The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-22
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General News.

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"Finan cial Irregularities" is the latest
term for wholesale stealing '' wy '''.4
It's .qid that Canada has l, 100 luna
tics and no Asylum.
New jersey las produced a boy. Of, u
who weighs 300 pounds. ,...,.,,,.
Queen Victoria is reported spiritual.
ist. and holding conversations daily with
Albert Tairai qripl'i4l q,I ~ q
Nearly half the town Of. Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin, was burned on the
24th inst. lasm IT, geo ;gi ~ atHi
A law prohibiting the publication of
divorce cases would elevate American
journalism.
: One of'the Richmond paper, says that
It is a safe rule to call every man
Colonel" Whose name you don't know.
., 4 Madison. Indiana, firm. has shipped
two hundred thousand bushels Of potatoes
to the South Ills season: yIs i@,h,
Philadelphia assessors estimate The
present * mt. population If that city at
100, $780, 'fu'gaI sr0Ia nj: a 81
ID
Nelson's old flag ship. tic Victory. has
at last been scratched of the books Of the
British navy, ,;l tti ne Y otslr
In La Yendte. .to almond trees haze
long beca in Llos,oiun. TIE blossom i,
white, with dclibato pink1,inge.H III II
Christ Church, Boston, possesses a
communion service which was the gift Of
King George Ils,&in 1T73.i q. .s1i'u5li
Printers accounts are said to DO like
"the substance Of things hoped for. and
the evidence ofthings not seen" NJ ~
George Frncis Trains rcal estrtc at
Omaha has risen fifteen hundred per cent.
siuce it's purchase.
Tho bullet which killed Nelson atiJra.
fnlgar is in possession Of Victoria, setlin
brilliants and enclosed in case Of crystal
and gold.
California population is only one fourth
female. In Nevada there arc eigh, men
to one woman, aud the proportion 10 Col
orado is twenty to Que. % - '
A Chicago Doctor has been fined SIS
for trying'to kiss married woman. aud
her tusbandtwas n'ulcsed 50 for thrash.
ing the doctor: ryi, y y ijqa9 "a
A wild woman has, been brought into
Jefferson City. Missouri. SLcis an Irish
girl who was carried, of, years ago BY the
Indians and cra.ed by ,bcir cruelty.
A judge in Clay county, North Caro-
lima. recently charged the grahd jury that
. lawful fence Should be 9"l,orsc:high.
bull.stfong' apd pis.tight.". IS. .,.. s.S
Versailles. Kentucky, has fnrty.6v.
n'rrriageablc- young ls,lies. thirty.6vc
widows and Eve old mnids--witll nary a
Teller who is ION t.'asa
\ Esnassl9snia Clergyman has not
only been cOhrliqg bis neigl,Lor'~ wife.
but has run Of With her, aud two families
are in distress.
General JOHN II. Torncy, who was as.
signed chair in the Alabama State Uni
ycrsity, asl,ort time aso,has become hope
lcss'y insane.
Two religious gentlemen, connected
with rcvivhlin Ohio. attempted to con.
vince seofier by',ncans Of personal clius.
tiselnent, whereupon he of The hard lear.
shot one Of them dead. .,s.,.. t,,l.t
A hog was Killed at Saratoga, New
York. HE othrr'dav. that weighed nine
hundred and ffty-six pounds when drnsss
ed. II noted its fattcr sixteen dollurs
,a,pd fifty cents per hundred. ,,i
MI. John r. Kilhy sold 10 a Northcrf,
gentleman. last week. large body If
swamp land. lying neard the Soabdard
railro'd. . few miles below Suaolk, Va,
for $4,000.
IA Canadian womnn. name Mary Ann
IBaptist-. who has lived at Prairie du
Chen. Wisconsin. nearlvaa century. died
on on the night Of tho ;Sth lust aged 100.
years. '.'
.siA man rccnntlv Enppcared !, In Ken
lucky Town niiired in The simple costume
Of !, straw hat and a belt. cnrryins a
bundle containing his purse and pocket.
comb Under lis arm.
An old Brahinin, widow burned herself
with her husband, corpse some months
since. and the English Governor has sent
al! the nieni engaged in tho "suttee" to
prison for seven years. arl 5s. fCy
The organization of militia In the
conttry districts Of Canada has frightened
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