The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-04-01
FROM ALL POINTS.
About Things Generally.

on all sides.
There is bill before Congress to ALLOW
tobacco dealers sum equal to the stamp.
destroyed BY the food.
The Marietta Register is for Johr
Sherman for President and Robert T
Lincoln for Vice President.
List, who was reprievsd for fifty years
by the Governor Of Delaware, will be CON
sidered prisoner for life in the county
Jail at Wilmington.
The semi.official German papers ar,
urging the Turks to occupy Suakfm ani
other plces on the Red Sea. This cours,
would, IN their opinion, prevent more
distressing complications 10 regard &c
the Egyptian question.
General Grahsm's messenger, who
was sent to ask the sheiks to come tc
the British camp, returned with the re-
ply from Osman that the sword is The
only medium of communication between
himself and the English Cabinet.
Mr.. Dana. in the Sun, offers q defiui.
tion OF "mug wump,". to wit: "A little
man In big place and not yet found
out" and "The mugwump, in short, is
one OF the big toads in the puddle; and
sizes and qualities vary with the pud
dies"
OF twenty-one prominent Rapnblicau,
OF Bellaire, inter, iewed by the Indepen.
dent, seventeen we're for Blaine for Pres.
ident, two for E imunds. one for Sherman
and one for Lincoln. The latter was
named by almost oil for the second
place.
The ten plaques of an newspaper Office
are bores, poe:s, eranks, rats, cockroach.
es, typographical errors exchange fieuds,
books canvassers. delinqusn's snbscri.
bers, and the man who always knows how
to run the paper better than, the manager
does himself.
The President has nominated David
j. Brewer, Of Kansas, as United States
Circuit Judge Of the Eighth Judicial cir.
cult, vice George W. McCrary, resigned,
and Julius e. Burrows, of Michigan, as
Solicitor Of the Treasury, vice Kenne't
Raynor, deceased
Virginia, according TO Congressman
George Wise, wants the campaign con.
Quoted on the Oslo platform. This is
the general Democratic view so far as
the tariff is concerned, and We have no
doubt the Ohio tariff view will be adopt
ed by the National Convention.
Judge Drummond has entered fnal
decree in Tue case Of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad against Samuel j. Tiiden
aud Lewis Meyer, folding the plaintiff
indebted to the deiendants in the sum
Of $50. .962. 80 for services performed in
organizing The Chicago and Alton Com
pany.
At Salem, Mass an exhibition was
made Of . ne ~ bleaching process by parai,
ine soap, which. It is thought. will revo
lotionizs the bleaching business OF the
world. The new method requires but q
few bours. There 10 scarcely any loss
Of weight, and none OF fiber, and the
cloth never mildews.
The Republicans 10 Congress are rails.
ing the old crv against economical legis.
lation. They are faving about the
Demoetsts crippling the government
When the star route and whisky ring
thieves found the treasury door shut 10
their faces they raised the same CRY and
the country knows what it meant.
Captain Adam Miller, q pfominenl
citizen OF Newcomerstown o fell under
the Pan Handle train, running twenty
miles an hour and saved bis lie by won;
derful presence OF mind. He lay qnie
while The entire tram passed over him
The buttons on his coat were ecrapec
of, and some OF his clo.hing torn away
A few days since a sad acciden, oc
Cured near Flushing, o. A farmer b,
the name Of Bolten had gone into th,
woohs for the purpose OF cutting timber
His little boy, about seven years ole
accompanied him. The child was stand
ing few feet behind tree which thel
were eating, in apparent security, bu
as it fell 1t spit, the main part springins
in the opposite direction, crushing tn
child to the ground. and killing him al
most instantly. =
Osman Digna has assumed the dres
ola dervish. His followers are estl
mated at from l,o00 to 5000, and or,
exhorling him to 6ght third time, will
promises OF success. II is expected tha
q battle will be fought Tomorrow. Ad
miral Hewitt; has dlsbanded the Abys
sinian scouts because they thrashed th'
Egyptians. He has liberated the temal
slaves. and ordered the ruuaways to b.
restored to their masters on the grount
that the Egyptians control, allowing
slavery to continue in force. Osmal
Digua is telling his followers that b.
possesses power of rendering Epglisl
bullets harmless.