The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-02-04

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Another victim to the free use Of ,chlo- ,
roform for relieving toothache has iust
been buried at Collinsville, Coma. i
In Italy the number of Catholic nsws.
papers published is 3S, Of which 10 are
daily; is weekly, and 13 MONTH IS s,,5 s. s
A gold brick weighing over so pounds,
having a coin value Of nearly $50, eco.
has been cast at Helena, Montana.
The Iowa Senate has voted its mem-,
bers six dollarsa week each for postage,
and the House allows eight dollars.
Over $4,000 special constables have
BEEN sworn fer duty in various parts Of
EngIard, owing to the Fenian fright.
Auburn Erwin, delegate to the Florida
Convention, has been arrested 1t Lake
City, for stealing bottle Of whisky. sno
The weather has recently been inc.
enough at Charleston, s. O., to ALLOW ths,
boys to swim in the ponds near that atty.
It isreported that President johnson
has not been to, q theatre or any place of
public amusement for the last ten years..
Postmaster Kelly has returned moro
than 5000 letters addressed 10 the PRO,
|prietor ofa single gift fraud in New York.
ALamplighter in Liverpool recently
became heir to 500, 900, and the excite
ment Of it threw him into brain fever
Among the one hundred and forty con-
victs in the State Penitentiary of South
Carolina there are eight negro preachers
a woman named Theana Ambrumst Is
now under arrest in Detroit, upon the
charge of having put her infant child IN
stove, burning it alive. Tre s
Prairie chickens are SO numerous in
Iowa that they are knocked down By the
huntsmen with sticks and 5ageed by
hundreds.
Thirty FIVE persons died in Chicago,
Illinois, during last week without med
ical attendance, being too poor to employ
physicians,
Any enterprising young man Who will
marry certain gypsy at .Meensh, Wisy
can obtain $40. 600 with her. So says
Wisconsin paper. 9s.ss.s
A Missourian recently indicated bis
right to seat his disobedient child on -
hot stove, By shooting personal friend
who attempted to interfere. e :
The aggregate valuation Of real estate
for taxation purposes in New Ysrk is
s631 ,497 $3.50, an increase Of Is, ,737 ,798
over last years valuation. {
A young girl in Louisville, Kentucky,
whilst being operated upon by a surgeon
at one Of the hospitals, for disease os
the foot, died from the effects Of ehlef9-
form. 81 3 ~. -. ...ss.
The Scranton, Pa, papers announce
that portions of that tcity are sisibly sink-
ing into the depths Of an old coal al.mine.
Considerable alarm is felt among the in
habitants. ssllFsiq gaa5cz
A Detroit paper announces the detec-
tion Of a forgery committed BY we'll
known physician Of that city. The mat
ter having been settled By friends, the
particulars are not allowed to transpire.
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A few days since, two young men pes
longing to Peoria, New York, skated
from that point to Henry and return, =
distance 81 ~ miles, making sne same y, r.
3 s;ae n0uis .h;l ana my minutes fle'sy gooo
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Ae q saie ~ lines younsy, fuseIels,
lass asa, meek, splslala slliaee 5esloense,
VIII wa.h 'sn aOles - i9pioseu iaag esoae1s
gov P'anta.o1 q seven, aanatso a'fes
was wa so,u iol e.os, snu ea unity a0Ias y
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a loving nuspand IN Omana, on We'd
nesday iass, become jealous Of ms hand,
some Wile ana loaaed = large st'ck oisFooo
with powoor ior ner 20 make npsa are
with. Ine stove pleW up, pnt the Wiie
escaped unharmed. sssssaSSs
The Kansas Legislature has memo:i-
allied Congress to prohibits BY Jan e the
sale Of large bodies Of iaad 20 one persoa
and asking that railroad companies ew-
ing lands received from Congress shall be-
forced to put them into market.
4 shrewd NEGRO claiming 70 be an
accent for the .oueenss Society ,sein Lon
don has been sWindlinp the ieporant
necroes Of tbe' south .mosts outrseeouslv
brssslaar;no tbom monau > on cona;ticn