The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Hon SIS Cox has been renominated
for Congress, and will be elected by q
large majority. ..
The Republican party, according to
John Sherman, has paid over 800, ,0O0,-
900 Of sRebel Claims since the close
of the war. The Democrats have not
paid one, dollar. .7,at la
The religious papers are discussing
the propriety of using ale in the conn
munion service, when wine cannot be
had, as was done by Baptist congre-
cation in Burrnah. -
West Virginia will contribute two
United States Senators to aid and COM
/ fort President Tilden, when elected, as
he will be- Hurra for West Virginia =
Cincinnati Enquirer.
/ Along about the 9Th of November
the Republicans will be interested in the
527 pages of the report made by the
statistical fiends Of the Import and Ex-
port Bureau at Washington.
Madame Hurtado is the heaviest cred
itor of France, which pays her $780,.
600 year interest Sir Richard Wal
lace. who has given so many drinking
fountains to Paris, receives 100000.
Newspapers have to be cautious in
Canada. A man Of Toronto has sued
a local paper for stating that. his friends
had presented him with a meerschaum
1pipe when no presentation had taken
place. 'H sIf
Boston Post: Congressman Banning,
Of Cincinnati, is large sized thorn in
the side of the Hayes family. Two
years ago he whipped Hayes and now
he whips Hayes's brother-in law, Mat:
thews. Next!
The Quaker City Independent says
that Thomas Webster, exhibited in that
place, last week, some leaves plucked
from cherry tree on his farm, that
measured eleven and three quarter in.
ches in length, and over five in breadth.
What of Pennsylvania? Is she, too,
a state certain for Hayes2 We do not
believe it We feel as confident that the
State is Democratic by handsome ma
jority ss that Blue Jeans Williams is
lelected Governor OF Indiana Phila-
delphid Chronicle.
Julia, the daughter Of Don c Bishop,
of Mannsville, Oswego County, New
York, aged twelve years, rode the trot.
lling horse Little Frank in two half mile
jheats against black trotter ridden by
Newt. Mann, at the .Oswego Falls Fair,
winning both heats in 2:2S and 2 :27.
! ! Several months ago the practice Of
shaving the heads of prisoners in the
San Francisco Jail was resisted in the
A courts by Cinnamon, who preserve their
4 queues as part of their religion; but
i the judicial decision is in favor Of the
i officials, and the hirsute desecration
goes on.
1 The Archbishop of Canterbury re-
Gently said that he did not think the
controversy of the present day was with
superstition, hut with growing infdel-
ity, and if the clergy were not equal to
the emergency, some great catastrophe
might befall, not only the church, but
the nation.
| Under Republican rule the expenses
of the White House are $l08, ,264 85
They were S47,S47 so under Democrat.
ic rule Is moi S60,417 35 extra high
price to pay for the mistaken luxury Of
having Republican President in the
White HouseP We. ask the taxpayers
what they think about it2 M
Mrs. Susan Clarke, venerable dame
who was one hundred years old last De.
cember, gave a reception to seventy 1--we
of her descendants at her home in New
Sharon, Maine, last week. Her mother
! lived to be ninety-six years old, and bel
, grandmother died at the age of one
hundred ard two.
Prof. James E Wasson, of the I'm
; perial College at Toxic, Japan, grad
3 uate of West Point, was married on the
h 9Th of July to Marie Bingham, The
: daughter of Judge Bingham, Of Ohio
the United States Minister to Japan
The marriage ceremony was performed
in the Union Church at Toxic. 81
In New York recently thirty-two
young couples, all Bohemians, were
married at one fell dash by the Bishop
of Prague, who came over expressly
After the reading Of the service the
mothers of the brides INDUCED in loud
lamentations, and when the blessing had
; been pronounced by the Bishop, bread
and salt were served to all present. !,
Felicien David, the composer, who
died recently in Paris, was prodigy
from infancy. AT five years of age he
played the violin in public, at eight he
was singer in AK Cathedral, and at
nine he composed piece performed at
La grand mass. In the delirium prece-
ding his death he sang some original
airs.
There was recently picked up in q
Wisconsin corn field relic of the pre-
historic age. 1t is copper implement,
probably chisel, and surpasses any.
thing of that kind embraced in the ia.
nous collection of Wisconsin. The
cutting edge forms the segment of cir
Gle, and it tapers gradually to the oppo-
site end. The edges carry longitudinal
markings, giving the impression that it
was cast. .a ..f.ls s
The New Orleans Picayune, in trying
its hand at description, says: "The mod
, ern city school girl goes along with q
big litter, a hustle, striped hose, hump
, backed, carrying thirty-one different
4 books, three states, four copy-books,
bottle of ink, pocket full of pencils and
pens, 81 worth OF pinchback jewelry. o
, mouthful of chewing gum and thirteen
red streamers dangling after her."
When the ponderors and red-faced
> Queen Isabella re-entered the Escurial
Palace the other day, after her long alb.
> sence, and was welcomed by General
Primo Gle Riviera in the name of the
King, she began to cry very heartily be.
fore crowd of officers and dignitaries
E Afterward she talked very. animatedly
E with all, having kind WORD for every
/. lone She epdeavored tozimurpss unor