Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-07-29
CURRENT NEWS.

Grant and Colfax-the kite and tail of
Radicalism.
Seymour the statesman. Blair the soldier.
A matchless combination.
A Hartford lady fell asleep near window,
fell out, and now sleeps forever.
The first "straw" cf the campaign is that
Grant badges don't sell anywhere.
Butler says the national debt must either
be paid in greenbacks or repudiated. Butler
10 good Radical.
"General Grant," the trotter, 10 dead. His
pamesake is about to make bis last appear
ance on the course.
The.New York Times fears the Democrat
ic majority in that city next fall may reach
10000 votes. Shouldn't wonder.
All the magistrates elect in Shelby county.
Alabama. are negroes, and not one of them
can read or write.
St. Louis has female foot>pads, who draw
'1Ong, cleaning knives" from their bosoms.
Bad place, that.
The Radicals, ina spirit Of infamous call
umny, say that Mr., Seymour inherits pro>
pensity to madness. he won't be half so
mad after November as they will.
A Philadelphia soldier proposes to carry a
flag labeled Grant and Colfax on foot, to Gal
weston. That is the only way the Radical
- ticket can be carried.
If Old Thad. is received into the Demo
cratic party, Ben. Butler will want to come
How long shall the door be kept open 3
This is serious question.
Old Thad. endorses Pend Teton, Seymour
and Blair. What honest Republican can hes
itate to follow when he thus boldly leads the
ways
Forty thousand people attended the Sey-
mour, ratification meeting at Chicago, The
city was densely packed with patriots, and
the streets were brilliant with bonfires, il
luminations and pyrotechnics.
Birthstone Brownlow is trying to get up a
civil war in his dominions, and wants to in
volve the q. S. troops in the difficulty.
He will get "to the end of his rope"sOme day
we hope soon.
The loyal fellows who, if they went into
the army, went as suffers or cotton specula>
tors, are the fellows who demand that the
bondholders shall be paid in gold, and that
the soldier shall be paid in greenbacks.
Thirty thousand people attended Demo>
cratic barbecue and picnic at Mt. Vernon,
Illinois. The West is alive with enthusiasm
for Seymour and Blair.
What is the difference between the En-
peror of Russia and Useless Grant Wen
dell Phillips answers The one is a despot
and other whiskey. pot.
The press of mstances-Forney' pa
per. The creature of Hiram
Ulysses Simpson Sam Grant.
The Radicals in Congress propose getting
up singing clubs for the campaign. Bingham
will sing the "Hanguan's refrain and But
Ter, "Spooney Bill"
Grant and Colfax-the ToodleS and Nav
worm of American politics.
"Husbands ad interim" ia one Uf the lat
est sensational reportorial phrases.
A man in Dubuque killed 386 rats in his
csIlar, the other day, in self-defense.
Forney says, "the names of Grant and Col
fax evoke great enthusiasm" The enthusi'
asm they evoke is good, very good. 1t will
require microscope of big magnifying power
20 1evelope the strength of this enthusiasm
The radicals say that Grant carries the
banner of peace and forgivness. This is
mistake be marches to defeat under the
banner of vengeance and hate.
The Radical party swallowed Grant be-
cause its strength had dept rted. A qunine
pill might have answered better purpose.
The latest labor movement-the attempt
OF Tue rS4ulchI press W COnNlDCe us Inat II
ram U. Grant is q statesmen.
Wendell Phillips shrie1s to "shoot the
deserters." The sanguinary old Radlca
would decima:e his own party.
Prentice says the negro with the ballot il
like monkey with razor. In shaving him
self he'll cut bis own throat.
A man out West shot himself dead to free
himself from rheumatism. The cure is called
q remarkable one.
McDonough, of the Black Crook, is afte
Forney with 100000 libel suit.
A Cincinnati base ballist has made throw
Of three hundred and ninety feet.
New York absorbs 10000 kegs of sod,
water and 10000 of lager daily.
The way for girls to keep young mel
plump and in position is to bridal them.