Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-11
CURRENT NEWS.

How ,ioss a tree feel when chopps down Chop
fallen probably
Philadelphia hse put up s4O.OOO,6O worth Of
buildings this year.
Mermaid that eats oranges hss been found at
the Sandwich Islands
II f"brevity Is the soul of wit" what funny
thing fashionable coat Is, isu't it 7
Transcript In Hebrew, written in the year 936
ia preserve in the National Library Of Florence
The latest cause Of cide in Paris was the un-
willingness of a boy Of sixteen 10 run errands.
The Paris Eclipse had IS, 900 earieatures Of Isa-
bella ready to bs Issued whom the authorities inter-
Fsrsd.
Queen Isabella Ony carries Eve thousand pieces
ofbsggags with her in her uneasy wsnderings in
Europe.
I'm sitting on the style, Mary, said the envious
young girl az she plunged down on her sisters hat
and feathers.
German philosopher predicts that Europe and
America will be submerged in 500,0O0,0C0 years,
and no one dares contradict him.
A quantity OF laces and diamonds was recently
discovered in the chignon Of suspected French
servsnt girl in New York.
1t is said that the Queen of Portugal is suffering
from an ineur4be brain disease, similar t. that of
which her mother died.
fellow has been arrested in Phaiephia for
murder committed by him four year ago, IN Bos-
tor the detectives have been in quest of him ever
since.
There ia a woman 79 years old, in Hadley, West-
srn Massa ehusetis who has never taken ride in
stage coach ear, steamboat any other public con-
vsyHnce
Twenty four bridri msds and groOmsmen recently
.,nsuisted'' at q wedding in New York
General Hooker 10 very in6rm ami feeble. One
aide is completely lifeles', aud be cannot move
Btep without assistance.
The executors Of James Buehsnan. deceased, have
contracted for the erection Of monument over the
remsins o. the late ex-Presidsnt, at Lancaster.
The pluck Of On expected bridegroom failed him,
just before the ceremony in Richmond, the other
day, and he sent a note to his waiting bride 10 that
eject. Her brothers then soussd him In = muck
Prud.
The wife Us John Allen, "tbe uiekOdest man in
Kew York" is described u short, fat woman. with
q fa"e somewhat resembling bull dogs and one
in which vice Of every kin is stanped-perfest
tu.Iet head, and body that looks rs il j! were
thro~u together, and not created iu the natural
way.
On a recent sunday evening, Dennis Brosuhan,
SG Totoes,er. Mass, accidentally shot md fatally
wounded his sweetheart. Mary Kelly. At her re-
quest they were nAnIsd the next afsrnosn, and she
died the same evening.
lew nights ago, oEs Of the ballet girls in the
Varieties Theatre, in Louisville, Ky, was b urned
severely by her drapery catching hrc from contact
With the footIighls. A gentleman in the audience
jumped on to the platform and sHtinguiahed the
aanss by snrsloping the aGdghtsd girl in the am
Vls folds of his overroAt.
Plvs mies east Of Green river, On the line Of the
Cpion Pacific Railroad. - rock has been on hre IN o
large cot. When it nrst became ignited the labor
srs snieaysrsd To extinguish it by throwing water
on it, but in vain. They then tried to smother 1t
with earth, and failed 1t /, thought to be sand
ssons saturated with petroleum.
Indianapolis claims to have the largest snd neat
eat Theatre in the West
The valse Of the crown diamonds carried OF by
Queen Iaab liza is estimated a. i6.00J 600 francs
When last heard from, Dr. Livingstone, the Al.
risAn explurer Hss within weeks march Of Zanzi-
bar.
A Berlin engineer has invented military land
torpedo which hs Pretsnds will blow mp whole
battalion.
A Madrid editor 20 ntenced . few weeks since, to
Imprisonment for life. has been set free by the reVo-
lasion
The latest theatrical sensation in London, is pro-
dussd by running pack Of iOE bounds in full cry
ssrOss the stage
A lady OF fortune rear Paris has committed sui
eide. she had boil nn her noSe and Was afraid Of
being disfaursd.
A Mrs Louisa Wafer, in applying for an extension
OF her license to keep q tavern in London adduc ed
proof 70 show that during the twenty four years she
had presided over that in stitution, she had induced
the enlistment Of Is 572 into the Britsh Navy.
iu some sections Of Mississippi, three crops have
been ra lied this year
The arteslan we'll, ut st. Louis IS now 3,S75 feet
deep The drills are still in limestone stratum
and no wafer.
What are DoW called surprise parties became
quite fashi6nabls ia England about the year l5Vu,
wneu tnsy we're called "Picnic SuPpers. The bill
Of iArS ~As prepared, each dish being numbered and
the subscribers to the entertainment drew lots, and
each was required to furnish the aish marked
Mrsipst the number no drew.
An sntsrpri ,psculAtOr has purchased whole
square In = central location in Phisdslphia, and
shout to build lsS handsome dwelling houses, with
large sds yards The sutTs cost viii be more than
soc coo.
There are three hundred and sixty religious news
papers in the United States.
One 10 seven Of the population VI Holland consists
vt children between the sgss sf six and twelve years
attending the public schools There are no less than