The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-02-18
cEyERALITEus.

GENERAL ITEMS.
ALouisville merchant wants the con-
tract to supply Brigham Youngs famny
witIlcrape aud bombazinc when he dies.
Would not the present be an appropri-
ate time for the Hon, Henry Wilson to
make new appeal to President Grant to
join the temperance society 2-Te~ TorS.
Sun;
"Every peach bud in the West is killed
deader than smelt. ~ gricultural pa,
per. 'sNot one peach bud in ten is injured
in the least by the frost.""-Anofter Ag-
ricultural paper
John Keeau, of Plainyiew, MINI ,ag ed
76, bivouacked i'm a snow-bank for Az
hours during late storm in that region;
He would have stayed longer had not his
wife came after him with coffin and
hearse..
Mexico has no Credit Mobilier, but it
has a game called draw poker. Arepre-T :
sentative Of one Of the leading railroad
companies recently, lost $500, 900 while
playing with some or the government tau-
'thorities, and his. Subsidy scheme got
through their Congress without. difficul; r
ty.
The Vanderspiegel family Of Benning-
ton Center, Vermont, boast a snuff-box
one hundred and twenty-five years old --a
Itcontains thirty dollars in gold, the rep
resentative value of which, at compound
interest for the timeit has lain in the box
is $4,000. A pinch of snuff from
$3.50, 900 snutf-box is a rare luxury. q
The blades for the new swords ordered
Tor the United States Army have Just
been, finished at the Springfield arnory,
They are perfectly straight, 81 inches
long, and handsomely decorated with DEF
signs IN asphal.um yarnish Tie sword
will be very light, and much more conve..
nient to carry than those in use at pres
| ent eaet ae,ts p
| Gen. Butler says he makes it rule
neyerto speak to a woman while in the
Capitol, This is a good rule for him to
have and stick to- We should think that
ayiolation of it would be as much as his
scalp is worth if the husband happened
to be ,along.-Louisvale Courier-Jour-
nal.
Angora cats, which used to be common
drawing room pets in,1 the daysof eur
grandmothers, are said to be coming into
fashion again. They are valuable in pro-
portion to the pure whiteAess and the
length of their silky hair, and their purr
is softer, and more musical than that OF
tie ordinary cat
The latest verdict recorded was upona
gentleman who expired in fit0f pinebria-
ton. The jury returned: death by
hanging-round rum shop" This was
savage, and devoid of regard for the gem
tlemap's family. In similar case in Cal,
ifornia, the verdict was more gracefully
and considerably put: Accidental death
while unpacking glass" efEA sslEsssssa'
At the conclusion of a circus perform
I ance given in North Carolina town, the
clown told the audience that the receipts
of the show amounted to $500, and that
was more than any minister of the gospel
lthereabout received for whole years 8
service. The collection at the church on
| the following Sunday amounted to S43S-
The clown was present. Z
Il j. M. Ashley, Mrs. HelenM Bernard,
| with Albert Brisbane. are the principal
corporators of the Sphere Pneumatic
Fube Company, for the construction of q
tube road between New York and Chica-
t 60, for the propulsion Of hollow spheres,
4 conveying mail aud other dnatter. The
capital authorized Is S4eO00permile,
n with unlimited authority 10 issue honds.
e The bill authorizing alltnese things has
!. not yet been adopted by Congress.
A case Of small pox in Exeter n H. J
!. Jail affords another puzzle for the doc
s tors. The prisoner who has this disease
9 there, has been confined in the Jail nine
s weeks ;no one has visited him, and be has
Q been in his cell, until a few days prior to
q his sickness, remote from the other priso-
t ners. Moreover, there has been no case
. of the disease in the town, and the ques.
! ton is :, Where and how did the man gel
t it?" The fact would seem to sustain the
: theory that the disease travels in the air
4 ahdsttacks those whosare ina condition
3 to receiveit -tssis p gss
e We have here dog story which beats
anything of the kind recently at least re-
: lated. In Clinton, Mass, a dog vas in
the habit of helping himself from pail
e of "odds and ends" belonging to neigh.
!, bor.s One dsyshe upset the pail andit fell