Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-21

MINERS STRIKE cua miners al
Cumberland, Mary land. are on strike Ten
nnly have gone 10 work, The Others remain
ing firm. Only eight hundred tuns oil coal
were shipped The past week.
The British Admiralty have given notice,
.hal II no,himg definite be heard of Sir John
Franklin and his crew before the 3lsl Of
March next. they will b. considered as dead,
aud their names be suuck off The books Of
the navy.
IIleu RsNTs.-The New York Mirror
gives few samples Of The way in which
rrn,s are going up il New York:
Nh. CriSludurn, the celebrated "arlist in
hair" who has occupied No 5 Asior House
for some duzrn years, NJ a rent at vi .5OO
per annum, has just been nnIlied BY Mr..
Aslor. ,ba, utter the l>,nl Nav mex, the REM
will be raised To $3 $50 a year! The stores
in iron, of the Mr,op"lilan Hotel, which
have been bringing 5000, have been raised
I" SO 900. Aud il g'es with -four al y 8
Il barre!. aud fair l'rnspec, of it's running
up to $50. No w0n1''r The lutle girl told
her papa. il bread %, 10 be SO dear, they
must iive on pound cake.
WIG GOVERNOR OF MAINE.-TIon. VIM.
q Crosby. Wing. was Il lew days since re-
elected Governor of Mnne. The election
was made by the State Senate. the people
luiling lu make choice al the last election.
CHANGE OF GAUGE OyERcoME. BY new
arrangement of car whe, Is. iney can be &C.
conmodat'd To railroads Of different gauges.
The Cleveland Herald menlions The arrival
in ihat city of train of eleven cuis, freight.
ed with hogs, which we're loaded al Indian
apos. and transported in the same cars
from indianapolis. and As miles over the
lrm 81 inch gauge, To Muncie, and thence
227 miles over . 4 leel and 10 inch gauge 10
Cleveland. This is an admirable improve
men,. al,i will do much toward obvialing The
delays conseqntn, upon the different gauges
Of connecting rail'o onds
WHEAT AT Two DOLLARS A BUsHEL.-
Three times in the present century has wheat
reached The high ngure of TWO dullars u
bushel in ;he Wiley of Genessee-in 1916,
by reason Of a remarkably cold summer and
ii veiy shor corn crop in 1886. by some.
what unprnpiiious season and neglect OF az.
rculure for The purpose Of trade and specu-
lulion compelling the large importation Of
breadsluffs from Europe; and IN 1854, by
reason Of short corps il Western and Cen
,ral Europe and the war brtween Russia and
Turkey.-Rochesie american.
RAILROAD OPEN To New HOLLAND The
cars made their frs. regular "trip 10 New
Holland. (Pckuway cuun.y.) ten miles cas-,
Of Washington. IN Tuesday last, and will
continue TO run daily 10 ,ha, poin, un,il the
road is opened 10 Lancaster. which will b.
in few weeks |, is said ,hm about Two
ucrs of the natives turned nut a, New Rol.
and TO witness and hail the arrival Of The
Iron Horse an1 his rain on the first trip
Wilmington Republic
The MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRoN.-The
Treasury Department. have udvices from
Commndnre Siri'gham, who, with his fag
ship Cumberland, was nj Grnna on the 10ih
nf January. ultino. d. arrived there on the
10Th oi Dec, having left Por Muhon on the
81 Of Dec. The ships had been compelled
10 anchor for several days in Hyetes roads,
ron account ~, the Upp"e,ng yi"'enoe of sha
winds. The corve!e Levant. n, last advices
: was n, Consmn,innple. The corvele ST..
Lnus was u, Pur Mahnn. caulklng and un.
dergoing necessary repairs. All well in the
: squadron.
Samuel Ward. ,he great steamboat owner
| oal .f I Ill
> Michigan, shon lime since aged 10 years
Ii, was remarkable Tor his energy and
Strength Of viii. He kept large number
nf luborrs constantly employed in ship
building, and his yansal Newport were busy
hives 81 industry. IN pnssiug by lho, place
in 1859. We saw II maH brought down TO the
wharf by Two men. lie had his arms around
their necks. and move6 abnu, in that wav
This was Mr.. Ward, then quite infirm. bu
: resoluip. and with business habits that M.
thing but death could ex,inguish.- Ohio
Journal,
. We ar gralifed 10 announce 10 our read.
+, ers CATHARTIc PHI. (of which see adver.
.isemem in our coIums.) from lhal Justly
celebrated PLY sician and Chemist, DR.. J. C.
AyEs. His Cherry Prc,oral, everywhere
known as the best remedy ever offered to The
Public Tor Coughs, &C., has prepared them
D To rxpecl that any Thing from his laboratory
: would BIZ worthy Of attention. As no one
medicine is more universally taken Than o
Physical Pill, the public will BIZ glad tc
know Of one from such trustworthy source
We happen 10 know. ard can assure them
that this article has intrinsic merits, full,
/. equal 10 any compound Iha, has ever issued
from his Cruclbles, and consequently is wei
:, worthy trial whenever such mpdicin,
;: brcumes necessary Racine Com. Ado.
!. MARRIED-0n the 9th Of Feruary, a
Hibbardsvile, Athens county, by Rev. Mr.. Post
WILLIAM ]. BRowN, of California, to Miss MAR
i EARHART. 3el ay4