The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-29
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1t cost s3,00o,00O last year for the
keeping Of dogs in Illinois. a
The blood Of girl in Topham, Me-,
turned to sugar when she died.
Mr.. Cowan's proposition to aembrace
the women is denounced in some quar-
ters.
There is Protestant congregation Of
800 persons, and six schools of 22O chill
dren, at Jerusalem.
A woman in Lawrence, Mass, has sued
that city for $4,000, for the killing of
her husband by sky.rocket.
The only beverage at General Grants
reception last week was iced lemonade
He won't have such crowd at his house
next time. I,S IL
The oyster trade of Boston now en-
Iploys fifty or sixty vessels, against two
or three in 1880. - se'
The salt springs at Onondaga, New
York, produced 1902, ,24o barrels of salt
last year. HeY fa % 16
John Bright, of England, has been
elected an honorary member of The New
England Society OF New York. y 2-s
A bloody riot occurred at Pernambuco
lately between the Brazilians and Por-
tuguese, in which 100 of the former and
80 of the latter. were killed
The value of the barrels, tin cans and
Iother packages containing petroleum sent
to Europe last year, is estimated tslo
600 600. aa~ 9.a.
Ira Van Verburg, a Pennsylvania, re-
Gently deceased, has left his property,
valued at S45, 900, to his betrothed, who
is to take possession when she is twenty
one years of age.
Il Tits believed that the emigration to
America from Ireland end the Continent,
the coming spring and summer, will be
the greatest on record. lea5 99
A Yankee preacher discoursing about
Daniel in the lions den, said: land
there he sat all night long, lookiig at
the show for nothing, and it didn't cost
him cent n'
The wife ofa Cincinnati merchant eloped
with lover and $4,000 worth of jewel
ry which she purchased in her husbands S
absence. sq
Two more of the Butler suits are be-
fore the New York courts-S100D00
claimed for false Imprisonment, and Sl75.-
600 for conversion of property. &
A man by the name of Taylor a, few
days ago, at Zanesville, stabbed a man
by the name of Miles. The wound in.
i aicted was serious. bs )
A quack doctor advertises to this eff.
feet: "Cousumptives, cough while yor
can for after having taken one bottle oi
my tincture, you can't. Shouldn't think
he could. II gs@t f04 i, 81
The Cadiz Republican says The lar.
gest clip of wool in the county, belong
. Ing to the Sheplar Brothers, amounting
to about two thousand feeces, was pur
chased one day last week by Lindlay M
Branson, Messrs. Gilbert & Co., Of Ware
Mass, at60 cents per pound. Z The clil
! is one of the finest in the county. 2s
3 Baron Rothschild gave sixty thousanc
pounds of bread to the Paris poor at til,
Christmas season.
An attempt was made on the evenins
!. of the 14th instant to burn the Wes
Virginia Penitentiary, at Moundsyille,-
Some of the convicts set fire to a portion
of the roof, but by the exertions5 Of tn
e guards and a few of the prisoners, tn
fire was extinguished without seriou
damage. 5ss sea
Major General Curtis died ofapoplexy
at Council Bluffs. a8 agss
! The roads in the East. are still badf
: blocked up. They were trying to NOV
trains BY using six or seven locomotive
. at once, but failed. : $3.50 9Ais
< The vote by which the bill passed il
the Senate changing the time for tn
d commencement session of Congress, am
t beginning the Fortieth Congress on tn
9Th of March next, was-yeas, 26; nays
z. 'ta .'s
: General Sheriden denies that he i
d either going to marry or runfor the Pres
$ Iidency.e rs ~ ,.es
In Pittsfeld, on Christmas eve. a wa
terfall of ponderous proportions compellel
!, the sexton to give its proprietress sea
. in the front part Of the church in erde
Il to shut the outside door.
I Anex policeman, of London, has ha
: a S750, 600 windfall. The lawyer who &c
!. itfor him pocketed 100000.
e An exchange says if the Lowell fac
h tory operatives were negroes they nigh
: obtain reduction of the hours of la
bor
A Gentleman just returned from Mex
leo says that things are nearly as ba
!, there as in the United States.
S Rents in Pittsburg have doubled With
;. a year, and tenements are scarce at tha
e Rev. Samuel Boyd, formerly of Bridge
e port, has obtained a divorce from hi
t. wife. as ea a;i,a
y On Thursday of last week, there wei
: 65 cars snow bound near Pittsfeld, Mass
y having on board 700 cattle, which ha
J not been supplied with food or water fc
twenty -four hours st q gifsa
). A Boston dispatch says that the storl
:. there has been the seyerest sincel857.
III Thomas Fallon beat cut his wife
j brains with brick, in Worcester, Mass
II in September last. He was tried las
v week, entered plea of guilty, and wa
n n sentenced 70 the penitentiarY for life.