The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-14
GBs democrat.
Items Of Interest.

The position Of State Geologist Of
Kentucky has been accepted by Prof.
Shaler ot Harvard.
A sacrilegious horse broke into .
Pittsburgh church, and kicked around
among the pews and things till 1t run
up a bill Of $500 for damages.
George washington,s nurses have al
length all passed in their checks, but
his private memorandum bookis begin
ming to crop ont in southern items.
The retiring editor OF q Kansas paper
"yaledicts = himself as follows s:-"Hl 1
have said anything through the columns
that I am sorry for l am glad oil 1t; 10
my friends, / thank you for your hoer-
atty, and to my enemies, you can go TO
the devil. n lfi'i ssa,ti5il1
washington's Hendquartersat Norris
town, N. j !, sold ut auction, was pur-
chased by x.Goyernor Randolph, MIR.
W. v. Lidgerwood, Of Morristown;
George Halsey, and General n. Hal
stead, Of Newark, for s25, ,000.a The in.
tention OF the purchasers is TO hold 1t
for the State until the Iegislature
meets, when, II SO desired, they will
transfer II without profit. 80
A Worcester man claims to have con-
structed the smallest steam engine In
tho world, with boiler holding three
drops. The engine, boiler, governor
and pumps stand ina space seyen.six'
teenths OF nm inch square and i've
eighths Of an inch high, and contains
one hundred and iorty-eight, distinct
parts. Tho longest screw is one.eigh-
ieth OF an inch, and the smallest about
tne.thousandth OF IN inch in size.
Efforts will bc made this autumn by
the Episcopalians Of Boston to com
mence the erection Of cathedral In
that city. The new Bishop will proba-
bly give his earnest support TO such an
undertaking. At least one million dol
lars will be required TO erect such an
edifice on some central location. AS q
cathedral would have q daily morning
and evening service constantly main
tanned, II needs very central and con-
yenient location. Nll 20 lau
An Ohio paper states that some Of the
articles Of commerce sold as lard is
really corn meal llarded. Tho process
Of manufacture Is to melt the lard and
then add the meal, stirring the mixture
we'll together. When meal is sixty cents
a bushel, and lard twelve and q half
cents pound, IL is evident that the
profits 10 the manufacturer must be i'm
i mehse. The Yankee wooden.nutmeegs
and basswood hams compare fayorably
with this specimen Of rascalitya
Always marvellous storieswill be told
TO support impossible. theories. AT
Ironton, Ohio, young person was
drowned. Search was going on for the
body, when m old woman appeared
and asked that an unwashed shirt oil
the boy should be thrown into the river,
declaring that II would disappear
directly over the place wherc. the body
was. Need We say that 10 was thrown
in that it did disappear, and that the
body. was brought up Just in that spot
with o graphing hook2 daBs
The enfdnt tertbie ofla Washington
family, whose sister Eliza is o shining
! belle In society, was allowed q seat near
one Of the distinguished guests at q
dinner.party given by his, father, the
I. other day, and in the midst Of tho mer-
riment, be startled the company by pro.
posing the conundrum, sWhyis father
| like the deyil?" A painful pause en-
sued, and as no one yentured TO answer,
he shouted ont, "Because he, Is tho
father Of Lizelp Probably no boy in
the country was ever put to bed quicker
than he on that occasion. ioF
II seems, even now, that when any
man either loses his wits or desires TO
acquire q little notoriety, he goes to the
nearest police station, delivers himself
up, aud declares he is the murderer OF
Mr.. Nathan. This has become so com.
mon in many OF the towns and cities Of
the West that the police consider such
n selflaocusation us the precursor OF
deiirium tremens. One Of the fancied
Nathan murderers went TO the Leayen-
worth CKapsas) station, tho other day,
withthe stereotyped story, which SO IT.
ritated the polcemanin charge that he
told the fellow that business isplayed
out" and iorcibly elected the self'im-
arined assassin from the premises.