The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-05-13
FROM ALL POINTS.
About Things Generally.

Marie Van Zandt has been appointed
court singer bv the king OF Holland.
Gen. j. B Weaver, of Iowa. saws Ben
Batter can carry Michigan by 25 900 ma
joiitv.
Importation permits will no longer be
received in Mexico Tor the payment OF
duties.
The steamer Faradv, with tn Bennett
Mackay cable on board, has arrived at
Dover Bay.
The rate war between the Western
Uuion and Baltimore & Oh, Telegraph
companies is growing warm.
Joseph Sarkely, of Z,nesviIle, o..
mistook a jug OF concentrated lye for
vinegar and drank some. He will prob
ably die.
Hon. Alex Long, leading Democrat
and lawyer OF Cincinnati, died on the
2lst inst after lingering illness, aged
seventy-three years.
The growth and prosperity of every
part OF the country, according 10 Mr..
Randaifs peech on the tariff question,
are the legitimate result of high tariff.
The County Poor House, Van Buren,
county. Michigan, was d-stroyed by fire
last week, and about twenty of the un.
fortunate inmates persisted in the flames.
Reports from S,uthein Uiah say that
over half The cattle on the ranges have
died from starvation and exposure, he
cause OF the deep snows of the winter
The report that Louis w., grand duke
of Hesse Darmstadt, and son-in-iaw OF
Q ,een Victoria, has contracted a NOR
ganatlc marriage with divorced woman,
is fully believed in London.
The withdrawal Of Lord Churchill
from the Conservative Union Association
continues t1 excite London political cir
Giles. A reconciliation between Churchill
and Salisbury is said to be impossible
The committee appointed by the Ohio
Legislature TO confer with the secretary
Of the navy with regard to bringing the
remains Of McGahan 60 This coun ry re.
ports that the government favors tht
project.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in an articl,
under the head linee, Disgrace ant
Something More" says the Government
after having compelled General Gordor
to commit his Khartoum friends TO sur.
port hin, now suggests, as the climax o
meanness, that be shall abandon hi
friends.
The Kentucky Democratic State Con
ventiou selected Henry Watterson, j
Stoddard johnson, James A. McKenzi
and Thomas L. Jones delegates to Chi
cago. Mr.. Watterson received the high
est vote The platform has a s,rons
tariR reform plank
Carl Schurz. George Walton Green
A. T. White, Ethan Allen Doty, Fred
erick w. Hollis, D. H. Chamberlain, o
South Care Inns, and David Allerton, In
dependent Republicans, had a confer
ence in New York. Strong opposition
was expressed to both Blaine and Al
thur.
Important fishing item. Puck Gays
has been stated. and some sportsme
will, no doubt, he gial 10 hear it, that
fishing pole has been invented that reg
listers every FISH caught This will d.
away with all fish stories,' inasmuch a
the angler With pole that doesn't reg
lister, will always be regarded with sus
picion.
The longest trestle work in water Il
The world Is on the New Orleans 1
Northeastern division of the Cincinnati
New Orleans q Texas Pacific road.
runs through Lake Pontchartrain, and
twenty-two miles long in the lake. Th
sensation Of sailing through the water o
train of cars at thirty miles an hour
peculiar.
In view Of the approaching presiden
+ tial contest, the National Woman
Christian Temperance Associa ion wi
send out request 10 the American pee
pie to devote May 81 to prayer, request
ing the Lord to lead the people ava
from dead issues. A very sensible pre-
position If the Commercial Gszel,e is il
cluded among the "dead issues
The failure of Grant d Ward hs
caused no little excitement in fnanci
!, circles. The fact that Mr.. Grant q,
, knowledged shortage of $500 900, II
firms accounts in the absence OF M
Ward, whose whereabouts are unknown
give the whole affair very mysterior
look. The suspension of the Marir
: Bank was cause'l, it is said, by Grant
: Wards failure.
e The g-een eyed monster, jealous
prompted Mrs. Wright to shoot Mi
D Celia Eoright at the Toledo Produ,
/. Exchange The social standing of Il
parties concerned is lofty enough to ca
the affair tragedy in high life. Mr.
Wright went about the business wit
great deliberation, bat being q poo
y Emarksman, only inflicted painful wonn
r in the neck of Miss E,right.
|, A big suit for damages was commen,
;. ed last week in the u S. Circuit Cou
n at CleYeland, by Abraham S Hewitt an
: Edward Cooper, of New YORK, again
] the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company I;
5000, 900. claimed for infringement OF Il
Martin patent IN manufacturing steel ft
n seven years, paying no attention to Il
( demands made for royalty. This gu
n interests every mandatory using Ii
e Siemens- Martin process in making stee