The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-01-06
NEWS ITEMS.

The consumption of horses and DON
keys as food is steadily increasing in,
France.
Troy, New York, is putting S5oO,00O
into music hall that will seat 1850
people.
1t is said there have been more exe
cutions for murder in Georgia this year
than in twenty years preceding.
The Lake Superior miners are repor-
ted to be in very destitute condition,
and much suffering is likely TO ensue.
The Marquis of Westminster, with
his London rent-roll of S5,000,0OO per
annum, has not felt any ill effects from
the late panic.
It is estimated that Texas cattle deal
ers have taken SS,O0O,000 into their
State from cattle transactions in Kan
sas this year.
Small children, dressed entirely in
white fur. with blue ribbon trimmings,
are a conspicuous feature of New York
promenades.
The bonded and floating debt of Chi
cago has been increased from SS,1S9.-
3S1 to S15,3S3,335 since 1869 The
expenditures for four year have amour
ted to S25, 100000.
There is a great rush by females for
Office in the Treasury Department at
Washington The officials state that
never before was the demand for posi-
ton greater than at present.
The Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral decides that any number of indi-
viduals or firms may print their adver-
tisements en- postal card before it is
deposited in the mails.
| The President has approved the bill
removing the political disabilities of E
j. Harvie, Thomas s. Bocock and Dan
iel Trigg, of Virginia, and John Regan,
of Texas,
Foreign papers contain kilograms
from Corunna and Gibraltar announcing
the total loss of the steamer Becklow,
of Newcastle, England. one man only,
out of her crew of twenty three, having
been saved.
An engraver in Springfield has cut
the Lords Prayer into piece of cop.
per less than one-fourth the size of a
silver three cent piece, and there is
room in the circle for fifteen or tweny
words more.
The works for the Submarine tunnel
under the English Channel are to be be.
gun Immediately. Shafts are to be sunk
at Dover and Cape Girls Nez, and tun.
nels are to be run for a mile in each di
rection under the sea.
Mr.. Tennyson visited the Woolwich
arsenal lately and witnessed the casting
! of cannon. After the operation was
finished, he remarked: "Vulcan would
be astonished if he saw how the thun
derbolts of war are forged nowadays
Prison reform is to be pushed to the
front rank in Michigan, and in future
convicts will be educated, and wher
finally discharged each man will receive
Il q ootV VI SiOouCo3 WV III -CdouS duu SuCt
money as he may have earned by over
work.
There is in New York an establish
ment where milk baths can be had. Th,
milk is warranted pure, and bath cost.
five dollars. The establishment is pat
ronized largely by ladies, who imagin'
that these baths improve the health ant
beautify the complexion.
In Richmond, Virginia, firm of col
ored people manufacture sassafras oi
on large scale. Forty thousan,
pounds of the root are used every week
producing eight thousand pounds Q
rectifying oil. 1t is used for scentin,
toilet soaps, favoring tobacco, and tn
like.
A writer in Mr.. Bergh's paper, Th
Animal Kingdom, presents some cur
Gus statistics Of the connection betwee
crime and cruelty. Out of 1000 cor
victs of whom inquiry was made, onl
twelve admitted that they left pets 6
hnno