Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-26

The very recenl discovery Of The age, by
which a human being becomes mammoth
lucilsr, is thus announced by The New York
Tribune:
< This is feat anybody may perform
Let person in their shoes or slippers walk
briskly over woolen carpet, scu6fng his
feet thereon, or sand upon a chair with It's
legs in four aumblers,. 10 insulate H., and be
there rubbed up and down on the body a
few times with muff, by another person,
and he will light his gas BY simply touching
his finger TO The lube. L is only necessary
10 take the pfecarlIon moi TO touch any thing
or be touched by anybody during the Trial Of
The experiment. The stock Of electricity
acquired by The process we have described,
is discharged by contact with another object,
A second person must turn on The gas while
the other fires il. The writer has lighted il
in This way, and seen it done by children
moi half a dozen years old. We are all a
paraps,elic luciler ma,cb-if we did bul
know IT,"
paper was lately read before The Insti-
Iute OF British Architects, seling forth that,
contrary 10 the opinion Of The London Board
Of Health, soft water, instead of hard, is
injurious 10 animal lille. The position is
sustained by numerous facts, showing the
low tone Of The system, and The glandular
affections induced by the absence Of lime, in
any form, in The wafer. 10 be as decided as
Inc excessive development OF the sangune
temperament, produced by 100 great pro.
portion of these substances. st NJ
Hon. Humphrey Marshall, the new Gem
missioner 10 China, arrived at Hong Kong
on the l7lh Of January, and was received
by The United States ship Saratoga with a
salute of fifteen guns. Upob his landing at
Hong Kong he was received under salute
of fifteen guns from the battery on shore,
and was waited upon by DR., Bowring H. B.
NJ. representative in China Alter a slay ol
two days in Hong Kong, he proceeded 10
Macao. as the guest Of consul P. S. Forbes.
The past winter in New England. has
been three and half degrees warmer than
the average. and The quantity Of rain Two
and half inches greater. s..a.t
The "Aiiened American," is the title OF
new paper just commenced at Cleveland,
edited by VIM. IL, Day, with S. R. Ward,
of Canada, and ]. G. w. Pennington, of New
York, as corresponding editors. lis design
is 10 represent The cause Of colored Amer.
cans aid in their, educational development,
impress on them The benefit of trades, and
aim at their social elevation very worthy
objects, and they ought to succeed.
A son Of Mayor Riddle, of Pittsburgh
aged II years, was amusing himself with
firing al mark, when ball having passed
through three board fences, struck another
boy, Rober. Farley, in The head, killing HIN
Instantly. Young Riddle is a mild, amiube
boy, and is much distressed at the fa.aI
termination Of his amusement. 1t should
teach all The necessity Of abslaning from
The use OF fire arms in cities and towns.
The House of Delegates of Maryland
have passed the bill ;or Inc Eastern Shore
and New York straight line railroad; alst
the bill authorizing The Philadelphia and
Baltimore railroad company 10 build bridge
across The Susquehannah al llavre dt
Grace. ..
| VIM. B. Messer, the conductor who hac
charge Of the train at the recent dreadful ac
cident OH The Pennsylvania RoiIroad, hal
been tried for murder and acquitted.
, Judge Bingham, one of ihe oldest an,
most respectable cilizens Of Cadiz, Harrison
county, died on "Wednesday last.
correspondent of the Pawluckel Guzett
objecls seriously 10 the expense lavishet
upon funerals, and expresses the opinion
that soon, al the rate Of increased expense
ihe poor cannot afford 10 die.
/ The receipts for freight and passenger
, during the month of March, on The Virgins
/, Central Railroad, were $17,563,72. beini
/, an increase of over 26 per cent on The re
! cepls OF March, 1859.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, Of the 1911
:, says:-
Mr.. N. B. Seymour last evening dscov
cred male infant in the depot at Erie lyin
close 10 The railroad track. The child wa
handsome and richly dressed, and the per
son who left il exposed, must have bee
wanting in the ordinary feelings of human
iy.
The Governor Of New York has called a
extra session of The Legislature, the regula
session having failed TO pass bills providing
cnr necessary rxDenses
o The proposed locks on The Canal at Sau
$ Ste. Mare are TO be $50 feel in length, an
; 70 feet in width. The Canal is 10 be 10
. feel wide and Twelve feet deep. The lock
y will be the largest in the world.
A Butcher in Cincinnati has been fine
$50, and has lost his stall, on proof Of th
= charge that he had dog dressed as muuo
@ and hanging in his market house. We hav
: heard Of dogs being worked into sausage
z but this is the first time we have heard {
l. their being converted into mutton. 1t mu
:, have been osheep.killng dog,
. The Congr ssional and other elections
). the State Of Virginia, will take place ON tn
: 20lh OF May, that being The fourth Tuesda
;. of The month. @ l.....g ,gi
!. The Bridgeport Standard says iha, Bal
is mum is not member ol the Connecticl
g Legislature; that he has moi been candidOI
l. for any such post; and that he is not buiIt
l. ing tower near the Crystal Palace-Oll {