Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-01-14

Personal Items.


Gilbert Dayia, "Govcrnor Of Coney ISL
and " died on Monday last,
Madame dc lIetienich carried only
tweniy-six bcxesto Compeigne.
Bowling Green, Va, subscriber $500 ID
eid Pollard IN prosecuting hisbrothera mur-
derer
The New York Ledger informa Commo-
dore Vauderbllt that writing letters for pub
licatlon demands greater care than playing
bluif,
--Bogumil DAWSON, tho celebrated German
hagedan, has entirely recovered nom his
partial insanity and Will return TO tiIs coun-
igyin March.
A man named King, living in Rose Valley, \
Western New York, has had rhirty-one chila-
rem by one'wife. Sncha couple deserve we'll
Of their country.
the old servants Of the Orleans family
are hack drivers in Paris Among them Is
the coachman who drove the Duke OF o.
leans when no was killed.
Gen. Mcclellan has declined the Presi-
dency OF the University OF California. 1t is
said that he nov holds positions which give
him from $l5,OOO to $lB,OOU yea.
Capt. Fox, Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy during the war, and afterwards Special
Commissioner 10 kuasla, 10 10 assume the
management OF the Miqlllesbx Mlanuiacfnr-
ing Company, at Lowell, ON the LIST OF Janu-
airy.
"A young man in ahelburne Falls, MasS.,
promised 10 marry girl OF q neighboEinK
townlf Grant was elected, bnt now refuses
10 do 30, insisting that it was all joke. The
girl. however, proposes 10 hold MIN to his
word. ~
"A gay young fellow in New York playfulIy
took pair of diamond ear-ringB from tho
cara OF nice girl whom he had just escort
cd home from the opera, and carried them
off in his pocket They were found at the
pawI-broker's t
John N. Genin, who became celebrated as
the purchaser Of the first ticket for the Jsn-
ny Lind concerto, and who has made and lost
a hall a dozen fortunes, has recently, by tie
death Of an uncle, come into possession of
nearly half a million OF dollare.
Tho wife OF Captain Henry @. Dean, one
OF the Oldest residents OF Oxford, Me-,
aroused her husband few nights since, Say
ing that she heard some one knocking. He
arose, but could find no one, and coming
back to the bed he found ner lying dead.
In Petersburg, Virginia, lives negro
who has full growth Of ''bsarI on his
forehead. 1t grows down to within an inclR
OF his eyebrows, aud he Is compelled TO use
the razor frequently in order 10 make any
show OF forehead.
Josh Billings recently wrote TO lecture
committee that the price of one Of his lec-
lures was S90.4O; that he had in some in
stances been careless enough to throw off
the 800, but the 40 cents ho must have TO
maintain his reputation,
"A southern lady, resident in New York,
who is to become bride shortly, has re-
ceived very handsome bridal robe under
linen, etc., worth several hundred dollars
the gift and workmanship Of 'Mam Betsey,n
former slave OF the family.
AT Rossinis funeral, knavc in broad I
cloth who had two tickets, one which allowed
his lngress and egress, aud the other sim
plo ticket, made $50 by taking one man in
with the simple ticket, taking 1t from him in
side the church, coming out, and taking in
again another person.
Tho Lansing, (lIich,) Republican says
Charles d. Lewis, of Lansing, who was so
terribly mutilated by the boiler oxploaion of
the steamer Magnolia, last spring, has com-
menced suit for damages against the own
ers Of tho boat, tor S30,00O. The case ia
shortly to be tried Cincinnati.
Mrs. Welch, of East Rush Oneida county,
N. Y, who has just reached her 18th anniver-
sary, has woven III an old fashioned loom j.
214 yards Of rag carpeting aimee sho was 20
years Of age. The carpctlng is Of excellent
quality, and the wearing has been performed
with care and skill
Baron Rothschill's family relations we're
happy, but he lived to see the evil c0nse.
quences OF the system Of family intefmar.
rage the brothers had adopted. Each mar
ried cousin, and their children tnarried
cousins. One OF the Baron's soma was deaf
and paralytic, another died Of disease Of the
heart. eatE e. ~
The working men Of England who pro-
posed to give banquet to Mr.. Reverdy John
son, after awarm discussion appointed dep
utation to wait upon Mr.. johnson for the
purpose OF informing him that In conse-
quence of the conflicting opinions existing in
England and America ON the questions now
in the course of arrangement, it was cOnsid-
cred not advisable to proceed with the pro-
posed bap 1et.
Some fifteen years ago Mile. HeRsilie
Rouy young and brilliant pianist, suddenly
disappeared frOnl paris. ltwas at first said
she was mad; next her death was duly an
nounced. Bhe has just recovered her liberty
after fourteen years detention in house for
insane, where she was Kept under the name
OF Josephine Chevalier Tue Journal dea
Debats announces that this mysterious ai-
fair will speedily come before the criminal
law courts.