The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-09
Facts and FanClcs.
Horses are dylng Of lang feyer in low

ana proclaimed LeruO dc Ie1huu unAnl'
nOusly elected President of tile Repub-
lie.
The pew-holdCr OF the Old sonth
Church, in Boston, have voted to ltaso
the church 10 the Government fot
Post. Office,
It is estimated that tho immigrants
who landed on United States shores last
year added upward Of S2S5. 900. 900 to
tho national wealth.
The Clucfmaa reports the formation
Of au Eliscop;l church at Poucc, Porto
Rico, whichi the Hrst Protestant church
in the Spanish dependencies.
Two horses in Troy, N. Y. have be.
come crazy from the eifeots OF the pre-
vniling disease. They ure so wild that
no person dare go near them.
The population OF Great Britain Is 31,-
900, 600; Of Francs $4,000, 900; Belgium
s 100000; Austria 3G,0OO.000; Prussia
10, ,OO0, 900 and Russia 7n.ON0O0O.
Tho census Of 1870 returned popu.
lation OF 03,25l Chinese within the
limits Of the United States. The NUM-
her las now been increased to about
90. 900.
Strain is n ridiculous word. When it
stands for q song II means Sound. When
il stands for q strain it means Unsound,
1t may have u sound sonsc, but 1t has
deal Of nonsense Nbnnt 1t too.
The German Government has promised
to give all the moral aud diplomatic MD
In its power to that of England in the.
efforts OF the latter to suppress the slave
trade on the Eastern coast Of Africa.
Tho exodus from Italy to the United
States has lately become go great that
Sgnor Lama, the Minister of the Interior,
has written to tho projects of tho pro.
vinces to inquire into the causes 1t.
Ayoung LADY was recently married in
Worcester country town who declared
that zone. half the pleasure Of the event
was destroyed by seeing her nutne
printed in the local paper Mehitablo
Smith"
The New York Times states that 1870
homicides have been committed in Now
York city sioce January 1st, 1870, and in
six Of these cases tho murlerers com.
mitted suicide Immediately after tho
murder, -
There has been fight between tho
Spanish troops and the Cuban insurgents
at Retro, in the Eastern Department, In
which five spauiards were killed and
eight wounded. The losses Of the Cubans
are not given.
Six months imprisonment has been
awarded Mt Manchester Euslaudl Quar-
ter Sessions to n Postal Telegraph clerk
WHO intercepted and turned to his pri-
yate advantage the contents Of betting
message passing through his hands.
The New Hayen Palladium says "our
Shaker friends arc seriously agitatel on
the subject Of lnatrimOny. The younger
brethren aud sisters are tired Of cclibacy,
but the elders tell them If they want to
marry they must leave the community.
A virtuous landlord in Louisyille has
Just been mulcted III considerable sum
for turninga young lady traveller away
from his hotel because she was unacrom.
panied by n gentleman; the act being
publicly done and creating considerable
talk.
Tho Mobile Register says that as soon
as Sergent BITES gets through
his present engagement we'll bet him
what he chooses that he can't put on
diyeTs dress aud walk under water
from Dover TO Cglais, carrying the
American flag. &
indianapolis boasts Of leading con.
tractor who con neither read NOR write,
and who does not know ono figure from
another, vet can accurately estimate tho
number Of brick for wall, or shingles
for rooi, OF given dimensions aud tho
cost Of construction.
Sage.grecn kill gloves are ruinous to
the lands, by reaann OF the poisoning
coloring matter used in their inanufac-
turc, hut they will be very generally
worn this winter for all that. They arc
"lhe thing, you know" aud who ever
heard of Fashion giving precedence to
HygiCncP
The Hartford Courant shows that
Hartford was u larger loser, in propor-
tion 10 her population, by the Chicago
and Boston fires thnn those cities them.
selves. While they got back portion
OF their loss in insurance, the loss OF
Hartford, which pays sncll a large share
OF insurance, is without COMPENSATION.
This is Danbury Neus item "An
inebriatel stranger precipitatcl himself
down the depot stairs, AID, on striking
the landing, rcproachiully NposLrophized
himself with III you'd been a wantin'
to come down stairs, why'n thunder
didn't You say so, you wooden headed
old fool, and I'd 6 como with you and
showed you the way"
Another dodge has been invented.
A "plain man" in q car or crowd sud-
denly finds a gold ring in the dirt. A
bystanler looks at tho ring, pronounces
the mau lucky, and the ring worth $40
or s15. Oicoutse "plain man" wants 10
sell 1t, and will take So. lie finds q buy
: or who soon discovers that he is sold, to
tho amount OF nearly all his investment.
A lately.arriyed AlSatian says that
turkeys can be fattenod for holiday tables
by treating them somewhat as geese are
treated at Strasbourg for the manufacture
4 Of the famous pies. Boiled popcorn and
j solitary confinement, with podoplyllin
pills administered now and then to pre-
vent enlargement Of the liver, would, he
|. thinks, effect the purpose nicely in about
s twO.wOeks.
!, In the suit brought against the Seventh
b Avenue Railroad Company Of New York