The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-04-04

Animosity has revived among the
Central American Republics whose rep
resentatives were recently considering
the expediency of confederation. Costa
Rica and Nicaragua are on bad terms,
and it is believed that hostilities- are in
evitable between Guatemala and Saliva
dor, In the event Of war it is supposed
that Guatemala will prove the stronger
Blaine is keeping his eyes peeled =
He knows his party won't. stand any
kind Of showlin the coming campaign
if Federal office-holders are not allowed
to contribute funds for the campaign
Hence his fierce opposition to the bill
now before Congress which provides for
the abolition of the pernicious practice
Of levying on ofiice.holders. > III aa4t
The Presidents son Fred and Senator
Sherman's son were bankers in st
Louis. The arm is dissolved and Fred
Grant is ordered awaysto the army. I,
would be interesting to trace the con.
nection between the whisky trials and
the Marsh revelations, and the quiet ex.
odus of Babcock FROM the White House
and the restoration Of Fred Gfsut to
his place in the army aam y7b :
A fast young Partisan four years age
applied to usurer for loan Of d thou.
sand francs, stipulating to pay two hun.
dred francs for the recommendation
The applicant drew the following note,
which was accepted: s.Paris, 20 Nov,
1872 promise to pay twelve hundred
francs on the 29lb February next Value
received, J RI The lender did not no.
tice the date, and has only been able to
recover now. 'ps son e
A girl in Richmond on Sunday last
recited the whole of the Psalms and part
Of Ecclesiastics, 1000 verses in all,
which she had committed during the
week preyions. The Sunday before she
recited 1000 verses, comprising the
Epistles to the Romans, Galatians, Phil
lipians, and one or two others, She is
bound to have the prize, but IS more
likely to have brain er.-Rsgistsr,
2Sth ult. .ss.ss 1855 .s I,E.,ss -,
Bed quilts enough have been offered
for exhibition at the Centennial to coy
er the whole State of Ohio. No more
are wanted. Once these were the sort
OF thing in which the notable house.
wives Of America delighted. and showed
wonderful skill in constructing the bean.
tiful .Irish7 chain," but now Uncle Sam
will not exhibit such production. Mrs.
Governor Noyes says it is useless to
send them to the committee q aoitssi
: The bill providing way In which the
votes for President and Vice President
shall be counted, 80 as to. prevent such
manipulation of returns as might result,
in rebellion and put the nation in peril
has passed the Senate. An odd feature
Of lis passage was that Thurman war
one of the only three Democrats who
voted for it, and Conkling and Edmunds
the only sRepublisans who. voted against
| it. The House will probably kill it OF
suffocate it with amendments. e,szge
II,sSt. Louis Republican: Bart Aikman
. young man of Clinton, Indiana, han
gone crazy, and his insanity msnifestt
itself in desire to bury himself. sTht
yard surrounding his fathers house Il
full Of holes -whiehshe has dug for tht
purpose Of planting himself 10 them
The difficulty is that he can't cover him
self up. tits estimated that there arr
at least one thousand gentlemen in pub
lie life, who are facing or may have tc
face investigation, who feel that they
can sympathize with the young man.