Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-05-05

miscellaneous Items.

ltA MIbCclluueOub AbOIhos
Fashionable invitations to dinner In Paris
contain the bill OF fare,
j Judy calls the Oxford crew 'the nobleat
Row-men ofthem all"
| : During last year ton thousand plougns
vera manufactured in Des Moines, iowa, lor
use in the state, and twice as many VIII W
made thereIthi year.
1T is found that fishes can live under wa
ter upon which there is pressure ot Iour
hundred atmospheres, thus rendering " prop-
able that the greatest depths OF tne sea may
be inhabitable.
In tventy-four State prisons in the Uni.
ted States there were in 1857 an aggregate Oh
10 68b prisoners. These cost the states tno
round sum OF 81 ,566, 982, and their earnings
amouAted'to VI l,O92,6SO. Fa s
"A "double- -ender' locomotive has been
invented. II has no tender, but carries
water tank over the boiler, and coal In box
in the rear Of the furnace. II hastracks and
COW catchers at either end, and runs with
equal facility with either end Foremost
--Awealthy gentleman in the Seventh Ward
of New York died Of the glanders on
Tuesday He caught the disease from IA
yorite horse. This Is the fourth case OF death
OF q human being from glanders since the Or
ganization of the New York Board oil Health
An individual from Boston, in at of re-
morse, recently returned, anonymously, two
$500 United States bonds to the Treasury as
o contribution TO allay the pangs OF con"
science. Secretary Boutwell, sold the bonds
for 81, ,175 and credited conscience with that
amount
Ruby Valley, in Nevada is so called on
account OF the immense number, OF rubies
found in the sands Of the mountain streams
flowing through 1t. These gems, though
very beautiful and perfect, are teo email to
be merchantable, the largest only being the
size Of pin-head.
"A man in Paris has opened an Office for
advising inexperienced young meh in regard
to so-called affairs of honor. He teaches
them for fifty francs how to insult their ad-
versaries in the most genteel manner, and
how to resent affronts so as to render duel
inevitable. He instructs them also in all
matters regarding duels end challenges.
During q recent rain storm at LacOnia,
N. H., several persons noticed great num-
ber offish on the snow beside the road. When
FIRST noticed they were alive and lively. They
were about one and one-fourth inches long,
and of very uniform size, and there we're
hundreds OF them. How they came where
they were found ia the question.
Upon the argument of case of breach
OF marriage PROMISE at Lebanon, N. Y last
week, when II was alleged that the defendant
wanted to marry his deceased wife's sister In
unseemly haste, one of the counsel said,
"The cold baked potatoes OF the funeral were
fried for the marriage feast" And the man
who thus improved upon Hamlet got YER
dict Of 1900 for his client.
"A lady guest at Paducah hotel was ter
ribly frightened the other evening, by negro
dropping through the ceiling into her apart.
ment. The landlord had been informed that
thieves were secreted in the house, and sent
one OF the negro walters to search the garret.
The darkey made mlsstep, and, the plas-
ttering giving way, was precipitated into the
lady's room.
-Hunternass, young German milkman,
was discovered in the Third Precinct, New
York, Tuesday morning, watering his milk
at a hydrant. An officer accosted him, when
he said sit was all right. The officers oil
knew him, and said nothing" He was ar
rested, and, after severe reprimand from
Judge Dowling, was fined fifty dollars, the
Judge being sorry that he could not impris-
on him also. ....
Heart disease being prevalent among
English soldiers, an investigation into its
causes has been had, and the result arrived
at that it Is due to the mechanical ohstruc-
tions to the proper flow OF the blood through
the arteries leading from the heart, caused
by the restrictions Of the clothing and &C.
coutrements. Alterations in the dress are,
therefore, advised.