The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-21

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F, A Fond du Lac banker absconded
with $500, 600. but his tender conscience
compelled him to send back $3.50 be.
longing to cemetery fund.
Ten years ago Liege, Belgium, turn.
ed out thirty-six per cent fewer gun
barrels than Birmingham; now Liege
furns out thirty five per cent more.
The returns of the commerce of Aus
.fria and Hungary for January and Feb
ruary show that the import of wheat ex-
ceeded the export by 228. 600, 900 cwts.
! The great house of Godillot, contract
ors for military clothing; the publishing
house of Firmen-Didot, and many other
private firms of Paris are being con-
verted ipto joint stock companies.
A new industry, the extensive culti-
Wation of flowers for perfumery purpos-
rs, is about to be started in California.
In Europe it is very remunerative; a
good crop of lavender will yield 81. 500.
The United States Consul at Bremen,
in drawing attention to the widespread
Oounterfeiting of American goods in
German markets, says that the German
imitators have been ably seconded by
many American manufacturers failing
20 maintain their original standard Of
excellence.
The stock of unlicensed Toronto bars
is seized by the police. who take it to
the police court, where its destruction
is ordered by magistrate. ALI the
lager beer at q picnic was seized the
other day, and the bungs officially
pulled out
Henry w. Hook bequeathed $4,000
10 Philadelphia charities, but the will
has been declared invalid. George X.
Tryon. the heir of the estate. voluntari-
1y pays the money to the institutions,
declining to defeat the wishes of the
dead philanthropist-
1t is significant of the attractions
which the Australian colonies offer at
present to emigrants that whereas 3D.
782 persons emigrated in April from
Liverpool to the United States, 13 went
thence to Australia British North
America got 3, 500, and the West Indies,
16.
: Already Sothern's character of Dun
dreary is being Experimental with by
comedians, saOur American Cousin
being q play unprotected by copyright.
All Of them closely initiate the dead ac-
tor, and one-George Holland-was
formerly q member of Sothern's COM
pany.
An Ohio law forbids the giving of ne
gro minstrel performances on Sunday.
The San francisco Minstrels being adj
gised that they could legally appear if
their faces were not blacked, went
through with their entertainment with
out burnt cork
Mr.. Walters application for an in
junction against the reprinter of Lord
biography, which ap-
peared in the London Times, was re-
fused because he declined to name the
author and join him in the plea. The
author was Sir William Harcourt, the
Home Secretary. who received 81, 600
for the article. The Messrs. Longman
have since, with the sanction of the
Times. reproduced it at price which
will soon drive the unauthorized version
out of the market.
A writer in the Genteman's Maga
zine says: .'Year by year the rigors
the east wind seem to augment. and the
conclusion that some deplorable change |
has taken place in our climate is being |
forced upon u.s."
When Mr.. Disraeli first came forward |
at Wycombe as Parliamentary candi-
date he was opposed by a territorial |
magnate. OF course the friends of the |
latter made much of the connection of |
the magnate with the county, &C., at |
the hustings. "On what do you standr'
shouted a man to Mr.. Disraeli. 81
stand" he replied, ION what you never
wilton my head"
Revivalist Wannemacher, while con-
ducting total abstinence meeting at
Reading, Pa, attacked the character
of Frederick Lauer. the leading brewer
Of the city. The Rev. J. NJ. Spear, who
had been aiding in the exercises, arose
to defend the brewer, saying that Lauer
was temperate, enterprising, public
spirited and honest. This was too
much for Wannemacher, who inter-
rupted Spear and asked him to quit the
hall.
The are 1000 French Canadian mill
operatives in Holyoke, Mass. and the
children among them have learned to
speak English. The majority of the
Canadians do not like this, and have pc
,itioned for French public school.
They have also appointed a committee
20 revise all the names of their people,
n order to restore TO the original form
Ill those that have in any degree be-
,ome Americanized in spelling or pro-
The new theatre, by GARNER of Paris,
It Monte Carlo is q magnificent edifice,
almost as large as the Paris Opera
House. As it is to play the part of both
heatre and concert hall it resembles .
rast and sumptuous saloon rather than
theatre. There Is but one box-that
# the Prince of Monaco.
Notwithstanding the lugubrious ac-
cunts which daily come to hand of the
of rent, a1d thousands OF
Icres going out of cultivation, the Lon
lon papers contain accounts of plenty
4 balls and parties, and fashion ga
cites have whole pages of description
4 ladies' dresses at court.
Jonas Haywood murdered q man at
Ionon ngahela, Pa, and fed. His dis
uise was so perfect that he could not
9 recognized from the printed descrip-
ion of him sent to the police through
ut the country; but two words in that
HE suffers" were fatal to
is chance of permanent escape De- :
,ctives kept their ears open for a stut- 9
,rer. arrested several innocent ones, z
nd finally caught Haywood. e
The last panacea for the woes of the
ritish farmer is that he should grow C
,bacco. A writer advocates its culti- o
ation in the midland and southern :
,unties of England, and asserts that it
ould yield, if properly grown. profit
I EGO an acre. The cultivation of to-
acco is at present forbidden in Eng
md, under an old act of Charles IL,
nd in Ireland by an act of fifty years.
A cruel blunder was made in an
punching the verdict in q st. Louis muir
" case The foreman of the jury A
anded the clerk several slips of paper,
I'd the clerk read: I'VE find the pris-
,er guilty on the ground of insanity" y
be culprit's face lighted up with de-
rht, and he exultingly shook hands n
lth his counsel. There's . mistake"
id the foreman to the clerk; you've
n IL