The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-18
Items Of Interest.

Nevada feeds the convicts and the
officers OF its State Prison at IN average
cost OF twenty and one.half cents pr
day each. l-.
An Iowa farmer met with terrible
death last week, having been thrown
from his seat on hny rake and literally
raked to death in its teeth.
Ten thousand young shad were re-
Gently liberated in the. Raisin river at
Monroe, Michigan, in the hope OF nc.
climating them in the fresh water Of
Lake Erie. 'lfr.ii
The two Indian chiefs, satanta and
Big Tree, confined in the Texas State
prison for murder, are usefnlly EN-
ployed in making chairs, at which busi-
ness they are very expert.
A man paid $40 for chance at chuck
luck at Elapso, ILL.,, on circus day,
feeling sure he had spotted the enyel-
ope containing the 800 prize. He was
never more mistaken inhis life.
The Tycoon has capital way Of en-
couraging newspaper enterprises. Ho
orders that ali men of certain social
and political circles shall subscribe TO
the new Japanese paper or be beheaded.
Sebastian Mercy while drunk was car-
rying his four year old boy in his arms
in Cincinnati. He staggered, fell and
killed the child. Then remorse suggest
ed the oath, +" 1 will Observation-Disclosures
drop"
The Mayor OF indianapolis has de-
cided that he has no legal right to COM
pei drunkards to state where they bny
their liquor while under prosecution
for drunkenness, rs they would DO liable
to conviction upon their own testi-
mony. l8s ns.9
A physician, on presenting his bill to
the executor OF an estate OF o deceased
patient, asked, "Do you wish to have
my bill sworn?' tho" replied the
executor, the death OF the deceased
is sufficient evidence that you attended
him professionally" "''
Tho Chicago Tribune has been re-
viewing tho Chicago Directory. It finds
in 1t 133,O7O names, from which 1t
reckons that the population OF Chicago
is 4G5, ,745. There are in 1t enumerated
200 churches, 12l schools, colleges, and
other institutions Of learning, 272
lodges and societies, and 1.G72 Smiths.
A contractor said that he mover, in
twenty years experience in Boston,
knew workmen, "good and true" so
scarce as now. He could get plenty
that were willing and anxious to draw
their pay, but to do an honest days
work, they could not be found in any
number. Mechanics, artisans, and la-
borers cannot be had at any price.
Wasn't this pleasant thing for poor
Porter Pierce OF Southport, Me-? He
is away in his schooner fishing, leaving
two men to get in his hay, and they
hayo got It in with vengeance, though
there Ia no hay in the barn now, because
they would smoke their pipes there. 1t
never rains without pouring. The in-
surauce on the property, valued at g.
900, ran ont few days since. Prob
ably Pierce, upon his return, will eT-
press himself strongly upon the smok-
ing question. Hsilu
The editor Of the tobacco Leaf a
newspaper in Clarksville, Tennessee, in
response to o toast OF the press said:
Gentlemen the-the press. The press
--ns said, the press tcheersl The
mill, as I remarked laughterl the
mill-and by the mill 1 mean tue flour.
ing mills the great ciyilizer aud dis
tributor of the staff of life. The press
and the mill-tho mill and the press,
gentlemen-tgreat npplausel-the mill
and the press stand, so TO speak-stane
| in intimate juxtaposition, Of which the
mill sustains most intimate relations to
the press, while both are productive OF
indiscriminate grinding" tGreat np-
plausel sii'.da