The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-10
Items Of Interest.

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Two ex.Mayors OF Milwaukee both
died on tho same day recently.
They have hemloCk trees in Wiscon-
sin twenty-iour feat in circumference.
The hay crop OF Maine for the pres.
ent year Is estimated to be worth more
than forty million dollars.
The pilgrimage emania has beenrugipg
badly in France. It is stated that ftty
/, thousand pilgrims have passed through
Paris since the first Of August on their
way to shrines. .- "
The voters in Ohio did mere than ono
good thing when they went TO the polls
the last election day. BY the side OF
each ballot.box there was plnceda CHAR.
ity.box for the aid OF the yellow fever
sufferers in Memphis. The returns are
not yet all in.
Asingular death, through gas.poison-
ing, has occurred at Wellington Col
lege. A lad OF fourteen, named Clif-
ford, slept in room said to have been
imperfectly ventilated. In the, morn
ing the room was found full OF gas, and
the boy was dead in bed.
There are said Ia be in crib on The
line OF the Rockford, Rock Island and
81. Louis h. R. from 800, COO to AGO. 600
bushels OF corn Of the crops OF l8f1.I2,
and In tho section through which tho
line passes Ave bushels in the hands OF
farmers to one OF any previously year.
Some one suggests, with most II.
cellent good scnse, that Tho immen.e
door.plates worn by the ladies on their
belts might be utilized by engraving
thereon the wearer's name, qge, resi-.
dence, fortune, or expectations, and
stating whether heart FREQ or engaged.
1.-The lycoonot Japan knows how to
start newspaper. Ha, does not offer
premiums for Subscribers, Int having
taken m interest in tho publication OF
a newspaper at the Japanese capital, ho
has issued an order that Nll men OF
certain social and political standing
shall take II or be beheaded. lN
The Marquis OF Butte, who, II ar.
pears, owns nearly all the uuoccupi d
land at Cardiff, has given q decided II.
iusal to an application made ia, him to
sell or lease site'for n church. His
agent assigns no reason for tho refusal
be merely states that the Marqttis ode
clines to grant the application.
The Dutch Government is in the for.
itunate and pxceptionable position of
having no debt, asdealso Of mMking
money ont Of its colonies. The ex.
penses are always kept below tile In.
come. The budget fnr 1874 estimates
the expenditure at 100000, ,0n0 forms,
and leaves n surplus Of 40O,p00 forks.
A Kentucky planter recentIyitook a
tobacco worm and stopped him up in
an auger hole, aud at the end OF eight
days lie went TO examine and geo Whit
effect the confinement wonli have on
the worm, aud found to his surprise
that during eight days the worm Ind
transferred to q large and fuEgrown
tobacco 1y. .a,,.5, n s.i,!.
A curious eircumstancehas transpired
in connection with the Dover election.
Several hundred blank voting papers
we're found in the ballot boxes, Tie
conservatives say that. these papers were
deposited by conservative working
men, driven by railway influence to
the poll, but determined not TO vote
against their opinions. -if' QUO
According TO q California paper, o
young lady Of that State, in telling n
gentleman about herYosomite tEip, said
the scenery was gorgeous--perfeotly
rayishing.-but. she didn't like their
style Of locomotion downthere.- !. How's
that" said her friend, /" how did Jou
locomote?p "Why, don't youtlink,'
she replied, az had 70 ride a Ia clothes.
PIN" n y ~. ,,.,,r,,, w.
Lieut.. Col. Hogg, the plaintiff in the
recent divorce case Of Hogg agt. Hogg
and Cordery, has been called upon TO
explain his conduct in taking advantage
l6I'his official position as Director. Cen
eral Of the PostofIice in Bengal 10 ab-
straot q letter written by dis wife to
Mr.. Cordery while it was passing
tllrouuh the post. q Meanwhile iLieut.- \
Col, Hogg has been suspended from
Office. .1rl.i 8-.Tl'.w IL ;gs
There was nothing very attractive
about the manner in which Mr.. Arnold,
| ii johnson county, Mo-, met liz death.
In attempting to exiiDguisli the flames
in d threshing machine that vas run.
ming and burning at the same time, he
was caught by the cylinder, discourse,
and, to prevent his being drawn III,
his brother seized an ax and chopped
his legs of. ,,s,fg
II used 10 be considered teautiin
exhibition Oi the fitness Of things that
worms were created for bifds'to eat, ,and
birds created 10 entworms. Tie intro
,lnCtion Of firearms, and the spread Of
Young Americanisn.. howeyer, have
wrought change in respect TO these
matters the bird has lttli led, and
boys. guns, and worms increase rapidly
year by year. ~ t.l,
In North Bridgewater, Miss., las
spring, IN elderly citizen, while plant
ing potatoes lost his pocket-hoUk
Wien the time como for him to dig The
pothtoes, thei lloe hrunght out Of the
hill his missing receptacle OF cash. We
4 suppose that 10 must have been short
,Iiluring the interval, for he testify re.
liis aver rlanted.a . T1S' tGIi
AclsrRynan was asking the children
q variety ol questions OF a .ssriptnml
Fhatute, " Which lie had received very
%itts sIactory answers. Just nat lie wls
concluding, he addressed b gill some.
what older ithmo tho rest, and among
q other things ihqnifed--s'rwlo madO
yotr vile BODY ". Ils Pleaee air" 70.