Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-07-28
nlnfl III &ittle.
Miscellaneous Items.


There were, 404 deaths in Chicago DUR
ing the month of June, and A, 446 nuisances
abated.
--On Monday seven men were swept into
the wator by the ppsetting Of o yacht near
New Bedford Mass, and were drowned.
The Daniel Webster farm and home-
stead in Franklin, N H., were sold TO Mr..
Hartwell, Of Providence, II. l., Friday, for
$4,000. fnAAl
-Lenawee county Mich, with popula-
ton of about G0,000 one fifth Of whom are
inhabitants ofAdrian, has not single oc.
pant in its jail.
"A widow in Sullivan, N. Y, has broght
q suit against Senator Nye, of Nevada, to
recover $3.50, which he borrowed years ago
from her husband.
William Wheeler, aged twelve years,
was killed on Monday by the bursting of a
cannon ut West Stockbridge, Mass, while
salute was being fired.
The balloon "Monarch Of the Air.
which ascended from Boston Common on
Monday, landed at Lakeville, forty miles
distant two hours after starting.
Risdon, the alleged last survivor of
Powells expedition, was lodged in the
Springfield Iowa Jail, Saturday night,
charged with stealing ahorse near Lincoln,
Ill.
--Letitia jackson, one of James Fisk's
ballet girls, has sued him for $5,OOO for
damages sustained in falling through the
stage at the Academy Of Music, on May
10th.
Hon. James Savage, descendant
from the famous Anne Hutchinson, is the
Oldest person living who delivered a 4th of
July oratioh before the Selectmen of Bos-
ton. He was the orator in 1911.
- The feature of q Kentucky political
campaign is the Squirrel Soup Lunch"
nm institution older than the days when
Henry Clay stumped the state. One was
gwen week before last at Greencastle.
"A party of young ladies and gentlemen
of Portland, Me-, in small rowing boat,
were run down and sunk by the schooner
Young Sultan, in Booth bay, yesterday
Miss Greenlow and Miss Caswell were
drowned,
"A young woman, who has been going
about the country soliciting charity, pre-.
tending to be deaf and dumb, mar4led
Schenectady hotel porter the other day,
and gave him several thousand dollars as
bridal present
The objection to women practicing
medicine. is nothing new. 1t is said that
MS long ago as 1921 petition was present
ed to King Henry ", that ''no woman use
the practyse of fisyk, under payne Of long
emprisonement"
Richard Realf ''old John Browns,
right hand man at Harper's Ferry, and the
youngest of his band, was recently appoint
ed an Assistant Assessor of Internal Reve-
nue. in the district of Edgefeld, South
Carolina.
The Court House of Decatur county,
Tenn, was destroyed by fire Friday night
last The greater portion of the records
were lost, also $4,000 in currency in the
Office of the County Clerk. The total loss
is fully 100000
The latest invention is Garbage whis-
KY" The CINCINNATI Chronicle says tho
flag ends of radmhes, onions, beets, lettuce
and the hundreds OF other vegetables,
portion Of which 60 TO the slop barrel or
the garbage boat is said to make excellent
whisky.
Whether standing on one's dignity is
q good thing, quite depends upon its SIZE
Aman standing on a pin head, or woman
on mustard seed, would not fulfill the
fitness of things. Dignity, like the founda-
tion of the building, to be strong should
be wide and deep. 81
The commercial travellers -"drum-
mers" of the country are being rapidly
relieved Of the unjust and discriminating
tax against their business. The Chicago
Travellers Association has secured the re-
peal Of the Special License laws in sixty-
four western cities and towns, and in st.
Louis the tax has been reduced from $500
to $40.
Miss Nora Giles, daughter of Rev. Hem
ny Giles, o well known lecturer and essay
ist, beautiful highly educated young lady
eighteen years OF age, was drowned at
Bucksport Me-, on Saturday by the upset
ting of boat in which she was sailing, in
company with her sister, another young
lady and some gentlemen.
The barbarous practice Of Aogging is
still continued at the Jeffersonville prison.
One Of the guards was struck q few days
ago with snath in the hands of convict,
but not seriously hurt. The convict, for
his insubordination, was fogged and now
wears ball and chain.
The bromide of ammonium is recon-
mended by DIR. Glib, Of London, to those
who suffer from an excess of fat. He says
that, When taken in small doses for length
of time, it will diminish the weight of the
body with greater certainty than any other
known article.
Nearly $3000O0 recovered out of ST.
100000 lost by the Ocean Bank, N. Y, and
without any apparent effort by anybody.
Even good bills and coupons werereturned,
but the manner in which they are said TO
have been returned looks somewhat curious
and leads to the belief that compromise
with the thieves has been effected.
The Viceroy Of Egypt has contracted
with u. Remington IL Sons, of lion, N.
Y, for $4,000 of their rifles. This house
continues its weekly shipments to the
Spanish government In Cuba. II has new
! er sold arms TO the insurgents, but has
transformed about 5000 Springfelds for
houses in New York thai may have fur
nished the Cubans.
The sentence passed on Mrs. i. A.
Pollard, Of imprisonment in the Richmond
City Jail, for the assault on DR.. Geo. A.
Moore, was modified day or two ago by
Judge Gilmore TO fine Of 500 and costs,
MT the instance of DIR. Moore himself. The
fine was promptly paid, and Mrs Pollard
was released and at once proceeded to
Washington. tl GN
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The following, from Saturdays Toledo
Blade, israther pointed: american aris-
tocracy is queer thing. Mrs. Sheridan
Shook, Mrs. s. N. Pike, and Mrs. A. T.
Hembold, Of New York. are expected to
lead the fashion at Long Branch this year.
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