The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-02-22

General John. Mcdonald, St Louis I. :, r
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MIsCELLANEoUs ITEMS, :
Forest planting is thriving in Mime >
ota. The st Paul and Pacific Railroad 9
las set out over 1000, 600 young trees Z
md altogether il is estimated that 20. 9
100000 haye y be-! been planted On the prairie 3 3
Daiipg. the past s Years u women have s
been m6rdered ii New York City. Not, {
,ne of the murderers has beer hanged. I
.ntl only 6 we're sentenced to imprisop-
nentfoP fife; IL we're given, sentences, pr
years and under in the State Prison, 2
wers sent TO the ,Pepitentiary for 10 and
Is years, respectively and 2 recei ,ed sen.
tenee, l Tor 9 and l 'for Is months, Seven
of the wife-murderers committed suicide
the rest escaped punishment. -
Tie Tis,jens Opera receipts f. New
7 Gork, are stated BY the Dramatic News TO
have been as Follows: Norma, drstl
night, Ss,24Ds "Normh." second night,
ss, $40; "Norma." third night u, 500
.Lucrei q Boygia," fourth night, 81, ,165; /
stNorma, - dfth night, - 9l5 81 Luctetia
Borgis, sixth nigin, ~, ,322; "NorIus,
matinee. ss,7sI 40. Mile. ,Tieljen's
terms are $500 per night, ia gold, and |
shsrs equally after receipts Of $1,000
Nearly . csn.uyy ago Ola Port Royal
disappeared beneath the waves, in an
earthquake, and now, in calm and clear
weather, you may look down into fifteen
fathoms of water and see submerged hon.
ses. towers, and churches, With sharks
swimming quietly in and out Of the open
windows OF their beliries An American
diving company endeayored to- rescue
treasures Of untold value, but succeeded
only in bringing up . bell, covered with
pusxling Inscriptions, which they gavsto.I
the Museum. 81, .s,.,, ,.I Z ss;s...I
Mr.. Dal win tells story, as an example
OF the reasoning powers Of monkey
that was scratched bya pet kitten. At
Arst Jocko Was immensely amased. Re.
covering from his surprise he set at work
| to discover the location OF the claws.-
bAfter severe tussel he got the four feet
of the kitten within his clutches, saw, the
mails thrust from their guards, and with
the brosdest grin OF satisfaction he pro-
tceeded deliberately to bite the points off
of each one. g.sy s..seas..
| The House Committee on Freedmen's
Bank, the 18th inst, had before them
the Secretary Of the Seneca Sandstone
Company, who described the means by
which the Freedmen's Bank for a debt
lof e63. 900, now amounting with inter-
est to about 0.000, was induced to
take as collateral security second mort.
! gage honda Of the company for S95.,
600, which are Of no market value
whatever He also produced the stock
!, book Of the Seneca Sandstone Compa
] my, which showed that on one day Ger.
tiacAtes of stock Tor two hundred shares
! each were issued to u, S, Grant, Genet.
al Dent, Surgeon General Barnes, VIM
H. Seward, E B Washburne, Calst
. Cpshing and b B French. y = ,;s.s = s'.i,s ~.
The Cincinnati Compsrcial, says III 4
| 4 curious misconceptions TO snpp0se, ,thal
it was ever In any alarm fahont Gen
! Grapt,a third.tern ambitinns which ]
4 discussed as . fact .bat refused ts b
) scared about. because is : never thAneh
! for moment that under any scirrpm
stances he could be reelected. Thi
j recalls A kiqdreis SUGGESTION sNfl Th'
: Commercials isome. time ago,poW Whs.
! people said that the rag baby wAs prettyl
decrept, it observed that II Granite thir'
I'll term scheme shonldIshoN much activity
+ the rag baby would develop teeth q y
al Wess like ,AAippep epo,app9s.n! asx soL
g from fhy sBeiiaises eof. wBssaixg Rssisss,
ls qssg.ea oh O;tgtkinsEpT SIS ia0 ""
= Bellaire and S0uihwestern RAM
rOaslsss liaGs no
bdTke d Dtec<ory yrteldi their stated laee'
ID Eiux 1t she etficsfof the compaiy Gin thl
ofEcisy, day hefors yesterday, and the pris
9 Icipal interess attached to the raeetin
ID t~asrths expected report ftom ahe di6sl
"a TENT s,ib divisioss tof !tefritsry Asn so' Oh
be amount of stock subscribed hinseacha adii
lii0. hisrhsa W0ods6eld asdn Beallsvill
i. districts reported their quotao alled saI
" twith sbSnAsa ssailabla mssbsefipiion
d, amounting, 70 = Lao s0Q0s hoEJ6 J66, Qlsp'
70 mile. > Bsliaife itprovedt 7defciepsi iels
8 t0OO, ahdtArmstrengs Mile district N
/ tbadly sbehindd -It.vas. .deckleh to 9iye
:. }.swidays additional grace. when itsH'
:. : Thought sBellaired would. sbrise dup6 b
tauota and all the distric.s sgreelh to CIV
q helping hand to,Armsifopg's Millss-
According 10 previous ANNOUNCEMENT
lmeetinsrin she interest of theStroad n
held in the City Hall in Is thG evsning
Quitesa alargaI crowd twasmin1 htlendaae
q and .wSs enlisened lby most, exeslle
music from the Wallace Comet Ben
and alLaHemedt anxious hto ohear oAbo
lor the progress of the enterprise. Sols
lteerssfor additional canvaasing iw6s ca
j. ed for aadrespondesl to- rsnOiauragingl
am They were instructed tolrepoft thsirel
lections oflstock subscriptions ho gsd
!, $ anderson, the treasurer OF the'sompaE
re- by Saturday next, by (which time it.
nd-phoped, ithatithe fullproportion OF sto
atassipned to Bellaire, will have sbe
the made up. A joli6cation on the case b
been iudiciously postponed. )uptl eth
&C. shall be entirely out efithe woods ]
to stock will certainly besmads ups i tAe
who have hitherto signed bHotAias, Y
Iich do but half their duty in the case. Tht
ted who hang back, although convinced
'ere the prospective benefits OF the road
their business or their property-ung
!. erously; dishonesty, indeed-and all
less their public spirited neighbours to y
Ing, the whole burden upon themselves y
isit. ere long find . taintn attached to II
0. which will stick Ike pitch To- their "
[. carcases throughout the lifetime Of !
you generation at least,