Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-07-11
Current Items.

FARM hands are scarce in California,
at $50 month.
Mr.. ALCoTT says he calls man prac-
tical who can make another see his own
ignorance. rs .t- .rt-.. 10
In Massachusetts there are 12S cotton
factories, with 52,149 looms and 2,3O4,
848 spindles. .... -.',
THE Pacific coast has produced over a
billion and quarter of bullion since
the discovery of gold in 184S.
In st. Augustine, Fla, quite lately,
an alligator took possession of street,
and was only elected therefrom after a
lively fight with the besieged resi-
dents.
AT Baltimore, on the 18th, it was
again judicially settled that insurance
must be paid on the life of suicide.
A CoNNEcTIcUT colony that went to
Kansas a year ago, and secured build
ing lots for 50 a, piece, have sold some
of the same for 800 each.
A MAN in Westfeld, Mass, thought to
purify his well by generously throwing
in half bushel of line. AS there was
but three feet of water in the well, he
has had whitewash cheap and plenty
ever since.
FIVE persons out of family of seven,
in Tenne ssee, recently died from eat
ing fish that nad been feeding upon
caterpillars. 1t is also stated that a
| child of three years ate one of the cat
erpillars and died in three hours. This
recital carries it's own caution. --
A MAN incarcerated in the Tombs has
been figuring in chalk on the walls of
his cell. 1t reads: "In NewYork city
the spires of 342 churches, worth $4I,-
10000, point heavenward. I'm here
for stealing loaf of bread for my starv-
ing child" .
BILLY BRENNAN, while playing cards
in San Antonio, Texas, said, as the game
turned against him, May Christ para
lyze me Pa favorite expression of his
No sooner had the words escaped HIM
than he fell down in fit, from the
effects of which he has not yet recoy-
cred.
The man with the iron jaw lives in
Taunton. He takes a thick, heavy flint
glass tumbler and bites large pieces out
of it with perfect ease, and chews them
TO powder. He does not swallow them,
however, for fear of having a pane in
his stomach.
The oldest newspaper in the world is
the Imperial Gazette, published in Pekin,
and printed on silk.
CALIFORNIA boasts the largest orchard
in the world. 1t contains 1926 acres,
and over $4,000 fruit trees.
AN English girl came across the At
lantic the other day, to marry an Amer
lean whom she had never seen, and only
knew by correspondence. The wedding
has taken place, and the parties aresaid
to be supremely happy.
Four years ago, Lincoln, the capital
of Nebraska, was away out on the
prairie, and was called Young's Colony.
Before the close of the present season it
will have six railroads, and will be
lighted with gas.
THEY say female compositors get
through their, copy very rapidly, bein g
anxious to get the last word.
IT is announced that ground will be
broken for the Vanderbilt underground
| railroad, in New York city, within this
month, by force of 1000 or 5000 Ia
borers, who will begin work in separate
gangs, stationed at half mile distances
along the route.
r. S. ELLIOTT, Industrial Agent of
| the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company,
gentleman who has given much atten-
ton to the subject, makes the assertion
that in less than twenty-five years the
accessible forests in the region of the
great lakes, the upper waters of the
Mississippi, and the British possessions
| adjacent, will be exhausted.
AN anti-lightning rod association has
been organized by the farmers of Vigo
county, Ind, having for its object the
annihilation of all lightning rod men at
sight.
THE following table shows what me
| chanics in this and other countries re-
ceive, on an average, per day:
Austria 81 90 Sicily .................. 3