Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-11-19

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The exterior Of the. .petzoit opeIA-heass
lisHgKynmple - - q q r''s-'
"A single ostrich yields 500 worth Of
feathers annually.
-Londonhas Mormon church with one
thousand membera- "A a = -
st-rhe Black and Baltic seas win bo united
BY rail before January.
Eighteen inches Of snow now covers the
summit Of NJ. Washington.
II IA stated that Con. George H. Thomas
voted This year for the frst'time in his life
--Twenty-two London clowns in costume
recently played cricket match with eleven
crickeiers, and were beaten.
"A thread chompany at Hoiyoke, Mass,
employs three hundred hands and manufac-
lures three thousand dozen spools of cotton
overy day. 10 ttlt h-
THE Pail Mall Gazette says that Mr.. Wal
lAckAs theatre Is incompArably better in ALTAR
rangements forlthe public than any house in
London. .
lit--The Singer Sewing Machine Company is
buildind factory st South Bend, Ind, wher0
1000 hands will be employed in the manuiac
ture oGcases alone. ai.1f t
Idol worship is firmly established in Port
land, Oregon. Thore is n temple thero bo-
longing to the Chinese with craven images
and all tho other aecompaniments OF real
heathon temple, ,..r.- .y lI6 p
Anew town has been laid out by tho In
ion Pacific Railroad Company at the mouth
of tho Wober and it Is intended to make it
| tho largest city betweon Omaha and Sacra-
mento. The name has not yet been givon it,
Many Of the postage stamps that have
recently arrived in Paris on letters from Spain
hn1 kha nttaanta haoA al Of
so that Her Most Catholic Majesty will soon
bc. ont of print as we'll as out Of place.
--ono hundred tons of guano have been
sent TO Birmingham from Southampton to be
used in the manufacture of luoifor matches.
It is Of course the phosph0ro acid which the
guano contains which Is valued. Utll
In the course of excavation along tho
banks Of the Tiber, the workmon have
brought to light some enormous blocks Of
rare marble, and have also discovered now
quarry in state ofperfect preservation.
brigham Young is issuing currency in
Utah, genorally resembling the national
greenback. There 10 said to DO good deal
OF it In circulation, and the Mormon Prosi-
dent finds his banking operations very prof
liable.
"A certain little damsel having been ag-
gravatod beyond endurance by her big broth
CIR, pumped down upon her knoes and cried:
80 Lordl bless my brother Tom He lies,
he steals, he swears; all boys do; US GIRLS
DON'T. Amen"
! "A novel race took place at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, last week, between a running horse,
Red Bay, and the foot-racer Adams; the
/ horse to run four hundred and forty yards to
tho mans two hundred and twenty, TO start
at the dropping Of a hat. Adams won easily,
beating the horse about sixty yarda.
1t is reported that the old Bank Of North
Carolina Is about to go into bankruptcy.
Should this be the case, the state OF North
Carolina will lose $500,000 of it's Literary
Fund, and the University Of North Carolina
S125,000. Other funds, tho property OF
widows, orphans and charities, win also be
lost. aa
IA German in Now Albany, Indiana, has
what he calls "dumpling clock" in his win
dow. On Its top is a fat and jolly-loOldng
Teuton, who holds a fork In his hand. BY
an ingenius contrivance tho fork, at the end
of each minute, dips into dish Ofdumphngs,
and carries one OF them to the mouth of the
Teuton, who swallows 1t with choking CUR
gle and q queer motion of his glass eyes.
1t is reported that the Grand Trunk rail-
road is to sell its line east Of Quebec to the
Intercolonial railway, 80 as to form Govern
mental line from Halifax to Quebec, some
400 miles of which are still to be built
Twenty milons Of dollars have been raised
in Canadian debentures on favorable terms,
in England, the Imperial Government guar
anteeing $1,000, 900 Of four per cents.
-On looking over the list of expenses OF
thoSpanish government, the now authorities
find many charges that can bedropped with
great advantage. Some of the pensions will
be summarily cut Off One for instance re-
coives $4,000 u year simply because he is a
descendant of nurse 0fa former Duke Of
Parma. Others have inherited m annuity
from tho crown because several generations
ago an ancestor hold stirrup for tho king
to mount, or held open tho queens carriage
| door.
"A st. Petersburg paper announces that
there arc no fewer than !, 900 iadios in that
city engaged in the remunorative art Of for
tune telling. The highest circles Of society
furnish tho vetaries TO these priestesses, who
also deal in Asiatic perfumes, and allow gen
tlemen to stroll from the idlest of curiosities
into their little temple. Taking the whole
number Of inhabitants into account, which
would allow one prophecies to every 800
people. st. Petersburg surely cannot COM
plain of being kept in the dark about coming
evonts.