The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-12-13

NelicFal barry, formerly connected
with the Frcr'lmcus' Bureau, wns ,hot on
Tuesday ly ho!cl-kcepcr ia Memphis,
Samuel Brennan, of f-sua francisco,
| has rcccived tic franchise of tie Mexican
Government to build railroad across
tho country from the Atlantic to the Ia.
cilic
The Ohio State Christian Convention
met at Columbus last week.
They are having poultry exhibition
at Chicago. Everything IS "foul' there.
Riots are the reported order Of the day
in Mississippi.
One Drayis the leader Of brass band
cut West. WSRdcv Low long his ears
arc?
Henry Ward Becchcr's salary will be
SCI 900 next year. Gas must bc a dear
luxury in Bos!cr. :
A recent FIRE in tho Dismal Swamp cz-
plodcd hundreds Of shells thrown into /:
during tue war.
General Wool's death leaves Major
Myers, OF Schenectady, the only suryi.
wing member Of tho Eighth Regiment Of
lSi2. The Major is ninety years cfagc.
Antclopes are dollar apiece aai wis.
key Gully i've dollars gallon in Laramie.
Tic sprnish mahogany desks of the
presiding officers Of the California Legis-
lalnre, in TIC. new capitol at Sacramento,
COS! $4,000.
Scarlet fc-cr i. prevailing 80 badly ii
Mora"a, Illinois, that tic public SCHOOLS
have been closed.
There are six hundred aud one couve.s
in the Nashville Pcuilcntiory sui they
are nearly all id!c.
Messrs. Hatch and Williams lad dis.
putc in I.ailrop, Missouri. Gu Wednesday
over a cup Of coffee, and Alr. Hatch killed
bis friend.
LORD Pnscra.k and Brrtlcy Pagc., |
English roL!smcn, have arrived in wash
ius,on.
a london .radcsman adyerli,cs himself,
as Eradicate. Of Bugs to the Royal Fam.
ily.'
When noble dies in Ilinloslan, no
one can catch iish for three days, for fear
Of hooking hi, soul.
a layer late'y moved from an Illinois
town ofl0, eco Inhabitants because the
divorces did not average = hundred per
mun.h.
4 Wisconsin Clergyman led as'ray
girl of hi, congregation. lie Was ar.
rested for it, end hanged himself in Jail.
Iowa papers arc advocating the erection
Of State House at D,s Mones, to cost
million aud u half dollars.
The Quoquinn,.sakcsssan,g gros brook
'isia Mount Vernon. New. hampshire.
The inhabitants dam !cstrean,.
Johr Browns soul commenced II a.ch-
ing on ten years ago last Thursday.
In scmc parts Of Ioks t', farmers aro
feeding wheat to thc.r horses. i: being
cheaper than oats. s.la-.
London Ia, ninety Calhclic churches
There we're hut thirteen ct the Lssinn;ug
of this century. '9-
DR.. Livingstone IS 10 be hnisllci. Tic
regions in whieh lie wnn his fame are
beDish:el already, according 20 The Atri.
can missionaries.
10 Italy tic term Of military seryicc is
cic"en years in Prussia, Austria. and
Saxony is twelve years; in Rnssia IF.
teen, and in Bavaria sixteen years.
Asa king, OF Aslsn: County, Ohio, last
rerr moved 10 Jasper County, Missouri.
with awiie aud eleven children. llc has
returned with one child left alive.
Wabash. Indiana, is bcccmnr so moral
that old ladies' who kni, on Sunday are
arrested, and no man can Get shaved or
have lis boots backed unless he does i.
hrisrf.
We Gndi: utterly impo.sib,. 10 give
space for even brief summary Of the
crime thu: is being daily and hourly eon-
nittel throughout The country. Every
escI'ange We rick up isfrcigh,el with .h.
terrible record.
An injured husband in Daylon, Ohio,
caught lis wift on the point Of clopinr
with handsome man. l,c took terrible
rcnre,hce by !ccking up ull her good
clothes aud then telling her to go.
Cc'pcdes liss ordered Tie destruction Of
every cane VI sugar in Cuba which viii
nrolably rrn,lncc II reaction IN favor Of
whiskcy straight, and also be Of somc tp.
c!i. to th. depressed fortunes Of sorghum.
| a horrible story If railroad accident
ron,ss from Massachusetts. last week /.