The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Secretary JOHN SHERMAN is crowding
the Whisky Rng men in the West. He
says they must pay up.
ltis alleged that small amount of
plundering has been g ling on in the
construction Of the Custom house in st
Louis.
Strange they can not see man in
London wearing high-standing collar
and big diamond pm without saying,
"There goes an American forgerl"
New York CITY has discovered that it
has 10000 marriageabe women whom
nobody wants to marry, and the Sun
suggests that some Of them be drowned.
The silence of old Sitting Bull Nor
ton is ominous. He is laying torpedoes
under the Hayes branch of the Repub
lie, jim Blaine, of Maine, holds the
string and will touch them off at the
proper moment
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad officials estimate the
peach crop for the coming season at
over 100000 baskets This IS 2,5OO,-
600 more than the crop of 1875, aud
the largest ever raised on the peninsula.
In New York, the Windsor Hotel
pays rent of $I25,00O per annum /; the
rent of the Fifth Avenue Hotel is 5000
600. A. I. Stewart Il Co. receive from
Breslin. Purcell & Co the large SUN,
per annum, of SlS0,0O0 for the Metro
] politan Hotel. ~e
! The Erie Railway Company consumes
ABOUT l5, 100000 feet of timber annually
in the construction of its cars, trucks,
dc. This large amount, including about
100000 worth of black walnut year,
is all collected along the line of the
road.
Two ladies, we'll known in London
society, recently shot pigeon match on
the lawn of mansion in the north of
England. The shooting was, however,
not very good, the winners score being
but three birds out of seven at dis
tance of eighteen yards.
Dom Pedro is astonishing the French
of Paris BY six o'clock in the morn
ing he plunges into the Seine, at eight
O'Clock he descends into the Catacombs,
at nine O'Clock he is at the top of the
Arch Of Triumph, and so lie goes from
early morn till dewy eve.
The San Francisco pound keeper,
wishing to secure all the unregistered
dogs he could get, advertised for dog.
Over 400 men applied with their animals,
of which only twenty were found to have
been licensed Hence $50 dogs were
killed, as the law directs.
/ The Hon. Samuel j Randall says that
the Democrats are sure 10 carry Penn
syRania at the next election. We do
not doubt it. The uprising of the peo,
tple against the party of fraud will be
great and overwhelming whenever they
have an opportunity of expressing their
convictions at the ballot box. @
There is a curious situation in Ohio.
One year ago the Republicans refused
to run Judge Taft for Governor because
he was too liberal Now they are urg.
ing him for the nomination because he
is less liberal than the President Has
the Judge become more orthodox, OF
have the faithful backslidden little
; Senator Jones, of Florida, says an
orange grove or fig plantation is the
, greatest riches man can possess. II
takes about five years before fig plan.
tation can be made perfect, and abou,
seven years before an orange grove can
be said to be paying. For century
they bear their crops without any more
, expense.
The London Times shows anxiety as
to the Russian army in Asia The army
has thus far, given pretty good evidence
of its ability TO take care of itself; but
it is far from home, with an insurrectior
, behind it, well guarded mountain passe.
before it, and Turks all around it. Il
must be admitted that the situation is 6
little delicate.
Now forest fires is the demon of de
: struction. In portions of New York
and the mountains of New Hampshire
hundreds of people have been rendered
homeless by the fiery monster Houses
mills, stores and churches have beer
: laid waste, and people are fleeing TO
{ safety, many scarcely succeeding in es
!. Gaping with their lives
!, Christian Ross, father of the lost boy
! had a long conference with P. T. Bar
= mum at Bridgeport last Saturday. Th
great Snowman believes that if the bo,
!, is still living he can effect his restora
! ton, and with Mr.. Ross's consent vii
offer a reward of $4,000, mo ques
:, tions asked" 1t is dull public tina
: does not understand how Mr. Barnun
: will get his money back if he finds tn
= lad. F5..
i Mr.. Charles Francis Adams think
Mr.. Hayes has hard row to hoe. h
Il has indeed, and rightly, for he was pu
q into Office by successful conspiracy tt
|. cheat the people out of the Presiden
. they elected The rightful President Q
!. the United States does not live in tn,
h White House, the lease of which ha
!. been fraudulently obtained by Ruther
ford B Hayes, but in Gramercy Park
!. lin New York, and his name is Samue
j. Tilden.
A few minutes before the Rockfor
(Ills.) Courthouse fell to pieces las
Friday, the contractor, w. D.. Richard
son, and the superintendent, F. E. La
: than, were on top of the dome, an
q were predicting that the building woul
topple over. Suddenly they heard
8 crash and rushed for the west wall o
+ the building, where they stood when tn
e dome went down. As soon as the dus
?. cleared away they escaped from thei
: dangerous position by the aid of rope
: A field-glass which belonged to Stone
: : wall' Jackson is now in the possession
= of Mr. j. L Bechtel Of Schoeneck
: % Lancaster County, Penn. The glass
y ~ which was made in England, is of pecu
:. liar construction and is covered wit
= sharks skin. 1t was captured at Goocf
e land, near Richmond, during the cor
= test at that place. The surgeon of Gen
u .. "a