The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-11-09

Miss Helen Beagle recently recovered
$4,000 against Isaac R. Stowell for de-
flaming her character. Both the parties
are residents of Altoona, Illinois. The
trial lasted three days, and one hundred
and seyenty-fiye witnesses were sworn.
Articles of incorporation Of the Haw
keye Telegraph Company have been
placed on file in the office of the Secrc
tary of State of Iowa The line is to
run along the route of the Central Rail
road Company of Iowa, and thence north
to St. Paul and south to st. Louis, and
to other points. The capital stock is
limited to S500,000
There is something marvellous in the
spread of American ideas and habits in
Europe of late. Witness the fact that
the Cashier of the Zurich branch of the
Bank of Switzerland is defaulter in the
sum of s35O,0OO.
A female Fifteenth Amendment in
Rockford, Illinois, has got 5000 damages
from the Chicago and North western
Railroad, through verdict of Winnie
bago County jury. The wench had been
refused seat in the ladies' car.
A calf in Lake county, ILL.,, got rail
road passage in novel way some days
ago. 1t. was standing on the track as
the train come along,and the "cowCatch-
era premature name in this case
running under it fiirted it up TO the plat
form under the head light, where the en-
gineer tied 1t fast, and made neat spec
ulation on it.
When Pierre Magne, the French Min
lister of Finance, heard that the Empress
Eugenie was intent upon going to the
Orient, in spite of the di!apidatcd con-
dition of the Imperial finances, he offer
ed his resignation to the Emperor, who
refused to accept it.
General Juan Prim is said to be so
much afraid of ASSASSINATION that he ncv-
er sleeps in the same room for two sue
cessivc nights, and that, on swalking out
in public, both in the day and night time
he is constantly followed by disguised
body guard of fifteen picked men.
The Russian Emperor has recently be-
come singularly averse to riding Oh
horseback or in carriages. 1t always
costs his adjutarts considerable trouble
to persuade him to do so when His
Majesty's presence is required at militia
ry reviews or on other public occasions.
Victor Hugo writes to Deputy in Par
is: son the day when counsel insur-
rection, will be with you. This time
do not counsel It,"
The Postmaster General will, in his
forthcoming report, suggests that the
rate on registered letters be reduced to
six cents. He will also recommend the
abolition of the letter-box delivery sys-
tenn.
The town formerly known as Oxford,
in Iowa, is now nameless. Its original
name was abandoned on account of It's
similarity to Oxford, a tieighbor ing town
and the name of Stanton was taken. But
this again too nearly rcsembled Scran-
ton and Standwood, two other eheigh-
bors, and again the people voted to drop
the town name. They are now looking
about for n new name that shall not be
like any other, but with little prospect of
success.
A gentleman in the interior of Eir-
ginia, who has travelled extensively in
that State writes here that the tobacco
crop will reach only about two-thirds of
the average yield, but that the prices are
high enough to equalize in value what
will be lost in quantity
Mr.. Elliot is the seventh President
Harvard University has had in twenty
five years. Four of them-Quincy, Ey-
erett, Sparks and Felton-are dead.
Millmore has 'bustcd'' Sumner, and
G OF gold medal for it. Mrs. Sumner
did not furnish the medal. Brooks, who
also "busted'' Charles (his hcad) long
ago, was not medaled.
A thin shawl may be made warm by
folding a newspaper inside it.. The pa
per is impervious to the wind and cold
air from outside. and prevents the rap
id escape of the warm air from beneath
it. If you suffer from cold feet on q
journey, fold apiece of newspaper over
your stockings; this is better than rub
bers. If you are cold, in bed, newspa-
pers spread under the upper cover will
serve as an additional blanket