The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-11-13
GENERAL ITEMS.

Gen. Sleedman's oldest son by his last
wife is named Samuel Jones Tilden
Steedmsn. MIR. Til len will take charge
of the four-yeat-old lad and educate
him.
Another discovery of gold has been
made in Clermopt county. Ohio, about 3
miles from the place worked for gold in
1869. There Is much excitement in the
territory
The Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany has relieved Levi Mccormick from
duty, and promised him full pay for the
rest OF his life. He has been for 80
years a conductor on the Com pany's
70 d. fer
Frank Wilkes, OF Z,nesvile, o, o
grandson Of Commodore WILKES, of the
United States Navv, In her'iing sheep
near Pleasant Valley Station, became
lost and died OF starvation and exDo
sure. His remains will be sent to Ohio.
Paper IS now made in Sweden from
the bleached anil bianched remains OF
MOSES that lived centuries ago, and now
found in enormous quantities. The pa
per is turned ont in all 'iegrees of ex-
cellence from tissue to three -fourths OF
an inch thick.
The average gross weight OF hogs al
Cincinnati in the past year has been
0S7I onnp1a of e II
podnds over the year previous; OF cattle
969 l9 pounis, an increase OF 7414
pounds; OF sheep 1878 pounds, an in
crease OF 81 of pound.
The offsprings Of J c. Cary of Sump-
ter. Ga., are q very enterprising set oI
people in the way OF multiplying their
numbers There are six children. who
although Mr.. Cary is only So wears old,
have msde him grsnd-paps 2S times
ard great-grandfather once.
According to Mormon figures, in the
last six months 7Sl Mormons have died
$500 Mormon children have been horn
and the U ah membership m nunbsrs l27 :
2st, distributed in $1,000 families. The
astounding item il the number of new
members, % 900; an increase Of 20 per
cent.
William Sqxe, OF Quaker City, aged
about sixieen years, shot himself by the
accidental discharge OF gun, while
crossing a railroad bridge at that pace
The gun dropped, striking the hammer,
and discharged the whole load into hi.
abdomen, with an upwary t, ,ndency. His
injuries are supposed to be fatal.-
Guernsey Times.
The committee of Pittsburgbers who
vent to the Government Engineers Of
fee in New York about the newrsilroad
bridge at Wheeling, have returned. Their
mission was satisfactory. The new
bridge will he located about ons-quarter
OF mile above the head OF Wheeling
Island, and will be ninety feet above low
water marx, with cont nuous SPINS.
The main channel span will be 507 feet,
the others $50 feet.-Register.
Henry NJ Stanley, the African explor
ers, writes to Boston friend OF fresh
explorations and new discoveries in the
Congo region. In the equatorial dis
tricts he finds the population very dense,
which il 1t were uniform, would give
about 100000 people in the equoto-
rial basin Of Africa. He Gays the ma
tves are born traders. that their pro.
ducts would repay transportation, and
that tribes, between whom be msde
peace, elected him father and mother Of
their country
Fashion DEGREES that in the street
promenade the larger and fatter the lady
the smaller and scrawnier should be the
dog which she carries in ber arms. The
small, thin, pale woman may carry a
Newfoundland or Siberian bloodhound
ii she chooses, but the robust. ponder
Gus leader Of fashion must wear on her
bosom the most diminutive OF CANNES,
the weaker andisorer-eyed the better.
Mr.. Blaine gets from the publishers
of his new book $4,000 cash down,
and royalty of fifteen cents volume
There are advance orders for one hun
dred thousand copies. and 1t is expected
that fully three hundred thousand will
be sold This would yield the author
S120 600 in all, which is somewhat more
than the average writer OF books get.
A dancing professor, upon bein g in
terviewed, says the dancing Of The pres
ent time is net done on the toes, but flat
footed, so that it is not fatiguing, but
merely healthful ex ,rcise. Fathers Of
unruly boys. however, say that dancing
is still done on the toes, especially if the
strap has buckle on the end Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Rsvenna Republican thinks that
snow, that The lines are more Closely
between the two parties, "the
old leaders of the Republican party
are found made qua,e." and that the
young men in the party must come t.
the:front o., no. Let s',he old lead
ers of the Republican party continue at
the helm; nut lot the Young men unite
thair daslinies with the Democratic
party, which will be the p,rty OF the
great future.