The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-03-26
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Butler, whereupon the Enquirer says:
spoons would be more ogpropos. We
would as soon think of presenting lady
with razor, as Ben. Butler with a
sword" - 5
The Mahoning county papers state
that genuine Russia iron has been made
at the rolling mill of Brown, Bonnel &
Co, in IYoungstown-the first in the
United States.
The Rev.-Dr. Lloyd has been appoint
ed provost of Trinity college, Dublin,
by the lord lieutenant of Ireland. iad
/ The remaining portion Of Helena, Ar
kansas, is ten feet under water. When
the levee broke at that place twenty sew
en- lives were lost, mostly freedmen.
John Downey, lad fleeing from a
policeman, jumped from fourth-story
window, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday,
and was killed. He had been robbing a
market stall.
Plus TX is the two hundred and fifty
seventh Pontif who has sat in st. Peters
chair. He is now seyenty-five years old,
and been Pope for twenty-one years.
George Bancroft, the Historian, keeps
printer and press in his house, and has
his copy set before he gives it the FIRST
careful correction. .it i9
Judging from the accounts in the Re-
publican papers the most creditable thing
done by the last Congress was "breaking
up" aa
A war in New Zealand has continued
without intermission from .844 to the
present day.
The Exposition building has already
cost France ten millions Of francs.
Land in London sells at ten million
dollars an acre. People live there be-
cause they can't afford to buy grave.
Nine hundred and eighty-nine love
letters were produced il evidence in q
breach of promise case in Liverpool; re.
Gently. 9a @ea
Tie army estimates in England amount
to 9l4, 752,eOe iP money and 139, l63 il
men.
One pc rson out of thirty in Pennsyl
vania is dependent upon the rest of the
community either for support or correc
tion. ss..o tl'4
A party in Maine are getting out the
timber for 5,0e0 ton ocean steamer, to
be built. ion I
The stage and mail from Fort Clarke,
Texas, were captured by Indians on the
l1th plt. The driver and passengers
kept them at bay until morning, when q
reinforcement of Indians appeared and
all the passengers we're taken prisoners
Their fate is unknown. tl h9ss.
As an illustration of the number Of
idle men in Chicago, fllionis, it is stated
that on Wednesday, load Of hay upset
in the street, and that, within fifteen
minutes, there were seven thousand grow1
persons in the vicinity Of the accident
besides large number of boys and girls
Once a week or oftener, says the Lon
don Spectator, Tilted girl throws her.
self over one of the LONDON bridges.
A young lady out west was accused OF
quitting on airs" for refusing to go,to
ball barefo oted.
One hundred and ten thousand persons
are employed in the English potteries.
England annually drinks 100000
GALLONS of wine.
There are Is turpentine distilleries il
Fayetteville, N. G.
81 GOO, 900 has been subscribed for I
railroad from Richmond to Newpor
News. q0s a
Caroline James, a negress, died las
week in Richmond. She was 130 years
old, and had had thirty FIVE children
Pickles are forbidden by a Connection
temperance society as encouraging {
taste for something stronger.
An official communication shows al
aggregate amount of S539,0OO expended
for subsistence stores issued to destitut,
refugees and freedmen, or persons not be
longing to the army, for six months end
ing Dec. 81.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has or
dered the suspension of the sales of il
licit whisky In some cases not NOR,
than half the amount of duty was real
lied from the auctions,
Congress refused to pass a resolution
expressing sympathy for the Irish. Con-
gress is in favor oe monarchy.
Six hundred and seventy persons, sup
posed to be incurably insane, are confined
in our county jsils and infrmaries, il
six.y-nine counties of Ohio. Of thi,
number three hundred and forty -four arr
females.
1873 persons have been burned to deatl
during the past year and about 6,0OO,0Ot
of dollars worth of property destroyed
by the explosion of kerosene lamps
nearly every case due to carelessness.
Among the fashionable visitors at tht
New York Academy of Music, few
evenings since, were two Esquimaux, ;
male and female. The were escorted by
John N. Genin, and were arrayed il
heavy grey furs, such as they wear il
their own snowy cline. They occupied
seats in the parquette, and attracted con
siderable attention.
The various amendments to the Sup
Elementary Reconstruction Bill bid fair
before they are done with, to leave the
franchise of the Southern States entirely
to the negroes,
The records of the Post Office Depart
ment show thatin the Dead-letter Bureau
tbora hove ba,p civ bnndrad thousauf