Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-06-09
,Drepities.
General Items.

General Items.
Anna Dickinson is worth, pecuniarily,
nearly 100000.
Patti, divine as she Is, has had boil
on her face and Nelaton lanced it. -
"A family Of garbage pickers in New
York report $40, 900 in bank,
cleveland, Ohio, proposes to build
''lake tunnel" at a cost of $900,0O0 %
The managers OF the Peace Jubilee
have concluded not to dead-head the men,
bers of the Massachusetts, Legislature. y
1t is estimated that $120, 100000 are
spent annually in festivities to appease the
souls. of the dead. ..iil.
Boston gives each one of her posts of
the Grand Army of the Republic 800 aid
in decorating soldiers graves. IhtN'
1t is believed that the new Paris Grand
Opera House will be finished at o total cost
Of not much over 4S,OO0,OOO francs.
AN extensive iron ore mine has been
discovered in Dallas county, Iowa, over
seven feet thiclI, which isassayed at ninety
per cent. pure iron.
The veil is now taken in France on
lease, SO to speak, terminated at the end Of
each year Three nuns of Paris have just
laid it aside for orange blossoms. .'
The grain elevator now in course of
erection at Boston will have q capacity of
300, 900 bushels, and can handle $4,000
bushels an hour. '..
The advocates of the whipping post
in New Castle are almost apopetic with
rage over the recent reports Of the conse-
Grafton of the new engines of justice.
1T is singular fact that no president
Of the United States, up to the present
time, has had child born in the white
house. 1t is understood, however, that
this fact will not exist long.
Gen. August WilliCk, who commanded
Union troops at the battle of Mill Spring,
and declared 'dat vos shoost goot fighting
vot wants." is at the Cleveland Water
Cure for treatment. ..
"A. T. Stewards income for 1868 was
$2,O10,2 21S. 1t paid him $9,247.17 day,
$343, So n minute, and 81 cents second :
Every time his watch ticked, night and day,
in 1868, dime fell into his pocket.
Two children about six years old, sons
of A, G. and H. Davenport, of Hallowell
Maine, who had been missing from their
home for q week, were found drowned, on
Saturday last, in well near Simpsons
factory in that city,
Advice by writer in the Paris Jour-
nal Amusant: "If o lady says to you can
never love you, wait little longer; all
hope is not lost But if she says No one
has more sincere wishes foryour happiness
than I, take your hat"
1t is said at Athens that King George,
recently, while out on hunting excursion,
shot man whom he mistook for o deer.
The King was almost in despair when he
found out what he had done. The family
of the man was literally provided for, and
the matter was hushed up.
"A young and very pretty girl, little
proud OF her good looks, had quarrel with
her lover, who reproached her for caring
more for her beauty than his love. To
prove to him how much she loved him, she
broke off her four front teeth, and thus dis.
figured, cast herself at his feet. She lost
her lover.
The Princess Metternichs wardrobe is
said to consist of l20 silk dresses, 1874
morning gowns, 60 walking dresses, 60
cloaks, 90 shawls, 152 petticoats, $50 che
misses and other under garments, 1856 pairs
of stockings, l56 pairs of gloves, so pairs
of boots and shoes, 76 belts and sashes, GA
brooches, " pairs of earrings, 81 fans and
"a parasols. ...
The wife of one of the candidates for
the French Academy went to M. Guizot to
solicit his vote for her husband. '1mpos-
sible," was the reply. my vote is already
promised to NJ Haussonville; but on the
next vacancy promise you / will vote for
NJ L." NJ. Guizot is S2 years ofage.
Rafting lumber is done on such q stu
pendous scale in Minnesota that the lum-
bermen cannot wait for the slow processes
of eastern logmen. They place steamer
behind the raft to push it and propeller
is fastened across the front, which by go
ing forward or backward steers the long
raft.
"A French lady returning from Havana
carried with her pretty little negro boy,
for whom she very tenderly cared. One
day Bamboula said to his mistress Papa
told me when l was big / must kill you and
carry him all your money, I'm going to
kill you, but shant go back to him, for
he would take all the money away" Bam-
boula is on his way home.