The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-08-02
General News

Inc delinquent taxpayers OF New Or-
leans fill forty-onc columns.
Oue-eighth Of the people on tho globe
are soldiers,
By a new law in Italy the clergy be-
come liable to CONSUMPTION.
At Vienna a "Ncw York Hotcl' is
erecting at cost Of S2,0O0,00O.
Mr.. Burlingamo's to balls in Paris cost
the Enper,r Of China $4,000.
In some parts of California wine is
cheaper than milk.
A reward IS offered by Western farmers
for gra,shoppcr trap.
Grants said to have policy Mt last.
l1e got it from an insurance ihau.
A census just taken shows the popula-
tion Of Mexico to be 5000, 900.
Red satin shoes and no stockings is the
court dress of Paraguay.
Johnson's cry was "my policy
Grants is "n'y relations"
Tho bread Of idleness has been discoy-
cred. 1t is loaing.
An Iowa girl, ten years old; picked 100
quarts Of Strawberries in one day.
White leather harness, with gold
buckles, is a nobby watering place
style.
Ths Book of Daniel has recently been
issued FROM the press in Rangoon, Bur-
nah, us tract.
The Metllodists are said to be building
an average Of one aud half church cd
iiices duy.
Paper petticoats are now sold in Lon
dou ut sixpence each. Shoes arc made Of
the same material.
A boy aged 10 has been sent to prison
for week, in France, for u seditious
hurrah in the presence Of the Empress.
Cuban sympa,i,isers spent S3OOo,O00
on the expedition recently intercepted by
the government Of New York.
One Of the pillars Of Brigham Young's
church tried to cut lis throat with a
penknife the other day.
The Herald says the daily receipts Of
gold dust at tie Helena banking. houses
arc now averaging $4,000
George 3. VusIlon, colored, was ad-
miItcd to practice in the criminal courts
Of Washington, D. G., on Monday.
Nine houses in Brooklyn, Flew York,
were blown down BY tornado on Friday
last.
A number of Frenchmen have appeared
at Decatur, Illinois, with patcnt traps to
catch bull.frogs for tue New York market
The deaths last week in the city Of
New York were seven hundred and twcn-
ty-s;x.
Steps are about being taken in Califor-
MIA to protect tic Ci,ineSr enligran,s who
arrive in that State.
a youpg.lady was married at Hoods.
vile, the other day, whose age was four
teen, and whose weight was $50 lbs.
1t cost S2OS to try IA niggnr at Colum-
bus, Georgia. for stealing chicken worth
81 cents.
There is horse exhibited in Ireland,
which is twenty.one hands high. weighs
40 stone, and is Uf excellent symmetry.
The newspaper Of a certain Texas town
is called the "Fea." 1t ought to be
sprightly.
The skc' ctons of four British soldiers,
who we're probably killed during the
revolution, were lately dug up near
Savannah.
A tape worm sevcnty.tllrec feet long
has come to light in pittsield. The man
who owned it was, for long time, un-
healthy.
Chinese enligrants smuggle opium into
San Francisco i'll tile soles Of their shoes,
tic top Of their bamboo hats, and the
handles Of their umbrellas.
The mortality in Memphis during the
month Of June was forty-four per cent
heavier thm during the same mouth last
year.
A negro woman was killed by light.
ming near Indian Springs, the otl.er day,
and her daughter set on fire aud burned
to death by the same fash.
A manufacture of spurious I1eidsick
has been held for trial in New York. The
drinkers Of tile beverage need no other
punishment.
Tn The. rife match on Wednesday, be-
tween England Ireland and Scotland,