Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-03-07

its construction will 60 70 work al once and
raise the means 10 have il completed during
The summer. ltcah be done ifssome active
energetic superinlendenl.is appointed 10 al.
tend 10 it.-Western Messenger.
Gov. WooD.--A Washington letter 10 the
Tribune says-"Gov. Wood. Of Ohio, was
induced to accep, the ConsuIship a, Valpar.
aiso, under the executive assurance that il
was worth $4,000 year and upward; but
finding that the official receip,s aro not suffi.
cienl 10 pay board bills,he is ubou, returning
in disgust" 's'I .+bt j. }ft
WHO Owns THEM!-The Ohio State
Democrat and the Ohio Statesman Two Of
the organs Of the harmonious democracy Of
Ohio, arejust now angtiy debating questions
Ct ownership. The Journal says: 81
The Statesman insislsihal The State Dem.
ocrat was GOT up expressly for the benefit Of
VIM. Allen, and that gentleman oiled its
wheels by an advance OF one thousand dol.
lars in cash. The Democrat sloully denies
that Alenhas cent OF interest in The pager,
and says The story is set aAoat by gentle
man who was recently Wing, (meaning
Cox,) and by the officers of cerlain Bank
who are suspected Of owning certain pa
per, (meaning The StaieSman] In another
paragraph the Democrat says, the Statesman
is owned by "leading Wings Of the Slale."
The subject is getting considerably tangled"
No LESS THAN TwELvE.-The supreme
court recently decided that The law pro-
viding for any less of jurors than tloelue, is
Unconstitutional. Judge Ranney delivered
an excellent opinion on The poin, made in
a case Of error 10 the probate court from
Hooking county, Judge Barley 6issen!ed.
DIcK SENTENCED. Francis Dick, who
was convicted Of the murder Of Mrs. Calha.
rine Young, was brought up for sentence
this morning. The judgment Of The cour
was pronounced by Judge Hart, which is
that the prisoner is to be taken 10 the place
Of execution, on the second Friday Of Apri
next,it being the l4lh day, and then anG
there be hung by the neck uniil he is dead
The Judge prefaced the sentence with
some remarks, in which he warned the piis
oner not TO Aauer himself with the hope o
a new trial, or The expectation Of escaping
the penalty affixed to his crime, bu, to occupy
Ihejbrief interval that remains in preparing
for The awful lale that awaits him. s.i.
The prisoner seemed ulmoved and uDap
I palled by The terrible circumstances which
surrounded him, exhibiting ,he.same sloica
indifference that he has manifested from the
first. - DAYTON Empire i25th. n
"MAKlNG PAYMENTS. pa friend called tt
apologize for not paying his subscription, re
marking that ne was compelled to make {
. payment on his land, which took all 1ht
money he could raise. We inquired amil
iurly who he had to pay 10, and he replie'
"the County Treasurer"
: r 1t is stated on unqueslionable authority
,ha, Samuel Medary, Of Ohio, appointed las
: spring minister 10 Chill, actually accepts
and drew the amount of the outfit, 5000
: and one quarters salary, S2,250, maxim
$11, ,250. Notwithstanding that vacanc.
is considered TO have occurred, lhat none!
! has not been refunded, though tits said Il
have been most pressinsly called Tor.
! A MASTER PIECE CUT.DoNE. We hav
lately supposed Ayers Cherry Pectoral wa
the Ultima Thule in its line, and that nc
: thing had been or would be invented whic
could surpass il in It's fine points Of excel
! lence as medicine. Butwe are confden,l
assured by those competent TO judge on lh
subject, that DR.. Ayers new Pills excel i
high medical artistry even that widely cele
braled embodiment Of his skill. He ha
. succeeded in making them moi only pleasar
: 10 take, but powerful to cure the large clas
!, Of complaints which require purgaive rem
. edy.-LancaSter Argus, Ky. r1
a ANOTHER GREAT ToRNADo.--Ouer Fiji
: Buildings Deslroyed.-On the l4.h inst
e the towr OF Harrison, go miles N. W. c
Cincinnad) was visited by an awful lorna
do, followed by q terrible destruction
Of properly. The rack Of the storm wa
only about one hundred yards wide.
:, was preceded by thunder and torrents
I, rain. llleh its path slrewn with ruin nm
i desola,ion. The sturdy fores. fell before
, like grass before The mower. ln passir
4 through the town, houses, churches, barn
; fences wees, and loose properly were pros
lraled and swept in upon lots or lodge
= " upon The hill side. Large sticks Of timber
= fence rails and roofs were whirled lhfoug
V; the air like feathers, bags Of wheat wer
= scuuered like chatf; man was blown fro
- tho Stree, some rods into lot, large scan
: ling was thrown into the gable end OF bull
:, ing and there left sticking.
- Barrels Of lard and pork were flung In
u u the canal or river and Aoated away. II
= roof of the Presbyterian Church rose perpeI
" dcuIarly entirely over the tall steeple ar
). was scattered over the neighboring lots ar
u houses, the gable endwas blown down ar
the church nearly destroyed. Loss W
i. 000.9.l s.l vd nwae i.s sg.y si s.is.
h Fifty dwellings, stables and shops. we
ii totally desuoyed or badly injured.T F.
sr miles on either side of the track Of Il
IN tornado il made awful havoc with house
K. barns, fences and forests. lao sa. ID
e. The whole damage cannot fall far sho
!. OF $5o,000. Things happened that a
r. scarcely creditaole except 10 eye.wilnesse
le The Cincinnati papers are filed with deiai
and speeulailons as TO It's cause.- Cleueta'
&c DEM. iaat 5aa .sar ga. laa0.ls =
n. DRArHoF GEN. ARMSTRONG OF THE WAS
j. INGroN UNION The telegraph unnounc
be the death Of this esIimabIe gentIeman,, wi
be was brave companion in arms Of Ge
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