The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-07-07
VARIETY ITEMS.

VARIETY ITEMS.
IT is stated that since November asttht
mines of the New Jersey Zinc Company
have yielded $48, ,289,
THE Connecticut lie legislature has refused
to appropriate 81 900 to aid in the remova
of colored persons to Africa.
THE best cure for melancholy is anger
We once knew a fellow who was saveC
from suicide by just pulling his nose.
Two trains on the Hudson river railroad
came in collision on Friday, near Tarry
town. The locomotives were crushed, bu
no lives were lost.
THE steamboat H'ayne exploded on the
10th inst, forty miles below Newbern, N
O., killing five slaves, and wounding two
others. The boat sunk IN ten feet water.
HAVE you much fish in your bag?' ask.
ed a person of fisherman.
Yes, there's good eel, was the rather
slippery reply.
THE New York Times su ygests that the
only things that will enable one to get or
comfortably nowadays are ice andno
ing to do, in unlimited quantities.
THE Washington Monument is now 1876
feet high; the workmen have been del ycd
on account of raising additional derricks
Three blocks have been received this month
one from California.
THERE are three things woman cannot
do-.o pass bonne.- .-shop without looking
into see baby without Kissing it, and
to admire a piece oflace without inqu;ring
how much i was per yard.
GRANT Thorburn, better known as
Laurie Todd has just be, married again
at the age of 80 years. The lady, who is
only 81, loved him for his writings, told
him so, and he Lowell her FOR gratitude.
Our AT LAsT-The Boston Trans ri
now Acknowledges that Fanny Fern is
Mrs. FalrIng on, of that ely. She was
formerly Mrs. Eldrilge, and is a sister Of
N. P. Willis.
The editor Of tie Newburyport UNion
has been presented wi h an arm chair 10
years old, and for long 5ime sail tohave
been in the possession of .he eccen ric Lor
Timothy Dexter
Miss Theresa Ferenszy, of Presbourg, a
celebrated Hungarian poetess, whose YER
ses were as popular as those of Moore in
ireland, commied suicide by shooting her
self with pistol on the 31st ultimo.
Two hundred and eighteen thousand
eight hundred and six y pounds OF wool
were received at the Mansfield and San
dusky Railroad warehouse in SanIusky,
in six days.
wM Mr.. Greeley, with amusing noiyett
observes, that his ''interest in, and atten-
ton to, costume has not been sufficient to
enable him to decide, with any confidence,
on the merits of Bloomerism.''
RAILROAD ACcIDENT.-On Thursday af-
ternoon the express train on the Central
Ohio Railroad came in contact with gen
eral train, one mile east of Columbus,
which resulted in smashing up the loco
motives of both and badly injuring the en-
gineer and fremen of the express.
DEATH OF MAJOR MCCLELLAND.-Intel-
ligence has reached Charleston ofthe death
of Maj. John McClelland, at Camden, in
that State. The deceased acted as Cap
tain with General Windfield Scott under
General Jackson, and was well known fol
lis services in the American army
THE proposition to insert new clause
in the new Constitution of Massachuset S,
that sin all future enrolment of the militia,
no distinction shall ever be made on ac-
count of race or COLOR was rejected in the
Convention by majority Of only 25-the
vote standing "a to 80.
A fight occurred last week among the
hands on Phelen's work, few miles below
this place, on the Steubenville and Indiana
Railroad, the full details o. which we have
not learned Lis certain that one woman
was shot, and one man had lis head spill
open with a pickax. They were boil
Irish. The perpetrators arein jail.-Aeu
ark Hernld.
Cur AND CONE AGA1N--We now anl
then see some funny things in the news
papers Here is one OF tie latest: Tl.or'
is a rich editor in New Hampshire! ii,
has made his money prac Using the <stric
test economy. He always writes his edi
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