The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-09-02
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ueetiHS, fuSt week,
The spring clip of wool shipped from
San Diego county, CAL, for New York
this year was 100000 pounds
Water is selling at one bit per buck
ket in Gold .Hilb Nevada. Beer is
about as cheap, and in greater demand.
A big bottle Of prime rye whisky has
been dug out oil :he ruins Of building
that was burned in 1860, at Jackson,
Mich
Seven Texas horsemen pursued
wild horse for five days, during which
he hardly broke his trot, and finally ess
caped.
A Beaver Falls man gave d party to
his relatives the other day and only
forty came They stayed week and
he is bankrupt now.
The president Of a western normal
s :hool is named Hoss, and the organ
of rival school calls his a one boss.
institution.
The. Hoosac tunnel advanced 2SS feet
during the month of July making a To-
tai of 1,123,912 feet. Lilo feet of
rock remain to be pierced.
In an advertisement of bakers br1.
siness for sale the following appears:
death the sole reason for leaving" 1t
would be difficult to find a better rea-
son. s,a99 .t,
A mocking bird in tavern near Lake
George initiates the buzz 5offa rattle
snake so well that when men come into
the house they kick off their boots and
run away fa stlA 4
Nobody owns any land in Bismarck,
Dakota. They rent. One 10. com
msnds $1,000 yearly. In many instan-
ces parties pay from $50 to $40 per
month for squatting ROOM d 1&n1E
a. boy who was struck by lightning
lin England, described the sensation as
| if eihad been struck on the back Of the
head with number OF pelletss and said
he had tingling all over the body. =
(which side of the street do yoh
| live on, Mrs. Ripple p asked counsel,
cross examining witness. "On eithef
.ta', sh ,;"hs s az ~ - one ""y =. 'o 49,. oa
;..s s ~ ~ S .so S' W. !, you 30 on 'n'- o'ne'
. on '"e ic'''
The title of religious article on
I"Mirth as Means Of Grace;'' Is per-
verted by a rural conipositur into
"Mirth as Means Of Grease" He
was doubtless thinking Of the proverb,
Laugh and grow fat P
| Inc Fittsoufg commercial says that
Two Of the largest building stones, 1t
is sald' ever useo 1or pullding purposes,
nave oeen deliVerea on 0Fant street Tor
e rrem n Maas;1,nn % nh;a ona ane 49,. s.bnss a,s
tons ono ~ oach y ' 'r' "D 'e''A
o,. 80 ,,u,
MISS rlaieeS +" marc mas oeen ap-
polnteo Frolessor OF Estnetlcs IN the
Womans College Oh the Northwestern
University al a. evanston, Illinois, at
salary OF SIooo, wnicn Is 10 be lncreas.
80 oasnn m ~ .e,o o7e m 81 Z 's1 --oS - 20 a'1,'
9.eo :! Il .=E.g -s.,S sa..6.s
aasn,ng pel.e e.. Oh ureen pay MISS lss,I
NUN iayior, lew oays since was pre-
sehtea win siik aress ior ner gallant
fy IN taxing hoio OF a spanner ana heip-
ing pun tne engine 70 a llre. Inc nrei
men nave haa 10 add tNo hundred feet
W ',le ,upss SINCE 'tehi a1esne g'ris
"an' sliAd deiesses' q 'seaf 'G4eei sa
AN Indiana paper relates that one Of
Barnum's black leopards almost escaped
from its cage in Lafayette, and thrill
! 1ingly adds that the animal .'is the same
| which at Buffalo last week well nigh
devoured an Episcopal clergyman who
\ had just started onsshis summer vacai
aon.'ss & go l35a fdxh
i Objects close to the eye Shut oGt
much larger objects on the horizon;
and splendors born only of the earth
eclipse the stars. So man sometimes
covers up the entire disk OF eternity
with a dollar, and quenehes transient
dant 'glorles with little shlning dust.
I-Chdpin,f3a g qe5s aa4H sstaisw
/ A Jury once, returned into court in
order that one Of their number might
be instructed in the following point of
law: 81 believe that the evidence is
one way, and the other eleven believe
ldifferent; does that justify any other
lJuryman knocking me down with q
\ ehairfp sesK9 'ae!H i9'Has1aa =
! A lady correspondent writes that she
knows very little about the back pay
question: ou1 sue Is goi1g - ulaw NET
oack haif up over ner heau accord,nS
70 tne pre'FaliiIilng ann iasnlon u y nus nsf
on her heels ana enuangers ner equi-
'prlun, ana sue "ouiu ilhe 70 kho"
what '.ie newspapers are golnS1'o oc
Iapoue H. eaa 81 3ahaae
u found it very iuconvenient. and o
great loss of time," said Chateaubriand,
!, "to dine before seven O'Clock. My wife
wanted TO dine at flve o'clock, and III
sisted on that hour. After many argu-
ments ana many heated discussions, we
nnalty compromised upon SIX o'clock--
an hour which was very lnconvenlent TO
US both. ihat IS what they call donles-
tic concessions.
! "Foufteen years for stealing horse
and five years for killing man, is the
schedule of penalties in Texas" This
looks little curious at the first bhish;