Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-03
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"A heavy weight--the IA 600 pounds God
dess Of Liberty for tho Gettysburg mouu-
mont. 4s A
IAN elevator OF tho capacity Of COO, 200
bushelsls now completed at New Orleans,
and ready for operation. n
"A merchant travelling on the Pennsylva- |
mia railroad was quietly relieved OF $4,000 by
q fellow traveller. -.-.
The Erie Railway Company have put
down over 5000 tons OF steel rails within
tho last few months. ri -los4
-Tetanus, commonly called lock jaw, has
been successfully treatedby repeated appli-
cations Of chloroforin to the spine. 90
-ErmiDe mufis, collars and cuffs will be
the style this winter, consequently theprice
of the fur hasincreased. t4oi-li
The woodwork Of the new suspension
bridge at Niagara Falls is completed, and
foot passengers are crossing. l5
Society has refused to notice Fifth
avenue lady because formerly her husband
kept stand IN Fulton market wv
Australia has an ostrich pasture Of ten
thousand acres. The feathers Of a full
year. hgfetf lqfrit h.-e
Tho demand for seed cane in Louisiana
indicates a disposition on the part Of the
,plaltera to put moro land in cane next year
than they did this.
"A farmer in vigo County, Indiana, is said
to have raised fonr hundred bushels OF APP
pies on 13 trees tDis season., He sold the
crop for S1.75 per bushol. iHIj
e Tho Iron, Mountain Railroad is going
forward rapidly, and In four or fivemonths
st. Louis is promised connection with the
southern roads at Columbus, Ky.
Tho hare lives 10 years, the cat 10, the
goat 5, the donkey 20, I. Q sheep 10, the dog
il to 20, the OK 20, tho COW 25, the pigeon s,
the turtle-doye %, the partridge 25, the
raven 100, tho eagle 100, the goose 15O. .lisI
Tho University Of London has recently
established anew degree, the highest in the
faculty of arts, with tho title d.. Lit, or
Doctor Of Literature. IL is open to all grad
mates in arts o, the English universities.
"A new process in New Hampshire, called
tho "Robbins process, produces dry lumber
out OF green in nine hours, 1t seems, there
fore, that though one swallow does not mako
spring, one Robin can make complete
season,
"A poor friendless negro named John Me-
Caul, has been convicted of horse stealing in
Virginia and sentenced TO be hung on Friday
the 18Th of December next. The condemned
man claims to be a native OF South CarolnD,
but was moro recently resident Of Mary.
land, $500 tutHf
"A Utica clergyman cherishes tho opinion
that enough breath has been expended OH
political subjects during the lasb campaign to
wait fleet around the world. The ink that
has been used would make good sized
lake, and the paper, if collected and set on
fire, would make bonfire that would be
visible over half a continent. HH
The principal of Missouri institution
for sheltering homeless children, and got
ting them adopted out to advantage, says
there is great difficulty in getting places for
children who do not possess bluo eyes. A
mania for blue-eyed children prevails among
tho childless in Missouri.
Ben Perley Poor, looking at Greenoughs
undraped statue of Washington, ono day,
with frozen rain drop on the end Its nose,
sitting out in the weather at the freezing
point, said. Poor George: he's pointing
to the pateAt Office, where his breeches arel"
"A firm in Portland, Me-, bought about
year since twenty thousand acres OF heavily
timbered land near the head waters of the
Androseoggin. They intend to cut and
haul the ensuing winter six million feet Of
lumber, to be foated down tho Androscoggin
in the spring to Lewiston and other points
for manufacture.
"A manuscript of some thirty Or forty pa
ges, relating to the history of Buxton, Ne has
Just come to light 1t gives description Of
every house in that town in 1897, telling who
owned and occupied each, and on what lot
each was situated. 1t is supposed TO have
L., NJ, Il Io, a ~
Saco, and graduate oil Harvard College in
1884.
"A wonderful discovery has boon made by
the citizens of Elizabeth, N, j., in the vicini-
ty of the Cross Roads. II is cavern OF i'm
penetrable depth, W ich promises, when fully
explored, to take rank among the wonders of
the country. 1t has been but partially OK
plored, and found to contain many beautiful
chambers, which are adorned with strangely
shaped and handsome stalactites.
AT the Court Of Criminal Correction Of
st. Louis, lately, a learned lawyer dissatisfied
at his success with an Irish witness, com
planned TO the Court. The Hibernian said:
I'm no lawyer, yer honor, an hewants to
puzzle me-" Counsel-."Ccme, now, do you
swear you are no lawyer ?" Witness" Faith,
an do; an You might swear the same about
yourself without danger Of perjury"
Tho Cunard and Inman lines have conclud-
cd an arrangement with tho British govern
ment, which insures regular tri-weollly mail
between England and America, for term
not yet definitely fixed, but probably for not
less than sevon years. Two of these mails
will come to and go from tho port Of New
York, and one will be landed and one depart
from "the hub" of the hemisphere.
The Army and Navy Journal tells story of
one of Sherman soldiers who, ut the close of
the war, when he returned home, was never
able to accust0m himself to the soft luxury
of Il feather bed, and had to stretch himself,
fhe would sleep at all, oil mother Garth. One
night pistol shot awoke the veteran, when
he instantly turned over and began to in
trench himself, scratching up the ground
with his hands. ~.
Josh Billings has been experimenting
with pills for the good OF mankind, and says:
'Ef yu are looking after pill az mild az q
pet lamb, and az searching az fine tootbed
comb, buy Doctor KiDgbones silent peran-
bulators, twenty-seven in box, sold by all
respectful drnggers. Theze pills don't phool
round, but attend striktly tow bizzness, and
are az good in Ike dead If night az an alarm
clock"
Late Monday night a private watchman
in Bridgeport, Conn, heard ominous sounds
proceeding from grocery store. He OBJ
tanned policentn, who placed thomselvestwo
in the ear and two IN front Of the building.
The door was then quietly unlocked and
opened, and the quartet entered, and the
supposed burglar was discovered making
strenuous efforts to escape from a rat trap,
his vain efforts making the noise which start
led the careful watchman.
Recently two candidates for Parliament
at Liverpool, Lord Sandon and Mr.. Graves,
undertook to make themselves agreeable to
the fshwives Of that city. While promenad-
ing the fish market, ono1ofa the women left
her stand, and linking her arm in Lord San
don's, walked tho rounds, followed by tho
Town Council, who accompanied his lordship
and the body Of fiHhwives, who followed them;
and at the close Of the pernmbulation anoth-
or fishwife rushed forward and kissed both
the candidates amid general applause u
iJtiS Personal Items.
-iOanada has young lady Of twenty three
who is seven feet tseven inches tal,and weighs
$40 pounds. tlht n4liA @lt
Mrs. Mary Booth Goodrich, widow Of