The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-07-05
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General News.

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California has raised sun flower
weighing 81 pounds.
About 10000 dead letters are opened
and disposed of daily.
Indiana has one hundred and sixty-six
registered distillerics.
Hon. RevGrdy johnson has arrived in
Baltimore from England.
APhiladclphian has contributed 81 900
to the U. s. conscience fund.
A rooster with horns is an ornithologi-
cal curiosity at Leanro, Cal.
Two million dollars year. it is alleged
arc lost at New York gaming tables.
Memphis ships one hundred tons Of oil
cake day to Liverpool.
The Chicago Y. NJ. G A. will not ad-
nit ladies to membership.
White Pine has four quartz mills At
work and six more building.
The National Bank notes in circulation
amountto 5000, 9,s1O,1S5 90.
Mississippi expects a Slo,Ooo,ooo cot
ton crop.
The hostile Indians on tho Plains have
adopted as their ensign red flag.
"I.ct us have pence is the inscription
on drum manufactured somewhere in,
Massachusetts. III !.
An Indiana genius hns let lis little
finger nail grow to an unusual length, and
has it made into pen. '''
A negro lady in Chicago has sued a
white gentleman for 'brcach of prom.
isc." sia
Rust has appeared in the wheat crop in
tho vicinity Of Richmond, and the crop
will be shortened about onc-half.
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Helena, Montana had 6rc, recently,
when, for lack Of water, barrels Of cider
and ale we're poured upon the flames.
A movement has been set On foot for
the reduction ofpostage on letters to one
cent each. o
til, considered cruel in jersey to lift a
boy by tho lair and swing him around in
that way.
Texas has vampire bug. It affects
vegetables, and sucks out the substance,
leaving tho sprigs pnrchcd and dry.
A statute of Massachusetts, forJids the
second marriage Of any person from whom
divorce was obtained Oh the ground Of
adultery.
Brick Pomeroy is recovering his health
he puts up fif,y-six pound dumb-bclls
easily. aud snui1s n candle at thirty PAGES
with revolver.
The Yankee scllool-marms in Lake
City, Floril a, take frequent drives with
the colorcd ladies and gentlemen Of that
place.
Punishment by death is executed in
Utah BY shooting. Three murdcrers arc
to be disposed Of in thi $ manner on the
2Gth of July.
Baron Gcrolt. the Prussian Minister At
Washington. who has jus. gone home. has
represented his government at our capitol
for % years.
A Ratchet, with which the lamented
Washington is said to have hacked the
cherry-trec, has been deposited in mu-
scum in Alexandria.
a Mr.. Kennedy, near San Antonio,
Texas, has rancho Of 1910, 900 acres,
fenced in, with 10000 head of cattle
upon it.
4 A Maryland negro criminal stole tho
white handkerchief Of the preacher while
praying in his cell the night before his
execution. t.aa
General Leo, while walking near
Fredericksburg, recently, had flowers
strewn in bis path, by party Of fifty lit
tie girls. m
The train west Of Staunton now runs
within eight miles Of White Sulphur
Springs. They are expected to reach
the White Sulphur in two weeks.
The immortal hammer which drove the
last spike in the Pacific railroad is now on
exhibition in only seventeen Of the prin-
cipal cities of the United States. The
spike itself being Of gold, is considered
too costly to duplicate.
A young lady spends part of each
evening in wandering about the streets OF
Newark, New Jersey, and writing upon
the payements, in bold letters in chalk
Warnings to the impenitent.
Bayard Taylor says:-1 consider Kan.
sas and Nebraska, with the western por-
tons Of Iowa and Missouri to be the
largest tract Of unbroken splendid farm.
ing aud in the world. ! .4pt QUf L
Near Cleveland liyes n bnle and ba,riv