The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-12-28
NEWSLINGS.
Jay Gould has rented a pew in
Dir. John +. PaXton's church, on
Forty second street, New York, for
81 800 year.

Jay GOuld mas rented pew IN |
Dir. John +. PaXton's church, on
Forty second street, New York, for
ST 800 a year.
Edward Miller, blacksmith, Of |
Wapakonetta, Ohio, had his arm
broken while shooing a horse, which |
fell on his arm.
George Cherry, for burglary at |
Washington c. H., OLio, has been
jailed in default of $500 bail to
await the action of the grand jury.
1t is rumored that Frank Jackson,
said to be the leader Of the Font
Worth train robbers, has been cap
tured by Texas detectives in the IN
dian Territory.
Brison Armstrong, Jr, Il young
man and farmer, living near Shell
byvilie, Indiana, has been declared
insane He has lost his reason on
religion.
The banking house of ID. NJ. Tom
lin, at Arapahoe, Neb., suspended
payment last week. Tomlin' assets
are stated to be $4,000, enough to
Just cover the liabilities
Thomas J. Glidden,aged 81 years,
died Of old age, near Caldwell, Ohio.
He was born in Maine. He was one
of the founders of the Republican
party, and a wealthy and highly re-
spected citizen.
MJOhn Powers died at Meadville,
Pennsylvania, from the effects of
knife wounds inflicted 10y woman
named Grace Fairchild in restau-
rant at that place about three weeks
ago. The woman is in jail awaiting
trial.
VIM. Hoagland, u wealthy citizen,
living near Decatur, Indiana, was
chopping down Il tree last week, ard
in falling it struck another tree,
breaking off a limb, which struck
him On the head, fracturing his
skull. Little hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
About $50 feet of the Pennsviva-
mia Railroad Company's extensive
freight wharf in the old Navy Yard
property on the Delaware River
front, Philadelphia, caved in last
Monday morning. There was a large
amount of valuable freight on the
the wharf Loss $4,000.
Thomas Haviland, an adopted son
of William II. Cramer, 4 farmer at
North Castle, West Chester County.
New York, was found dead in a hay
NOW with his throat cut and moose
laying beside him, showing that he
contemplated hanging himself also.
He was only nineteen years old, and
was much smitten with a pretty
young neighbOr.
The crop Of grapes in California
this year is estimated st lIS,0G0
tons, Of which 10000 tons we're sent
to the East.
Thompson II. Murch, the stone
cutter who defeated Eugene Hale for
Congress in Maine in 1879. died in
the insane asylum at Danyers, Mass,
last Wednesday, at the OF forty
eight years.
The appearance Of Senator Evarts
in new hat has created q sensation
in circles of craftsmanship and Jour
nalism at Washington. It is un-
derstood that the Senator laid Ey
his gran dfathcr's tile with great re-
luctance.
An eccentric woman, recently de
ceased, left $l50,000 by will to Miss
Chrisale King. Of Ontario, Canada.
provided she marry 4 young nan
named Gilbert Allen or the Cay OF
the funeral. The provisions of the
will were promptly complied with.
The lawyers Of the Senate have a
great way of becoming intimate with
out any regard to party lines. Sena
tor Evarts has lately developed quite
a friendship for Senator Vest. The
sharp, dry, satirical talk Of the lit
tie Missouri Senator evidently
amuses the New York Senator very
much. They present 3 striking con
trast when together.
On the 9th ofnext June the Gate
City Guard, of Atlanta, Ga, the
crack military company Of the
South, accompanied by number of
their Southern friends and acquain-
tanccs, will leave Atlanta and on
the ID Of July embark for Europe
on board one Of the Antwerp steam
ers, of the Red Star line, sailing
from New York. They will be alb
sent three months.
Mr.. Whittier says in his gentle
way that he doesn't visit Boston of
ten now. Il am lost in Boston," he
adds. II miss the faces Of Whipple,
Longfellow, Phillips, Garrison, and
such a host Of friends. | was there
however, a week or two ago. Sc
much of tie city is new to me, too;
it has grown out of knowledge.
Everything seems to drift towards
New York"
The government will give up its
tea farm in June next. 1t has cost
$3S,000 to run the experiment dur
ing the last eight years. The farm
was originated in the barren hope
that perhaps the tea plant might be
cultivated as a domestic industry,
but It has come to he mere a dis
tributing center for those who wish
plants for trial.
The late King Alfonso of Spain is
not yet officially buried, although he
has Just been dead year. Accord
ing to rigid Spanish etiquette royal
persorages must become "mummiti-
od' before being finally laid to rest,
and so their collins are placed in a
special chamber in the rock, where
wat0r falls constantly upon the
corpse until it is completely petrifi-
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