The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-05-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Mr.. Blaine, says the New London Tel.
egram, is fishing for the Presidency as
persistently as any man ever bobbed for
GELS.
France intends to have an information
al exhibition in 1873, and S24,OO0.00O
have been voted already for the pre- imi
naries.
"Let us have Conk'ing and SEYMOUR
cries the Rochester Express Keep Guiet,
dear, and you can nave them.-Bu6alo
Express, Rep.
The graves of Captain Jack and the
Modocs hanged with him are empty
1t is supposed that the bodies were re
moved soon after burill.
There are 14.000 tame ost,iches at
Cape Town, Africa, and during 1875
there were sold at Port Elizabeth alone
100000 worth of ostrich feathers,
The admission is beginning to be hint
Ell more generally in the Republican pa
pers of the State that Mr. Conkling, even
if nominated, couldn,t carry New York
The House Appropriation Bill, includ
ing the reduction of salaries of members
OF Congress, passed that body on the
18th ult by vote of 20S ayes to 81
nays
A kentuckian in Menifee County has
a daughter IL years old who weighs sc
pounds, is 40 inches high, ,and whose head
Is covered with beautiful soft black hail
36 inches in length.
A private letter from Be.laire, Ohio
says: 81 am not mistaken when | say
that four-tisths of the Republicans here
are for Bristow, and the Liberals are Q
unit for hlm "-Commercial.
We learn from the London Lance,
that "chloral punch had become an in
sii'ution' in the drinking saloons of New
York scarcely year after its (chloral's
introduc ion into medical practice"
Pittsburg papers tell Of boy two
years and seven months old, Samuel E
G Nixon by name, who can take apart
and readjnst the works of watch. put
ting every pin and wheel in its proper
place.
Sixteen of the State Senators who holt
over in California are Democrats, and on
ly four Republicans. To control the next
Senate the republicans will have to elec1
eighteen OF the Senators to be chosen in
1877.
A youth Of Lafayette, Ark, recently
undertook to frighten doctor by tht
name Of Westbrook by presenting a plug
Of twist tobacco at his head The doc
tor thinking that it was pistol drew hi;
revolver and shot the boy dead.
Mr.. Moody began his revival services
in Augusta, Ga, last Monday. Nearl,
5000 we're present the first hight. AL
the exercises take place in the open air
there being no building in the city large
enough to accommodate tie audiences.
The billtransferring the Indian Bureau
from thieving sharks TO reputable arm,
officers has passed the House, 1t should
receive the prompt sanction of the Sen
ate. The measure has been strenuousl,
fought by the lobby ring, and this shows
that it worthy one.
We are much inclined to the opinion
that New York's favorite son will this
year be ignored, and tue chances Of {
Democratic victory be staked upon some
favo,ite who, years ago, took Horace
Greeley's advice and "went West" ."-.Sy
racuse Standard, Rep.
Commodore Vanderbilt has undergone
careful examination, and it has been dis.
covered that his physical condition is
rapidly going to pieces. He suffers from
complication of diseases; besides hem
orrhoi,ls, he has disease of the bladder
and hernia.
| The Pennsylvania House OF Repre-
sentatives has expelled Representativ,
Lynott, of Luzerne County, for having
received money in connection with hi
vote upon the Boom Bill The Hous
refused his resignation. The Journa
Clerk, Skinner, owing to complication
in the same matter, resigned.
A startling rumor comes from Pali
that long gloves reaching nearly to Till
elbow and requiring twenty buttons viii
be essential to the peace OF mind of ev
cry well-dressed lady this year! Ais
that without court plaster patches II,
true toilet will be complete Twen!,
buttons and patches And this is callel
an era of reform 2-Boston Transcript
The Indiana papers are waging ho
warfare over the question as to the bib
ulous propensities of Orth and Williams
the respective gubernatorial candidate
of the Republicans and Democrats :
Williams takes nothing but water, it j
averred, and expectation is on tiptoe q
to whether Godlove fell from grace a
Vienna by learning to drink beer witt
his Austrian friends.
1t is said that DR.. Nichols, Of til
1Government Lunatic Asylum and Bes
Shepherds Ring, whose investigation il
Washington is yielding such shockin,
disclosures of cruelty, calls himself
Democrat. This is an additional reason
for making the inquiry into his misdeed
as searching as possible Ring Demo
Gratis, either in or out of Congress
should receive no mercy from the hon
est representatives of the people.
Prince Bismarck has been made
General of the Cavalry. This is th
highest military Office hes. as a non-act
i've officer, can attain. Since the cam
paign of 1866, when he was raised fron
the rank Of Major to that of Major
General, Bismarck has always worn hi
uniform in public, even in the Reichsta;
and Landtag, although his militar.
Office has no connection with his dutie
as civil authority.
There is not much danger of his He
illness the Pope coming to want in hi
old age. Last year the "Peter's pence
and jubilee indulgences netted him 81
10000 The Emperor Ferdinand Q
Austria left him S3,0O0,0O0; as heir Q
the Duke of Modena he can calculate O
an income of $4,000 year; Lord RI
pom gave him $4,000 outright; q Be
sian convert, $4,000; and pious oil
lady, recently deceased, 100000.
The proprietor of the Oakland (Cal.
Trottino Park has a spaniel dog that