Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-03-10
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NFiseellaneous Items.

or five million pounds OF wool last year, anu
those or Oregon one million.
IA Western Journalist Objects to female
suffrage, ON the ground that II would cause
to much 'pairing Off at the polls.
"A man recently brought a bill OF "
against bis brothers estate in Ban Franclscol
''for loss OF time in attending the funeral"
"A petition is now before the French
Senate asking for the removal of the mortal
remains Of Louis Philippe from Englandtto
I France %EE Pt &e Gk4 SNH 6@
--Intemperance has become so prevalent
ID Sweden that the Legislature 10 considering
thepropriety of forbidding the manufacture
of Spirits ~
THE Quebec Morning Chronicle completes
one Of its marriage announcements with the
following information: mo cardsl NO cakell
No winel t- ol1 t.. ,f
|! IA fudge in Clay county, North Caroline,
recently charged the grand jury that law.
ful fence should be ''horse-high, bull-stronE,
and pig-tight.pt ai. 1i
"A suit against ship owners to recover tho
value OF slave that escaped in 1854, by Sc
creting himself on the vessel, Is now pro-
crossing in New Orleans. ,...
There is not in the present British House
of Lords single descendant Of the twenty
five barons appointed to enforce the observ-
ance of the Magma Charta,
= The old custom Of balloting for members
by the use OF beans and corn is still retained
by the Massachusetts Historical Society. The
beans reject, the corn admits.
! -The receipts of the state of Nevada last
year, were $340, 900; the expenditure, $780,
600; the present debt is $3.50, 600, and the BAL
ance in the Treasury Is $114, 900.
Tennessee is asked to assume part Of
the rebel debt A bill has been introduced
to pay q negro porter for services rendered
the rebel Senate in the carly part OF the war.
| Excessive care turns man into pin
blunt at the head slender in the stem and
sharp ut the point. A woman OF care is
like a. .needle-all eye, and all sharpness,-
[Beecher.
--Walack's Theatre in New York has been
crowded since the production Of "Much Ado
About Nothing" but neither Booths nor
Brougham's new theatre has been very sue
cessful as yet. fe...
"A diver employed to recover quantity
Of railroad iron submerged in the Missouri
river, at 81. Joseph, has brought up one
hundred and forty-six bars, all but four OF
those lost. 81 -rtt
In the streets of Boston they drive their
yeloeipedes so fast that, as the hoSunday Times
says every collision results in the total dis
appearance OF both riders and machines. No
fragments are ever found.
a a bonVi91ilan bi1 l III hoi'eian@ .@ P,oPoSes "
plahx seVeLsl acres oi poPPies ana 70, 70 manu-
aStv nonpds of oni1m Svbicbb bibino~ f. Worth Son q
pound. One man can cultivate three acres.
Teacher "Come here, you young scamp,
md get sound spanking" Scholar-"You
hain't got no right to spank me, and the
copy you SET says 80. seno!ar (readsl-
try,s wv w 'A' '01-
"A boston Seryant,gaI VINO nau Ioi.
lower, tolu ene Iauy WIN Wnolh she sougns
= stuauon tLlat sno preierreS tnaL ne snonld
10 hepS III iHnorhnce 1i 'lo iAcsIlH sne was
a0lIg nouse"ork' 40 ne suppoSeu she was
"O"'ue ,n nj.
"A "A duei was Iough! on tne ltn, near DiA.
aenspnrg, Detween.a lqdge HARRISON, OF West
Virginia Snu % an eh-reDel oIncer name not
Learned; me latler Was Wounaeu ~ sne n5st
nre, anu theh secretly renoVeop py nis IfAenos'
NO arrests
"A young Mdy OF hartiofo, conn, re-
centy noaAeo eYerypouy mere WIN the etory
Oh man browning n IN Ine SonnecIlout river
WINE WI shatlnS. ii nne PoHce huiiteu out chses
OF mysterious ulHappearahce, ana searcheo
the river in vain.
Cooperation in Ithica, N. T., 30 far as
selling groceries ls concerned has not prov
ed success, Inc co-operatlve grocery store
mas peen running some thirteen months, mas
iost over one-tehtn OIL its capNsl, ana mas
Deen soio OUT 70 private lndiVluuais'
There Is a woman's club In. London
where the visits of men are allowed, but
each visitor must sign his name In q book
and add the name OF the lady on whom he
1,. caiis, sn ansn ne is glanHeeu an interVleW In
paTior, uhuer the eye OF grim superntend-
ent'
AT the first performance of the Spanish
Protestant services in Madrid, hundreds Of
persons were unable to obtain admission,
owing to the want OF room. The owner or
the house IN which worship is held has re-
celvedan anonymous letter threatening him
with ASSASSINATION.
"A Western editor thinks the poem of
Enoch Arden has encouraged hundreds Of
dead husbands to return and annoy their
families, who wopld otherwise have kept away.
Ihe Enoch Arden In real life, he says, IL
usually scallawag, and comes home ragged,
drty and drunk.
"A pin manufacturing company in Conn,
manufacture nearly seven MILLIONS of pins
per day. The number put on paper last
year approximates the enormous ann Of
1900, 10000, or more than enough TO supply
every human inhabitant OF the globe with
pin each.
The New York Express says: "OouRhs.
colds, influenza, scarlet fever and interInit,
tents are sufficiently affiictiye among ma at
present, and cause quite enough suffering
and sorrow TO do away with tho desire which
appears 10 exist Of getting UP smallpox ex-
citement. There is no valid ground for any
such talk" .t FFtt. fUf
E. New Orleans has celebrated the Ante.
Lenten holidays in true European fashion.
with high carnival. On Tuesday evening
tho "Mystic Krewe OF Comus" paraded the
streets with all manner Of classical imper-
sonatlons, and tho Opera House was brilliant
with tableaux and fashion.
Among the rare manuscripts OF the valu.
able library OF the Marquis OF HastinRs, re.
Gently sold at auction m London, was copy
Of the four Evangelists, In the hand-writine
Of wyckliife, tho great reRormer, which was
purchasodfo for the British Museum at a cost
Of littleoyer one thousand pounds sterling.
Where the buaalOes have lived, herds of
2, cattle innumerable can be grazed' Where