The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-11-09


heir most humnle and obedient servants,
A. G d MARY A RoBB ;
N B-Thisis is their second visit. :
Clarington, Ohio, October 20, 1875.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A mammoth steer from Oregon is al
ready en- route to the centennial. 1t
stands nineteen hands, or six feet four
inches, measuring twenty feet FROM tip
to sip, aud weighs $500 pounds.
AT Henniker, N H last week, q re-
markable group was photographed, con-
ssting Of a great-great grandmother,
great grandmother, grand mother, moth
er and daughter-all only daughters.
The Republican majority for Govern
or in Iowa, though the vote cannot be
counted till next January, is as nearly
as may be 81, $50, gain Of 1850 over
last year. The Democrats had Wall
street platform.
Oho! the silver resumption by con-
traction of small change is beginning
to make itself felt A general complaint
for the want of fractional currency OF
the denomination OF fifty cents is be-
ginning to be heard.
The new Canadian loan has proved o
great success in, England. The amount
asked for, Sl2,500,000, has been sub
scribed many times over, and the low
est allotment is at 9Sa, the rate Of inter
est being 4 per cent.
The ST. Joseph { Mo Gazette says:
There is one sheep in Montgomery
County that hasn't been killed by dogs.
He is q ram, and uses his head as sort
of horizontal pile driver. A pack Of
fox hounds got after him the other day,
and he killed all but one and came out
without scar
Jasper Thompson, Of Texas, who had
been captive among the Comanches
for thirteen years, finding himself few
days since left in camp with but one
guard, cut the Indians throat and es-
capped. He had forgotten the English
language and was compelled to commu-
nicate with his friends, whom he fortu
nately reached, by signs.
A calculation has been made OF the
number Of persons the great cathedrals
of the European continent will hold -
St. Peters at Rome holds $4,000 peo
; pie the Milan Cathedral holds $4,000
St. Paul's, at Rome, holds 25,000; St
Sophia, at Constantinople, holds %, 600
Notre Dame, at Paris, holds 81 ,000; the
: Cathedral at Pisa holds 13 600, and Sar
Marco, at Venice, holds 1000.
From the statistics now being made
up to accompany the Postmaster Gen
erals report, it is ascertained that tht
total number of letters sent to the deat
letter office during the last fiscal yea
was 8. 3.64O,797 Many of these letters
contained money, checks jewelry, pho
tographs and other articles of value
The total amount of bankable funds en-
closed was about three and half mil
, lion dollars, of which over three mil
! lion were delivered to the owners
!, The proprietor of the Grand Hote
: de Rome, Berlin, one of the largest ant
fiuest in Germany, was formerly ser
want in the establishment. While b
= was oberkellner, or head waiter, one 0
the guests, a rich widow, fell in low
!, with him, and of course they were mai
. ried. He bought out his master forth
;, ;, with, went to fight the French, wa
brave, decorated by the Emperor, an
. came home covered with medals an
. Importance. a
|, The Sdpreme Court Of Michigan ha
e decided, and in rather peculiar manne
. too, the liabilities Of innkeepers.
, held that an innkeeper is not liable t
! the lossFof his guests goo1s, unless th
e loss is caused by his negligence, bt
ID that be is hello to guarantee the goo
,s conduct of his servants and all otht
"a persons in his house. Hence, when tt
20 goods of guest are stolen or disappes
in an unexplained way, the loss is pr
sumed to be in consequence of the I'M
keepers negligence. When the lo'
happens to be an accidental fire or 9TH
casualty coming from without, and
e. such nature as to negative his neg
sd gence, he is not liable.
ye Herr Bibel, the famous socialist
ne Leipzig, maintains that in ten yea
from now the cause of communism vi
eS he triumphant in Germany. Bsmarc
50 he says, is helping it along pretty ra
ne idly, but in order 10 make punctual co
'e nection, the Communists tbemselv
49, are working like bees Bakounine, Il
pe head of Russian socialists, requires
p little more time for his country, whit
sh is vast, and besides, before the Musco1
'ss Commune can be successfully establis
rs ed it is essential. in his opinion, that t
rd masses be thoroughly inoculated wi
a'l a. initiation, that is to say, the essence
us ~ communism Since the abolition
H. serfdom the communists have ma
III rapid strides, according to their Chi
We and at the present moment Russian
VI ciety has no aims or ideas, good or ba
se For ward is his motto.
% A Long Branch letter to the M
nc York Herald conveys to US this startli
~ bit of information: joaquin Mill
~ sent General Grant an invitation to b
=. ~ lecture on Literary London. His e
u, IN cellency acknowledged the complime
vi by sending the poet note of thank
eS' aud this evening he occupied fro
seat at the lecture. The speaker, in a
vocating the employment literary m
by the Government, eulogized Motlt
ng but spoke of his successor as that m
w. Schenck.' the author of very sm
SC hook. The poets idea of good Pr
oc' ident was literary genius, instead OF
ny politician, and in the very teeth of Pr
lie ident Grant he nominated Henry
he Longfellow and j Lothrop Motley
ed, rival Centennial candidates for the Pr
eat idency."
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oo sag The following dispatch, in cypb
vas was recently sent by British capital
his in London to his agent in New Yor
of "Buy real estate mortgage notes freel
Tho Money shall be furnished to any eXte