The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

lHE next national prison congress vii
meet at Toronto, Ont.
GEORGE M. PULLMAN is worth SIS, 600 90
IN the Chicago tax list.
The proposed exhibition at Brussels II
tseS has been abandoned.
MRS. VICTORIA ScHILLrSa, nee Morisihi
mas been found--in Europe.
IwENrY-NINR postmasters earned les
shan dollar piece Inst year.
The official census of Prussia shows ,
population Of 2S,3ls, 45s persons.
KANSAS CITY has contracted for a 5000, ,0O
ure-proof board Of trade building.
a NEBRASKA court is asked to decide tn,
question: Whats in a sausageln
a MEMORIAL history of the Jews in Amer
'ca is proposed, to be issued in 1892
a rWo-PouNp nugget of virgin gold ha,
peen found in Pennsylvania County, N. c
IhE city of Glasgow is to raise monu
ment to Burns Highland Mary at Dunoon
BILL1ARD-cLoTH green seems to have beer
generally decided upon as fashionabl,
color.
CHARLESTON has sent contribution oi
clothing and mone,- to the Sabine Pass suf
terers
INSURANCE policies on the Thanksgiving
turkey are too near out to be safe invest
ments.
NEW YORK has the tobogganing craze
Vhis will be the chief amusement this
winter.
tHE red man is an expensive luxury.
over $A,OO0,OOO was expended upon him
last year.
"A sTovE-PoLIsH PEDDLER choked to death
on Kansas City restaurant beefsteak the
other day.
"FIvE hundred tall ladies to wear rubber
cloaks as an advertisement" are wanted in
New York.
a MARYLAND paper is moved to sympa-
thy for citizen who had 1.-TWO of his legs
cut off by a train.'
THE strike at the Chicago stockyards is
said to have cost those indulged in it no
less than $4,000 day.
The life of Syracuse lady was saved bv
her corset. 1t caught bullet on the fy
which was aimed at her heart
A HOPEFUL old citizen of Irwin County
Ga., has just married for the fifth time, the
latest bride being grandmother.
THE MASSACHUSETTS Supreme Court has
decided that the BARRIERS of that State
must close their shops on Sunday.
A BILL providing for the application of
o.
auced into the Alabama Legislature
"A MONUMENT to Ovid, the Latin poet, is
being erected at Constandia. Ovid has
waited long time for this recognition.
RUSSIAN engineer claims to be able to
reduce petroleum to crystals. These then
viil become the servant girls favorite
bindings.
LORD LoNsDALE's and Violet Cameron,s
experience in this country tells the rakes
pl europe that the American stage has no
use for such.
AS THE statue of Liberty is now the
property of the United States, New York
does not hold herself responsible for the
lighting of the torch.
COLONEL P. DoNAU recently brought to
new orleans from Honduras an opal which
Is said to be the second largest in the world.
1t is as big as hens egg.
IHR inventor of the locomotive cow
catcher is living in Cincinnati, compare
lively poor, having received q very small
amount for his invention.
MR.. ROBERT TREAT PAINE is building a
number of small dwelling houses in Boston
which he intends to sell at cost to deseryin,
people of moderate means
A DISHONEST 'welry peddler was mobbed
et Ann Arbor, Mich. He took refuge in a
sotei' ana the fire department was called
out to dsperse the crowd with cold water.
The total official valuation of personal
property for tax purposes in New York
City, is only $2l7 100000, which is probably
not more than one-fourth of the actual
value.
AN Austrian who calls himself winklee-
meier is visiting London. He is eight feet
SIX inches in height, and is one of the tallest
men VINO have lived since the days Of the
Anakin.
A NEW worm is infesting the apple crop
ABOUT New Brunswick, M j. 1t looks like
coarse hair, and varies from two to five
inches in length. 1t lodges in the core and
eats outward.
A MUscATINE, IA, man sent his brother . |
tombstone as birthday present, recently.
out the ungrateful recipient refused to nav |
the express charges, SO the donor had to |
send the amount.
IN one respect the next Congress will he
an Improvement on the last-it will con
Lain member of the Smith family. His +
'front.' name is Henry and he is the Labor
representative of the Fourth Wisconsin
district.
The Japanese national flag consists Of
the weather signal for high temperature
IT is not certain whether this is intended as
a threat to all enemies of the .'mipbty
hosts OF Titipu, or expresses the celebrated
Japanese motto, ''It's cold day when we
get left"
MIR. WToDD, deputy marshal of Paola
KS, wears, probably, the most novel neck,
tie that ever adorned a shirt front. IT, is
made of the skin Of rattlesnake, and the
rattle is used for q scarf-pin. Thus when
out with the boys Toddy always manages
to have rattling good time.
GEORGE WHITE, a negro, who now resdes
1t Bullock's Bayou, Concordia Parish, La.
the other day swore before the federal
grand jury that he was the father of 185
children. White is seventy-four years of
lge and quite intelligent He insists that
no mas Kept an accurate account of his chill
1ren and that they number 1885,
A SILVER dollar weighs very nearly an
'unce, hence any letter not heavier than a
ioilar can go for q single two-cent stamp.
1--WE nickels and small copper cent will
Ilso give an ounce. (
A GALL has been made for Convention
4 the Trades Unions of the United States
nd Canada to be held at Columbus. O..
December 8. The object of
he meeting is the establishment of a
rades congress.
The nurse of the baby Alfonso XIII, of
pain, isA famous girl now. When the
oyal youngster received his three decora-
ions from the King OF Portugal she ex-
laimed: snow, / trust his little Majesty /,
ill kAap his cla .