Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-01-15
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Doings at Niagara Fa1ls.--A
eastern company has been organized 70
the purpose Of constructing a canala
/ lNiagaralFalls. The canal isto com
mence halfamile above!the Falls, an
empty, Of course into the river belo,
the cataract.- ct.-Lockpor, Courier. II
1lemea Los,.-The total los
ofproperty by fires, in California, du
ring the past three years, is es.imate'
at sixtym Of dollars .Wesuppos
lone third Of that amount would be a lib
leral allowance, but even this amonnti
Ia severe loss.
IA new society" says an exchange
paper, "sin formation, to be callet
tic Total Abstinance from Physic,So
.ciiety, whose motto is 10. be Beet: Wa
ter, and Bsnevolence.' Allits nom
bers are expectedto grow fat and ia
cetious." adg 5i3ll = Ugaa ai.l5
A member in alluding to the bill
for the benefit of married women be
fore the Missouri Legislature, ssked
il it wouldinot be better for lhemem;
bers to do something for,he benefitoi
single ladies, and not trouble them-
selves with 0tAer meas ,eire:. D.. 3W'.
r Z. ~
At Rouen, in France, some working
men who had spoken i'll Of The I'rssi-
dent, were lately condemned to two
years' Imprisonment. Whent they heard
their sentence, they shouted Vive la Re-
publ,que DemocIatique' The Judges
recalled them, and sentenced them 10
two years additional.
Slase Rescuc.,-The Cincinnati En-
quirer gives the particulars Of an at
temp. made in that city a few night,
sincejby a party Of Kentuekians 10 Re-
cover some Of their runaway negroes,
who were about starting on the cars for
Cleveland. The Kentuckians were
knockedidowne by gang Of Abolition
l,l, and the slaves rescued, and then ran
of. 9a5i sA,, a' F
M. Fillmo,ry.c,..-The re- Salem, N. J.
Standard says:s'in two short months bic
term Of office expires Probably no
man ever retiredliroml the Executive
chair, ,isincs Washington, who has left
50 few acts 10 be condemned or whose
services have been so highly apprecia-
ted by patriotic men ofall parties"
K fPleftaad Loss.-A correspondent
ofthe Pii,sburg Weekly Union, from
Clarion. Pa, writes as follows :-"We
had higher waters yesterday ,hanhave
been known for ten years There
has been great loss of property on
Clarion and Red Bank. 1 am per:
fectly safe;-did not lose;a dollar
About sixteen thousand saw-logs came
down TO tho mill.
A woman was found, in the woods
near 0gdensburg, New York, one day
last week, inayery exhausted condition.
On being cared for and restored to
warmth and CONSCIOUSNESS, she stated
that she had been 20 the woods eight
days and nights without shelter, food or
df'nt, 71lf. ID 4, 81 s,5.s1i.l,;g
"A Lorer. ofthe Ser.-ln Cincinnati,
Mr.. Samuel Parker, seventy years Of
ase'has Just married; ms sixth WE:
since s' ms hrst heihas always married
q widow and never renamed a widow
er longer than SIX months at ohei.lme. T.
OnThursday night two Young doctors
from Virginia were arrested in Philadel:
pbia, one for drawing a pistol on an Of
neef 'h.he ~. mare ana,ne !.G o!net lot
threatening 70 ,' snoota y cao'nah S WIN r.
yolve1, a'sI L, Z, 5..,3-.s.t
Saake Root.-It is stated that Is
,hhds. of clarified snake-roos, from Gil.
mer county. county, Va, were lass,y . ree'.sea .s..
.. fstte!'nan . oepot, 70 oe sen. eas' over
tue Da'tlmofe and 1s@t onio ha''fosd' sa' ssN s
"Yoa didn't go to Cork today, Pad
dyl'-"och, mol said paddy. "lheard
gentleman say there would 20 an
ecl,Pse ot Tue moonINefe ;, 'o'nisn'' ahe
sta'o 70 see y.