The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-07
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OHIO

THE metal workers now have an organ
called the Hammer.
A HOMER (Mich.) smoker found a hun
lred- Land fifty dollar diamond in his fne
cut.
ARKANSAS has candidate named Glide
well. He ought to get there with grace and
precision.
RouGn on Rats seems to be doing more
damage in the human family than among
the rodents.
REDHEAD is the name of the richest man
in Hutchinson, Kas. He made his money in
baking powder.
A wELL-KNowN physician in New York
says that Turkish bath will increase
mans length.
d. o. MILLS, of New York, proposes, at
cost of 100000, to build a training school
for male.nurses
THE coronation of the Emperor is ex-
pected to be renniscence of the reign Of
his grandfather.
A SMALL insect is attacking the French
beet, and much damage is threatened to
the sugar industry.
A GRANT memorial window is to be
placed in st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church, Long Branch
THE Pullman Palace Car Company has
bought the plant of the Baltimore and Ohio
Sleeping Car Company.
SwARMs of Chinese are landing in Brit
ish Columbia and stealing across the bor-
der into the United States.
THE Russian editors are now ordered to
print no Charming" accounts Of the con-
dition Of European affairs.
IN ba fo rGac p1,
pion, is dead. He could play several
games without seeing the board.
ST. JoHN's Church, Richmond, Va, is
probably the Oldest place of worship in the
country, having been built in 1740.
PERRY BELMONT, of the First New York
District, will retire from Congress after
the present, fourth consecutive term.
THE assertion is made that the sparrow
Injuries the crops of England to the extent
of $40, 100000 to $50,0OO,000 per annum.
A PIPE smoked by General Jackson while
he was President has lately been presented
to the New England Historical Society.
THE Grand Southern railway has been
sold by auction at st. John, New Bruns-
wick. The purchaser was Russell Sage.
THERE is buttermilk boom in New
York. which. strangely enough, has run
the beverage down to three cents glass.
ORATORS at conventions make a mistake
in being long -winded. The most famous
speeches on such occasions have been
short.
SECRETARY ENDICoTT shows that since
ks creation at the outset of the civil
war the army retired list has cost $16,-
100000.
FREDERICK the Great, whom the new
German Emperor is said to resemble, was
the least promising of all the celebrated
warriors.
A UNITED STATES court in Georgia has
decided that postal clerk who breaks
open decoy letter is not punishable for
the act.
So far Pasteur's receipt for killing the
Australian rabbits with chicken cholera
has failed. The rabbits inoculated showed
no signs of disease.
Two correspondents of French papers
having written spicy stories from Berlin of
the Imperial family were notified to leave
the city in two hours.
MINNEsoTA's Supreme Court has just de-
cided that railway company is not enti-
tied to fare from passenger for whom it
fails to provide seat.
THE President has approved the joint
resolution authorizing the loan of tents and
camp equipage to the veteran organization
of the army of the Potomac.
NORFOLK claims the distinction of being
the worlds great peanut market. 1t disposes
every year of 100000 bushels, most of
which are grown in Virginia.
NJ. GoBAT, of Berne, has been made
president of the first Cremation Society in
Switzerland. Berne is most appropriate
place for such an organization.
THE recent freak of the mad King Ohio,
OF Bavaria, is to imagine himself a mole,
and hide in dark corners or crouch under
beds and other articles of furniture.
SUMTER COUNTY, FLA, will probably
realize 100000 from the strawberry and
vegetable crop this season, to say nothing
of watermelons, which will come in later.
MICHAEL CUDAHY, once bright young
Irish hog chopper, and now the partner of
Phil Armour, is worth over $1,000, 900, and
he and his wife are leaders in Chicago's
best society.
PRESIDENT SALAMoN, of the Republic of
Hayti, has paid 5000 to each of two mem
bers of his Cabinet to leave the country
forever. They had plotted his overthrow,
but accepted the bribe and left
BEN BUTLER attracted the attention of
Grangers at ST. Paul, where he was look
Ing after lawsuit to which he was O
party. The local papers assert that he
chews gum and wears ten dollar Panama
hat.
THE idea of having weddings as attrac-
tions at agricultural fairs is becoming
quite popular with fair managers. Soon
the biggest pumpkin will have to give way
as an indispensable feature to the spur
tiest" bride.
THERE was an unusual sight witnessed
at Americus, Ga, the other morning. A
negro boy was seen to roast a number of
reaches and eatthem. He would put them
ON the fire alive, and when they were we'll
Drowned would eat them with evident
relish.
MAY Is an unwholesome month in At
lanta, Ga, ON account Of the alianthus
trees. When they are in full bloom the
flowers act as poison to adults or children
having any kind Of membraneous trouble.
A MONUMENT to the memory OF Henry
Price, the father Of Masonry in America,
was dedicated few days ago at Towns
end, Mass. Although he died over GEN.
tury ago this is the only tribute Of its kind
ever paid to him.
The seventeen. year locusts which have
appeared in the West hear on each wing
we'll defined "W." There are those who
say that this letter stands for "War." As