Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-04-10


are so far advanced that they may readily
be finished during the present year, so thai
Dt the Is. Of January next, the whole road
nav be ready 10 receive The iron, and in
less than six months thereafter be open TO
the public. ,stsf t8s se
A STEAMBOAT ON Coal RIvER.-The
steam, r (" Hurricane" !" ownrd and command.
ed by Capt Shaw. arrived at the mouth Of
Coal. and uscended that stream on Tuesday
asst, it. the Forks, q distance Of 26 miles
This river has been locked und damned for
that distance by the Coal River Navigation
Company, and forihe first time a steamboat
has gone up iha, river This is new era
in The coal enterprise of that region. and
will do much towards developing The ra'
sources of that portion Of our country, which
has heretofore been almost inaccessible for
mining purposes We learn that the boa,
passed through all the locks and lowed TWO
barges without any difficulty. We will give
n fuller description Of this Trip, and The in
Auence j. will work, some time hereafter.
The "Ilurrcane" arrived here on Mon.
day last. anc will, we learn. run in the Ka.
nawha during the low stage OF water in Coal
river, or when there is not sufficient busi-
ness for her there. Kandwha Republican.
GONG EAsr.-On Sunday morning last
we Witnessed quite procession through our
principal street. Il consisted of about nifty
Eorses and mules auached 10 four or FIVE
wagons and about thirty cans. They were
,he properly Of II CONTRACTOR on the Coving.
ton g. Ohiu Railroad, who was lukins his
stock on 10 the line Of The Mnnassa Gap
Road. We would by fur, have rather seen
them coming on TO our road than leaving
But as the monev appropriated 10 our road
is nearly all used up. Contractors arr leaving
as !ust us !htir contracts a:e ou, Kanarha
| Republican.
\ FlRE.--A FIRE occurred about half pas;
'cluck on lhe steamer Ahamunl, lying Al
The whari, which eulircly consumed the pi.
LOT house aud Texas aud burm through
,he hurricane roof. doing considerable dam
age 10 the Office aud cabin. The prompt nj.
tendance oi .he lire companies prevented n
'o,nl destruction Of The boat. How the fire
orisi"aud was not known last uighi,-
} Wheeling InteiHgencer.
Snow was six inches deep nj Buffalo or
the 28h uit, and the ice in The creek ant
lake is us thick and firm us in The dead u
winter
Mayor Wood is now putting The "strecl
walkers ihrough' with his accustomed vigor
/ large number have been sen, 10 liack
w,l's land. Tor from one 10 six months
us vasran's. and the police bringin recruit:
10 the wa'ch house, nightly.
Over three hundred dogs have been klcc
in lndIunap''l's, since the mad dog excite
meul broke ouI in that city,
1t is suid ,ha, Adams & Co Of San Fran
f cisco, paid james King, lor'n"rIy Of George
town, y. g.. .hiny lhonsand dl ars yea
10 90 and manage ,hpr Banking House. |
their other salaries and expenses were il
proportion, it is no great wonder thai lhey
made bad failure.
The shp-Lu ldIng business has been re
sumcd in New York. this spring, with grea
ac,ivi'y. Commercial prosperity seerrs I,
be irsur d II the nu'ioussoI Europs cuntiuu
u, war.
Mr.. Rodgers, nf franklin CO., O., die,l q
Ihydrupho5in, las. weckiu ,ha, Su,e. Ii np
; pears that he was bitten by mad dog som
thirty years ngn, from The effects of which
II was supposed, he had recovered, alIhoug
NJ irregular intervals he ict peculiar ur
plpasrm sensation.
: When Gagne, (Depuly. Recruiting Office
for Sogucnay) was released from prison u
thr 5.n inst, he was met by numerou
asscmblage ut sympathiz"rs, who cscorlt
!, him nome with Il good deul IT nuisy dem
e oEstraIiun. In the course Of the night, u
e ntinck was made on Sir Allan McNab's r.,
: idenc", ana some suore of panes Of gla,
If brukenin his windows. The following nigl
c grrnt confusion prevailed in lhe lluuso
:. Assembly, in consequence ol the repn
l. iha' II rIol und attack upon the uvuse WI
i likely 10 Iake pIace.
II Fifty men LEFT Boston for llalfax on III
u u 28ih. evidently Tor The purpose Of enislin
|
. . in the regiment for the Crimpa. The ageI
:; said they were Railroad 'a5orers. We Gu
= probably spare great many moro from Of
u cities.
)rl
C. The Spanish army in Havana, il is sn
:: will soon be- increased to 20 900 men. Spat
r. is determined 10 bp ready lur Gen. Quiuna
a and his piraIical iiliblsters.
IN Martin Van l'urcn jr is very low with col
10 Sumption al Paris. and s not expected
y survive but short time. His father, the c!
n President is with him.
Thomas Fitzgerald, late United STAT
Senator from Michigan, died al his residro,
"a a in Miles, on Sunday last.
at 1t is STATED that Col. VIM. Walker. Il
0, humbug President Of the humbug Republ
e. Of Sonora. has recently received a donali,
s. OF $4,000 acres ol land icon The Cover
mem Of Nicsruguu. aud that he is about
" sci sail ior that country, Doubtful.
e = Mrs. Swisheln saws ,ha, the "Lile al
= = BeouIies Of Fanny Furn." is The grea.,
- disgrace American literature hus ever ST
81, 90 laned. Il is designed bY her brothers. &
no M 20 injure her, and il is attempted in n,eo
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