The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-11-24
MATTERS OF INTEREST.

: "A Newport, Va. boy drinks kerosene
Oysters will not flourish at the great
Salt Lake.
A cook on a Detroit tugboat has fall
en- heir to $4,000.
Freeport, Ill, is to have large new
watch factory.
Auburn, Me-, brags of the champion
boy desperado.
/, Our English cousins call the mosqui-
to an American bird.
Babylon and Ninevah ore lighted with
American petroleum.
Capital punishment has been totally
abolished in Switzerland.
"Gilty.", "guiltey," "giltey" and "jl-
ty" were a Rochester verdict.
October is known to Roman Catholics
as the ''Month of the Holy Angels"
A regular nomination seems as hard
thing to decline as an irregular verb
In Sweden all alcoholic liquors are
taxed according to their alcoholic
strength.
A Seymour, Ind, child, fell few
days ago, biting its tongue so as to
bleed to death.
= The dogs Of West Brookfeld, Mass {,
have founded public library. At least
the dog tax has.
In St Louis no person is allowed to
Erife the pockets of dead man until
Ithe,eoroner arrives
r The mail robbers are breaking open
post office boxes in nearly every dis
&ist6 Brooklyn.
| "Ringing. laughter" and electrical
tapplause" are among the theatrical at
fractions in New York.
"A man at Georgetown, Col, offers to
exchange a 'first class piano, nearly
fpew, for house and lot" Es.-
Some of those Nevada daily papers
look as if white paper had been thrown
into coffee mill and ground out again
The kind Of whisky that makes men
lie down on railroad tracks is being in.
trodnced in nearly every western State
/ A smart small girl, Harriet Carter by
name, has made TIE journey unattended
from London to her home in Chicago
Five hundred dollars was found con
cealed on the person Of man in Sa
lem, Mass, who had been taken to jai
for debt.
A young lady in Virginia had tt
shoot eleven wild hogs from her re
treat in a pine tree before she coult
I proceed on her journey.
! "A Winona, Mimi, man bought hal
bushel of oysters and found in one o
them 62 pearls, ranging in size from I
pigeon-shot to pea.
! The latest Paris murderess, aged 19
confesses to have committed the Grim,
to buy herself new dress. This ism
dressing to kill exactly.
The ruins of an ancient city, a mil
square, have been discovered on tn
Rio Grande, near the boundary line be
tween Colorado and New Mexico.
The keeper OF the college bookstor
at Brunswick, Me-, has received fifteel
dollars conscience money for book
pilfered from his store years ago. -
The proprietors OF the Iowa Cit
Press offer the premium of years sui
scription to any one who will bring i
a"well killed" burglar caught in th
act"
The English capitalist, Sir job
, Crossley, now out West, has loaned OF
about half million dollars to Jolie
!, ILL.,, manufacturing company who wer
lshort. ,-.Hsl =sas az
:, The mystery connected with the Kill
ing of Samuel j. Jones at South Oys
ter Bay, L l., on June 9th, 1873, ba
been unravelled The murderer an
his accomplice (negroes) have cor
fessed. n asm .=
ASt. John, N B., dry goods cler
. sold box standing in front of III
, door for forty cents. supposing it to b
! empty. 1t contained $500 worth q
furs. He will sell no more boxes fror
that store. a'o 'a
The religious souvenir sent by th
: Pope to the Marquis of Ripon is a mas
: ni6cent crucifix, the figure of the So,
: iour and the ornaments being of silve
) The pedestal contains very preciou
relic. r. ,.,,.- ,,.'
8 One Of the Paris railroad companit
| ladvertises ..'dead mans train" whic
is specially reserved for the transpo
of funeral parties to one of the subj
e ban burial grounds. At least one dea
a head rides every trip. sar s
8 The Cincinnati Superior Court b,
: decided that the bill for entertainin
Horace Greeley during the late Pres
Dental campaign cannot be paid OF
! of the City Treasury. Keck and Fit
Q gerald have to foot it. .sol1esf
!, Mr.. Bessemer's swinging cabin stear
er and the double hull boat Castal
,thaye both been tried in the Channe
, and are found successful preventiv
!. Of 'sea-sickness. Now for vessel
> cure inconsistencies. EJ
e A horse-car conductor of this ci
n. who for several months has been star
n ling on salary Of 81 Is per day, e
d poets to break ground for the erectit
e of row of brown-stone fronts in Sou
nj Brooklyn shortly Brooklyn Argus.
nl "A Pittsburg post Office clerk W
e somewhat furried when a well dress,
.; man called for $4,000 worth of lett
!; and paper stamps and passed throul
d the window to pay for them five cri
le $1,000 bills. He was a patent met
If cine man. 'sr-..z
III A charming little fish story fro
nfYermont: "A boy caught an immen
lpickerel which broke the line and di
!. tappeared, The boy fell into the bottol
1t whereupon his brother grabbed him
, the hair and pulled him out, only
q find the lost pickerel firmly elasped
the boys arm. sts
Fl In Texas they would rather lose
dozen horses, than to miss the fun
et hanging the thief. When amusemer
g are dull, the Texans leave a horse o
5 to be stolen, 80 that they may kill tir
q and the thief together the next day.