The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-03
Facts and FancieS.

IN operation between AKRON and MaSSll-
lion, Ohio.
+ Danville, ILL.,, furnishes married girl
whose age is twelve years and six months.
The husband is forty.
The bridal dress of the Princess Louise
is to be of white Irish poplin, with veil
and trimming of Honiton lace.
Nets for the hair, made of bullion
thread, are Just introduced, and are very
becoming to golden-haired blondes.
The total number of hogs packed in
Cincinnati this season as reported in the
Price Current is $4,000, against 3D.
: 600 last year.
The latest ladies' suits have dress, hat,
parasol, muff, gloves and boots all made
in the same shade and material. They
are very elegant.
An Iowa hog killed horse a few
nights ago, catching him by the ham,
bringing him to the floor, and tearing
him with his teeth.
All the Americans who were invited to
the ball at Brussels last month, received
invitations for the second also. This is
no small compliment.
Taking into consideration the number
OF women, and sick, or nOn-voting men
found in every community, one voter to
five inhabitants is liberal estimate.
Mrs. Martha Earpey, who was engaged
in the great diamond robbery, has been
acquitted on the grounds that she acted
under the direction of her husband.
A marriage is said to be arranged be-
tween Mr.. Vernon Harcourt, NJ. P. and
Mrs. Ives, eldest daughter OF Mr.. Motley,
the late American Minister to London.
Mr.. Martin, OF Fort Wayne, has just
married his eighth wife, having been
divorced from seven. He says he is
most tired in trying to get good wife.
In the recent billiard match between
Dion and Rudolphe, in San Francisco,
the former beat the latter on the 236th
inning, scoring 1000 against Rudolphe's
956.
A Springfield, Ill, girl sold her lover
to another girl for black silk dress, and
so managed matters that the couple were
married within month after the bargin
was made.
A Frenchman is content with one-sixth
of pound OF animal food per day, an
Englishman consumes not less than half
a pound, and an American demands from
half pound to pound.
The Food Journal says that the sacra-
fee of horse property during the siege Of
Paris was terribly severe upon its own
ers. All horses in private hands were
taken without distinction as they were
wanted. A splendid English stallion
worth $1,000 brought its owners about
S125.
Fighting, says the London Saturday
Review, is an earlier invention than
either ambulance or surgeons, and it Is
curious question whether, as civilization
has advanced, men have not lost some
thing in the natural power OF recovering
from wounds, while appliances to assist
recovery have been continually improved.
The German ship Robert Ricbmers
having been sold, it is claimed bona
fide, to English subjects, sailed from
Shanghai on January %, under full Eng
lish papers, flag, &c, but was captured
soon afterwards, outside the port in nell
tral waters by two French cruisers, and
held as a prize against the protest of the
English consul.
There is said to be a baron, scion of
one of the Oldest families of Germany,
working in one of the Nashville manu-
factories. However, the Banner, which
furnishes the story, makes him of an
anonymous family, marries him to an
anonymous girl, daughter OF an anony-
nous Chicago banker, and gets its infor-
nation of this anonymous nobleman
from an anonymous friend who knew
him in an anonymous district OF his
Fatherland.
Mr.. Joseph Warren, of Decatur,
Mich, purchased 10 acres of it, paying
81, 200 down, and giving mortgage for
rs much more, which the swindler came
near disposing of to a banker III Kalama-
200. A man from Allegany County was
victimized for a portion OF the whole Of
the other quarter section-these parties
having been cutting the timber this win
ter and hauling it to the saw-mill in De-
catur It is stated that Warner has taken
measures to stop legal transfer of the
outstanding mortgage. 1t is also rumor-
ed that Burton has been arrested in
Chicago
Some time ago cargo of tobacco was
shipped from Baltimore to Europe, and
bonds were given in double the amount
OF the tax to show that the goods were
actually intended for export. The vessel
was wrecked and the goods went to the
bottom of the sea. The revenue officers
demanded payment of the tax on the
goods namedin the export invoice. The
|; shipper refused to pay and carried the
case to court. The court decided that
the law requires the production of GER
, tificate OF landing in foreign country
I before cancellation OF the indemnity bond.
! 1t was evident that no one at the bottom
| OF the ocean had power to give such a
certificate the shipper failed to produce
: one, and judgment was granted in favor
: Of the government. The shipper was
e actually obliged to pay tax on goods lost