The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-12
CURRENT TOPICS.

IcE is still coming into New York
from Norway at handsome profit
ARTIFICIAL ice is cheaper in Georgia
than the natural product in New York,
The chef de cuisine In charge of
Queen Victoria's table is Mohamme-
dan.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in Alexandria
to export Egyptian cotton to Massachu-
setts.
WASHINGTON has population of $780,
798 gain of more than $4,000 in ton
years.
AN Adrain, Mich, photographer is
able to converse fluently in twenty Ian
guages
A LONDON firm has notified Stanley
that 1t has named a brand of sausages
in his honor.
The obelisk in London can not stand
the climate any better than its compeer
In New York.
QUEEN NATALIE, of Servia, has had
her life insured for 5000, 900 tor the bene.
at of her son.
MIR. EDISON has had a phonograph
made expressly for the Mikado and has
sent it to Japan.
A HALTER at Wilkesbarre, Pa, has
made straw hat with a brim fourteen
feet in circumference.
The Emperor of China is a handsome
young man, who is said to look like an
American college student
T. T. BARNUM's wealth is estimated
at S1O,0OO,OOo, and the number of houses
he owns in Bridgeport about $50.
GEORGE PACKAGE. of Tom Green
County, Tex. is 104 years old, and is
probably the original package"
Mrs. NORRIS, of Sheboygan, Wis,
has meerschaum pipe that belonged to
King of Denmark 23s years ago.
IT is stated in London that M. Eiffel
has received an order from Chicago for
tower 500 feet higher than the Paris
one.
THE water OF the Gulf stream is said
to be twenty degrees cooler than its nor
NAL temperature at this time OF the
year.
ONE of the Boston street railroad
companies has l25 suits pending against
it for damages, mostly inflicted by elec-
trio cars.
PAsTEUR has treated during the past
three years 1903 persons bitten by mad
dogs, and OF this number only thirty
three died.
GEORGE PAUNcEroRT, an English
actor, we'll known in this country years
ago, is now leading man in 4 restaurant
in Yokohama.
NINE. DEMoRET, n dark-faced, little
old French lady, has furnished ice-cream
and confectionery for all the Presidents
back to Buchanan.
A HOWELL. Mich, justice of the peace
recently sentenced a man to fifteen days
in the county Jail for stealing an UNI
brella on q rainy day.
THE real sum which Mr.. Stanley re-
ceived for his latest book is said to be in
the neighborhood of S70 600. The story
that it was S2O6, 900 was absurd.
A PUFF adder crawled into the bonnet
OF Galveston lady. When she put it
on the serpent struck her, but her hair
saved her from the venomous sting.
In selecting the names of jury to try
man for murder down in Georgia the
name of the murdered man was drawn
out of the box along with the others.
The German Emperor will give no
more jewelry to those whom he wishes
to honor, but photographs of himself,
with his autograph, framed in silver or
gold.
A RUSSIAN society has begun the pub
lication of anewspapcr in London called
Free Russia" which is designed to in.
huence English opinion in favor OF con-
stitutional liberty in Russia.
COUNT ToLsToI has valuable assist
ant in his eldest daughter, who attends
20 all hrs business correspondence and
sends answers to nearly all personal let
ters without disturbing her father.
FRED STIMPsoN, of Ann Arbor, Mich.
has q bob-tailed cat which has inflicted
her lack of tail on litter of offspring
The faculty is at a loss to explain the
freak, and the kittens NEW q ceaseiess
tale of woe.
IT is said that through livery mono
poly which owns all the carriages ant
controls number of shops, the unwar,
traveller at Niagara Falls is plunderet
pretty much as he used to be in anto-rcs
ervation days.
RANDALL DRAKE, of Kalamazoo
Mich, is ninety-one years of age, ant
within the last two months has dug
seventy postholes and built thirty-si,
rods of fence, in addition to laying
floor in barn.
LORD ABERDEEN created great dea
of excitement in London recently b.
driving up to the door of his club in
milk-wagon. He had been unable t.
obtain carriage, and rather than wall
he had chartered that modest vehicle.
THE English crown is made up of dia
monds, rubies, sapphires, pearls ant
emeralds, set in silver and gold bands
1t weighs 80 ounces and 8 pennyweights
troy. In it there are 3,452 diamonds
273 pearls, 9rubies, II sapphires and 1
eneralds.
SIR FREpERICR LEIGHTON has tn
reputation of being one of the handsom
est men in England. He is described a
having q head like Greek god and
bearing like that of an ideal prince.
JEREMIAH O DONOVAN RosA's twent
years term OF banishment from Eng
land is about TO expire, and his friend
are raising money to send him back an
keep MIN there for the rest OF his life.
THE collection of rare coins of tn
late Louis G. Parmelce, of Boston, wa
sold at auction in Now York the othe
afternoon. A Maryland penny brough
$780, and Massachusetts Good Samar
tan shilling was knocked down for $21t