The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-10-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

ANO Ahco tudu IeUudI6 DHIUeTS ply
razor in Brooklyn.
THERE are 1Os shades in broadcloths {,
bewilder the ladies.
AUGUST BELMONT Is one of the highes
iivers in Now York.
a New YoRK bride wore frost crap,
purple colored gown.
The cultivation Of the cocoanut palm Il
new thing in Florida. sa..,s
THE new year will start in with al
clipse on the very first day. r
GEoRGE PEABODY, the celebrated philan
fhropist, was worth 500, 900.
A PICKLE made in a brass kettle ha!
caused an Altoona lady's death.
OVER 100000 two-cent stamps are SOLD
iaily in the New York post office. .,s,,
EX-SENATOR JONES, of Florida, is writ.
ing newspaper letters from Detroit.
LEVI p. MORTON, Republican nominee
for Vice-President, was Gi years old last
August.
BENJAMIN HARRISON, the Republican
nominee for President, was 55 years old
last August.
A PROVISIONAL government has been es-
tabished in Hayti. Order is restored and
business brisk.
LADIES' maids can now be hired in New
York by ladies for special occasions by the
hour or evening.
SANTA Rosa, Cal, has floral curiosity
in the shape Of hollyhock bush that bears
jet black flowers.
ALLEN G. THURMAN, Democratic candi-
date for the Vice. Presidency was 70 years
old last November.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, the Democratic
nominee for election, is in the fifty Sec
ond year of his age.
THE number of registered physicians in
New York City is 1850. No one need to go
without medical aid.
QUEEN VICTORIA has developed t fond
ness for whist in her old age, and life at
court has new terror.
The United States photographer has
been detailed to make study of hurri-
canes in the West Indies.
THERE is considerable excitement over
the discovery of large deposits of asphalt
mile from Spokane Falls, Wash.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER is far from tall,
but his new gown of Office took more silk
in construction than the dress of a society
woman.
A HAWK carried Off bundle containing
thirty-two pounds of feathers from the
yard of parson at Carterville, Ca, the
other day.
DEER are fast being exterminated in the
mountains of Oregon, and the Legislature
will be asked to adopt measures for their
preservation.
CHICAGO is to have Libby Prison after
all. The building will be moved there in
the spring, and will be fitted up as q per-
manent military museum.
The Mormons have recently sent a mis-
sionary from Salt Lake City to the Samo-
an Islands to preach the Gospel and drum
up recruits among the natives.
A SYRACUSE dentist furnished q horse
with five false teeth, but had only begun
to brag about it when the old sorrel swal-
lowed them down with his oats.
THE British Empire continues to increase
by grabbing. Its latest acquisition is n
slice of New Guinea, slice nearly twice
as big as the State Of New York.
A CALIFORNIA Chinaman has found use
for the bugs and beetles which are at
tracted and killed by the electric lights.
He gathers them and pickles them in
brandy.
FLORIDA physicians recommend tobacco
as shield against yellow fever. No self
respecting microbe will have any thing to
do with human carcass saturated with
nicotine.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Macon Tele.
graph says that the Rev. Sam Jones is
worth over 100000, and continues to pile
up wealth faster than any man in Chero.
kee, Ga.
A REPORTER at Manchester, England,
being unable to find any startling news,
attempted suicide and wrote column
about it. The Yankee isn't the only smart
han on earth.
Mr.. W1eGINs, tho Canadian prophet,
has again bobbed up serenely, explaining
the cause of yellow fever and other dis.
eases, and making various predictions as
TO future plaques.
A PROFESSOR of chemistry in the Buffalo
High School is said to have discovered a
process for refining Ohio petroleum, which
till now has refused to give up its extra
tharge of sulphur.
A LARGER number of new industries
were established in the South during the
three mi 'rummer months ended Soptem-
ber 3O than during either of the two pre-
vious quarters of 1885,
AN old lady, aged 116 years, recently
died near Campos, Rio de Janeiro, leaving
nine children, 100 grand children, 800
children and 100 great-great-
total, 51S. sssaa
Two contractors have recently fled from
Canada to the United States with S25. 900
in cash belonging to other persons. The
Canadian papors suddenly conclude that a
new extradition law is a very desirable
thing.
The immigration report from tho statis-
tical bureau of the Treasury Department !
shows that the number of immigrants for |
the month of August was 35,S12, a falling |
Off of nearly 1900 from the figures of Au-
gust, 1887.
A DAGGER eighteen inches long, of finest |
steel, inlaid with blocks of gold engraved |
In Arabic characters, was found lately by |
a herdsman in Gillespie County, Texas,
and is thought to be a relic of the time of |
Cortoz, and to have been originally bought
Dr. captured from the Moors by some gran
lee of Spain.
ONE Of the richest men in Washington,
Samuel Norment, the millionaire bank
president, was u Government clerk. An
,ther old-timo department clerk who ia
now very rich is Mr.. Bryan, who got his
tart by organizing the post -oflce system
# Japan. He is said to have made $780,
40 year ever since his return from
Japan.