The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-12-20
General News

one hundred years old.
1t is said George Peabody never owned
a house nor kept a carriage.
Large numbers Of Austrians are settling
in Virginia, -s,4. prg
3 Some of.hc Louisiana papers are insis.
ling upon gold for cotton. a+.'
Good Alabama cotton lands are in the
market IS to so un acre.
"A beaver weighing eighty-Gvo pounds
has been captured in the 'Telnsssees river,
near Knoxville. so
General Grant has offered his farm near
St. Louis, to the County for puupcr farm
at $4,000. 81 1rv9 H. Ei
: Aman in Chester County, Pennsylva,
MIA, was fined $40 and costs for allowing
obnoxious weeds to grow on his farm.
x In Pennsylvania, for the next five years
there will be fine of:twcnty-fye dollars
for shooting partridge. 1'l'@I ~,
Another big lake, larger than Ontario
or Eric, has been found north Of Lake Su-
perlor.. 'f.-i, ,r ,.4os. q,t s~
The "original press used BY Benjsmin
Franklin" is said 10 be in 17G ditieren,
Al American printing oslieSes. 1., .,y.;
Petroleum has been discovered On the
line of the Pacific railroad. Tho discoy-
cry promises to be'yaluable. 'r'1 y, %.
Two hundred and forty-nine thousand
cmigrants have during the present year,
reached New York. aia
A Cincinnati Councilman has refused .
bribc. A committee dc elaaatico tnguiren.lo
is talked Of. L--''.'"' 7 -
There will bc 1913 mail routes in Ken
tucky on the s3Oth oil; April, 1870. dt..r
Carrying umbrellas With a dagger in
the handle is one Of the pleasures of life
III Rome, which the police, try to sup
p.ess' 1T .9l.rtl1drs "aE ,rrr
: An ex.Confcdsrate, who had both his
arms shot off during tic war, recently
al"ad Of cotton Of lis own rails.
inc, TO Columbus, Georgia. sG's '''
"a Tea has been grown in North Carolina
for thirty years, but the proper manner Of
curing it has never been acquired. /,
Two cats Sc. house on fire at Sandwich,
Massachusetts, a few days ago.. they were
playius with matches. ,,,,,
{, Within the last three years, seven pcr-
sons have been killed in going into mem
nseric cngcs ndfacing lions and tigers.
A Troy ,Larkceper, looking for persis-
tent till.thicf, literally smelt rat, catch
Ing the rcdcns as he was dosouring lis
dollar. la.iaiusaq '' %
Fremont is publishing paper in Paris
in the interest Of the Memphis aud FL
laso Railroad. lie still parts his Hair IN
the middle and looks cross-eyed in several
'."' ,.@ 'zu
{ The royal fanlily ofPrussia are an as.
piripg. set. Out Of six male representa-.
tives, all are over six feet tall, with the
exception Of two. and one, Prince
Albrccht, junior, is six foct and seven
inches. q. il f. l..' 4,
A fgurist has made a calculation, and
Q lnyin, ell himself that in 10 COO years all
the Wood and Coal in the World will be
used up. Wc don't caro--it won't hurt
US. I .tasRia laHtni a'| r.i
General Ifazcn, commander Of the dis.
lrict of1.ower Arkansas, says the Indians
in his district have become discoptcntcd,
and he fears they will cause much trouble
in the spring. slst
The accounts from the West .ic gloomy
Wheat is oDly bringing 81 ccuts, and The
proportion which the farmer gets does no!
pay tho cost OF production. ,s
Boston has negro scul piress, thatis 0
negro woman. who cliisels statuary out o.
black marble. The saints OF the. Hui
made great ado over, the proposed visit
Of the wench to Rome. -, I'D, ~
New England school-mnrms arc doing
their best to educate tho South up to thci
staudard Of Dlongrelistn! Ono Of them
Is years old, ran OF with an IS year OLE
'darkcy in Mobile, the other day. s
Two hundred and fifty colonists from
Austria, reached llichmond, Virginia, Oh
Friday last. ''rhoy came to settle on Ian,
purchased in Henrico'Ior them. They ar
substantial people, and all have something
to commence With. They bring prie,
from Fathcrland with them, and will hay
their own chnp1in Which to worship.
"A negro tleucon at a Louisville ehurcl
undertook to put nnluuruIy boy out .
doors, and bad u hole cut iu his abdomen
''shoo, Ay." @
The heiis Of q deceased Baltimoreal
have made Memphis sick by claimin!
81, 100000 worth Of rral estate in vita
part of tho city. .a.r a.'-