The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-06-28
General News

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Romero wants the Mexican Congress
to issue eighteen millions Of paper money.
A Shanghai rooster killed baby in
Kentucky the other day. ' a0 l.|-.,,
Mrs. N. S. Pixies diamonds are valued
at Sl59, 900. Whiskey did it. yf
Ten applications for divorce were fled
in the court, at Chicago in one day, ..i
A colored revenue assessor recently
appointed in Georgia, has been arrested
for felony. ,.'g' 7". 7' s2"ia 4aii .
A niger barber in Ohio died last
week, leaving fortune Of SS5, 1000 made
by razor and scissors. n, r,4..7, 5.r
Murat Halstcal, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, pays tax on an income Of
$4,000. -. ...-.-- 's'i
he fTencn mission mas cost Uencral
Dix $4,000 year moro than his salary,
so great is the expense of living in Paris.
A Cleveland carpenter has inherited
100000 by tho death Of an uncle in
Europe. .s III mage ~ tlsaa
What's in name? A Kentuckian by
the name Of Stamps has an income Of
only SO to show for i. IT, -,, , .gs;ai,s 4,
~ A person in London advertised baby
for adoption, for which there were $40
applicants, all Of whom sent money as a
pledge Of good faith. -. ' a'"' laA. I
The Newfoundland, seal fishery has
been very successful in tho. past season.
The number Of seals landed al St, Johns
has been near to 150, 900. Ys
IN John Halle, q boy Of sixteen years,
has walked from Providence to Califor-
MIA. by the overland route, and arrived
at San Francisco Halle and hearty. a'''''.
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Ii The German Hotel Keepers Journal,
estimates tho number Of Americans who
visited Germany in 1868, atforty-6re
thousand. flGd -sIhs 5lf d. aI;f
Thieves lately stole tho carpet from
rural church, near Cincinnati, and when it
was newly carpeted brought back the old
one aud stole the new one. ~
"a Windsor cigar manufacturer had
200, 900 weeds" confiscated tho other
day, because be neglected to register the
names Of his workmen. ~ .o' o''
The three women's rights publications
in Chicagoiire to be united aud published
under the modest title Of The Universe.
twill be an eight.pagc sheet. at;
There arc 9 now @ 756 libel suits pending
against editors. or publishers in this
country Tie total amount Of damages
alleged to be done. to these 75G plaintiffs
is $47,500.00O. 's55... IT,
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Lima, Ohio, is an unpleasant place for
confidence men. The citizens have a ia.
cetious way ef fshaving the heads Of these
gentry, and then applying a cont ofta
and feathers. y If'ii 'it i
The Syracuse police court spectators
are fined os 7iyagrants. tho court wisely
holding that il they had any visible
means Of support they wouldn't hang
around such an ill-favordl spot. ais'a'i9
d. A lottery has just been drawn in Yer
mont, and among the prizes were 5000
gilt rings, worth half cent, and 100
empty flour barrels; while one young
man, who held $500 in tickets, drew
bluc-edged plate u '7ttn
Dr.. Day, who l,ns hcen on trial several
days at Marshal. Michigan, charged with
murder by producing abortion, was on
Saturday night found guilty. 10 con-
clude the tragedy. the Doctor took NOR.
phine, and died yesterday. ..ii
n Father Webb, Of Barnstablc, Massa.
chusctts, died, last week, at the age Of
lightweight years and eleven months,
having entered the first conference in
Maine in 1900. lie retired from the ac-
tive laIors Of the church in 1858.
Two Massachusetts men arc construct
ing, at Troy, a "cigar ship" composed
Of two cigar shaped cylinders, with en-.
gine works and paddle.whcels between.
The cylinders are one hundred feet long,
and eight feet in diameter each. They
expect to attain with II n speed Of forty
miles per hour. It will be recollccted
that Ross Winans constructed similar
vessel some years ago. ,l.... ,..i, E
The sensational newspapers have re-
guled themselves upon horrible story
that "the public work nen Of Madrid, ii
digging for n place to plant column to
Liberty, unearthe,l tic bones Of tlous.
ands Of victims ofuie 1nquisi.ioh.". An
unsehtimental antiquary proved that II
vas only horse graveyard. ''r" p.
An importantlegal question vas doci-
dcd in st. Louis recently. Inai1S6