The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
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ing 1Or nef laUely OeceaSeu pdnIHci-
kitten Tigrette.
The new clerk of the courts of Ches-
ter county, Pa. is Mrs. Rebecca P.
Nields-the first woman who ever held
that office in the county.
Lake Linden, Mich, is excited over
the discovery of copper in apparently
large quantities just north of town
upon the grounds of the Ship canal
company.
Anthracite coal has been found on
several farms in the town of Hebron,
Washington county. N. Y, specimens
proving to be of fine quality and free
being made to develop the deposits.
George McOide, colored, of Wrights-
town, N. j., shot large arctic owl
recently. The bird was a pure white,
dotted with brown spot the size OF
pea. Its eyes were of gold color,
about the size of 5-cent nickel piece.
NJ. Albert Wolf, the typical writer
of the Figaro, is called .'the Partisan
of Parisians," and is looked upon as
the very quintessence of the boule-
Yards; yet, strange to say, he is Ger
man by birth and was educated at Co
Iogne.
DR.. A. B. Jones, of Huntsville, Ala,
has purchased the buildings and equip
ments of the Huntsville Female Col
lege. This property has been in liti-
CATION nearly 20 years, having been
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
All the steel marking and canceling
stamps used by the various postotfices
throug out the country are made in
the little machine shop OF Col Benla-
min Chambers, at Heathsville, Va.
Heathsvilie itself was one of the first
towns established by the settlers in
, Virginia.
A warning against wearing full
boards comes from Burlington, n. j.
Gen. Abraham Post of taat city was
talking with friend near cigar
stand when his beard came in contact
with the cigar-lighter. Before the fire
could be eXtinguished his face was
/ badly burned.
An old couple of 92 years, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Hiram Bates, of Hanover, Mass.
were born in the same town, on the
same day and same hour, brought up
| together, and have now been married
So years. The old man wants TO bet
| 500 that he can 'trassle" and beat any
man of his own years.
1t is not generally known that one
of the sons of Sir Morell Mackenzie,
| the physician who is intrusted with the
charge of the Grown Prince of Ger
many's case. is on the stage. He is a
member of the Adelphi Tneater Com
pany in London, in which he figures
under the name of H. II. Morell.
Mr.. Gatling has invented another
gun, which he calls the ssfOlice gun,
and which is designed for use in riots.
1t is brass, weighs 78 pounds, is mount
ed on tripod with universal joint,
| works very much like the Gatling gun,
and will deliver 200 shots a minute
in any direction-sideways, up OF
| down.
Special Agent Tingle. in charge OF
the Seal islands of Alaska, estimates
that 80, 600 scalskins have been unlaw,
fully taken during the past year, and
on the basis of ten seals killed or NOR
tally wounded by these marauders fol
each skin they secure, the number OF
seals killed by .em during the year is
placed ut 100000.
OF the 1,406 students of Michigan
university, it is stated by President
Angel that the parents of 502 were
farmers. III merchants, SO lawyers
83 physicians, 81 manufacturers, 81
mechanics, and 81 clergymen. He es
Inmates that as many rs 40 per cent be
longed to the class who gained tkeil
living by manual toll
In the stomach of cow killed il
La Crosse, Wis, were found one sill
yer piece, two wood screws, each an
inch in length, six carpet tacks, 2;
shingle nails, two large knitting
needles, and one street railway spike
three inches long. One of the needle:
had pierced the cows lungs and caused
the formation of big tumor.
The sloop Favorite, which recently
foundered near Orient, L. l., was
wrecked by a beach weasel which
was loaded into the vessel when she
took on cargo of seaweed. Finding
himself confined in the hold, the weas,
el gnawed hole in the side of tho
sloop below the water line, and the re,
suit was that the Favorite foundered
William N. Riddle. ex-President oi
the Penn Bank. of Pittsburg, and now
New York broker, is among the best
close-range shots in America. He is q
pale, slender man, with only one lung.
1t was owing to his invaldism that he
became ii crack shot. When not al
10 y ed to walk about he. used to sit in
the hospital yard and snoot ut mark
nearly all day.
Since Boston Corbett has been placed
in the insane asylum his effects al
| Concordia, Kan, have passed into the
hands of an administrator, and among
tRem was the identical Enfield rifle
with which Corbett shot the SLAYER OF
Lincoln. This old weapon has been
purchased for S. by Grand Army OF
the Republic post at Concordia, and
will be kept as relic.
Newspaper men in Germany have to
be very careful about punctuation.
The Hofer 1dgebtaU Il short time ago
said decoration had been conferred
upon Count Won Holstein. By an
oversight an exclamation point instead
of period appeared at the end of the
sentence, and for this the authorities
seized the whole issue and instituted u
suit against the editor for atrocious
libel.
William A. johnson, who recently
died at good old age in Lisbon,
Conn.,, was workman worthy of tile
name. He was wagon-maker, and
one of his last jobs was to repair an
ox-cart which he built in 1882, and
which had been in constant use for 30
| years without repair. His first job in
! Lisbon was to make set of wheels.
| They have been used on farm wagon
tifty-six years and are just as good as
| ever.
A lady in San Francisco had three
canaries SO tame that they flew about
the house at will. One sickened and
died suddenly. The dead body was
taken from the cage and laid on ta-
| BILE, and the other two flew to it and
examined it very carefully. Then
they went back to their cages, and for
over thirty days neither of them ut
tered note. After that period of
mourning was over they piped up and