The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-02-10
FACTS AND FIGURES.


PRM has made fortune of S5,0O0,000
in Spain.
BEGGING in Rome, save on the steps of
churches, is unlawful
CALIFORNIA has abolished the law. pro-
hibiting Sunday theatres.
TOBACCO costs the citizens of New Or
leans three times as much as bread.
SAMUEL GOsLIN lives at Girard, Pa,
aged 91-almost old enough to be called
goose.
A BERLIN professor says that all chill
dren are born with blue eyes the darker
hues come later.
REV. DIR. OsGooD estimates that per
son can make a trip to Europe for Sc in
gold day.
THE construction of iron buildings is
largely on the increase in our leading
American cities.
SENATOR CAMERON has recently fallen
heir to $1,0OO,O0O by the death of his ia
ther-in- law, James Mccormick, of Harris
burg.
A CLERGYMAN in Belyidere, J., re-
fused to marry a couple because they had
only =" spanked" for one week.
SOMEBODY has stolen the only hearse in
Pennington, Conn, and the authorities
offer a reward of $50 for its return with
the thief in it.
In 1860 the census placed the total num-
her of negroes in Kentucky at 236, 167 !;
in 1869 the State Auditor reports only
140, ,445 in the State
A CoLoRED man died recently in Brazil,
at the age of $50. He could remember
events occurring in 1870, two years be-
fore the birth of Washington.
MARYLAND has three hundred and
seventy-three square miles of oyster beds,
ninety-two Of which are closely covered,
and the rest scattering.
THE names of S45 new members were
presented for election to the Young Mems
Christian Association of New York, on
recent evening.
OVER thousand houses have been built
in Charlotte, n. O., since the war, and yet
the population is increasing SO rapidly
that more will soon be necessary.
A FIRM in West Gardiner, Me, have re-
ceived an order from New York for TWEEN
ty-four thousand bat-sticks, for the use
of baseball players, which they are rapid
ly filling.
In New Orleans there is a man of whom
the papers say "H He commenced his
career as a pirate 102 years anO, and now
at the age of 11S he is a dock rat and a
river thief"
AT the funeral cf young lady, at
Chester, VT, the other day, six young la
dies, appropriately dressed for the occa-
sion, acted as pail bearers, and sang
dirge at the grave.
A MAINE paper enthusiastically des-
cribes the courage Of one of its subscribers
who cut hole in his burning store, and
pulled out 81 firkins ofbutter with his feet
before it had melted
A LECTURER at Fort Plain, n. u, who
did not appear to suit his hearers, stopped
and offered TO refund the money to those
who were dissatisfied. The Hall was
cleared in eleven minutes.
a EUROPEAN traveller says that it cost
SIG in New York to take his family and
baggage To the boat, and that very much
the same service was performed for him
in Paris for 800.
THE marriage portion of bride in the
Olden time was feather bed, six chairs,
a cherry bureau and table, six cups and
saucers, six teaspoons, and quantity OF
sand for sanding the floors.
FONTANA, the Paris singing master, who
committed suicide, broke several nails
from the wall by his weight, and was final
ly forced to hang himself to strong
hook only three feet from the ground.
IT is said that in the once fiourishing
town of Meadow Lake, Cal, now almost
L Ha,,
sons in the town at present-abOut ten or
fifteen houses to every person in the
place.
THE Fat Mems Association of New
York have provided, in their constitution,
that 200 pounds shall be the admission
weight, although a falling off shall not
be good cause for expelling member.
THE fight of q hawk, when its powers
are fully eXerted, has been calculated at
$50 miles an hour of the elder duck 90
miles. The American pigeon will fly a
mile minute, and the albatrOss 30 miles
an hour.
Tisa curious circumstance that one of
the heaviest men of the Convention of the
fat men of Maine, bears the name OF Small,
and that another, but little lighter, is
weights there is named Rounds.
THE champion jumpist in Massachu-
sets claims Newburyport as his place of
residence. One day lately he arranged
seventeen barrels in a row, and jumped
from one into the other without stopping,
through the whole number.
TIE wife ola Boston man ran away to
Denver about two months ago, and the
other day tclegraphed her husband to
send money for her tn come home with.
He replied, Don't cut your visit short
on my account" and she is in Denver
yet
THE Empress Eugene sold lately the
dresses she wore during her Eastern trip,
go in number, with great collection of
hats and bonnets, at auction, for the bene-
fit of her orphan school, but they brought
very small prices The best dress in the
lot, of rose e-colorcd satin, sold for about
$22.
A COMPLETE catalogue of the works OF
George Cruikshank, the eminent engraver
and artist, has been published, from which
it appears that he has been engaged on
4,6lS works of art, comprising 1861
etchings, 1858 woodcuts, ~ glyptographs,
OU lllnOGTdDnS, DtSltttS lIuSlIdtlOuS VI tVU
books, tracts and class-books.
TIE vicissitudes of fortune were sadly
illustrated in New York few days since
A Mrs Disbrow was buried in the Pot
ter's-field. who only few years ago was ,
leading New York helle-who wore heI
$4,000 worth of diamonds, and was beau
tiful without them. Now she fills a pau
per's grave, at the age of 90.
A COMPANY of fishermen returned tC
Hudson, Wis, few days since. from the
wilderness, more than a hundred mile,
northeasterly from that place, and neal
the headwatcrs of the Chippewa. They
brought with them 1920 brook trout
which weighed in the aggregate Oft
pounds. The fish were all caught will
hooks and lines, through holes cut in The
ice
EMILE OLIVIER, the French Premier
receives his friends only at breakfast, goes