The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-03-23
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''Is there any man in this town nam
ed Afternoon p inquired a Mississippi
Postn aster, rs he held up a letter di;
rected "P. NJ"
Eugenie is said to he wasting away
with consumption, ard Eer friends are
anxious that she should travel She is
said to have "agcd" very much the last
few months.
Las, Friday the. Ohio Senate passed
Senator Morris hill prohibiting the sale
of ale, beer and wine The bill SLOWS
ordinarces to regulate such sales to be
passed.
Ttere are 81 Cardinals in the Catho-
lie church, and of this number only
three are. Epglisl-spt aking members
Manning, Cullen and McClostey. There
are 3S Italian Cardinals, just two-thirds,
the number necessary to elect a Pope.
John Cannon, a highly respected
and wealthy merchant of Eilingham,
Illinois, for thirteen years past, was ar
rested yesterday for murder just come
to light, which was committed fourteen
years ago in Rushville, Illinois.
The London Telegraph thus compli
ments Enslisllmen !: "If a boily of one
hundred Englishmen, possessed of or
dinary intelligence and education, were
to be selected at baphazard, we risk lit
tie in saying that not five of the nun
her would be able to state off hand how
many States there arein the American
Union" And we'll bet something that
the London dailies couldn't state the
number correctly even after deliberate
effort.
Of two members Of a well-known
Boston firm, one of whom possesses
the larger capital and the other the lar
ger business influence, the latter became
dissatisfied the other day, and adver-
tised ANONYMOUSLY for partner with
$50, 900 capital One reply was receiv-
ed to the advertisement, and cores
pondence commenced between the two
parties. At last these parties met, and
ment proved TO DC the advertisers part
ner.
A machine is to be put into every
law Office in New York city, and every
thing lranspiring in the courts is to be
transmitted as the sale of stocks is sem
to the hotels and financial Institutions
of the city. A lawyer will not have to
go to court to know what cases are or
trial, what judgments are rendered, OIL
what legal transactions take place in the
courts. Everything transacted will &C
over the wires as stocks now do. The
arrangement will include all that is done
in the Sheriif's Office; every judgment
and levy; every mortgage and attach
ment; every case tried, from the Jusli
ce's Court mp tolhe Supreme, with every
verdict and every disagreement. The
| putting up of the instrument is to cost
about $3.50 each.
"Olivia," writing to McClure's Phila
delphia Times of the closing hours ol
! Congress, says: "Like on expiiins
flame III its sockets Alexander Stephens
seems thrust into his seat, and one is a.
loss to know whether he is dead mar
come to life, or live. man in the las
throes of death. The grave seem:
working out its awful secrets in the ful
blsze of day. What q brave fight Will
the King of Terrors. The earthly tab
/ ernacln is not consnmad with ftfn1 fa
yer. There is a melting awav of til,
human frame as the walls of the SNOW
palace disappears under the rays of th'
Arctic sun. A Private Secretary speak
for him, acts for him. 1t may be saiC
he has two bodies to his soul-fev
equals, but no superiors in the House
a living sword suspended by spider
web. When he whispers double pres
ence is f,lt. 1t is the shadow of tn
incxoralle."
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