The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-06-02
ALL SORTS.
In the English railroad system six
teen persons hold 167 directorships.

Il
'.fifteen puzzle" was worked out il
Hutton's Recreation in Mathematical
Science" more than fifty years ago
The HindoOs, Chinese and Egyptian
were familiar with the square Of sNteeI
being consecrated to Jupiter.
There are thirty-eight Roman Catho
lie noblemen with seats in the hous,
of lords, and seventeen without seats
forty-seven Roman Catholic baronets
six Roman Catholic privy councillors
and fifty-five members of the house o
commons.
At Windsor castle a portrait of Lore
Beaconsfield hangs in her majesty pri
vate writing-room, opposite one of thu
!, late prince consort. Once, on beins
asked how it was he managed to be sucl
. favorite with her majesty, he repliet
sententiously: "Wel. you see. 1 nevel
contradict and I sometimes forget -
An enterprise designed to counterac
the enticements of liquor saloons ha:
gone into operation at Boston under the
name Of the Popular Street club. The
house contains music, reading, anG
bath rooms, card and refreshmen
rooms, where light eatables viii be solo
ut cost The rooms viii be open from
8 to IL o'clock p. m ns
George H Williams, the only repre-.
sentative of the negro race in the Ohio
legislature, has fallen heir to e50, 600
by which he will be able to retire from
business and politics, and devote him
self to the history he is writing, cover
ing q period from 1880 to 1880, and en-
titled. sNeproes as Slaves, as Soldiers,
and a Citizens." -
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Affected by his wife's desertion of him
that be tried to throw himself under q
locomotive, but was prevented He
then built . large bonfire, and when it
was well ablaze walked in and was
burned to q cinder.
The Hon. Elisha II. Allen, who repre-
sents King Kalakaua of the Sandwich
Islands, at Washington. is visiting his
old home in Bangor. Forty-four years
ago he was the rival of ex-senator
Hsmlin for Congress. They had pre-
viously been leaders of rival parties in
a short time before Lord Beacons-
Aeld's death he intimated to one of his
attendants that he intended to provide
for all his servants who had been in his
service for q short time. LAS for the
OIQtrS, Sdlu ucs IL Will IAOt oO hCCC1
sary to make any provision, as they have
} lalready done so for themselves
- The back-bay district in Bostor, is
soon to have q music hall, located on
Dartmouth street. to be known as Dart
mouth hall The walls will be of
pressed brick and sandstone. with ter
ra-cotta panels, the base of granite. and
the building, six stories high, will have
a frontage of LOG feet and depth of
252 feet, seating / $50 on the floor and
$50 in the balcony. it.
The chair for the presidents desk in
the new senate chamber at Albany is
made of mahogany, carved and highly
polished, is upholstered in red leather,
and its highest point is five feet six inch
es above the floor. Above the cushion
at the back the frame holds a carved
panel In the centre is representa-
fion of the suns disc, across which
floats a steamer with the word Excel
sior'' cut deeply in it. On one side is
cut an olive branch and on the other
the branch of an oak.
Prince Mouzour-E -Eddin, son of Nasser-
Eddin, the shah of Persia, will shortly
arrive in Paris. The young prince in
tends performing complete tour of
Europe, and will begin his peregrina-
tions with France. Another exotic
arrival, which has lately been announced,
is that of the sultan Of Zanzibar, who.
st is said, is going to France with the
object Of studying the French naval or
ganiZation, in view of establishing a
national navy of his own ut Zanzibar.
Julia T. Smith. the survivor-of the
Glastonbury Smith sisters, has paid her
tax this year, but not without .'solemn
protest against the iniquity of taxation
without representation" and n decla-
ration that she had not changed her
principles. During six successive pre-
Vious years she refused to pay, and the
collector seized and sold eleven acres |
of land. bank share, and number
OF cows |
That problematical reptile, the sea-
serpent. is responsible for the insanity |
of George Drevor.a q captain in the Eng
lish merchant marine. at his recent
trial for having sent threatening letters,
to q wreck commissioner, the captain
exhibited q specimen of the sea-serpent
which he had preserved in q bottle of
spirits. In one of his letters he wrote
''I sincerely believe that God, for some
wise purpose. has been pleased to reveal
LuIS STcotcSI WOAuCE VI |
70 me-" 3 ~ -
At Bethel, Giles county. Tenn, B. A.
Christopher rode to field where John
Daniel was blowing and called him to
he fence As Daniel approached,
shot him five times, each.
hot taking effect The wounded man
.allsd to his daughter to bring his gun
% him, but by the time she reached
,im he was dead. Christopher's horse
rot loose and stopped near Daniels
loor. He sent two men to get it, but
)aniePs daughter drove them away by
to shoot them. She tried
o kill her father's murderer, but he es-
:aped. tasUtsfb III
Il. Nikolaus Rubinstein died lately in
,aris about the same time as Russian
IL is reported that theirj
,odies were sent to Russia by the same
rain. At Berlin the collins were acci-
Ientally changed, with the result that
While Rubinstein was quietly inferred at
siga. the body of theunknown Russian
,aroness was committed to the earth
mid Al the epo1np and circumstances of
public funeral at Moscow. The re-
crupulous French wit, but the mistake
vas one which, if the collins were not
pened, might easily occur. M "a
B. S. George. while iexcavating for .
ellar near Weirs Landing. Lake VIM
ipiseogee, came across a rough-look-
az. singular-shaped earthen pot, bur-
ID little over two feet below the sur
ace, containing over pintof q bright
ed mixture supposed to be indian war
sint Surrounding the poi, was a lot
Indian stone utensils, and q short II,
istance away were two ovens. The
aint is in good state of preservation.
ut the pot crumbled on being brought
I, the surface. t-f p f-ft FI3,t
Aohammed-eLSadok the present
ey of Tunis, lives in palace which is
marvel Of Moorish architecture. The
xterior walls are of dazzling whiteness
nd reflect the suns rays like a mirror.
be upper part of the building being
lass of embattled towers, green and