The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31

Out at the Folsom prison, Oregon.
there is horse that has developed a
singular characteristic, which consists
in an earnest desire to eat al the red
and green peppers he can get hold Of
The animal behaves just like any other
horse, except in the particular matter
above mentioned. He is :: good work
er and tame and nageable. How
he acquired the love for peppers is
matter of conjecture.
The Buffalo fire department has
lately received novel fire engine
which has excited much interest in
that city. The carriage is constructed
entirely of papier mache, all the differ
ent parts of the body. wheels, poles
and the rest being finished in the best
possible manner. While the durability
and powers of resistance possessed by
his material are fully as great as those
of wood the weight is, of course, much
less.
Henry Francis Moore, blacksmith.
still living at Medford, Mass, is said
to be the original of Longfellow's vii
lage Blacksmith" who stood under the
spreading chestnut tree and the mus
cles of whose brawny arms were strong
Mediocre previous to writing the poem
and was fond of chatting with Moore.
The blacksmith is now 81 years of age
and is himself of the opinion that Long.
fellow had him in mind when he wrote
his poem.
W. B. Watson, a well-known Idaho
miner, reports that in the Province of
Shang Tung party of wealthy Chi
nese officials have made one of the
richest gold finds ever made, exceed
ceeding anything ever discovered in
this country. 1t is a gold ore PROPOSE
ton, with vein of the almost incredi-
Bile proportion of 125 feet in width. 1t is
to be worked on scale of prcportionate
magnitude to the find, and orders for
$3.50, 900 worth of machinery have been
| placed.
Judge Silent, Chairman of the Ere
mont Relief Committee of California.
says shat, despite the passage of the
pension bill in aid of Mrs. Fremont.
| the committee intends to raise at least
| $25, 900. In the event of the death of
Mrs. Fremont. now in poor health at
the age of 6S years. Miss Elizabeth Ben
ton Fremont would be left in prac-
tically destitute condition. Mr.. Silent
says it is intended to have the remains
| of Gen. Fremont removed to San
Francisco. They are now in the re-
ceiving vaults of Trinity Church, New
York City. 1t is likely that they will
be inferred at Lone Mountain, where
suitable monument to the memory
of the Pathfinder" will be erected.
The Maharajah Dhuleep Sing. who
has recently been pardoned by the
British government and permitted to
return to England, is passionately
fond of shooting, form of sport in
which he has hardly any superiors and
but very few equals. An odd fact is
that he shoots sitting down, and in the
old days in Norfolk it used to be an
amusing sight to see this dusky little
gentleman squatting on mating
and whrling around as if on pivot as
he shot with unerring aim all over the
place. When he owned the Elvedon
estate, near Sandringham, a more
tyrannical landlord could not have
been known, and he plainly showed
what he would be if he only had the
power. He was terror to all the old
women who presumed to pick up
few sticks on his estate, and would
frequently go into convulsions of rage
if any one, as he thought, trespassed
on his ground.