The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-02


BILE to be con6scated So it is here,
sometimes t..ss
Houston, Texas, Is preparing to be
astonished by a .2risnoidal' railway
with but one rail
Sweden has enacted law allowing
married women to hold and manage
their own property.
Belgium proposes to repeal its divorce
laws, and Indiana vaunts its induce
ments to immigrants
Twenty-eight light, fantastic toes are
said to adorn the feet of a baby recent
ly born at Stockton, Mo.
Fort Mozambique, on the east coast of
Africa, has been taken by Britsh-men. Of
war. Two slave ships and 800 slaves
were also oaptured. aia
The U. S. Senate by the very extra.
ordinary vote OF tfty.two yeas to eley-
en- NAYS, supported the proposition of
the House TO repeal the additional Pa
ciiic Mail subsidy.
From Massachusetts comes the dire.
ful announ cement that Notwithstanding
all the expansive intellectualitv of that
State, 20 per cent. Of its children are
growing up in a state of ignorance.
Weeread that paper put inside the
lining of coat gives additional warmth
to the garment We have plenty of pa
per, says Missouri editor, and will
put the experiment tQ a test, when we
get coat.
Fever patients in Ncw Hampshire are
reported to be utilized for the ineuba
ton of eggs. A well-developed case Of
typhoid is said to be equal to half q
dozen ordinary hens in its ca-hatcllinq
properties, .; 5aa
A telegram from st Petersburg says
that ferty-fiye parishes of the Roman
Catholic Bshopric of Siealetz, Poland
containing $4,000 inhaLitants. with the
whole of their clergy, have joined the
Greek Orthodox Church. The public
reception was presided over by the
Archbishop Of Warsaw.
| The California miner is proverbially
generous Money is no. object to him
One OF them arrived in. New York the
other day, got drunk and lost bag
containing two bars Of gold and $1,000
in currency. He raved around until i,
was found, and then he gave the finder
seventy five cents.
A letter has been received from the
Eparty that eftSioux City last October fol
the Black Hills gold mines. The party
numbering thirty, are comfortably quar-,
tered near the center OF the hills. They
have had no troubles with the Indians
have plenty of provisions, and are pros
pecting with success.
The Politica { Madrid newspaper as
serts that the indemnityto be paid b,
Spain to relatives of American victim,
of the Virginius affair has been fixed a
SS4 GOO, and that the convention will bt
fsigned Immediately upon Cushing pre-
senting his credentials to the new Gov
ernmcnt. 9 We
Various States Of the German Empir
are investigating the causes of emigra
ton to remove them. 1t is proposed t,
facilitate the requirement of small es
tates, and TO oppose the action of Emi
grafton Agents paid by Trans At.anti
Governments
In New York Court verdict ha
been given against the New York an
New Haven Railroad Company 70
about $4,000 in favor of man VIII
wss robbed of that amount in one {
the Company's cars. Il was held tn,
the Company must protect its patrons
Tea is plant designed by tile Gre,
tor specially for female senility, sa,
, the New York Tribune. 1t is gre,
warmer of the Stomach, first raj
loosener of the tongue, and has dor
, more for the diffusion OF parole INTEL
gence than any other plant that sprout
A mar. in Dakota writes to friien
that the thermometer has been rangin
from 2So to 800 below zero; tb
going to bed ia a serious matter, an
getting up is still more so; that
sleeps under six pairs of blankets, wi,
two pairs Of socks and iwo woole
nightgowns on, sand has to consum
large quantities of pork grease in oiilt
to keep up internal combustion.
Col Meacham, of Modoc massacl
fame, is to travel through the country .
interpreter fora troupe Of Modoc Il
dians. Mr. Redpath, the Boston lectul
manager, is the owner OF tile show, ha
, ing secured from the President an ordt
that the Indians shall not leave their r
servaiien under anybody else 5 conuo
Tie proposed division ofHproGts is NJ
described. 5H9
A Baltimore lady Of wealth and piet
Is said to have remained single until tn
age of forty years. refusing many offer:
because she had resolved TO marry n
man except a clergyman. A while ago sh
was welded to a penniless, but devon
, pastor. of a little church, and the honey
moon was hardly over before he resign
ed his charge and set up as broke
with her money. - i.
/ The beau monde of Syrac :se wer
: surprised RECENTLY at, seeing rl.rhly
i dressed young lady wheeling wheel
: barrow, in which was a bundle OF clio
thing, through the streets On inquiry
the reason for such a queer occurrence
WAS ascertained. The young lady ol
being hectored by her uncle, regsrdin.
the pride of the helles of the presen
day, agreed to wheel a bundle of clio
thing around Fayette PAX if he wonl,
! give her silk dress The offer was &C
7 cepted, and the lady now has. sill
dress, and has since Received severa
| proposals. fIes ts e.
That Arkansas report has done tn
business for Judge Poland, as we pre-
dicted it would. One of the househol,
organs 1t Washin 5ton has published
picture of the Judge sliding down al
exceedingly slippery hill into the Dem
1 ocratic camp. Ii the organ wishes t.
have it understood that every person
who prefers Truth to the prosperity o
the Grant party thereby places himsel
in the ranks, of the Democracy, it forth
with gives that party a tremendous bod