The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-30
Scribbl;ng and Clippings.


Scribbling and Clippings.
Eg- Thanks to S. w. Lamborn for
Washington documents.
H-T Thanks to Hon. P. A. Tyler of
the Assembly for favors.
Gg~ The Virginia House OF Delegates
has passed the bill for the suppression of
small notes,
Rg- TIE custom house valuation Of the
segars imported in the United States last
year, was S3,311,35.
gg"It will be noticed by reference to
the advertisement of the 0. q |. r. r. Co.,
that the running time has been changed.
Gg- A child of Mr.. Shipman's, aged
about 10 months, was burned to death
the other day, at Mexico, in this county.
@Fletcher Webster,s denomination
as Surveyor ofthe port of Boston, has been
confirmed.
Gg- Last night while we were sleep
ing, the weather took one of her freaks
and sent us along a slight sprinkling of
snow
EEDr. Speer, Of Mellonville, Florida,
has raised 10000 bushels of lemons
from $50 trees. He is the largest lemon
grower in the country.
GHThe Captain General Of Cuba has
published decree forbidding the "encor-
ing" ofdances, songs, and other theatrical
representations.
Gg-A clue is said to have been found
as to the destroyers of the Pope's block
for the Washington Monument, The
Grand Jury of the District Of Columbia
have the matter before them.
w-The small pox is raging with great
violence amongst the Chippewa Indians,
along the south shore of Lake Superior
and on the head waters of the Chippewa
river-Ec Some white men ought to
have that, or some meaner disease.
~C Carroll Spence, Esq, United States
Minister to Constantinople, We see it sta
ted, has instructions to proceed early in
the spring to Greece, to settle the matter
of DR.. King. Our whole Mediterranean
squadron will, it is supposed, be concen-
trated there, to give emphasis to his nego-
tiation.
~Mr. Edwin Forrest, the tragedian,
has become convert to the very ridiculous
belief in spiritual manifestations. This
gentleman is a constant visitor upon the
Foxes, now stopping at hotel in Tren-
ton, n. j., and most creduously insists up
on the correctness of the developments
communicated by therappers from ''t'ohel
side of Jordan
HDr. Wolfred Nelson has been elec.
ted Mayor Of Montreal. Seventeen years
ago, "the hero of st. Dennis" as he had
been called, was brought into the city in
irons amid the insults and taunts of the
populace He was the admitted leader o
the revolt of 1887, but was subsequently
pardoned through the influence of Lord
| Durham.
EgWho will now say that brother
GILES is not man Of fine taste and supe
rior Judgment? We are surprised that he
should talk so ''nice" and still be bache
lor.- Ohio Patriot
Bachelors are just the mento talk "nice'
and possess superior Judgment; at leas
some of the married folks tell us so, ant
we think they are good authority.
eek Governor VIM. P. Duval, for
merly of Florida, who died in Washing
ton on Sunday, was native of Virginia
but emigrated in early life to Kentucky
which State he represented in Congress il
1912. In 1922 he was appointed Govern
or of Florida by President Monroe, ant
was reappointed by Mr.. Adams and b.
General Jackson. He removed TO Texa
in 1848, and was in Washington on pip
fessional business at the time of his death
~A gentleman of the name of "E,
sop" lets off the following in the Ney
York Evening Mirror:
Mr.. N. p Willis has written a bool
under the luminous and significant head
ings of "Fun Jottings; or, laughs that
have taken pen to- It is suggested
with solemnity commensurate with th
gravity of the subject, that he employ hi
prolific pen in the creation of great man
more aoords, to be mustered in work en-
titled "Leaps at the Highfalutin; or, tri
fles that have taken squirt at.'
Eg- The Tp. election will come off o
Monday next, and never before have W
witnessed 80 little interest taken, even in
: township election. Two or three me
) have named a ticket, which will probabl
be elected, AS we have heard of no othe
! one. This ticket in part, is very good
and in part, not SO good.
Since writing the above we understan
t that the Wings have secretly formed
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