The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-02-02
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John C. Breckinridge Is on his way
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John c. Breckinridge Is .on his way
home to the United States. -
The largest nugget ever: taken from
the South Austra allan gold mines has been
sold by auction for $3.50.
Forney.has been elected an honorary
-eolored man by a colored convention "A
Washington.-World.
|, Robert Mesrs, ofSteubeaxillo, Ohio, .
prominent whisky manufacturer, died
last Thursday, aged forty nine.
Snow has covered St. Petersburg and
vicinity to depth oftwelve feet. Whole
villages are buried. rJFEu TDY
mot guilty" said AN Omaha jury"
"but if the prisoner is smart he will leave
the Territory before night He lcfs.-~-
a A London physician has been anAlys-
ing the hair lotions used by some Of his
paralytic patients, and finds much carbon
ate of Lead a yg
Isabella manufactured, during her
reign in Spain, 519 Ministers, 100 Sen.
ators, 1885 Generals, 291 Mobiles and "a
Grandees ofSpain, gE1 aGgAITacR
The property of General Beauregard,
in Memphis, has been ~restored. His
private papers in the War Department
are likewise soon; to be restored 70 o,him.
The California pioneers whoslsft New
England in ts49 are arranging for grand
trip home on the opening Of the Pacific
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Nearly FIVE million acres ofgrspe vines
are cultivated in France. The average
annual value of the wine exceeds $780,
100000. sFz GltEJ2 1zTlT
Spanish spies are complsiusd sof in
New York, who watch the movements
of Spanish families suspected Of sympa-
thy with the Cuban insurgents. ..iFrsl5l;
s"He has hay-seed. in his hair YETI Il
the New York slang for legislator
whose vote can, be. secured by AstrAte gy
instead of money. .r.ssf~n.o-, 1eykr
There is tiger Chintagoonta,
Madras, who has, withina year or two
eaten more than two hundred natives, and
is still at it. jzS
The New York City says:GMiss Net.
tie Fenton, daughter of our new Senator
will be the belle Of Washington society,
under the Grant administration. - -.
A bill reported by the Committee on
Education, in the Illinois Legislature
strikes out the word "whitc, : in tho
general school act. .Saaasass- osss 10
General Dix, in a banquet sspsech at
Paris, stated that the cause OF Greece
was that Of liberty and that she had the
sympathy of his country 5I@iilEg
| C. Comstock, a merchant 81 alfinnssp
oils, Minnesota, has failed His habif.
tiles are $4,000. : Other failures are re.
ported. ss5sg gzs!ls-z sos esiss-zsg -
"We, the People Of England, Y said tho
three tailors of Tooley street. sst.In the
name Of 1900, 600 American scitizeus, "
said the half dozen darkies who called. 81
Grant" ..s..4 srs'..e a--' js,,se.sss sssesFS
The bellies of Paris have been pleased
lately because NJ. sNelationr has discov-
cred that their favorite Pomade de Lyon
is made of human fat obtained from tie
dissecting rooms of Paris,,a s.sE :ssssss ...sss,
One silk worm nursery in Nevada n.
ready contains. one, million worms, and
has shelf room enough for making tN0
million eocoons The capacity is to,he
still futher increased. & s
Major n A. 'Sturdivank. FcommSaa
wealth s. ATTORNEY sfors Richmond, sy4s
has been removed by General Stonema6
and a carpet-bagger named Bundy ap.
4 pointed to succeed him. b1ssc0a
4 An ambitious politician recently made
love to. a poor girl in Missouri; the %.
puted heiress to $500, 900 in gold, only
discovering after he had. married hez
that the whole thing was mistake 81
Minnesota farmers are raising fenosd
They used cottonwood, gray will69,
white maple, black. oak and white plum.
From three to five years are suficient %
raise living fence, to protect the fields.
A thiefin New orlesnsths other day,
inpicking alady's pocket Of q few dol
lars in greenbachs, dropped accidentally
in her pocket at diamond ring, valued II
between one hundre and fifty and twr
hundred dollars. - - -. - -
). The Augusta, George, Chronicle and
!, Sentinel says that Governor Bollock'a
message wilfully and maliciously miIktp.
: resents the condition Of affairs in Geor.
gia and is q base calumny upon ths,
lpeople. 'ss'''sa q 10
II Don Piatt, correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, Republican says
We have no end of rogues, and an equal
number of asses, inEour organizations
thatwould steal the last cent from tho
Treasury, and driveus TO the devil, 4 Z, Y
AaSwedish paper reports that. ths
Prince of Wales, during bis stay in STOCK
holm, last month, was admitted into
Freemasonry, and passed through siz
degrees. On the following day be had
some additional degrees conferred upon
| him, and was created Knight Of the
Masonic Order Of Charles XIII. ss,s ys..ls-
The Nashville Tenn, Banner says the
militia will cost an immense deal Of mon
ey, and will result in complete and stu
pid failure, and will ultimately prove the
+ most egregious sham yet practiced upon
the loyal credulity of the country BY, the
most extraordinarily successful poliil
cal cheat and demagogue the age haa
>. piouu0ou. ss2sassL -. s.s3s. ,ssasx ~
/ Mrs. Nary A. Warren (late Groen.
dyke, obtained her fourth decree of di.
vorce in Chicago on Friday. She was
married to her last husband June -,
1866, separated from him October7, 1867
and filed her bill October 80, 1868, alleg.
ing extreme and repeated cruelty. r.
S.-Mrs. Warren was married in Chicago
for the fifth time on Saturday.
The substitution of United States
/ bonds bearing currency interest, issued
to the Pacific Railroad Company, for
! United States bonds bearing gold inter.
est, and as security for the circulation of
National Banks, has been suspended BY
the Controller of the Currency until the
i pleasure of Congress shall be knewn ON