The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-06-09
Items OF Interest.

Serious damage wns done by hurrl-
cane in Central Iowa.
Drug stores in Tndiana sell whisky
on Sunday under the name Of "laven.
der"
Fourteen persons were injured by
the overthrow OF m accommodation
train near Janesyille, Wis.
Little woman Outgoing her new dolD.
" Isn't she darlingF I'd give her to
you, only-she's my own"
Cincinnati has determined upon an-
other musical festival, to take place in
1875, and to have Theodore Thomas rs
director.
A farmer in the San Joaquin Valley,
CAL, has put in thirty-eight thousand
acres OF wheat, and this, too, upon his
own land.
Details OF tho murder Of DR.. 7. r.
Baker, OF Warren, Me-, fasten suspicion
upon Miss Mink, in whose house the
body was found.
The real wants OF nature are the mea-
sure OF cnioymonts, as the foot is tho
measure of the shoe. We can call only
tho want Of what is necessary, poverty.
Tho United States Consul ut Belfast,
Ireland, writes that during April $3.50
of the flower Of the youth of the ngrlcul-
tural districts left that port for the Uni
ted States.
The chap who could do oil tho busi-
ness he wanted to without advertising,
has been compelled to advertise at lust.
Tho new advertisement is headed
"Sheriff's sale"
A good man, who has seen much OF
the world, and is not tired of it, says:
"The grand essentials to happiness are
something totlo, sometlingt to love, and
something to hope for"
Ex-senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, has
been offered lucrative position in n.
Y. City, and says, whether he accepts
It or not, that he will hereafter have
nothing Whatever to do with politics.
A Little Rock editor is patheticabout
tho loss OF exchanges, and says that
ANYBODY may steal his wardrobe, eat his
luncheon, or take his empty pocket
book, il only his exchanges can be
spared.
A Sparta (wis.) boy amused his
leisure hours by boring q hole through II
the dam Just to sec tho water spurt.
His satisfaction was great whom the
valuable mill up above went through
fifteen hours later.
A Vermont man who caught the small
pox four years ago and communicated
Ii to some neighbors, has just been
sucd by them for damages OH tho
ground that to his carelessness was due
their infection.
The Postmaster-General Inns inter
dicted tho circulation through tho mails
of newspapers having any writing on
the wrappers except tho full address.
| II is not lawful to add initials, nor oven
to write ono newspaper on tho wrap
por.
ATroy minister and one in Cortland,
for n year or two, excited comment by
their frequent exchanges. The mystery
has been recently removed by the mar
ri0pe of the Troy Clergyman to Indy
in Cortland, and TINT Of tho Cortland
man to lady in Troy.
ANashyillo young lady explains that
sho writes to tho man she likesbes only
once a day, and says she doesn't think
that any too often, now that the days
arc too long. She is willing to admit,
however, that it would be too frequent
for the short days OF winter.
A lady travelling in Europe writes: "a
German professors wife will appear ut
her caso in her wedding dress fifteen or
twenty years old, and entertain you in
your own language while you sit per
fectly ignorant OF the language OF tho
country where you are visiting"
A Pittsburgh merchant declares TINT
Ihe knows Of thirteen first society ladies
who steal lis goods whenever they can
get chance. In this connection it
may he mentioned that tbs wcll.nscer-
tained fact that wealthy Washington
women frequently piltcr laces and other
costly articles from the dry goods stores
when they have the money to pay for
them. fho Chronicle says TINT the
shopkeepers have hitherto spared the
suspected "ladies" ont Of compassion,
but will hereafter nab them without
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