The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-20

where every prospect pleases, and only
nan is vile"
The average daily consumption of
water in Boston the past year has been
"a, 1893, 600 gallons.
BEEr-sueAR company in Sank county,
will this year plant five hun
dred acres Of beets.
An explosion has occurred at the works
at LIE Creuzot, France, by which eight
persons lost their lives.
Out OF six million owners of real es-
tate in the United States, more than
two-thirds are farmers.
MAINE people are talking about sowing
the seed of forest trees for lumber, and
especially Of the white pine.
THE production Of India rubber boots
and shoes in New England OF late has
been about $4,000 pairs per day.
A PROCESS has been invented by which
caster oil is made platable, and can be
eaten on bread like so much honey.
AMONG the convicts received at the
Auburn prison, was youth OF seventeen,
who possesses fortune OF $4,000.
THE cost of artillery gunpowder, &c,
consumed in defending Paris during the
late siege is estimated at 81, 100000.
The crows have made their appearance
in the country. This is said to be n
sign that the cold weather is at an end.
THE first locomotive ever run out OF
Boston on the Boston and Worcester
Road, is now running on road in
Maine.
A CLERGYMAN and his wife in Portland,
Me-, have recently suffered greatly from
poisoning, caused by eating canned to-
matoes.
The barn OF Leonard Films, at Lisbon,
n. Y, with 80 head of cattle and 20 tons
OF hay, was burned last week. No insu-
rance.
THERE are $4,000 children attending
the schools maintained by the Catholics
OF Cincinnati in connection with their
churches.
NJ. THEIRS, replying to question Of
NJ. Germaine said the expenses OF the
war outside Of Paris exceeded 1000, 000,-
900 francs.
The deaths caused by the tornado
which passed over East st. Louis, as far
as known, are seven. The injured num-
Der some forty.
1t is now agreed, on all hands, says a
Washington letter, that there is no longer
any hope for the success OF the Santo
Domingo, project.
Mr.. : Esers was instantly killed, and
his brother Benjamin fatally, and their
father MORALLY wounded by boiler
explosion in Cleveland.
SHORTLY before the date OF the con.
clusion of the armistice there were re-
ported to be in Germany almost exactly
$40, 900 French prisoners.
An old man in the poor-house at Mid
dletown, Conn, sadly tells the visitors
that he is the last OF family of thirty
brothers and sisters all children of one
mother.
The farmers of the United States an
nually expend S20,000,000 in reaping
and moving machines. The annual pro-
duction is now estimated at about 49,.
900 machines.
PETER FRRIscHERz, young German
arrived in San Francisco lately, in search
of his father, for whom he has been in
quest for three years, having travelled
90, 900 miles in vain to find him.
CHARTER elections have been held in sew
eral cities in New York. The Repubi-
cans were victorious in Rochester,
Elmira, Auburn, and Poughkepsie. The
Democrats carried Troy, Oswego, Utica,
and Rome.
AT point near what is known as Gu
bits Gap, on the Mississippi, where, in
1866, a river steamer passed and found
four feet Of water, there is now an island
nearly if not quite a mile long by sever
al hundred yards wide.
The trial of Mr.. Porter at Enniskellen,
Ireland, for an assault on Capt. POINTER,
has ended in the discharge OF the jury,
who were unable to agree upon a verdict
The accused was released on bail, to ap-
pear at the next assizes.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, would have
been killed by getting caught in some
but for his presense Of mind,
which led him to hug the shaft tightly,
and revolve with it at the rate of one
hundred times n minute.
THE Lenox, n. Y, Farmers Club,
passed a resolution, declaring that it is
the opinion of the members OF this club
that good farm laborers should be Sc
cured for the present year at prices rang
ing from sl6to $40 per month for eight
months"
A LONG train OF cars, filed with Ger
nan wounded returning home, was run
nto by freight train near Puteaux, on
he Paris and Versailles Railway. Nine
cen passenger cars were broken to
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