The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-13
liens Of General Interest.

A TrcnonsE bond of ElOO is in At
lantn, Ga.
THERE are but three steamboats, on all |
the nayigable rivers of Mexico.
The damage done to vineyards at Los
Angeles by the frost is not heavy.
BUTTER sells in the Boston market
from nine cents to sl.25 per pound.
GREEN Co., Mo-, promises 100000
bushels Of apples and peaches this yeat'
The area of public parks at st. Louis
is !, s03. SO acres, or 9.96 square miles
They have shark skin tannery at
Galveston, which is doing good bust
ness
FIVE hundred million postage stamps
were issued last week by the United
States.
Az Illinois farmer got $40 from the
County Clerk for seven baby wolves
found under q stump.
THE Stokes trial will probably proceed
now-the court having vacated the order
Tor stay Of proceedings,
THE English farmers are much against
their inclinations, compelled to recognize
the importance Of the agricultural strike,
ENGLAND has quietly absorbed
the island of Sumatra, in the Indian
Ocean, by some arrangements with the
Dutch owners,
APRIvArR letter states that our naval
officers ON the Japan station have been
received by the Japanese officials with
many honors.
The vomi.o, generally considered
summer viatant at Havana, was COM
menced there, off and on, all through
the past winter.
SrRAKE, Florida, has but one church,
in which OBLIGATED on successive Sundays
recently q Baptist, minister, n preacher
Of the New Advent, Methodist, and n
Catholic bishop.
GRAY's clegy in country churchyard
contains 0gl words, of which S2l are de.
rived from the AnglO.Saxon, 125 from
the Latin, II from the French, seven
from tho italian, and % from the Greek.
MIDpLEBoRouGHis one of those spots
in the North OF England which, within
y few years, has sprung from 40 inhnbi.
tlnts 10 10000. The minerals recently
discovered there are the cause Of its
growth.
MAR Florence, Ala, the other day,
q bolt Of lightning instantly killed n
steer without breaking n bone in its
body. Another steer, yolked with the
one killed and standing just by its side,
was unhurt.
A GENTLEMAN near Keokuk, IT,, has n
COLONY OF 16S hives OF bees. He sold
last year 1000 pounds Of honey, and
500 worth of bees. He cultivated 40
acres with special reference to the wants
Of the bees
A MAN out West undertook to play
with lion at the menagerie the other
day. He says he finds II mighty hard to
write with his left hand, but that he
misses his eye more than anything else.
His nose was always trouble to him.
A NUMBER of planters IN Louisiana are
setting out willow posts, as they find that,
in almost every case, they grow into
trees, answering double purpose max
ing the most durable posts, and ut the
same time giving shade and furnishing
fuel.
In the Supreme Court, Memphis,
Early Euson, who murdered Edward
Lislc at picnic near the city, abou. q
year since and was sentenced to be hang
ed, was granted new trial. Chief.Jus.
ticc Nicholson, who delivered the opin.
ion, decided that the net of the Lcgisln.
turc passed last winter repeating the law
declaring n juror incompetent who had
formed nm opinion was unconstitutional.
One Of the jurors in this case had stated
that he had formed an opinion based up.
on newspaper reports, but could render
a fair and impartial verdict notwith-
standing.