The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-07-12
General News vs.,

The piccahninny crop is failure. South.
Ex.Secretary Seward is going to Cali
fornia this summer.
The new territorial seal of Wyoming
bears the device, ".I4et us have peace" Il
Int Single week 1900 persons emigra-
ted from England into this country.
Stockings are no y darncd by machinery
and,hcy are darned nice. as ai''- I
Smith is in the Connecticut Legislature
Six Of him.
The Tennessee militia are all in Nash
vile now. They will soon be paid off and
disbanded. fig
1t cost $4,000 to present arms to
General Grant in. Bolton during the
jubilee. ~ .la ega3
Mrs. shugart is now on her trial, in
Bntler, Pennsylvania. for the murder Of
her husband, last fall.
A Mrs. Mansfield and her husband
have been admitted to the bar as practising
attorneys, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Amammoth leaf Of Pic-plant is cxhib-
tied in New Haven. It's twen;y-six feet
iu circumference. - =
Thirty trunks are said to contain the
wardrobe Of our new Minister to Eng
land.UJ > ~ ~ i14.lE1aGa ~ hftsi sae
There is now IN English exodus TO this
country, as there was . few years ago an
Irish exodus. .,.,f....o ~, .,b.i..
A notorious horse tllicf'was captured
in Kansas on Sunday last, and hung, by
order Of Judge Lynch. J9'1 5l'' y aaaSH
Rev. Dr.. Jonas King, American mis-.
sionary at Athens, Greece, died there on
the 22d Of May. !as,s a.i lo eo5sl.
Dogs are verydcstructive to tic sheep
in Virginia, and it is estimated that one
negro is equal to ten dogs. Z az 20
A druggist. Of Baltimore died on ycs!er-
day week from an overdose Of morphia,
self-adn,inistered. a, il 5.T5
At the Wimbledon, England, shooting
matches, men with gray eyes were found
to make the best shots. Vs. ~ iIa'is ld4
Philadelphia At some expense procured
English sparroHs to kill her " worms,
but they went off and Killed the
worms, in tho surrounding country..j,.ia.5
Two Louisville policemen tue other
evening tried for some time, but unsuo-
cessfully. to to-inauce q cast-iron dog to'takc
poison cd mcat.'eY adi lgit aHash s's}t 3 q
Henry j. Raymond. editor Of tho New
York Times, died suddenly ofapoplexy
at his residence in New York on Thurs
day night 17ih instant. s,I,5, ,T,s
Old Mr.. johnson lives in Gallon, Ohio,
and is one hundred and three years Of
age. tIe wasa witness in Court at Bu-.
cyrus the other day. i99.iia92i d,at ,zss
In Paris, Tennessee, this week, a ne
gro girl fell on her face. A pipe stem in
her mouth was thus forced down her
throat killing her. M
Medical praclicc in Wisconsin, is con.
lucttd on !irs! principles. 4 Two children
wcrc ,bi,lcn by mad dog and were put
on. Of misery, sone by smotl,ering, and
tho other by bleeding to dcath.al,i a
Ansou w. Williams and Jessie, Colby
have had suit in. Court in Buffalo
since 1864, Involving S75, the value
of horse nccidcntly killed. The costs
amount TO $500, and it is not finished
yet. :" ,.f.,.,
No less than fourteen railway locomo-
tivos have exploded within the past seven
months in the United States, killing
twcuiy-ninc persons outright and severely
wouudiug much larger number.E
ItisIreportcd that d St. Iouis grocer
has imported an invoice Of teas from
Japan, by way Of tile Pacific Railroad. in
thirty DAYS from Yokaliama. II is further
announced that Chinese goods have been
sent to Chicago from San Francisco, by
the Pacific road. 5't'f ~ P'q9Vf''
u A gentleman Of Rochester, New lamp.
Shire, saw an advertisement that raceip pit
for the cure Of dyspepsia might be had
by sending a postage stamp to the alver-
liscr. He was ii victim aud sent his stamp.
The answer was, . Dig in your garden
and lot whiskcy alone" ID.
It used to be tho custom Of tho small
fruit growers Of the South to import their
crates and baskets from the Northern
States. Ofilate they lillayc learned 10
manufacture these articles nearer home,
and thereby consid eraile saving is
The building designed by Washing.
ton College us a residence for Ger. Lee
has bceh completed. In connection with tile
building Is a larger cistcrn with Gu
pucity Of ten thousand gallons, from which
the water is pumped up to the top Of The
house whence ty pipes it is distributed
all over tue house. q
Mr.. Dudgccn, Of Jackson county, W.
Va, las aiyouug chickenl with six legs,