The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-08-22
About Things Generally.

The funeral of Cen G. X. Warren
took place at Newport on Saturday
General Hancock was among the pall-
bearers
Bishop L,freche, Of Three Rivers
On'ario, has forbidden the ladies of his
congregation, IN ler pain of sin, from
wearing curls.
Harden Stephenson, farmer, aged
"a, of Concorda, Kentucky, died Sun
day under the il fl renee Of chlUr"form
while being operated upon for cancer OF
the jaw.
The Apaches are creating reign Of
terror in the vicinity of Ures, Sonora
Mexico. A party Of Americans examin
ing the mines were attacked and severely
wounded.
President Jarrett is preparing a cir
cular to prevent the packing of the
workingmen's convention in PennsvIva-
MIA, aud to block lis sale TO the Rapub-
lcan party.
Hiram Veiswin'er an Robert Parker
undertook to shoot pigeon match al
Shenandoah, Pa. on Saturday,. The
former took true aim and shot his op-
ponent's head Off.
Archbishop Nestor, of the Russian
church in Alaska, jumped overheard
from the steamer st Paul enroute to
San Francisco. He was a native OF
Archaneel. The cause was despcnden-
CIV from illness.
Armour, of Chcago, has cornere No.
2 spring wheat for August delivery.
There are only 425, ,0C0 bushels in Chica-
20, and Armour owns all the visible
supply. The short interest is three
million bushels
Little Thunder, Chippew wa Chief, dIei
in Chicago aged about sixty. He was
at the Custer massacre. He was in an
Inlian exhibition at Chicago, and his
companions have danbed their faces
black as morning token.
The seaIer of horse in Minnesota
could not fiHd saddle, and took a sack
of feathers TO ride on. The sack hal a
hole, the feathers were slowly strewn
along the road for twenty miles, ari by
means of them the rascal WAS hunted
down.
At Brownsville, Texas, The outlook is
very uufayora5le. Two new cases OF
yellow fever have developed in The gar
rison at Fort Brown, near by. There
are now about eighty cases of the fever
in Brownsville, aud so far there have
been twelve deaths.
The smallpox hospital which was
closed about week ago at Trenton,
New Jersey, was b:okea into AMI large
quantity Of goods, including clothing
and bedding, taken away. 1t is feared
that the distribution Of these goods will
result in again spreading the smallpox.
Late reports say the Southern coin
and oats crop will he the largest ever
raised IN that section. Harvest has be-
gun in Dakota and Canada, and both
places report the wheat crop the best
ever gathered. The weather is tine and
the crop will be gathered in good condi
lion
There is still much uncertainty rs to
the future of the iron business The
workmen are firm in the determination
to stick to the proposition first submit.
ted. The mill owners at times seem to
show signs OF weakening, hut 1t is i'm
possible to guess what may happen he
tween this and the first of September.
The Norwalk Experiment, like is
Democratic contemporaries, keeps driv-
ing the hot iron in in this way: Not
one Ohio Democrat. either in the House
or Senate, voted to pass the river and
harhor steal over the Presidents veto.
John Sherman and seven Republican
representatives from OHIO voted for the
steal"
Members of Congress are calling each
other liars and thieves. a pretty sure
sign that they are about to adjourn
| When a Congressman gets hot box
and calls another one names, he should
ne treated like car wheel with a hot
box. Dash water in his mouth and hear
him "sizz," and then put in some tsllow
and cotton waste.-Pecks San.
The press of the country condemns
unsparingly the extravaganza of Con
gress in the River and Harbor Bill. and
1t seems strange that such a measure
with public opinion so pronounced
against it should have become law, but
the President in his veto massage struck
the msrro8 Of the matter when he said
the more Objectionable such hill was
the more support it would get in both
Houses of Congress.
Saratoga is more than usually infested
with brides and grooms this year. Oh
course discerning person can tell them
at one glimpse of the soles of their
shoes; although this is curative ex.
preston, it is not had rule for finding
out brides and grooms everywhere, as
they al ways wear new shoes. They ar
usually inoffensive, and find their chief
delight in wearing their new clothes and
looking at themselves in the glass.
The Post-otiioe officials of the House
Of Representatives, in response to an in
quiry as to what member of Congress
distributed the most public documents
responded that General Ben lie Fevre
of Ohio, had sent morepublic documents
than any other member of the House
he having, they said, sent over forty
large sacks since his denomination; thai
there was not publication issued by the
Government bus what G snera LIE Fevro
has had number Of copies distributed
among his constituents
One OF the striking facts Of our i'm
migration statistics is the enormous E
glish immigration of late wears For s
long TINA it has exceeded that from Ire
land, and the Philadelphia American
ventures the prediction that "hefort
many years are over the English vote
will have to be considered qnite as mucI
as the Irish" The English immgran,
does not loiter about the towns As {
rule he is possessed with land hunger
and bringing capital with him he buys 8
[ farm in the west or in the south.
Secretary Chandler's Tallspoosa ex
cnrsion is being arranged with specia
care to keep the public ignorant OF who
| and how monv will nar,Ip;nate in thf