The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-13
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p09 during the month of July.
GREAT BRITAIN grants annually e35,-
100000 for pensions aud annuities.
A WOMAN of Yuma, Ariz., is said to be
the mother of twenty-five children.
A RESIDENT of Waitsburg, Wash,
captured a red bat short time ago.
ALICE MITCHELL is now an inmate of
the insane asylum at Batavia, Tenn.
The new British coinage will bear
The queens head without the crown.
A WISCONSIN man is about to estab-
tish pearl fishery at Neodesha, Kan.
JUsTIcE LAMAR's long locks have been
klipped close and are now quite gray.
TIE Boston newsboys will not be al
lowed to sell papers on the street cars
In future.
MAYOR SI.AyMAKER, of Lancaster, Pa,
has Madeira wine in his cellar of the
vintage of 1898.
CHICAGO claims to have the only band
IN the United States composed entirely
of letter carrieSs.
THE youthful emperor of AMMAN is
only twelve years old, and an inveterate
cigarette smoker.
Eighty millions of dollars is the an
nual amount paid to school teachers in
the United States.
AFTER gathering in their crops in
Utah 500 Mormon families will move to
Mexico in the autumn.
EVERY southern state except Ken
tuclly has passed pension laws for it's
ex-confederate soldiers.
A MAN living near Troy, Kan, will
realize $4,000 from twenty acres of
black berries this season.
ST. LOUIS is organizing what 10
claimed to be the first Italian regiment
ever formed in this country.
Col. RICE, ex-auditor of the state of
Indiana. is advocating the construction
of India rubber men-of-war.
CHAUNCEY G. SMITH, of Hartford, Ct,
has been fifty years deacon of the
First Baptist church in that city.
The cemeteries of London cover two
thousand acres, and the land they occu-
py represents capital of 81, 100000.
A TYPEwRITING machine which can
prin5 on the leaves of blank book of
any thickness is the latest invention.
Ex-SPEAKEB REED has received his
republicans of the First Maine dis
trict
BIG RAPIDS, Mich, has cooperative
society of $50 people, the object of
which is to keep one another in employ
ment.
IT has been discovered that the cholera
plague was started by the pollution of
the water supply of Meshed, on the
Volga.
THE private in the German army is
paid IS per month. out of which there
is daily deducted five cents for mess ex-
Genses.
BENJAMIN L. COHEN, the latest addi-
zion to the ranks of Jewish legislators
In Great Britain, is wealthy London
tanker.
OF the II, 900, 600 women in Italy near
ly 100000 are employed in indus
trial labor, and over 100000 in agri-
culture.
JOHN j. INGALLS, is said to be so
k,perstitious that he feels nervous when
= sees the moon over the wrong
shoulder.
The new Germany army tent is di-
visible into two portions, each of which
can be converted into an overcoat in
case of rain.
a PENNSYLVANIA inventor has de-
vised pair of eyeglasses with q mirror
mounted so as to reflect objects in the
rear OF the wearep.
COL ROBERT II. CROCKETT, democratic
candidate for congress in the Sixth Ar
kansas district, is a grandson of the
famous Davy Crockett
\ LOCK of hair and bit of garment
ascribed to the Apostle James are ex-
hibited by St. James Roman Catholic
church, of San Francisco
The oldest living ex-senator of the
United States is James w. Bradbury,
who recently celebrated his ninetieth
birthday at Augusta, Me.
IN using what is known as the Cana
dian method of boring oil wells, well
1,O00 feet was bored in 22s hours or an
average of rs feet per hour of actual
work.
COUNT CRIsPI, ex-premier of Italy, ac-
cording to foreign papers, is in danger
of losing his sight His right eye is
said to be almost useless, owing to a
cataract,
AN old soldier at Wichita, Kas, re-
Gently received from the government
three cents which had been due him
without his knowledge for more than
thirty years.
The biggest gun in the world is the
Krupp cannon, eighty-seven feet long,
that shoots distance of fifteen miles.
1t will probably be exhibited at the
Worlds fair.
IN size Mars is the smallest Of the pri-
mary planets except Mercury, its diam
eter being a little more than 4, 900 miles.
Its density is about three-fourths that
of the earth
SAMUEL SLOAN, the millionaire rail
road president, has dislike for type
writers, human and mechanical, and
writes all his letters in autograph with
large gold pen.
In order to increase the size of the
city, the Berlin authorities intend to
incorporate the suburbs within radius
of ten miles, thus raising the popula-
tion of the capital to over 5000, OOO
THERE is a fine old elm tree near
Wellesley, Mass, in fork of which,
about twenty-five feet from the ground.
a large currant bush is growing, which
has been covered with ripe currants this
season.
A LITTLE baby crawled into the arms
OF its dead mother, Mrs. w. H Fergu-
son, of Gobleville, Mich. The child was
fast asleep when the father came home
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