The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-02-20
A Countess Of Scrip" is the very
neat title accorded to Washington

neat title accorded to Washington
Treasury girl. - $ .s1' s'5ssst
John D. Lee, the Mormon found gull.
lty.of the. Mountain Meadow massacre,
has failed to secufe anew trial, and the
prospects OF Fan escspe are gloomy
Little girls disturbed an old man Ia
San Francisco 10y playing ON a. balcony
close 10 bis room, which was in Q fourth
story, He ran out, caught one OF them
and threw her over the railing. She Was
Killed. ai2s ssss ~ ~ isaS nssasfss
A new beer saloon game is called scefl.
itennial base ball practice. The PLAYER
throws balls ut the head Of an efigy Is
PAGES distant, losing ftefcents for every
miss and getting q glass; Of beer for
every MI. tish setls1sa ,aiszii sssas
gsIf there is to, be another Arctic Expe:
dltion: Secor Robeson should command
It in person. His glowing nose, pointed
to .the north, would probably thaw q
fchannel sthreugh ice fields and beras
straight to the polasodi 81 saoiiosls ~
Fs.Fu.ure Governors sffiicted,xith q pro.
pensi.y to "gush' in an inaugural ssd-
dtess can learn q lesson from Gov: New
iboid. Of IowGr cAfter taking tie -odah OF
Office he summed, up vhiss policy sipI these
lsix yoFdasii I'll de the best can.yYs
The. Chinese at home seem to be AZ
adverse to an inddx OF foreigners ss our
fpeople od The Pacific Siops are to an id
dux Of Chinese The Rev. John Butler.
q Presbyterian missiohary,who has trav.
eled extensively in China, says that the
natives generally s.do not want us there,
|nor our commerce, civilization, or relik.
lionp They earnestly desire the expnl:
fsion Of an the foreigners, and would
Ispeedily effect it abut for the Govern
lment. t.v.-4.s: ....
Two brothers we're caught 10 i terri.
BILE snow.storm 10 Minnes6ta, when they
were miles from. any habitation. They
lstruggled on, blinded by the snoW, their
j Eieef and hands slowly ffeezing ID the in
ftensei cold. U AT length one, could not
walk any fnfther. and he was carried
awhile by the ,olher, Then the latter
went an alone until be reached a house.
Assistance was promptly sent to the man
lleft behind, WHO was found dead.
JfgA Queensland diver last year, succeed
ed, in recoyeripga box containing $45,.
900 in gold from, q wreck which was
hauated by sharks, sttracted there bv
tthes corpses Iof sthe, crew. The Colonial
I Admiralty Cosrt awarded him about
n $l5, 600 as salvage, but llhe oHnera. of
the geld appealed against the, award as
excessive. The judicial rCommitiee to
(which The case was referred dismissed
|, tthe appeal and the daring diver obtained
i fhis money eaei .ssss1f osii "a ei
IF Two men wererfoaAd on. their Knees
ION thesidemalk above 0n6 Or the no.
ronto police station gfatings, the other
morning.one Of whom .yas holding .one
+; end of long. slender tin tube to tht
!, 4outh Of ,aI prisoner beloN, swhils bis
: coppanion was pouring small bottle ol
+ whisky Into tiie other. The prisoner had
lxiready disposed0f one bottle, andaxas
d at work atthe second when . policeman
D stopped the game ss.,.l !, u, 81 ,,,.5.
"A The effect Ola border drama on III,
boys in the gallery OF theater Is de
J, scribed in the Philadelphia TYmes:-
8 "When at last the curtain drops on
n scene brilliant with red Are and stifiin,
g. with saltpeter, the hero standing anon,
n the ruins OF the Sioux nation With hi
n .gurrur on his breast and The AmefIcal
e nag waving over their heads, they don
. care il the whole world @ete TO 5lac
q their own shoes and stop buying the dai
'ly papers.''