The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-12-06


Members admitted in the Last year. l09. Al
Members expelled for violating pledge, 9,70j
The same reinstated, 6l30 |
Wh''le M. Of contributing members. 932, ,933 |
Cash received during the year. s739I75 AZ !
CuslI puid inr benefits, $2O3. .783 SIS |
CnoLERA AT New ORLEANS The steam.
er Belle Key. which arrived at Louisville
from New Orleans. 0u the 9Th, witIldates
to the 18th instrnt. reports that The chol,
ela is on the increase there, and that one
of the first business men in the place was
attacked on the morning ofihe 18th, and
died in three hours. The inttrments at
the charity hospital show large increase
of chulera.
DEADLY ENCnuNTER-The male mem,
hers of the Hamilton and johnson fam.
ilies, Of Tennessee. between whom
family difficulty, having its origin in pol
itcs, has for some time past. existed, met
recently at Adamsbureh, Alabama, to
fight. Two of the Hamiltnns were badly
wounded, aud were not expected 10 sur
vive.
A Texas LOVER "A, Nacagd"ches.
Texas, recently, ayoung man who was
engaged to ho married 10 girl. diselos.
ed the engagement 10 his cousin. who
favored the same lady. aud who imnedi.
ately had an interview with her. and
threatened To shoot her she did not con-
sen; to marry him. She refused. and
few days afterwards he shot her down as
she was entering church.
~A French periodical mentions
new kind o Telegraph invented by Mr..
Bennis, of that country. The starting
point of the discovery is. that a certain
speces "f snails, after having been pu'
in sympathetic communication with each
uther. remain so, however widely sepa.
rated. The inventiun, then, consists in
producing in one certain mnrions by mag
netic influence. aud the other, however
distant. exhibits the same motions. BY
making different letters stand for differ.
eni motions, the whole is interpreted in.
to language, aud ideas can be communi.
Gated across the ocean instantanenus'y.-
o. s. journal.
(-@ The Indiana Constitutional Con
stiiulonal Convenlnn on the 22d, deter.
mined by vnle of 50 10 3S. iha, the LEG
islature should be prohibited from Great
ing amy more Stale debt, except fnr tenn
porary loans Ia meet deficits, nr To re pei
m nvuei,,n ,,r i,,surra c,;,n
EY Brother Hanna. nf the Portsmouth
Tribune aud Clipper, announces his in
lenlon in few days to commence issu.
inI daily paper, 5. p Drake, Esq the
former editor and proprietor of the Clip
per, has again purchased an interest in
the establishment. Success to you gen.
tlemen.
VA Mr.. Wilk nsnn has written to u
Western paper. informing the public that
he thinks the newspaper record of his
death is incorrect He says. to the best
of his knowledge, he is alive. aud would
b. kicking if he could find the author OF
the report.
CV The water gas company, al Jersey
city, which commenced with such exten
sive operations, has exploded. The pres.
ident vanished, and the company, with a
half mllion Of dollars capital. has dissolv
ed, without declaring dividend, and
Jersey city is still in darkness. Paine s
Water Gas promised much. but this com
pany promised more.
SANDWICH ISLANDS. An at prohibit.
ing natives from leaving the Island has
passed the Kings Council 1t sets forth
that tho native population had decreased
eight per cent. in 1913. and more than
FIVE per cent in lS49.
~ The Cherokee people have me
mnrialized the Legislature of Arkansas
praying the speedy enactment of efficient
laws for the suppression of The sale of in
toxicaling drinks,hy citizens oflha, State
to the citizens of the Indian nations on
its borders.
VA gentleman in Kirkada Scotland
has trained mice aud invented machine
ry In spin cotton yarn. They have beer
employed twelve months, The work /;
done on the treadmill principle. 1t 81
constructed that the mouse makes atone
meni Ia society for past offences. by twist
ing, twining and realing from 100 to l2t
threads per dav. To complete this, the
little pedestrian has To run l03 miles. A
half penny's worth nfoat meal, at l5d pei
peck, serves one Of these tread wheel cul
prits for five weeks. In that lime il make'
ITO threads per. day, A mouse earns 81
every five weeks. which is 7s5d per an
nun. Take Gil off for board, add Is foI
machinery. there win arise Gs clear profit
from every mouse annually.
DYE ABnLrcAL REvENGg.-...A PaisiaI
journal mentions that young officer %
the guard has just been made the victim
of piece of double dyed revenge. 1
appears that The youth in question bac
done his utmost to disturb the domestic
peace of a worthy dyer and wife, One
: day last week he called. uuinviled, wher
the dyer aud several Of his workmen ap
peared aud seized the unhappy visitor
gave him gmd sousins in tub Of in
digo Then, in order that the dye nigh
bo solid and durable, they made him
stand before large fire until he was en-
; lirely dry. Unfortunately, he was o
bliged to attend parade the next day
aad in consequence made such a splendi'
use of soap and eau de Cologne, that the