Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-05-12
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Miscellaneous Items.

is one OF George teapouys'
-Nearlya thousand men will soon be at
work on the Hoosac tunnel.
The American colony at Dresden have Or
ganized two base ball clubs.
Tho crop Of maple sugar in the Northern
States Is Unexpectedly large.
Out of thirty-lour French journals start
cd In Paris since 1864, only two survive
london newsmen are arumbling because
some OF the newspapers publish Sunday
edition.
| 81, 900 apiece when the Coal Tax bill was on
its passage.
The South Carolina Legislature killed the
State University by electing couple OF ne
gro trustees.
An exchange says 'the champion old
man of the world has just died at Portland,
aged 1a9 years."
"A jovial beggar in Hartford goes from
house to house demanding aims at the point
of very big ugly knife.
"A stove in Benton county, Iowa. had an
explosion the other day, as the result OF the
use OF boiYotced wood.
Collector Grinnell, of New York, has
Iperemptorily forbidden admission OF appli-
cants for place to his Office.
Several clerical correspondents Of the
London Daily News write in support Of the
practice Of preaching ''bought sermons"
Tho colOred citizens Of st. Louis have
organized Land and Real Estate Mutual
Benefit Association, with capital stock OF
$200, 900.
Tho Augusta, Ga, Daily Press has been
suspended for want of support, and the New
Orleans Crescent and Times have been con-
solidated
Over five hundred yards OF solid rock
was blasted by nitro-glycerine on Saturday
at one discharge, at the west shaft Of the
Hoosac tunnel.
Tho old New York Hospital, on Broad
way. New York, Is to be torn down, and the
ground filed up with business blocks. 1t
was erected in the last century.
The Hill paper mills at Bellows Falls, VT,
have been leased for ten years at 5000 year
in gold. The lessees are going to make
paper out Of poplar wood.
The President of the new Cincinnati Coun-
Gil made speech on taxing the chair, which
the Commercial OF that city calls ca cowardly
attack on the English language"
An Englishman, named Lamont formerly
M. p, intends to start ON an expedition of
his own to the North Pole this month, in
steamer he has fitted out at his own expense.
An Albany tippler swallowed chip from
amolasses Cask with glass of gin and mo-
lasses the other day, and it killed him. Ter
rible warning against the use OF molasses.
-Mormonism is fiourishing in England.
In London alone there are eight branches OF
the church, and 104 elders, 38 priests, 2S
teachers, and 80 deacons are always hard at
work.
The car shops of the Little Miami Rail-
road Company, at Columbus, Ohio, were
destroyed by fre on the night Of the 23d.
hn 10 OF a. n
rance.
In California four locust tire es less than
twenty years old were lately cut, and twenty
nine wagon hubs having been made from
them, tho remainder made more than four
cords OF fireword
AN organ Of the Cuba revolutionists has
been started in New York. II is called the
Revolution. New York thus has two peri
odicals with that title, but with widely differ
ent objects.
"A girl riding on mule which would not
get off the railroad track, was 30 injured by
the locomotive, near Ossan, Iowa, that her
life is despaired Of. The father has sued the
railroad company for $4,000 damages.
The Chicago University for women will
be begun this summer. The building will be
1870 feet front, with depth of 1856 feet, and
will have an elevation OF 100 feet from the
ground 10 the summit Of the main tower.
The roads leading to White Pine are
crowded with emigrants, many Of whom
have walked long distances. They reach the
region footsore and penniess, but entertain
high hopes of returning with coach ana
four.
"A Georgia paper says the people of that
section have made up their minds to raise
their own bread, and that the planters have
put in about forty per cent. OF corn, ten Of
oats and fifty Of cotton.
buffalo has got fire proof grain eleva.
tor, built entirely Of brick and stone and
iron, with a storage capacity of 500, 900 bus,
and receiving and delivering capacity OF
Al, 900 an hour.
Jones, hard drinker in Massachusetts,,
had At and was bled. A neighbor held the
candle, and another warned him 10 be care
full not to set fire to the blood. Jones heard
the remark. 'There's no danger" he grOwl-
ed; "t's Smiths rum"
Kentucky furnished its Governors man
sion at public expense last year, and among
the items in the official report are: One
euchre stand, $25: patent ice-oream freezer,
$3.50; two dozen whisky tumblers, 50; one
patent churn, S14.
An Engishman, 80 years old, tried to
marry widow of some 60 years few weeks
ago. but his daughter, o maiden OF half
century, saw him on his way to church, pur-
sued, caught him and brought him home.
He eloped and married the next day.
Next year is the centenary OF American
Unversalism, and is to be duly celebrated by
the payment of all debts and obligations
resting on the various organizations OF the
denomination. A memorial monument at
Washington, to cost $4,000, Is talked OF.
An enterprising Paris publisher attracts
new subscribers to his paper by the follow
ing ingenious plan; He gives every three
months fashionable concert and ball, to
which free tickets are furnished to his sub
scribers. That beats Villemessant's orange
dodge.
"A liquid glue, far superior TO mucilage,
may be made by dissolving glue in an equal
quantity OF strong hot vinegar, adding
fourth Of alcohol and little alum. This will
keep any length Of time when placed In
closed bottles, and will glue together horn,
wood, and mother OF pearl.
Judge Curtis, of the New York Marine
Court, In deciding In favor OF chemical re.
ceiving for his labor the pay he deemed II
worth, said: 'The time OF starving pl ofes-
sional men OF learning and talent has passed
aw.y, ana II is the duty OF courts and juri0s
TO compensate intellectual labor literally"
The sugar season has Just closed in YER
mont. In spite OF the unusual depth OF
snow, which presagod slim crop, the yield
has been over the average. The maple sugar
crop is Of great benefit TO the State. The
culture could be pro6tably extended to onear-
ly every State In the Union.
1t is announced in Paris that new his-
tory OF the trial Of the Duke D'Enghen will
soon be published with many important un-
published documents. II Is stated that
manuscript OF Nepoleon has been discovered,
ordering q payment Of so, 900 francs each to
the Judges who sentenced tho unhappy
Duke. ....rU..