The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-06-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

SEVERE storms have done great dam
age to the fruit crop in SPAIN
A NEWSPAPER called the Missouri
Colonel is published at st. Joe.
SEVERAL Turkish brigands captured
recently have been decapitated
PHILADELPHIA may be slow, but she
is TO have Il $4,000 dog hospital.
THE patentee of the drive well" has
royalties estimated at 81, 900, 900.
THE inside works of the church clock
at Antioch, Mo-, have been stolen.
SURVIVORS of the Black Hawk war
mold reunion at Lena, Ill, June "a.
THE value of the fruit crop this year
in California is estimated at s20, 900, 900.
THERE is a laundryman in Wichita
who charges for his work by the pound,
PARIS provides new employment fo-
woman in the capacity of dinner
faster"
IN the dreary deserts of Arabia the
rosemary and the lavender flourish to
perfection.
a SCHUYLKILL county (Pa.) man has
cut three sets of teeth and is getting
out fourth
THE Cumberland Presbyterian church
has decided that women may become
ruling elders.
IT is now the fashion in New York
high society TO hire altars for use at
home weddings.
THE state of Pennsylvania has or
dered 10000 voting booths from a Sagi-
nav (Mich.) firm.
WITHIN the past few weeks seals and
Arctic looms have been caught off the
Connecticut coast.
On an average there are log boys born
to every 100 girls, but more boys die in
infancy than girls.
THE existence of the milllmaid is
threatened by machine that milSs
thirty cows an hour.
THE American dress reformers are
preparing to renew their crusade at
Chautauqua this year.
PoTAToEs in Montana attain pro-
digious size, often weighing three, four
and five pounds apiece.
IT is proposed to make an historical
collection of railway tickets for exhibi-
ton at the Worlds fair.
THE New York Commercial Adver-
tiser is the oldest newspaper in New
York, having been established in 1877.
IN making gold threads for embroid-
cry it has been found that six ounces
of gold can be drawn into 200 miles of
wire.
Gov. MCKINNEY, of Virginia, has ap-
pointed Gen. Eppa Hunton, United
States senator to succeed the late John
s. Barbour.
The duke of Alba, leading Spanish
ETandee and nephew of Empress Eu-
genie, will represent Spain at the
Worlds fair.
A SOCIETY has been organized in Stock
ton, Cal, whose members believe in the
efficiency of Limbcrgcr cheese as a cure
for dyspepsia.
PEOPLE who desire to settle in Russia
will regret to learn that under new
law settlers will have to learn the Rus
sian language.
COSTA RIGA is about to have n law
making the sale of Indian antiquities to
foreigners a crime punishable with
severe penalties.
COLORADO. has commissioned r. II.
Park, the sculptor, to make statue of
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hibit at the Columbian fair.
JAMES CHAMBERS, of Philadelphia, has
a calf with three ears and two rows ot
upper teeth. is rear hoofs are not
cloven, but resembles a mules foot.
TRAFFIC has been delayed ut Uma-
tillOn, Ore, by millions of large cricll-
cts, which cling to the rails and make
IL impossible for trains to move over
them.
TIE new president of Cornell uniycr-
sity, J. q. Schmman, is Nova Scotian
by birth, only IS years of age and
man oe broad culture and profound
learning.
DURING last year there were only
$3.50 marriages in San Francisco, less
than eleven to 1000 of the city's popula-
ton. The rate in London is more than
eighteen per 1000.
ACCORDING to Madame PATHS maid,
the perfume of violcts causes Il hoarse-
ness in the singers throat and no
plants or cut flowers are allowed to re-
main in the prima donna's room over
night.
~ April GA ,5G5 steerage passengers
landed at New York. How many i'm
migrants arrived at other ports and
from Canada is not ascertaincd. Prob
ably this April arrivals footed up
100, Geo.
PRINCE GEORGE, of Wales, has been
created duke of York, earl of Inverness
End Baron Killarney, thus represent
ing the three divisions of the United
Kingdom as in the case of the late duke
OF Clarence.
ACCORDING to Rev. Dir. Paine, in 1891,
seven black men were burned alive in
the south, one was ilaycd to death, one
was nutilatcd, disjointcd and tortured
for two hours before he died, and l2l
Negroes were lynehcd during the past
year
AN orator in western Kansas recently
electrified his audience by the follow
ing statement: There are in this great
country l6,OO0.O0O cows, ladies and
gentlemen
MILE, ELSIE ST. OMER, the French
explorer, who has travelled through
Europe, Asia and America, prides her
self upon journcying without any lug
gage and carrying all she needs in her
capacious pockets.
A DISCOVERY of great Importance to
South Africa is a stone capable of be-
ing burned into n natural cement of
good quality. The deposit covers 1000
acres and varies in thickness from ten
feet TO twenty feet.