Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-09-15
Miscellaneous Items.

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Chicago hopes to govern herself on
eleven millions next year.
First cousins are forbidden to marry in
Now Hampshire after December "a. a.
"A snake Ave feet sik inches in length,
and pettiaed, has been found in q st. Peter
quarry. s8 Rs M
Within nine months D family in Indi-
ana has celebrated four weddings, three
births, and two deaths. fts
AT the recent Imperial ball at st. Cloud
the Duchess do Mouchy displayed 100000
worth OF family diamonds on her head. 4.
"A bereaved father in San Francisco sues
for 500, 900 for the loss of his daughter
killed bya fire engine. 74-F+l
Forty-nine is the number Of Heber @.
Kimballs children, and two of them are
called Sarah M. All the rest have different
names.
"A young woman of Memphis has, fol-
lowed the advice of the Revolution, 'spro-
posed" TO man she liked, and married him
him the next day.
"A young man sent some money to n
New York firm to get something good "for
those contemplating matrimony." Ho re-
ceiyed several bottles of soothing syrup.
-."Do you ever take anything?" asked
Sharp of Snozzles. 'Never, sir, except
Tn unwell, and thenAmy weakness is cog
nae, just now I'm troubled with hollow
ness, and ] don't care IfI dc"
--There la said to be young lady in JEFF
fersonville who can easily swim across the
Ohio River and back again without stop
ping to rest. The dear little duck"
"A Davenport paper is responsible for
efollowing "Calhoun county has Pur-
gatory Swamp and a Hell Slough II
must be q devil of country"
"A drunken man, after trying in vain to
keep on the sidewalk, was heard to exclaim
as he headed for the middle of the road,
"There now: go, in the street. if you want
to!"
"A lady teacher was endeavoring to i'm
press upon her pupils the terrible effect of
tho punishment of NebHchadnezzar, say
ing: "Seven years he ate grass like cow"
when boy asked Did he give milk2"
"A NewBedford lady got pair OF white
pink gloves ut tore, to be kept if they
suited, and after they had graced the hands
of corpse dressed for the grave, economi-
cally removed them aud returned them to
the shopkeeper.
"A Missouri deputy sheriff is after an
Arkansas girl of the period. She is thir-
teen years old, without shoes, stockings or
bonnet, and was last seen trying to make a
horse which she had stolen "git up"
"A young man under aisp applied at a
Minnesota land Office for farm upder the
Homestead law, but was denied on account
of not being married. He returned in Just
an hour with remedy for the difficulty
hanging on his arm.
ltis told of n young lady in Newark,
that when her jealous admirers sent back
her letters with n request TINT shn would
return his, she answered that she regretted
that she could not comply Immediately, as
sho had lent them to young gentlemen to
read
"A California paper reports that there
were $4,000 tons of wheat lying in sacks
along the banks of the Sacramento river,
in Tehama, Butte, Sutter, Couia and Yolo
counties, on the I 1t of August and that
1000 more weie to follow, making 1000
tons Gs the yield Of five counties
"A young man named Dressler in Pitts
burg careessly left his loaded revolver w.
ing in his room on Monday morning, and
his ssstcr Mena, eleven years old, strayed
into the room,. got hold of it, and acci-
dentalIy shot herself through the heart
"A rich man who died lately in Iudo.
pendencc, Mo, left ton dollars each to his
two sons, who nro working on iarm at
twenty dollars month, and the rest of his
property worth more than half million
of dollars, toa married niece. .sE
"A Litchfield Conn. clock dealer lately
sold small clock to-an Irish woman, who
walked oifwitl it nntler-her arm On her
way she turned it bottom upward, and n
wire dropped from its position, causing the
clock to strike without intermission There
upon'slia returned in trouble, complaining
to the merchant. "Sure. an it's cryin
afthcr ye already"
The King of Prussia has twenty splen.
did thoroughbred horses, each of which is
worth $4,000. The Emperor of the French
has about four times rs many, some ofthe
animals being very valuable Tho stables
of the Sultan are said to contain no less
than three hundred splendid horses, the
finest collection of these animals in the
whole world. rr & "a
"A Cretin recently murdered three
small children at Murzsteg, Germany. The
children had teased him for some days
past. One morning, when he found them
alone, he cut their throats. When the un-
fortunate mother of the little ones returned
home and. found them wcltering in their
blood, she went mad
"A question for solution: Two ladies
were walking along Chicago street the
other day, each having her child with her.
Soon they met two gentlemen. "There,"
said one, "are our husbands" eyes, "said
the other, sand our fathers. 'And our
grandfathers," said the children. All were
correct in their statements. Who can solve
this relationship sphynx2
in New York, on the Sd, large black
snake fell from the roof Of 1874 -Four teenth
street, the residence of A. @. Dusenberry,
and struck boy on the knee The boy
"got up and busted" A Mr.. Butler saw
the reptile fall and threw stone, but fail
ed to hit it, The snake rose about two
feet perpendicularly, and, with Jaws dis
tended, was preparing to attack Mr.. Butler
when a cartmap seized heavy ring and
struck it, causing its death.
=. A constable in Williamantic, c., made
a wager the other day that he could break
out of the village jail in fifteen minutes;
and whom it was accepted consented to be
n prisoner No sooner had the door been
locked than he seized the leg of abedstead,
struck the bars upon the door, knocking il
completely of, and in three minutes from
tho click Of tho clock he emerged. thirteen
minutes ahead of time winning the bet
"A Virginian patent medicine dealer has
gone far beyond tho wooden nutmeg trick.
He went to st. Joseph, Mo-, with lini-
ment which he claimed would cure all
earthly Ills He hired an old gentleman to
crawl upon crutches, declaring that he had
been n cripple for ton years. The qusck
pretended to bathe the limb of the hired
cripple, who then threw away his crutches
and ran across the street The "doctor"
sOOu huI NOT n hoiiIn nf hiu oIun loCt