Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-12-16
CURRENT NEWS.


Gen. Grant refused to receive the hos
pitahties rendered TO him by the Hub.
old lady recently died in Massachu-
sets, who had eighty-eight living grand
children.
at Rondout, n. Y, recently
stole his pockets full of powder andmet the
fate Of bad boys by blowing himself up.
American women, it is alleged, annually
wear $50, 0OO, 900 yards of calico, and nearly
as, many dollars worth of silk.
There is an old lady in Columbus, Ohio,
eighty years old, who is cutting her third
set of teeth.
One of the Hartford papers announced a
Grecian Bend ball in that city, with prem
ium of so for the largest, bend"
An Indian was hanged for murderin Wis
consin few days since. His whole tribe
came to see the execution.
by tight boot. Notification set in on the
instep of his foot, and he died i'll three days.
On the Union pacific railroad the cry is
..look out for the Indian" instead of" look
ont for the engine"
p, Bets to the amount oftwo millions ofdol-
lars are said to have been made ON the Elec-
toral vote in California.
A New Orleans couple, bent on mat
rimony recently had to elope, because some
BODY was always dying i'll the bride family
and prevented a wedding in proper style.
Cor MIxRD-A person named Porter
being very drunk, friend asked him what
he had been about, ''Only turning little
gin into Porter" replied he.
The Prussians, men, women, and children
according to correspondent, are now all
in the harvest field digging potatoes with
their fingers.
One hundred and fifty thousand hogs
heads and boxes of sugar have been landed
in Boston, since January l, the largest re-
ceipts ever known.
Philadelphia has taken steps to import a
thousand English sparrows, which will be
let loose in the public squares and parks
next spring
A game cock recently attacked and so
severely pecked little daughter of J. W.
Brown of Vinceton, n. j., that lockJaw
set in and resulted in her death.
:, Dreadful naughty boy was Thad- Ste
vens correspondent of the Albany Ar
gus intimates that he was the father of
eleven ilegitimate children.
The daughters of the late Chief Justice
fancy earn their living in Washington by
Uopyingreports and papers for the Secre-
tary of the Interior.
Phillips says the greatest danger to the
country is, peace with the South, Peace
Is as great an enemy to such rascals as
Phillips as righteousness is to thedevil.
A citizen OF Belfast, Ireland, thirsting fol
fame, has climbed the spire OF church there
and been photographed while standidg on
the ball
Acrazy woman in Rochester recetly, dress
ed up in male attire, went to social party,
killed two of her relatives. and then poi
soned herself
In reply to young writer who wishes to
know (which magazine will give me the
highest position quickest" the Petersburg
Express says, "a powder magazine, If you
contribute fiery article.
Alittle boy of 13, having placed penny
on the railway track at Brunswick, Maine,
to see the locomotive crush it, one of the
train hands threw stick Of wood at him
and he was instantly killed
A lady recently advertised for employ
ment as follows "A young widow Lady
wishes to superintend a widewer's house
hold and would not object to the supervi-
sion of child"
Parson Brownlow srys he,, would rather
90 to hell with loyal negro, than to go to
heaven with a copperheads.,, The scoun-
dre1's wish will, we have no doubt be re-
spected by the Almighty.
Prof Brooks went up in ballon from
Memshes, and at the height of eight thous-
and feet accidentally dropped dog. The
ANIMALS supposedto have sustained intenal
injuries as no extenal marks were found, or
injuries or dog.
A lady in Bangor, Maine hung her hoop
skirts on a nail in her chamber, and mem
Der of her houshould, while exploring the
premises, was so unfortunate as to get his
head caught therein, and being unable to
extricate himself, soon expired. The name
of the victim was Thomas Cat.
While young couple were out buggy nd
ing in the District of Columbia, the beau
began to smoke, and spark from his cigar
falling upon his companions dress and set
ting it on fire, he had to take her from the