Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-01-27
Drepitits.
Personal Items,

i Tho King of Bavaria wants to marry The
| rrincess Malid' of Russia, tho only daughter
Of ofAlexander, and 10 going TO st. Petersburgh
70 ask the royal consent
Mrs, Dinah Muloch Craig, tho author Of
'John Hall AK, Gentleman" IL reported to
/ be busy with new story, 10 appear serially
in MacMillan's Magazine, and to commence
during the ensuing spring.
William Greenleaf Webster, son Of Noah
| Webster, author of Webster's dictionary, and
who had much to do in tho preparation Of
that work, died in New York ON the 1st., at
the age OF 53 and was buried at New Haven.
But two members of the John Brown
party who captured Harper's Ferry and set
| up provisional government for Virginia, are
now living Owen Brown who resides in
| Western Pennsylvania and Osborn p. Ander-
son, colored man, living in Canada.
: Munketreck, the magistrate who was ar
ested in Eastern Township, Canada, charged
with conspiracy to release BOgaTt, who was
ted undor the extradition act, has been
| liberated on bail, and large portion OF tho
money stolen 10y Bogart has been recovered.
Henry sweetser, who has started, during
| the last five years, o half dozen, more or
less, OF morning. evening, or weekly papers,
in New York, is out with another journalistic
venture. He has issued The City, a penny
morning sheet, and rented rooms in the old
Sun building.
| Lord Hatherly, late Sir W. Page Wood,
the new Lord Chancellor of England, has
for the past thirty years been Sunday
school teacher at Westminster, and has never
been known to be behind time His pupils
are the children Of worbingmen. He is also
declared to be a fit person for president of
an early rising association.
--Parepa Rosa was to give q concert at
Erie, Penn, on Friday night, but when she
arrived, at 4 O'clock y, M, with her troupe,
she went TO n leading hotel, where she called
for dinner, but was told that the dinner hour
had passed and the dining room could not be
opened. Madame called carriages, took her
troupe to the depot, and went to Buffalo by
tho first train.
- The old gentleman who every New Years
day calls OH the President and says that he
has had tbs honor of taking every President
by the hand on that day since the time of
President Washington, was on hand again
this year and bids fair TO live to take Grant
and the next President by the hand He
was very garrilous, and almost overwhelmed
the President with compliments.
DIR. Newman, en- eminent New Orleans
divine of Northern procliWties, is reported
to have challenged d, Dennet, the editor OF
tho St MafyS ia PlantCrS Banner, TO
personal Comnat. He defends his beligeren-
cy by saying that Moses, Joshua ana David
fought, and some of them had to contend
with such children of the d0vil as tho rebels
Of that country.
Tho Countess Walowski is heart-broken
at the death Of her gifted husband The
Empress, wishing TO comfort her in her
grief, wrote her the other day that she was
TO be, honcefoIth, her first lady OF honor, a
position for which the Countess had formerly
appliedin vain. Now she rejected the offer
Immediately, and replied that she would not
return any more to Paris.
We find the following marriage notice in
Nebraska journal: "On the east half OF the
northwest quarter of section twenty-five,
(22), township twenty-one (2l), north OF
range eleven Q1), in an open sleigh, aud un-
der an open and unclouded canopy, by the
Rev. j. L. Mason, James B., only son of John
Cox, of Colorado, and Ellen O., eldest daugh-
ter Of Major o. Harrington. of Burt county,
No." st-v
An intoxicated man recently laid down on
the railroad track near The Covington, Ky.,
depot, and fell Gsleep A little dog belonging
to n house close by, seeing a train approach,
ran and jumped upon his face, and barked
and scratched him until he awoke, Just in
time to get out Of the way of the cars Tho
man, believing this to be divine warning to
abstain from drinking, took the pledge forth
with