Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-12-18
CURRENT NEWS.

There are $4,000 blind people In the Uni
ted States.
Eleven of the New York churches have
boy choirs,
General Hooker is quite ill at Paris, from
his paralytic stroke.
DR.. Livingston, the famed explorer is not
dead, as reported.
-Fhe California girls have the finest COM
plexions in The world ..s-
The Union Pacific Railroad is Ave hundred
miles long.
The President has pardoned James c. Sed-
don, late Rebel Secerary Of War.
The Empress Eugenie is cultivating
neusiache. Our fashionable ladies will of
course follow suit. ... ...- ..r.
The Washington Capitol when completed
will have cost twelve million dollars.
The Queen Of Spain cannot even exact
cheer from her subjects on state occasions.
A susceptible youth says he would rather
10 TO church to see the hers than read the
hymns.
The Department Of ofAgriculture's estimates,
place the cotton crop OF 1867 at over two
million bales.
New Jersey marshes which were almost
worthless few years ago, now sell for ST.
600 an acre for cranberry purposes.
The New Territory of Wyoming will take
parts of colorado, DAcotah, Idaho and Ne
braska.
Railroad communication is now complete
by-a continuous track, from Philadelphia in
the East to ST. Paul in the West.
Georgia now manufactures cotton thread
and cloth, and sends it to New York City for
amarket
Wood saving tournaments are all the
style out West. They ecli Pse base ball com
pletely.
Government officers recently seized $500
barrels high wines at Hennepen, i'll. The
property was valued at $500 900.
The Rev. John Chambers, Of Philadelphia
has just married one of the wealthest bellies
of his congregation. lie has been twice O
widower.
John Morrissey won 500 900 on q wager
that O'Brien (Tammany )would be elected
was $780,
Michigan has new secret society compos-
ed exclusively Of females, having for its OBJ
ject the moral and intellectual improvement
Of women.
Recently, upon the death of clerk in the
Mayors office at New Orleans, the applica-
tion record presen ted list Of over three
thousand names.
When the Chinese have street row, the
consequences are direful. The other day two
men had q milf, and before they were recons
ciled, eight hundred cues belonged to dead
Cinnamon.
Several iremen cf Augusta, Maine recent
ly started for their machines, during the trial
Of new bell, bat were shown their mistake
by an orthordox gentleman, who explained
SHAT the now bell Of the Universalists, and
there's no fire about them"
In l779, a man, his wife and six children
removed from Virginia to Ohio walking the
whole distance, aud the mother carrying az
infant in her arms. The woman was present
at recent pioneer meeting in Newark, Ohio
having attained the age of l02 years.
Samuel K. Andrews, of New Britain, Bucks
county, Pa, has picked from pumpkin vint
in his garden this season, seventy pumpkins
weighing in all 472 pounds. Joseph Wilt
of Hilestown, Pa, obtained nearly three hun
dred pounds from one vine.
Weston, the pedestrian, arrived at Chicago
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. on Thanksgiving day
He has accomplished his task of walking l27t
miles in less than 26 walking days, and get
$1,000 less 81 500 forfeit for failing to wall
one hundred miles 10 "a consecutive hours,-
Such task would probably have killed tn
most powerful horse but the man has thrivet
under it. He has averaged fifty miles da
for q stretch of one month at a time. .sr
r3 On Thursday the 5th inst. Summers bill I
take out the word "white" where II occurs i
the charter of the District Of Columbia, pas
sed the Senate by vote Of 30 to s. Darkie
can now be used for filing jury boxes an
holding official positions, when occasion de
mands, and the Radicals think they can af
ford to give up anything which pays.
Henry Ward Beccher defended nvvel wri
ting last Sunday evening, on the ground tbs
the parallels of the Savior we're little novel
cites. .-a ....
The Radicals are anxious to repeat the ex
pertinent tried by the Wings in 1852, whe
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