The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-03-31
NEWS BREVITIES.


New Hampshire produces bread enough
to feed her population twenty-eight
days, Massachusetts furnishes enough
for one day, and Rhode Island did not
raise grain enough to give all her peo-
pie breakfast.
Nearly all of Ireland's 1, 1,740, 291 acres
of bog and marsh belong to the great
Allen bog, which spreads over the central
portion of the great limestone plain of
Ireland, and occupies a large portion of
the counties of Roscommon, Galway,
Westmeath, Kings and Queens coun-
ties, and Kildare. This vast bog forma-
ton varies in depth from twenty-five to
forty feet, and is full of stagnant water.
The President has granted Private
James Quinn certificate of merit for
bravery. Quinn was with Lieutenant
Schwatka and scout ''Capt- Jack" in
1876 on the Big Horn and Yellowstone
expeditions, and displayed great person.
al bravery under fire, and while en-
gagged in digging and building breast
works. He also took part, with twenty
five men. in the charge upon an Indian
village. He has participated in six def
mite engagements, and is now engaged
in the service as corporal.
The souvenirs of his trip to India
brought home by the Prince of Wales
have now borne fruit in an English pas
sion for articles of East India make.
The carpets of Mirzapore and Agra,
the jewelry of Delhi, Cuttack, and Tri-
chinopoly, engraved rapousse brass
work of Benares are coming into Lon
don at n pace which fairly alarms
householders of moderate means A
consignment of the Benares brass-ware
also reached New York some weeks ago,
and will soon be offered at auction
there.
One of the most remarkable circum-
stances connected with the anti-Jewish
agitation in Germany is that the Ger
man students are among its most zeal
Gus supporters. A meeting of students
was held recently in Berlin for the pur-
pose of extending the movement, and
it was attended by deputations from
half dozen universities, including
some of the most important in the
country 1t is said that the anti-Jew-
ish petition submitted to Prince Bis
mark has been signed by no fewer than
1,400 Berlin students and 1,022 in
Leipsic.
The threadbare conundrum, "When
is cent not a cent?" was practically an
swered in Baltimore few days since,
at an auction sale of rare and curious
coins. A United States cent of 1898
proved to be worth, to somebody, $28,
and three others of the same date, but
mutilated, aggregated S16.25. Half
dollars, of various dates, from 1875 to
1852, sold at from $3.50 to S1.20 each.
Dimes of 1896 brought "a and SO. 80.
One dollar was paid for an uncirculated
half-cent of 1910, while half-cents of
1894 to 1911 brought prices ranging
from 55 cents to 40 cents. An 1904 cent
was eagerly taken at S11.75.
Two Leadville miners were working
shaft near Chalk rancho, when they
We're surprised by an avalanche, and
one of them, man named Wilson, was
buried at the bottom of the shaft. His
companion, who was at the surface,
narrowly escaped, and at once set to
work exhuming Wilson; but when he
had dug ten feet through the snow, he
despaired and made his way to Lead
vile. On Friday party of four men
started out to get Wilson's body. believ-
ing him to have been dead some time.
Theyworked the greater part of Saturday
when they finally came on the supposed
dead man, frozen stiff, but still retain
ing faint spark of life, which they
succeeded in tanning back into a con-
dition which inspired them with a hope |
of completely restoring him to health. |
They returned with the helpless man to |
Robinson's Camp, where they arrived |
after an exhaustive trip, during which |
one of their number several times faint |
ed away in the snow and had to be car |
ried for a long distance. Wilson is in |
the hands of competent medical -advis- |
ers, but only faint hopes are entertained |
OF his recovery.
The Louisiana Land Redemption
Company has drained $4,000 of its
200, 900 acres, and will plant them with
rice this year. The company makes
the rosy estimate that it will have an
income of $50. 900 when it gets its whole
tract reclaimed. The land is black
loam, from two to six feet deep, and it
is estimated that it will yield four hogs
heads of sugar or forty barrels of rice
to the acre.
Some of the Chinese SMILES are said
to be as pointed as they are sarcastic.
They call clustering, harmless fellow
"a paper tiger A man who places
too high n valuation on himself they
compare to "a rat falling into a scale
and weighing itsclf' "A hunchback
bow is what they call over
doing thing. a spendthrift they COM
pare To "a rocket" which goes off at
once. and 4 man who expends his charity |
on remote objects, neglecting his own
family, is said to- chang lantern on n
pole, which is seen afar, but gives no
light below"
A bill introduced in the New York
relating TO telegraph wires
in New York city, provides that after
July 1, 1882, all telegraph wires within
the city used by telegraph, telephone,
district messenger, or electric light
or any corporation or
person whatsoever, must be laid under
ground, in such manner as may be
agreed upon between the mayor and
The owners of such wire. After that
late it shall not be lawful to use any
wire above ground for any telegraphic
,r electric lighting purpose within the
limits of the city; but nothing shall be
construed to prevent the introduction
If one or more wires within the limits
If any building where the Introduction
5 asked for, or within such building as
nay be owned or leased, in whole or in
part, by any company or person using
elegraph wires
The other morning the town of Lom-
,oc, Cal, was aroused by loud explo-
ion in the Lompoc hotel, kept by Geo.
Sutchart- The dodgers rushed out of
he house, but nothing could be seen.
;hinamen in a wash-house across the
treet said they saw three men stealing
way few minutes before. Examina-
ion showed four bombs had been
brown through the windows of the ho-
Ell, one of which had exploded. The
,ombs were homemade, formed by
cans of powder in sacking.
The bomb which burst was thrown into
shoe-shop, which was part of the ho-
ell, but was not occupied At night
ther bombs were cast into the sleeping
oom of the proprietor and his wife.
lad they exploded, loss of life would
ave been sure 10 follow, as the bombs
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