The Benton democrat. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1871-18??, 1873-03-01
Miscellaneous Items.

the hosiery line.
| British engineers are at work on a
railway in China.
Fifty thousand foreigners are hunting
diamonds in Africa.
They have female Life Insurance
agents in Wisconsin.
Hon. VIM. FL. Seward was insured
to the amount of 100000.
London is to have new great daily
paper called the Conservative.
Leavenworth, Kansas, claims the on
ly carpet factory west of Philadelphia.
Stump is the appropriate name Of the
principal manufacturer of wooden legs in
London
The thimble is said to be an article
of feminine iewelry which has almost
gone out of fashion. u
The bill posters of Chicago would
give the city $4,000 per anum for its
lamp posts and fences.
Bells were rung and flags foated
at half mast all over England on account
of the death of Horace Greeley.
Itrequires 5000 worn of twine per
anum to tie up letters which the Post
Office Department fails to deliver.
Two ladies so years old, who had
lived together over 70 years, just died
in Philadelphia on successive days.
Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks is the only
Democrat who has been inaugurated
Governor of Indiana for sixteen years.
Milk is SO badly adulterated in New
York that the cows blush because their
names are used to cover the vile fraud.
A Pennsylvania Dutchman has in
scribed his name on the roll of fame by
erecting sausage of over two tons
weight.
The Swiss Government refuses to
tolerate the presence of Jesuite in
any part of the country on any pretext
whatever.
Ebenezer Childs, of Harrington, Me.
was wounded by bayonet in 1914,
and has since drawn $13,3sO in pen
sion money. s-.
1t is believed that nearly all the Ku-
Klux prisoners will shortly be pardoned.
That is probaly owing to the fact that
no elections are pending.
A Massachusetts State Constable
topped the sale of prize candy at a char
table Fair in New Bedford last week,
s palpable violation of the law.
Somebody inquired at the Springfield,
H., postoffce for a letter for Mike
lowe, received the gruf answer that
lere was no letter there for anybody's
ow.
A destitute woman of Terra Haute,
nd, received contribution of SIS, and
ow she has nice photograph album to
ut on her table of hitherto cheerless
inc.
Already, since the beginning Of janua-
2, have been reported the wreck of
xteen ships, twenty steamers, fourteen
arks, twelve briggs, and twenty-nine
hooners
In 1865 the population of Montana
as estimated to be fully $4,000. In
SIS It's represented to have dwindled
,wn to 18000-a loos of nearly
-o-thirds.
Utah has twelve railroads completed,
in course of construction, and more
e projected. Brigham Young and
ns own five, and the g Saints" con-
Il three more of them.
The successor of Senator Pomeroy
nounces himself in favor of woman
frage. This hints at a Credit Mobil-
in the woman movement, wherein
ere is liable to be dividend at any
he.
sets so wide mark between
vulgar and noble soul as the respect
4 reverential love of a woman. A
IN who is always sneering at woman
generally a corse profigate, ore
arser bigot.
victim, snatched away in the
me Of useful life, is to be charged
the abominable vice of tobacco-using.
, was Virginian. and after smoking
d chewing for 10 years, was finally
off at the tender age of 11s.
A chemist announces his ability and
.diness to convert the remains of any