The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-15
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sulation in Vicksburg and vicinity.
THE China Sea and Bay Of Fundy are
the two toughest seas in tho world.
THEEE is a man Of sound mind and
memory in McDonough, Co., 1876 years
Did.
A CIGARETTE stump picker-up OF Paris
has Just died leaving to his heirs 10000
francs.
MRS CORNELIUS VANDERBILT uses
1000 calling cards in the course of
season.
THE average length of life is greater
In Norway than in any other country in
Europe.
II is said that there are $1,000 brass
bands in this country, with 100000 per-
formers.
ToLsTo1 has left off smoking cigar
cites as q luxury unsuited to his present
principles.
Two thousand two hundred trains
leave London ordinarily every twenty.
four hours.
AT the best English country houses
separate tables for supper are now in
general use.
THE many friends of Emin Pasha
learn with regret that his real name is
Eduard Schuitzlet.
ONE Colorado county has 100 artesian
wells. New ones do not decrease the
Aow of the old ones.
THE Danish Kings crown Is worth
e135, 600, the Queens crown SIT, 500, and
the sword of State SIS, 900.
A YOUNG girl named Louise Tepling
has died suddenly in ball room, IN
Rathenow, from tight lacing.
IT is reported in Germany that the
Emperor is going to introduce American
cars for the passenger service.
IT is calculated that 81, S23 personsdie
per day, 8, T30 per hour. 60 minute or
one every time the clock ticks
THERE is patient in a hospital at
Washington, D. c., suffering from the
effects of eating a raw pumpkin.
FLBM JoRpAN, of Monticello, Ga, Is
direct descendant OF the historic Poca-
hontas, who saved John Smiths life
EDWIN BOOTH is said to be putting the
finishing strokes on a tragedy upon
which he has been working for five
years
JOHN FRANKHoUsER, while hunting
on Stone mountain, Pennsylvania, shot
q fve-pronged buck that dressed 1T
pounds.
THE pyramids are being assailed. Two
local sheiks are digging out stones from
the lower courses of the two pyramids
OF Ghizeh.
RocHEFoRT has fought twenty-three
Iur I'M 10 n ptpar
and editor, having been wounded In sew
on of them.
The now cruiser Newark has COM
pleted her trial trip by breaking tho
record for speed, at the rate Of twenty
miles an hour.
TIE Negus of Abyssinia has just or.
dered new crown of puro gold, weigh
ing three pounds and containing 800
precious stones.
KICKING Horse observes that the In
dian will soon occupy the earth. He
doesn't say whether they will be on top
or under it, though.
JAKE BURROWS has succeeded his late
brother Rube as the leader of the Bur
rows gang" and business has been re-
sumed at the old stand.
Miss MILDRED FULLER, the daughter
of the Chief-Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court, will be married to
Hugh Wallace, of Tacoma, about jan
uary 1.
IN digging sewers in Butler Pa, they
unearthed petrified logs and butternuts
at a depth of 10 feet, and at ~ they
found slate containing the imprint OF
fern leaves.
The ex- Empress Eugenie is a daily
visitor to the graves Of her husband and
son. To say mass in the chapel of the
mausoleum she employs six priests and
four monks.
ALBERT FRAME, sheep man from
Devils River, died at San Angelo, Tex,
the other day, from an abcess OF the
neck, caused by blade Of grass lodging
in his throat.
PRINCE BISMARCK, who farms on
large scale at Varzin, is said to have
cleared $4,000 by his cattle and geese
during the last year, and his profit from
yeast exceeded $4,000.
A BURGLAR was neatly captured at
Hounslow, England. He became fixed
in the panel of a door, through which
he had endeavored to make his way, and
in this position was secured.
JUDGE A. L. PALMER, Of the Supreme
Court of New Brunswick, bears such
striking resemb blance to General Sher-
man that when in this country he is
often taken for the old warrior.
THE daughters of the Princess OF
Wales are excellent pedestrians. For a
number of years they have been put
through a vigorous course OF physical
training, and they think nothing of a
ten-mile walk.
GIDEON Roth, of Limeport, Lehigh
County, Pa, has the old family Bible
that has been in possession of the Roth
family since 1887, and in the family reg
lister it gives a complete family record
for nearly 200 years.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEvELAND's name is
spelled in the registry list OF his cleo
tion precinct "Cleaveland." No man
As 80 great or so large as to get out Of
reach of the intelligent oompositor.
AMONG the queer products OF Inyo
County, Cal, gardens are Mexican can
taloups. They are two feet long, four
inches round the waist, and are shaped
Hike the horns of Texas steer, yet they
.tre of very fine quality.
In Tepe-Kermene, an ancient town in
Crimea, platina coin has been found
bearing the image Of Antiochus of Syria,
Who died B. G. 1874, The Coin is the only
bpe of the kind known to exist, and for
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