent Of the Geauga (Ohio)
Democrat says that cows, which last spring.
brought $50 to SIS are now selling, on ac-
count Of the drought, for $25. The cheese
factories will soon have to suspend Operations
for want of milk.
There is no abatement of the excitement
and alarm which prevails in Richmond. The
iDcendiary Hunnicutt made speech to the
negroes the other eight, in which he advised
them to apply the torch to the house of any
white man "ho discharged negro for voting
the Radical ticket.
An Arkansas Journal says that cotton cul-
ture will have to be abandoned. Cotton can
not be picked at less than a dollar hundred
being equal to three and half cents pound
for lint cotton, which, added to the tax, COW
ers nearly half the market value Of the pro-
duct.
Texas papers state that the planters have
great difficulty in getting the poor remnant
Of their cotton crop gathered. Almost daily
some Of them are on the streets in search of
freedmen, but they invariably return to their
homes disappointed. The freedmen will not
work
A young lady the other evening asionished
the company by asking for the loan Of dm-
inutve argcuteous, truncated cone, convex
on its summit, and semi perforated with in.
dentions. She wanted thimbe.
ISCENDIARY RAT.-A family in Fredericks
burg, Va, were about retiring for the night
when they were aroused by the smell Of fire.
On searching, they found smoke coming out
Cfa raj hole, and at once cut away some
wooden work, discovering rats nest on fire
and piece Of the match that had not been
consumed. Half an hour later and the house
and perhaps lives would have been lost ,whlr
the cause of the fire woGld have remained q
mystery.
A Selma pegro, when his election ticke,
was given him, asked what he was to do with
il. He was told to put it in the box. ''IS
dat all ?' he aueried. "Yes." "Nu,hin'
more marster - NO." as dat votin' ?''-
''Yes," 81 thought votin' was gittin' sum,
thin" And, disgusted, he threw the paper
on the ground, tramped 1t under foot, ant
went home.
A young fellow in Clayton, Iowa, stole
yoke of oxen, aud sold them in order TO re-
move to Missouri. He was pursued ant
brought back. His wife went ob,'gnorant o
the cause of his return. He wrote her tht
facts. His letter broke her heart, aud sht
was taken from the car a corpse,
Every man is a volume, if you know how
to read him,-Channlng.
An Irish girl in Laporte, Ind, was outrag-
ed on a commons. When the full extent o
hor wronc became known she procured