The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-02-28

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On trsin .hatr.ached Knoxville, Tea.
'css'o, FROM Virginia lately were Al
,aLies. las ,or IN III
New settlers are said to bo pouring into
Texas at tue rate Of hundred por day. 1
A "Rsd-Hesded Mans Ball" i. to
hor'ly come of at Bridgeport, C.nnoc,i.
General Lees health i, not good. and
is Virginia friends urge him to make
lip to Europe in the spring. ~"
A spark may set a house on fire. Aft
! passion may give you cause to mourn
u tue dny' Of your lifo. gaa si
To keep Phil.delphi. babies from ory.
.svhile being baptized. they are do.ed
'sh soothins.syrupjust before being wet.
q '!lme' they live through it.
ezelsn... ay! don't bodder me-" Is the
collector cof debtors nowadays when Tue
stamps. b buriing around after hi,
The eigh. mills a' . "a % "7 F
BY tho Government .s ofTexas soil sold
ths Treasury six lhoussxes realized for b
teen acres for a cent. lollir.--thir-
At Tsrre Haute, Indiana. :5g ssv % Q
proved" bis wife With an axihana, ere. h
ing lot Of her ribs. He sho,.k-
reasoned with" with a piece q rope, !;
In the western part Of Rock County.
is q man whs will be sigh,y-
one years ofags in o few. days. and who
is the father Of a child about two months
old. ..-, 49,. -sf'i '.,
Dom Plat. says that any one possessed
Of a whole cont and aclean shirt, and who
is a memhcr Of Congress, eau 60 into
Washington society vithou. much trouble
A; certain man las. Sunday nigh.
amused himself by whipping his Wife.
Blobbs says maybe he was dry, and had to
Ticker. .s.aoolf ,rn rrsu.i; iuss
A clergyman in Grundy County. lows,
objects to the practice. prevalent smsng
his flock, ofholding meetings and charging
. quarter to kiss the girls, to raise money
to pay his salary, ,,.s s,r,..a5. ,r, n
Ono Of the leading eastern railways ha,
an arrangement nearly completed 10 issue
tickets by rail and steamer, arosnd
the usrld. The whole trip can, be made
inside Of ninety days, and tho cost will be
$3.50 in gold. .l9t.l FsdT g-'i y
!, Gaorg. washburn, I. Methodist minis.
tor, Of Allegheny, pennsylvania. while
putting on clean shirt to ge. married 10
young lady ofthat town, was arrested BY
a sheriff from = nsighborisg County ,ls. for
iaors t41d 49, ..,..,;.,.
"A returned Californian has discovered
gold in paying quantities in a .rsek ,lu
Clark County, illinois The citizens are
going for II. This discovery has broken
up prosperous rival that was in pro-
gress. ~ .'4Nn'i .;Fjstn9lo
Men In New York advertise to send, for
q consideration, . reclps for writing with.
out pen or ink. When the none comes,
.hoy send the following: Write With q
lead pencil A great many chaps are
paying from fifty ceats to = dollar to learn
this important secret.si i.' 10 10 s-''#
The parties in charge ofMr. IIneken-
burg's ssul, at Butler, Pennsylvania, who
is to be hung; have asked for an extension
Of time, for three weeks, to prep,rs it for
eternity. They think they can fetch ii
by that time, if the weather is good. ii7
Among The other pleasant things en-
joJed At Columbus, Ohio, ifeu days
since, a large crowd saw dog run
through the streets with a human head in
bis mouth. evidently just torn from tho
body. No one has had any conversation
with tbs balance Of the man yet.
A hog at Dubuque. Iowa, got into I
cellar and drank jar Of peuch brand !
and had 4 delightful drunk. lie laid in !
back yard in n state Of hsg.alersy for scy.
eral hours, and hi, friends would no. as.
sociate with him. IIsw 6iliersnt III, with
man. m la gri.r..,HI .E'.t ", 20
A Southern Yankee has struck , for.
time BY ihrenting d certain ''turponsine
soap" which is advertised to kill The
offensive smell ofihe niggers. The col.
ored population and carpet.bngger' are
selling their la,t shir. to raise money to
bnJ It. One nigger came near killing
himself at Memphis, by taking chks Of
Il internally. ~, 'sH
The -madd.a nau In Indian. lives Al
.patoka.a liz told his wife he was gciug
down ia the cellar to commit suicide, ssd
did 20 down and FIRE a braairide into .
pork barrel. Ills wife kept right ou
knitting and after while The man can't
tip stairs swearing that Hoinrn hadn't CO.
aay feeling. The woman felt suful bad
wheu Oh, found he had been fooling her;
Al Lexington. kent,etr. A. a ycnsY