The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-03
Items Of Interest.

tongue is worst.
The Southern peanutcrop is IN entire
failure this year.
The tobacco crop, now being secured,
| is the best raised in Virginia for years.
There are rumors Of disagreement be:
tween the Governments OF France and
Italy.
Bad temper bites at both ends; it
makes ones self nearly as miserable as
II does other people.
A Chicago paper thinks that every
body that dies in Milwaukee is sure oil
going to better land.
The Sacramento beet.sugar factory
this year will make 5000 barrels OF su-
gar, valued at 100000.
A woman and child ut Angola, N. Y,
have lived in a hogshead two months,
being too poor to pay rent.
Who prolongs his work to as great
length as possible, aud still completes
il in time2 The ropemaker.
Deposits OF "conscience money in
the United States Treasury during the
fiscal year amounts to s25,55l.
Reading thinks one Of her citizens Is
the tallest man in Pennsylvania. He is
seven feet six inches in height.
A Michigan paper recently closed an
obituary notice with the misqnotation,
{" He Is not dead, but squeaketh."
It was remarked recently Of solemn.
Iv nrocise youth "He looks MS II he
wero setting IN example to his ances.
tors"
An Ohio man became angry beranse
he hadn't n clean shirt. and sold two
COWS and purchased 1872 shirts ready
made. .I
The Tammany Hall With Congress.
sional District Convention OF New
York nominated Hon. s. s. Cox for Con-
gresS.
A Connecticut thief who stole far
mer's watermclons sent the seeds back
in letter requesting him to plant them
next yenr.
Tho Chicago butchers, grocers and
marketmen have formed protective
association against folks who don't pay
their bills.
Fifty new weekly newspapers have
been started in Nebraska within the
last year, and only two or three funerals
among them. tru
Mr.. Nesmith, the Democratics scandi.
date, has been elected to Congress from
Oregon by n majority Of twenty-five
hundred votes.
A number OF London milk dealers
were fined sums varying from 800 TO
800 recently for putting too little milk
in their water.
NJ. Riviere's report against Bazaine
says II, 900 soldiers OF the French army
surrendered at Metz died while prison
ers in Germany.
Gins. Il. Phelp', cashier in the New
York State Treasury Department, has
been found to be defaulter TO the ex-
tent Of $4,000
At the recent exercises Of the State
Normal School in Salem, Mass.,.
mother and daughter were in thegradu-
ating class together.
The official sanitary reports state that
since July 10 there have been 3,o2O
cases Of cholera in Vienna, OF which
l, ,230 terminated fatally.
A widower at Lexington, Mo-, was
dumped into the Missouri the other
night for marrying the next day after
his first wife was buried.
"AIilk restaurants continue to null
tiply in New York. Nearly all OF them
are named after popular breeds Of COWS,
such as "Alderney," jersey" &c.
A young lady who was taking music
lessons was asked how she conld afford
IL these hard times. "ohi" she said
az confine myself to the low notes.
Tho ritual and manual Of the Order
OF Patrons OF Husbandry Is to be trans
lated into German, and German oranges
are 10 be established in German settle.
ments.
The Secretary Of the Irish Iaborcrs'
Association writes to the London press
that he has received from tile United
States proposals Of engagement for 2e,-
900 men.
There was an immense open.air dc.
monstraiion at Cork, Ireland, in favor
OF Fenian amnesty, homo rule, and tho
rights Of labor Twenty thousand per-
sons took part in 1t.
On the trial OF Miss Mink for the
murder OF DR.. Baker, in Maine, tho
Jury brought in verdict OF not guilty
and the accused was discharged. The
result was hailed with applause in the
courtroom.
At Tuttletown, CAL, recently a young
man named Johnny Gillen shot and
: killed an old man named Harvey Oul-
ton during dispute about the post.
mark on an envelope which they picked
up in the road.
A Georgia paper intimates that there
is no danger Of duel between Johnson
and Smith, because Smith wants to re.
main Governor till the end Of his term,
, and johnson wants 10 be Governor after
Smiths term expires.
A Western eoitor said in the mos
I, insolent manner possible that good
hat.iron would probably oblige the new
style OF rufIles 10 stay down, aud nov
!, he Is suuelched by bushels Of letter
from indignant ladies, ironically asking
. him 10 read a work upon mistaken voca
q tions. U.
n The Hannibal (aIo.) Courier Is re
sponsible for the statement that th
Mayor Of Keokuk recently discharge
n such OF Che jail boys ns could Soy til
T,orf'a pravcr Then n lh,gv6T Oilerel