The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-21
GENERAL ITEMS.


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Nj Hart, OF Piiatka, Fla, sold s24,-
600 wor b of oranges from nine acre
patclthe past season.
Oae of the best plantations in South
Carsdipa, containing 5000 acres, was sold
for sf000 recently
A woman in lie Sueur County, Mime.
sota.has applied tor a divorce from her
sixth husband
'Settling. UP has been the order qf
exercises Of our business men since the
New Year came in.
There are 1916, ,999, ,s99 fellows in this
world, beslie yourself serambling for.
bread and butter.
"Sam sliek'sS' son, Arthur Halihurpn,a
is Assistant Account General Of India,
and gets s 10000 a year
Peter Cabbage weIf.known Miami
Indian, worth 500 acres, of land, haa :,
returned tp his "nnsther earth1 =
The Oldest in seryiee,of the postmas-
te S Of New En- slanti is saidto tie David
Bailey of Somerset County Maine--ap-
p p,inted u3der Adams, in.f828
Esssi.ss 81 .taassfs xse sls.s eNS
A Washington letter SAYS thst the por-
tionot Wilkes Booths skull which was
fractured hy.the bullet Which killed him.ia
preservedl IN that city. sissssszsa Is has .4sgis
Il is said that a-wine cup, once the
a,roper'yad George W sshington, II nos
used in the sacrameptal service at 4
church in Lynch5urg, Va ~ sssse sc
CIV Hartranft, Of Pennsylvahia, Il
understood to have expressed the, inteii-s
Etfon of employing women, as clerks, tx
the various departments of the State
IGoveinments. rses Il aas agf
Dentists are not allowed to practice ia
this slate without diploma or certid a. =
cate. The law on the subject. TOOK effect
Januar, first. ssR essa
The viearoy of Egypt, 1t is said, in.
tends to erect . pyramid which viii as.
tonishthe world. The Immense blocks
OF stone requisite 10. it will te cut from
beneath the cataracts Of the Upper Nile.
/ ofrag- -pickers, q, ,5s4 prowlthe streets
of Paristsice intwenty-four hours they
fill on an average $4,000 or SC, 900 has:
kets day - -
! The Journal of Commerce thinks We
are on the eve ofa wool famine, and that
before spring good wool will command
| 81 per pound, sss s.
The heaviest brain on record, sixty
seven punres, was recently found IN the
skull OF London brlck-layer, who could
neither read nor write
The Democratic caucus atJeflersntt
City. Missouri. nominated Hon L
Bagy, af ST. Louis, for uuiled States Sem
ator Hon Frank p Blair was defeated
after adesperate enlargement. Y g 2
Clara Louise Kellogg is entered fortfe
cham ,ioiishipof rejected addresses. She
is said TO have refused more spoonies
tthat wanted tt marry her than any other
woman in America
j Ata recent sale Of an Eoglish stud Of
fhorses, Blair Atho! brought S62.500;
i Gladiator $4,000, andthe whole num-
ber, 273 colts, horses aud nares, sold
Ifor something more than $500, GOO ~ =
/ .Thecountry viii learnwith regret that
+senator Samner's heath grows no better.
His condition is now considered alarm
:ng, and here are doubts whether he viii
ever take his place in the Senate again.
! a New York dispatch says the details
i Of Mrs. Shermaii's confession fill ten col
umns, Itshows she murdered ely hit peo-
pie and two others lost their lives ineis
4 dental to her poisoning. -
!. Sixteen is thenumber of places where
man can .sget his whistle wet .in Noble ]:
Il COUNTY, acssdiling 70 the RepubIican.-
] This willn1treeeire as wideanewspatsers
j tcreula,ian as Dalzell story that ~there
! is not dram shopin Noble County
I Theforemamof the Newbern journal
Of Commerce is hoy OF sixteen, and.
: his brother of fourteen assists him.--
These two set all the type, correct the
: proofs, make up tbe forms, and, in fact,
do all the work upon the paper, except
he press Holk. -. -s,ss.s..s
According to the Columbus cerressy
poudent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, =
canvass of the two Houses made by
friend of the Boesel railroad law, ren-
ders it quite certain that it will not aud
cannot be repealed this winter
i The Treasurer OF State, Hon Isaac
Welsh, informs the people uf Ohib'
through his official report, that the ac-
, tual lameant Of railroad honds issued BY
virtue of the "Boesel law = and deposi-
ted IN the State Treasury, counts up al
4 ready to the enormous sum of &2,48S,s
, $50! = 80 - G1 M
81 The Washington Star of, the Cd says:
q 1sMiss Lizzie Thurman, eldest daughter
OF Senators Thurman, will be, married in
, February to Lieutenant Coles. Of the
regular. army. Miss Lizzie is the,yeun-.
gestl daughter The eldest. Miss Mary,
: is reported engaged to an officer of TIE
navy named Herman. xss kzss
Some religionists are siicklers for the
) observance Of the Sabbath day, claiming
that marriages performed en- that day
!. are Illegal ,if so. we would like to know
the legal status OF baby born on Sun
day. 1t tits q violation of the fourth
commandment, which should he punish
ed, the father. the mother, or the baby Z
q Will some one crack this NUT
A Republican member of Congress
who has just returned from Alabama says
that when the Legislature convenes. on ,
the 18th, he thinksihe Court Heuse Re.
publican body will be sensible enough to
discontinue its separate meetings He
says that the financial measures passed
just before the adjournment were perfect
ly Outrageous Besides the %, 600
bill, they provided forselADg the States
interest in the Alabama and Chattanooga
Railroad, worth 5000, 600 and passeda
revenue bill increasing taxation 100 per
!, cent. All this was done in nine DAYS -
, Senator Spencer and the Stste Printer
elected by the Court Hous. Legislature
are STRIVING to get their election indorsed
by the Fusion Legislature.
j During Andrew Johnson's time laws
was passed creating the Office of Assist