The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-01-25


W.T.. johnson covicttd d of petit larceny. value
of goods being placed at s5. Sentenced to pay
fine of $50 and costs. and 80 days in Jail.
A verdict of not guilty was returned in favor
of Halsey Langdon. who was tried for conceal
ing stolen property.
Fred Hewitt pleaded guilty to .concealing
stolen property and was sentenced to 90 days in
Jail and to pay a fine of $95 and costs.
Same defendent pleads not guilty to a second
Indictment charg ing the same offense.
Halsey Langdon pleads not guilty to larceny
and receiving stolen property.i
W. F. johnson pleadt not guilty to charges
of embezzlement.
The Egyptian is taxed 50 cents on
the palm tree that grows in his gar
den.
If Arabian tradition amounts to any
thing Eve was over two hundred feet
tall.
Mexican flint knives were made so
sharp that they could be used for trim
ming hair.
Married couples in Norway are privi-
legged to ride on railroads at a fare and
half for each couple.
During the coming year France will
spend $1,000, 900 for arms and ammuni-
tion for the cavalry alone.
The seats of Greek theater were
arranged as at present, but the parquet
was given up to the chorus.
A bird in the London Zoo, a she'll
drake. has apparently committed sui
eide on account of the death of it's
mate.
The first patent in the United States
was issued July 81, 1890, to Samuel
Hopkins for making pot and pearl
ashes.
Herculite, the new French explosive,
is SO powerful that half pound of it,
in recent test. displaced a stone
weighing thirty tons.
The Guadaloupe bees lay their honey
in bladders of wax about as large as
pigeons egg, and not in combs. The
honey never hardens.
A recent experiment has proved that
carrier pigeons may be trusted to con-
vey messages from ships several hun
dred miles at sea.
The silky little King Charles spaniel
is an expensive luxury, because pup
pies month old easily bring $50 apiece
and when half grown 800.
The newest fad in autograph books
is one of cooking recipes. Each formula
written in the book has the signature
of the contributing friend under it.
A submarine electrical lamp has been
tested in Toulon at depth of thirty
feet. 1t Illuminated at radius of 100
feet. Fish surrounded it like insects
about lamp.
The Turkish government has not ex-
actly introduced civil service into its
army, but it has decreed that no officer
below the rank of major shall have
more than one wife.
1t does not seem to be generally
known that the turkey was domesticat-
ed by the Indians long before the dis
covery of this continent by white men,
but such is the case.
1t is said that Massachusetts is the
only state in the union which provides,
by act of legislature, that banks may
pay checks for a certain time after the
death of the drawer.
In West Philadelphia recently an
ardent prohi hibitionist tried to get
warrant for the arrest of mince pie
dealer on the ground that he was sell
ing liquor without license.
An inmate of an Armenian convent
has recently died, after being there
ninety-eight years, without once going
outside the convent walls. Her record
ed age was 115 years.
A lady of Washington place, New
o11 TO ho oil
a half pound lost dog, OF at the rate of
among regular dealers.
The statue of liberty in New York
harbor now wears blazing diadem of
ffty-four electric lamps in vari-colored
globes, and the radiance from it is
equal to that from 270, candles.
There are some roomy theaters in
this country, but none that comes up
to the old theater Emilius Seavrius, at
Rome, which comfortably seated 80,-
600 persons. 1t was built 1850 years
ago.
In order to play her charms impair
TALLY, London society queen has, by
| means of mirrors, enabled her photo
grapher to take her in three different
poses at once-profile view, front view
and back hair view.
Scientists have discovered that the
memory is stronger in summer than in
winter. Among the worst foes of the
memory are too much food, too much
physical exercise, and, strangely
enough, too much education.
The estimated wealth of the United
States-that is, the value of all lands,
buildings, railways, etc.-is put at
$64, 900, 100000. The amount of money
of all kinds is estimated by the secre-
tary of the treasury to be 50, 108, $780,
O92.
The national board of fire under
writers estimates the fire waste in this
country as follows: For 1882. $94, ,000,-
900; 1888, 100000. 900; 1884, $11O,O0O,-
900; 1885, $1O2, 900, 600; 1886, $1O4, ,OOO,-
900; 1887, $119, 900, 900; 1888, $11O, ,OOO,-
600; 1889, $123, 900; 1890, $109, OO0,-
900; 1891, $143, 100000.