The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
items Of Interest.

Colorado's gold and silver crop TINS
year will amount to $4,000 900.
Six ex.citizens Of the United States
are members Of the Canadian Parlia-
ment.
aold Prob" did not calculate for
the Jay Cooke storm, and lost his
money.
A Terre Haute man, who has been
irving to make both ends meet, is living
on head.choese and ox-tail soup.
Boston cleared last year 1854 vessels
for foreign ports, against {, ,070 in le,2.
OF last years vessels 2,265 were under
foreign flags. -
II You wish to travel eheaply patron.
ize those railroads which advertise to
carry their passengers "through with
out change"
II It wasn't for the ten.cent stamp
occasionally found in chew Of tobacco
q considerable portion OF our citizens
would starye.
The assessed valuation Of the real
and personal property OF Pennsylvania,
is sin, ,96S, ,577; the true actual value
is estimated at 81, ,475, s31, ,e51.
The investigation into the Vile du
Hayre disaster at Paris, was brought TO
a close, and the court unanimously
decided that Captain Robinson, OF tho
Loch Earn, was blameless.
Most Of the mills in the northeastern
section OF PHILADELPHIA, which stopped
operations or wererun on reduced time,
are now running with full complement
OF hands, and on full time.
During the year 1873, Chicago has
sold, at Wholesale alone, $3.50, 100000
worth OF goods-a gain Of lS per cent
over the business OF 1872, and gain Of
81 per cent over that OF 1870.
In Maine 255 vessels with an aggre-
gate OF IS, $50 tons, have been built In
the wear Just closed. This is double
the tonnage OF 1872, and about forty
per cent. more than the tonnage OF
1901.
The average Of winter wheat sown
the previous season, compared with that
OF the previous year, shows IN increase
in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, In
diana, and Tennessee, averaging lOE
per cent.
Five pieces of captured French bronze
cannon have arrived in Baltimore as q
present from the Emperor William OF
Germany TO ST. Matthews Lutheran
Church. They are TO be melted for u
church bell.
The Jury impaneled to try Maggie
Jordan for completely in the escape Of
Sharkey, the murderer who. escaped
from the New York Tombs, after being
locked up for twenty-four hours, failed
TO agree and were discharged.
The Havana press violently denounce
the United States for the loss OF the
Yirginius, and declare that Spain will
demand full reparation not only for the
loss Of tho Virginius, but damages for
breaking the treaty stipulations.
This is how the Detroit FREQ Press
pays It's repects TO metropolitan Jour.
nalism: 1.-THE Common Council Of
Brooklyn pays the reporters $50 a piece
per annum for reporting proceedings
and for the loss Of caste In mixing up
with Aldermen" N
"some men are always talking about
patronizing theiI own town" moralizes
a Lyons girl. "They arc always harp
ing on that duty, and yet, when they
want to get hurried, they go abroad to
find their wives. lido hope that some
OF these chaps that marry Eastern
women will get cheated"
A young lady in Jeffersonyille was re-
Gently made the victim Of a heartleSs
practical Joke. She was almost over
whelmed with confusion by the discoy.
cry that she had been walking the street
with placard pinned to the back Of
her dress upon which was printed,
$4,000 children wanted" W
A man passing by the Portland, Me-,
post.ofice recently, saw an old and dt-
fapidated looking wallet lying on the
sidewalk. Hundreds Of persons had
passed by it, and not few had yorcli;
safed IL o kick. II was only the way Of
OF the world. The man stopped and
picked it up, and inside found sl2.
ofcourse this is the champion sympa-
thizer OF the Courier-Jonnat: "The
editor Of the Sandusky Registers uncle
died not long ago, leaving him money
enough To buy q new dress for his
paper. II we had an uncle who couldn't
| die and do better than that we would
almost as lief he wouldn't die at all.
"1 have offered TO take wood" says
the editor Of the Gayoso (Mo.) Demo
crat in a touching appeal, "but not ono
stick has been hauled to the Office by
a subscriber. II the paper is not issued
next week, the friends Of II will know
that editor, publisher, and devil are
getting up wood to run the Office the
balance OF the winter"
A married woman in Tennessee not
long ago obtained verdict for $500
damages against her father for whip.
ping her. Her father appealed, but
the Supreme Court decided against
him. Meanwhile he had transferred
his property 10 his remaining two chil.
dren BY deed Of gift, and the daughter
has now brought suit TO have the con-
yeyance set aside.
After five trials in the courts, Stephen
r. Bodwell has obtained q verdict for
S75 against the town Of North Andoyer,
Mass. for injuries received by detec-
tive highway in 1867. On three trials
the Jury disagreed; on the fourth they
found for the town, and the case was
carried 10 the Supreme Court on .excep'
tions, and 1t is said II will again DO car
ried up on exceptions.
The King Of Bayaria recently gave ar
ordar tt,al a helIak akn,,id fa tilayad for