The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
OHIO.
CURRENT TOPICS.
LOGAN,


They profess to smooth out wrinkles
by electricity in Paris.
AT Fort Dodge, Iowa, butter is selling
for nine cents pound.
MAN proposes to jump from the top
of the Eiffel Tower into net.
THE Mexican war veterans will hold a
meeting at Detroit September "a.
THE st. Louis elevated road will be
seventeen miles long and cost 81, 00O,-
600.
THE watering place season has by no
means come up to expectations of sue
cess.
CARRIAGE horses, only fairly we'll
matched, in Buenos Ayres, bring So, 900
pair.
GEORGIA expects her fruit crop this
year to be the largest in the history of
the State.
The trust rage is being run into the
ground. An earthenware trust is now to
be formed.
PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD syoung
daughter is one of the popular bellies at
Deer Park.
A WELLsBuRe (W. va.) dog jumped
into the water and rescued half-drown.
ed chicken.
The vintage of this year, in both
France and Germany, promises to rival
that of 1865
II is said in Washington that Hadie
Hassein Ghooly Khan will return to this
country in October.
FOUR marriages of Cinnamon to white
women have taken place in Chicago dur
ing the last three weeks.
RETURNING travellers are complaining
that they have been frozen to death"
this summer at Northern resorts.
AT Waterville, Wash, squirrels are
so plentiful that they enter peoples
houses and eat the crumbs from under
the tables.
Mr. MOODY will hold a convention of
evangelical ministers and laymen at
Chicago for ten days, beginning on Sep
tember 20.
A MONUMENT to the memory of John
Brown, of Ossawatamie, is to be erected
on ground made historical by his Vir-
ginia raid.
IT is said that the common cowcatcher |
attachment to locomotives is about the |
only article of universal use that was
never patented.
ACCORDING to an African prince now
in Boston, Stanley's name there is Bulu
Matadi, given to him because of his
ability to break stones.
THE Duke of Sparta and Princess So.
phia, of Prussia. who are to be married
presently, are industriously studying
each others native language.
THE horse power of steam used in the
United States on railways, steamers and
in factories and mines was in 1883 12,-
100, 600, against 1,610, 600 in 1850.
The Empress of Germany will make
her first visit in company with her hus-
band to Rome in the fall. She will
spend some time also in Greece.
A CONVICT just released from the Kan
sas penitentiary raised while there 321
white rats in eight months from sin
gle pair. He expects to sell them for
pets.
The Chicago Times has struck key
note, so to speak. 1t urges that less
money should be spent upon the school
buildings and more upon the school
Fairgrounds.
j. G. THOMPSON has discovered flow
ing spring of vinegar on his ranch, near
Homer, Cal, and will start pickle fac
tory. The fluid is equal to the best
cider vinegar.
North DAKOTA will be the first State,
as State, to make provision for sys.
tenn of manual training. Forty thous-
and acres of land have been set apart
for that purpose.
RUSSIA has made contracts for two
more ironclads and quite number of
torpedo vessels. The peace of Europe
sits on barrel Of gunpowder toying
with lighted fuse.
Miss THEKLA STEUBER, of Philadei-
phia, is a hustler. She testified that on
August 3 certain man promised to
marry her. On August 10 she sued him
for breach of promise.
SUCCESSFUL tests were made with
long-distance telephone circuit between
Milwaukee and Chicago recently. A
conversation was carried on in whispers
between the two cities.
SINCE 1900 the population of Europe
has just doubled itself. Then the popu-
lation was 175, 900, 600; in 1880, ZIG, OOO,-
600; in 1860. 2s9,o0O.0O0; in 1880, 331,-
900, 600; in 1888, $50, 600, 900.
A LITTLE Milwaukee woman captured
burglar at the point of revolver and
hanueu MIN over 10 male nelghbOr |
while she went to get policeman. The
burglar knocked his guard down and es-
capped.
AN umpire for baseball game at
LAnse, Mich, paralyzed crowd of
people by appearing on the field armed
with cutlas, big musket, an axe and
q spyglass. On his back was painted a
big sign, "You will please side with
me-"
MAcKEY AUSTIN, of Maple Run, w.
Va, has hen with brood of twelve or
fourteen young partridges. The eggs
were found in meadow while moving,
and put under hen for a day and night,
and now Biddy is looking well after her
queer brood.
EDGAR +. LINCOLN, of Topeka, Kan,
has taken out more patents during the
last two years than any man in the
country
JUSTICE LAmAA, of the Supreme Court !,
OF the United States, has recently made !.
q tour through Alabama, Mississippi, h
Louisiana and Texas, and has found, he