The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-22
VARIETY.

A buzz saw item; Henry Stonaker of
Palestine, Texas. In his life he was love
ly, and in his death he was divided.
Although the prosperity of Egypt al
most dependents upon the cotton crop,
yet Egyptian cotton that used to sell at a
shilling pound in Liverpool now only
ietches seven pence.
DR.. Schliemann has obtained a new
hrman or patent authorizing his explo-
ratons for two years at Troy, and he is
now building some frame house there.
The new excavations have just been COM
menced.
My poem is rather lengthy" she said,
"and may be you won't have room for il
this week. The editor yawned and re-
piled, "Oh, yes, we could find room for
1t If It was twelve times as long-our stove
is large one, you see.'
Madam, " said a trance medium, "your
husbands spirit wishes to communicate
with you" mo matter" said the widow;
'it he's got no more spirit in the other
world than he had in this, it's not worth
bothering about"
Paraguay is in a most deplorable con-
dltlon. Misrule and revolution have re-
suited in famine prices for staple articles
Of food, and the country is being rapidly
depopulated, some of the Inhabitants 60
ing south to the Argentine Republic and
others seeking refuge in Brazil.
AT II o'clock on Easter Eve the Patri
arch of Alexandria lights candles on the
high altar, and from that time forth all
the faithful fire guns, pistols, and rockets
under the idea that they are destroying
traitor Judas Iscariot, whose destruction
is not completed till Mo1day morning.
One Ohio editor says ofa contempo-
rary who had assumed the part of mum
my in a dramatic performance: "He
was obliged to put little animation into
himself to come up with the character,
and to wear more recent linen; but that
was about all Nature had admirably
qualified him to act the part"
1t is stated that Fish, the notorious
Blackburn murderer, in England, is of
Italian origin, and that he is a descend
ant of J. Marco Fieshi. who in 1895 at
tempted to take the life ofLouis Philippe
of France, and aferward made his escape
to London, where he assisted in carrying
out other murderous schemes.
Six one hundred ton muzzle leaders
are being wrought for the Italian Govern
ment at Newcastle upon Tyne. Each
barrel consists of two lengths of welded
steel, 10 feet long, so that the total length
OF every barrel will exceed 30 feet. The
tubes will be bound by IS different coils,
and the trunnion pieces will be nearly
feetin diameter. Foundations for mon
ster crane to hoist these guns are being
laid at Spezzia,
In the civil courts of the District of
Columbia custom requires the winner of
a suit to give the jury two dollars. The
usage has come down from the old Mary.
land law requiring the payment of dol
lar and sixty cents to the Jury, that being
their only remunaretion. Recently a
verdict of dollar displeased contes-
tant, and he refused to honor the custom
until directed to do so by Judge Humph-
reys. The jury usually spend the money
in drinks.
The frontier telegraph line in Texas,
from Denison, via Jacksboro Concho
San Antonio, and Eagle Pass, to Browns
vile, distance of 1890 miles, was COM
pleted May I6-being finished to San
Antonio. This gives connection with all
frontier posts, there being branch from
Jacksboro to Fort Still, and another from
Concho to Stckton. All the wires are now
in working order. They have been con-
structed in eighteen months by Govern
ment troops.