Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-02-03
CURRENT NEWS.

Short skirts just reaching the floor are
universally admired for dancing-dresses.
4 San Franciscan has invented an
earthquake proof chimney.
Chicago has been favored with concert
by its newsboys and bootblacks.
A house was moved into La Crosse lately
from the bluffs three miles Off
Two of the Nashville city magistrates and
Common Councilmen are niggers.
A Chicago genius has invented one
wheeled velocipede.
Cigars are smuggled into New Orleans in
barrels of peanuts.
Philadelphia built more houses last year
than ever before in the same time.
Illinois grew q, ,OOO, 900 bushels of pota-
toes this year.
Bourbon is a wonderful drink. 1t makes
a man fat, and lean, too.
The Montreal merchants have resolved to
export -, 900, 900 worth of small silver coin
to get rid of ii.
\ Philadelphian advertised for a clerk,
the other day, and before evening he had
t18 applications.
Boston built eighty-four vessels last year
with capacity of 80, 200 tons and costing
S2,117, 800.
November, the first time such n thing has
happened in 1000 years.
Gov. Hoffman is 80, and the youngest
Governor New York ever had except Seward
who was elected when 80.
Hartford insurance companies advertise
themselves on two hundred thousand calen-
dars.
A boy of fourteen was recently married
at Holly Springs Miss. toa woman ofthirty-
two.
This is said to be the coolest winter in
Florida since 1885, and the orange trees are
thought to be injured.
The Texans believe the story of the cat
tie plague was made-up thing to reduce
the price of their beef.
lie DlSlOlS uSeu tItltI DtlNttH DuII
and Hamilton are still in existence at-New
burg, New York
All but one of the Louisiana Congressman
elect have been notified that their seats viii
be contested.
The granaries of California are overflow
ing with the surplus product of 20,0OO,0O0
bushels of wheat.
The members of the Illinois Legislature
furnish themselves with daily papers at the
expense of the State.
The 50th anniversary of Odd Fellowship
III the United States will be celebrated Mt
Indianapolis, on the Goth of next April,
4 Christmas goose, sent to two prisoners
in Canada jail was stuffed with files and
steele saws. They appreciated the stuffIng.
Since hogs have become scarce in Angus
tn, Ga, the ''colOred troops" have engaged
meow stealing
An important suit is before the Colum-
bus, Tenn, courts, involving S10,67l,OS
The defense has employed twelve lawyers.
A miserly human monster, ivingat West
port, Mo, the other day otforded to sell his
child for So.
Eight thousand four hundred and nine
ty nine vessels of all kinds arrived Mt New
York in 1868
An Iowa woman, thirtytwo years old, has
INDUCED i'll four husbands, six children and
is running a big farm on her own account.
At recent ball in New York city, the
programmes were printed in the form of
gaudy butterfly, and looked very pretty
as they hung from the ladies' belts.
1t is proposed to teach photography to
the more advanced pupils in the New York
publice schools. This has been done in
Philadelphia for at least n dozen yesrs past
A Massachusetts inventor has an arrange
ment by which all the cattle in a burning
barn can can be turned loose without loss
of time.
Thieves lately stole the carpet from an
Ohio church. and whenit was newly carpet
cd brought back the old one and stole the
new
Miss lone Burke has made "decided
hit at the Haymarket, London, as the Lady
de Montreville, in a burlesque, upon Lord
Lytton's play, The Rightful Heir.
A Westerd journal says that heis in favor
of allowing women to vote, because they
would not constantly be urging fellow to
treat when he was candidate for office.
In the Common Pleas Court, at Provi-
dence, Anastasia Slatterly, factory girl,
has received verdict for $4,000 against
Barney Tanning, for breach of promise of
marriage
The mania for fair hair is just now so
great that the expedient for twisting their
dark hair into as small a space as possible
and concealing it with a chignon, side curls
and front creps of hair, is resorted to.
Some of the "best stfamilies" of Milwaukee
have been shocked to find that their boys
we're members of Juvenile club that met in
in a rofurnished hog pen, to play cards,
smoke short mines and drink whisky for an