The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-10-28
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There is partial failure of the South
Carolina rice crop, owing to heavy rains
in August.
After the Grand Jury in Rochester,
New York, had been in session two weeks
and had found sixty indictments, the
body was found to he illegal.
N. Lancaster, who had $4,000 worth
Of diamonds seized by the New York
Customs officers, will get off with for
feiture OF $500.
The London Standard, Toy organ.
fatty contradicts tile assertion of WIN
Bradlaugh. that there are 200 Republican
clubs in England
A movement is being started in Wash
ington to secure Congressional endorse
ment of the Northern Pacific Railroad
bonds
Freight on the principal railways from
New York to the West has fallen off from
% to 80 per cent since the beginning of
the panic.
Sir Edward Thornton, British Minister
at Washington, has been appointed UNI
pire bv the American aud Mexican Claim
Commission
Experiment has shown that the cxpor-
tation of live 5eeves to Europe will not
pay at the present freight rates Of steam
ship companies
Stanley, of African exploration noto
riety, sailed recently, as correspondent
OF the London Times, for the west coast
of Africa, taking with him a large steam
launch.
7, No more Republicans than Demo-
scr9ts stayed at home at the late election,
out it would appear so on account of the
thousands of Republicans who voted the
Democratic ticket.
The -"Western Reserve" we under
stand. gets its name from the habit which
the Republicans up there have of "reser-
wing their votes when they get mad at
their party rascals.
A visionary scheme has been submit
ted to the Senate Transportation Com
mittee for keeping canals open in the win
ter season by pipes conveying hot water
along their sides.
1t i. stated that improved farms can be
bought in Delaware for from I've to ten
dollars an acre. This is very bad and
almost incredible showing for a State 80
favorably situated
The New Orleans Republican wants to
know why that city, within three DAYS
sail of the land Of silver mines gets little
or none of the SIT ,503,769 coined last
year in Mexico.
A delegation Of friends Of Stewart, the
Pittsburgh Pos master .robber, are in
Washington endeavoring to secure the
withdrawal Of the criminal prosecutions
against him, with good prospects of sue
cess.
The "National Life Insurance Compa-
nv" Of New York, has been placed in the
hands of receiver, there being def
cheney in the Company's reserve fund OF
100000 The assets are $544, 900, liza.
bilties 37l3,000
The amount of land devoted to wheat
culture in Great Britain is only one hall
larger than that devoted to the same OBJ.
ject in the State of Illinois. Illinois has
2.500.0G0 people to supply; Great Brit
ain 33 100000
The beavers Of Northern Canada. and
the muskrats of these latitndes, are re
ported as having already commenced to
put up double doors and windows tc
their dwellings, from which thernrsl seers
predict al early and severe winter
The Governor of South Carolina ha:
called an extra session of the Legislature
of that State to provide for the snnua
ltaxes'to defray expenses of the StateGOv
ernment, and take into consideration
The condition OF the State debt.
] The Albert Lee MINI Standard ha
) disco, cred that hog-skin and cow-hid,
bags hold ten times as much corn as can
vas bags do, and cost only about one
tenth as much to get to market The corr
should be put into the bags before tn
skins are. taken of the animals
A tunnel under the Rocky Mountain
in Colorado, is projected. 1t will star
; near the town of Black Hawk and extern
northwrstcrly until the Middle Park
reached, and will be twelve miles i
length. The money to construct it is t
!, be furnished by English capitalists.
: Col Frederick Hecher, of Illinois,no'
in Europe, writes that although our Un
ted States harhor corruption enough. sti
so does Germany, ana that we have tn
n privilege, which in Germany the peopl
have not, Of kicking corruption out {
A power, whenever we choose to do so.