Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-10-24


New York guano company. had with hia
severa' choice samples Of r.lyerized guano
which he kept in bowls, ard on favorable
occasions exhibited them 4, his friend
among the members. Onr "vening, being
huslily called out, he incaut' uslY set away
his pulvetized guanoson the same she'll with
The sugar bowls. Shortly asr. some Of the
members wishing 10 s,rens hen the inner
hnn,' wentinto the closer which was Ro
lighted up, and having used the decanters
,ook olso very freely cf the sweelening from
The guano bowls. Several imporlant.resu's
followed 1.-The chief ofwhich, was the falling
of Of the vote of Mr. Wells fnr U. S. Sena.
.or--,he drugged members being unaVoida'
bly, detained from their seats. i41
NOVEMBER ELEcrIoNs.-0 the 7th oi
November New York, New Jersey, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin are to elect 81
members of Congress. In New York and
Michigan State officers are to be chosen; in
Illinois State Treasurer and county Off
GERS, and legislatures in all the States ex-
cept Illinois. The Massachusetts annual
election and election for II Congressmen is
to be on the 18th. In Minnesota a Legis-
lature is to be elected some day in Novem-
Der. .f-'4Al GNlht' ~ UtiI '4}lii,tti
The Great American Hotel in course Of
construction at Paris, is employing great
number Of workmen. Two thousand men
are working by day, and FIVE hundred by
night, by the aid Of two huge electric Ian
terms. The building is to be finished by the
first Of May; and the great question is, who
is to be the Landlord? and what is to be
the name Of the establishment? An effort
is being made to procure the services of Mr.,
D. o. Howard, late of the Irving House in
New York. Commercial. ',sf -
PROHIBITION IN PENNSYLVANIA. - The
Pittsburgh Gazette contains the returns
from more than two-thirds Of the State, and,
SO far as heard from the majority against
prohibition is 9,169. The remaining coun-
ties will not materially vary the result, SO
that it is morally certain the majority of the
electors of that state are opposed to,a pro-
hibitory liquor law. The men who fought
Gen. Washington, rather than pay impost
upon whisky, have not yet lost their relish
for the creature. In vote of 300, 900 how
ever, the majority for free trade in liquor is
not large, considering the character of the
mass Of the population.
ENGRAVING TO THE WEsT.-A writer
from Danville, Illinois, in a letter to the St.
Iouic Damonrot savS.
"The crowd Of emigration from Indiana
and Ohio is immense through this place,
bound mostly for Iowa, though much of it
for the interior of Illinois. Since came here
at least four hundred teams have passed
through the town. On last Sunday one
hundred and three came through. Some
of them are destined for Nebraska"
MELANCHOLY COINCIDENCE The steamer
E. X. Collins, named after ,he proprietor Of
the Arctic, is burned and sunk, with most Of
her crew, her Clerk, Luce, being among the
saved. The Arctic. with Mrs. and Miss E.
K. Collins. is lost, together with her Cap,
tain, whose name was also Luce. These
occur. one on Lake Erie, and the
other on The ocean, 5000 miles apart, and
,he news Of which reached US within "a
hours of the same ,ine.--Plaindeaier. p
Five ocean steamers have been los. du.
ring the prr,unt year: the melancholy list
being as follows: The "Ci.y Of Glasgow"
the "FrankIn," the "Humboldl," the City
of Philadelphia" and The "ArcIic."
The Nj. Vernon True Wing says that TWO
men were taken mp end fined ten dollars
each, in Mansfield for passing bills of less
denominKtion than ten dollars, issued by
Banks ou, Of the Safe. There appears TO
be much feeling on The subject among the
people. The only class lha. look good na.
lured is the Brokers. They are renping
golden harvest. We trust The people viii
NOT permit themselves 10 be shaved by them.
There is no need of il, If they will keep
COOL ~ aa >v..
South CARoLIEA.-Messrs. Akin, Keitt,
Orr, Boyce, and Mcqueen have been elect
ed 10 Congress from this State.
Ii is said Ihemejorily ofthe lower branch
of The Leglaiure is in favor of law giving
the elecdonof the Presidential EIecmrsro
the people. The members of Congress, Of
course, are all pro-slavery Loco(ocos OF the
South Carolina disunion stripe. They will
support the Administration. sal,
The N, Y Tribune. say chat official re-
turns elect Cadwaldsr, Nebraska Democrat
from the 5lh district in Pennsylvania, by
eight majority. This makes four Nebras-
ka men from that Safe. .,,.
DIsBANDED -LoUlsv1LLE, KY. OcE 49,
Col. John Allen publishes card, stating
thai the 6ltibusIefing expedition which had
been organized in Ihis CITY for sometime
passed had been ,disbanded.g II numbered
1900. The cause OF the disbanding he
says, was yanlo Of means, .,,,,,.l,..,ss l'i'
New YoRK, Oct. l8-M.-Tha steamer
Can ada sailed for Liverpool with 72 pbssen.
gers and 8s5, 900 in specie, Among The
passengers wsre Arch Bishop hughes, and
bishop Tjmonof Boston, S,ysg,1sSs,.. q
gln some paris Of Worcester county. snow
fell yesterday. 70 the depth. OF lwo 70 three
inches. and in many Localities in New
Hampshire, on Sunday, i. showed fercelyc
CiNcINNAT1, Oci. 18 Mp. B. Man.
chester, private banker, closed his doors
this morning. iii is rcpor.sdi.hat lhe, Ken.
tucky Trust Company Bank has suspended.
Gov. BUR- ieached ST. Joseph. Mo-, Son,ih9
I'd inst, on his way TO Office in Nsbra ska. 4,