Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-03-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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The pale Of socIety-The blondes.
A man "full of promisei'--A god
father. al. .t,.s,+-., as,, =. s.7-Jr
Why is the earth like a black.
board Because the children OF
men multiply upon the face of 1t.
Ladies never wear suits to match
their eyes-a suitable idea.
The "first shad of the season" are
So pair, in Baltimore
A New Yorker named Fox has died
and left $4O0, ,OO0 to help pay or the
national debt.
lSpiritualism has a newspaper
organ in Australia, called The Gtoto
| norm.
A negro woman of Lexington,
KY, 20 years ofage, has just glyeu
birth to three infants. -
There are nearly $4,000 skilled
Workmen out Of employment In En-
gland, according to q late spe4eh Of
the Lord Mayor of London.
Thereare between 500 and 600 gla-
ceirs among the Alps, covering an
area of nearly 500 square miles.
In 1886 ireland registered 35s, ,7o8
dogs In 1857 the number fell to 256, :
752 and In 1868 1t was only 24S, ,008.
| The Government depot for West
ern Texas Is to be permanently
located at San Antonio. 49,
Lincoln, the capital Of Nebraska,
has only twice-a-week horseback
mail to and from civilization,
The Ohio Legislature has been petit
toned to prohibit the use OF tabacco
except for "mechanical purposes"
Mr.. Moore Thompson, aged forty
years, fell down flight of stairs in
East Liberty, Penn, and was killed.
A California paper repoftsa recent
"hsh showeru near Monterey. In
which the fish varied In length from
six inches to three feet! - 3
The entire length of the greatest
bridge in the United States ~ at
Louisville, is 5.299 feet, nineteen feet
over mile. oT
VIM. Cook, a colored boy accident
ally hanged himself in q hayloft In
Baltimore He was playing at hang
The Swedish Diet has passed
law admitting Disfsenters and. Jews
to political rights. The King
signed the law immediately. ~ II
Professor Cox, State Geologist of
Indiana valnes the coal in CLAY
county at $685., ,OOO. 900 at. $3.50 per
ton =
There isnOt a single beetle on Mel
vile Island; eleven species are found
in Greenland; in England, $500; in
Brazil, 5000.
There are $50 species of snakes I'm
South America, Whech Is about half
as many on the same area, as in the
East Indies. fC
The Pennsylvania House has pas
sed a bill exemptfng sewing machines
In families from levy and sale, on
execution or distress for rent.
The Paris papers tell how an En-
glish lady was shown out Of ball
room because she brought her pet ter
rier in her handkerchief.
New York's tsIIest policeman stan ds
six feet nine inches, and Philadel-
phia's, fattest woman weighs six
hundred pounds.
The report is confirmed that Of
the Utah women who voted In Salt
Lake recently, about half "went the
straight ticket" against Brigham.
General Scott, when he took the
City of Mexico, levied 500, 900 for
the establishment of q Soldiers
Home, and that was the first ono
established on this continent.
A paper In Virginia, New, a few
days ago saidlthat q late wind storm
blew away all the dust SO there was
little suitable material left to make
mud when the ram came.
Greenough, the sculptors, says
that the marble from Addison coun-
ty, VT, Is equal to the best used by
the sculptors of ancient Greece.
Statistics indicate that half the
fractional currency issued by. the
Government wears out and is never
presented for redemption.
Numerous outrages by the Indians
in Arizona are reported, including /
the killing of DR.. Wakefield. The
troops under Col. Barnard surprised
the Indians near Apache Pass recent |
ly and killed fifteen and captured |
two. -
In Sauk Center, MINI. is a woman
who is probably the youngest wife |
and mother in the West, She is
only ten years, eight months and
twenty days old. She weighs ~ 1-2I
pounds, and has just given, birth to
q little girl which weighs eight
pounds. The husband Is tweatY-
eight yearsold ,and weighs 1S5 pounds
Among the packages bid off at
an auction sale of express packages
in Hartford, last week, was lot of
love letters written by a young lady
who, having married, requested her
old lover to return them. The pur-
chaser is heartlessly giving a series
of evening readings from them at
his boarding house.
The delicate operation of transfu-
sion of blood has just been success
fully performed in Chicago. The
patient was young lady almost
hopelessly affected withconsumption.
Thirty-six ounces of blood were |
taken from q sister and two brothers |
and injected into her veins and she
is now recovering.