The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-09-24


The Sultan is about the only Turk in
the Ottoman dominions who does not
smoke.
An American lady in London recently
went to the United States legation for
"pass" to see the Queen.
A lady at Kelly's Ford, Tenn has set
Of China tableware 176 years old, and a
pair Of stockings knit in 1902.
Frederick Knapp, former New York
lawyer, bat now member of the German
Parliament says the United States IS a
sham Republic Well, it has been for
over three years. :,'
A thief who got away from Athens,
Tenn, few years since, with $40, ,000re-
turned recently saying he had come home
to die. A good many Of his old victims
feel like assisting him.
The Queen of Prussia has presented
the Princess Salm- -SaIm with 81 900 tes-
lament. Probably her last will and tes.
lament to the unfortunate lady
When the Prince of Wales visited
France Fhiers did not treat him cordially,
or invite him to his house. The Prince is
an aristocrat, and Theirs hates aristocra
ey. Great comment has been made on
this action of the President. .,e,
Baden Baden continues crowded, but
there are not that life and animation
about the place so conspicuous in former
years. Gaming is, however, carried on
as of yore, and fortunes are made and
lost every four and twenty hours.
By way,of Honolulu full particulars are
received of the massacre of the crew O
the schooner Lavina, by natives of the
Solomon Islands, in revenge for the kid.
mapping of natives by the whites. 1t was
terrible affair
Although it is thought at the Indian
Bureau that there is no danger of an In
dian war, official advices create some ap
prehension,in which the President shares,
that serious hostilities are probable at a
very early day along the whole Indian
line. -
A farmers milk company, with CAPT.
tai Of 100000, has been organized in
New York for the purpose of transport.
ing milk to that city and disposing of it
without the services of the "midde men,
the profits to be divided among the stock
holders. ''W
The Emperor Napoleon had to leave
the seaside resort of Bogner, in Sussex,
because the inhabitants "stared at him 90
rudely" whenever he walked out. Sus.
sex, let it be recorded, belongs to En-
gland and not to Yankeedom.
One centennarian in family is no rar-
ity in this age of progress, but two argues
some longevity. Mrs Catharine Mul-
rine, of Newark, N. Y, died the other day
aged 1O6 years, leaving behind her a
brother one year her Junior,
AS an illustration of the amount Of
capital, seeking investment in good rail.
road bonds, the New York Express men.
tions that single banking firm in that
city has disposed of nearly 860,000, 900
of railroad bonds within the past few
yCdio3 oI SiuCC tut GOf6TutucuG COIQ-
menced to call ia its 73O and 6 per cent.
debt "a - -4!6 = 81 i@a
A Portuguese priest called the Emperor
William "a monster in human shape, and
the greatest thief of modern times" for
which the Government has deposed and
imprisoned him, at the request Of that
irate Prince Bismarck.
The most remarkable chime Of bells in
this country is on the chapel of Notre
Dame University at Soueh Bend, Indiana.
1t consists of twenty four bells, the lar.
gest weighing l4,0OO pounds, ranging
through two oc.aves. 1t may be heard
in it's deep, sonorous reverberations full
twenty miles away.
The Chicago people have been com,
PEELED to organize Vigilance Committee
for the suppression Of lawlessness. If
such necessity existed in New Orleans
or Memphis, what an outcry the Radicals
would raise against the Kn Klux.