The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-25
Items Of Interest.

An illinois farmer has Just finished his
husking. He had only 450, 200 bushels
Of corn.
The total sum contributed by England
towards the Chicago relief fund was
El62, 900.
THURSDAY, April 4th, Fast Day in
Massachusetts,, by the Governors APP
pointment
The coal beds of Missouri are said to
cover nm area 200 square miles, mostly
in the northwest.
DURING 1871 there were seventy.six
horses N this country that trotted their
mile in go or less
THR Wisconsin Assembly have passed
bill requiring scholars and teachers Of
public schools TO be vaccinated.
A TWO legged being at Knox College,
Illinois, covered dog with turpentine
aud set fire to him few days ago.
A PHILADELPHIA ward official is under
arrest for selling the official record OF
the election in 1871 for waste paper.
The Grand Duke Alexis goes to Rio de
Janerio direct from Havana, and thence
to China via the Cape OF Good Hope,
A YoUxo man in Lancaster, Penn, has
been fined for uttering two onths, the
penalty being sixty-seyen cents for each.
The population Of Montreal proper;
according to the census recently taken
by order Of the corporation, is III, 7S4.
The sentence of death on Domingo
Giral. n member OF the Cuban Chamber,
has been committed to imprisonment
for life.
ALLEN W. Thurman, son OF Senator
Thurman, OF Ohio, lost his left band by
an accident with patent corn.husker, n
few days ago,
The Waterloo Cup, won last year by
Lord Morgan's famous hound Master Me-
Gnth, was won this year by Mr., Briggs
Bed Of Stone.
CAPTAIS BENSAN and four sailors OF
the schooner Minnie Bel, were drowned
while attempting to land freight at Point
Sal, California.
Two of theParis communists were con.
victed of incendiarism. One was SEN
fenced to death, and the other to impris.
onment for life.
The Federal Council OF Switzerland
has sent secret agents to watch the move
ments Of italian royolutionists on the
Piedmontese frontier.
The revolutionists in Mexico have sus-
tanned defeat at several places. II is re-
ported that Diaz is not dead, but has
quilted the country in disgust.
A MOVEMENT is on foot for all work
men in France to labor one hour extra
and devote the proceeds to liberating
the territory from the Germans
The French Assembly rejected pro,
poSal to build temple to Jesus Christ
Ms testimony TO belief in God, neces-
sary for the national regeneration.
SEVERAL cases Of cholera have occurred
among the forces Of Gen. Bourchires,
now on their return from q victorious
campaign against the LoOshias in India.
A WISE writer in Washington paper
declared that every imposter, "ii he be
only shrewd enough" can dupe the
New York public, which nobody can
deny.
A HoRRIBLE trunk mystery has turned
mp ut Wheeling, West Vn. BY the acci-
dental breaking of box at the railroad
depot a mutilated human body WINS dis
closed.
The Pottsville Miners Journal esti-
mates the total product of bituminous
coal in Pennsylvania in 1871 ats ,4be, 2OG
tons. The anthracite product was IT,
Gs5, sol tons.
SO fatal has mining become in the
coal districts Of England, that ono per-
son in every three who Rre engaged in
it is said to die annually. This is
fearful percentage. u.s. I'd
IT is reported in Paris that the French
government has demanded OF the Amer.
lean government instruction relative to
the French arms affair but the report
is not well founded. .l
EMANUEL SHAFFSER, Of West Hanover.
Penn, has been convicted of the murder
Of his first and second wives, and John
Sherlock, by poisoning. A motion will
be made for a new trial.
ANDREW ]. CARNEY, il is said, is about
to institute legal proceedings against
William NJ. Tweed for the recovery Of
100000 for frescoing, plastering, and
Identifying the Metropolitan Hotel.
Our Of forty.eight National banks in
Boston nineteen are shown to be def.
cient in their reserves by their reports Of
February % last. OF the fifty. one New
York banks twenty.four are deficient.
A PARM is advertised for sale in Farm
ington, Ct, for no portion of which any
deed was ever given, it having remained
in the same family for $50 years. ever
since the original purchase from the In
dians.
IT is stated that the earnings OF the
united railway companies OF New Jersey,
for the year 1871, were three millions
above expenditures, sum sufficient to
pay interest upon the bonds and O divi-
dend Of ten per cent to the stock
holders. LLyEig
The Erie President hauled down his
flag, with very little show OF fight and
the war is over. jay Gould rendered his
resignation. General Dix, the new Pres
ident, and the newly elected board Of,
directors are now complete masters OF the
field.
Tur village Of Greenbush, near Al
bany, was tho scene Of a terrible tngedy.
Samuel Fargue, dissipated fellow, shot
his wife dead, attempted TO shoot his
daughter, and then committed suicide
by hacking his throat with rusty old