Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-12-20
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west Our own ambitious Jasper Is fast bill
ing up with the best of men. We say. come
on, We have town aud county you need not
be ashamed Of getting into.
~ The Court Of Common Pleas for Stark
county adjourned on Saturday last, after a ses'
sion Of four weeks. Before il adjourned, John
NJ. shrock, the defaulting Treasurer Of Holmes
county who was convicted Of embeEzlsmen' IN
the first week Of the term, was sentenced 70
one years imprisonment in the PenltenIlary =
On Monday morning sheriff Dunbar tcok him
to Columbus Next week We expect TO De
able to give an account Of the doings OF the
Court Canton Repository, 18th Instant
61r Prof Backman, of the Ohio Medical
College at Cincinnati, amputated leg at the
hip joint, on Saturday, the Sth inst 1t is said
10 be The 6rst case OF the kind ever performed
in Ohio. The patient was doing well at the
last accounts, SO says the Columbus Journal.
EFThe Pittsburgh Gazette, Of the 9Th inst,
urges the call Of a Republican Convention to
| be held at ittsburgh or some other point, II
desired, on the 92d Of February next. for the
purpose OF interchangng opinions, 9nd The aP
Convention at such Time and place as shall be
ag- esd upon, Tor the nomination Of President
and Vice President and also to more perma'
nendy form the Republican party, INTO Ma
tional organization.
R7r At the Cleveland District Court Eliza
Duncan applied Tor dover in the estate OF Al
exander Duncan. He had a wife living IN
. l.. 49, H.. -. Lad cnh ahiip1 with
and had children by hun and promised TO mar
ry her on the death Of his wife but failed TO
DO SO. The court granted her dover.
R4r A FIRE occurred in the State Prison, at
Sing, Sing, New York, on the evening OF the
I7tb inst. which destroyed all toe workshops
on the West side. Considerable confusion
prevailed among the prisoner, who had not
yet returned to their cells, many Of them
shouting out their wishes for the total destruc-
tion of the prison. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
ET Mr.. Dutch, formerly editor and pub
Usher Of :he Chicago Commercial Advertiser,
has just recovered a Judgement of $4,000
gainst Sherman ct al, for forcibly removing.
his Office, type, press. DE from a room owned
by the defendants and rented by the plaintiff,
by which the publication OF the paper was
suspended;aDd finally relinquiShed The first
trial resulted in a verdict Of 50, eco. The
supreme court reversed the judgement upon
some roint otlaw, and the second jury gave
u verdict as above, Of $4,000,
EE Quite row occurred last week in our
neighbonng town Of DeeWare, between num-
Der Of ladies belonging to the Good TemPlar.s,
temperance organization. and a couple of land
lords, at which a number Of barrel heads were
knocked in, causing the loss of good deal oI
( bad whisky. None OF the individuals were
much hurt Estate Journal.
pM. In the case of McGrsa. charged with
murder, Of fellow who attempted to kill him
Mr.. Parrot, his counsel, has succeeded in get
ting the Kanzas U. S. District Court, to gram
a change of venue from Leavenworth TO Iecum
Sc h, where the trial will be beyond the range
of the border rufians,
EE Mrs. Adene J. Swift. Of Lorain county,
is now lecturng up north, on the subject o
legal Oppression, and is making special etfnrt'
to obtain signatures to petit ons to our Legis
lature, for removing the legal disabilities o
women and cOlored persons.
By- The subscription for the forthcoming
volumes of Macaulay's History of England
has reached the large number Of $4,000 cop
les, although the price is TO be fl les, nearly
nine dollars The list had not been closed ant
there was a probability of its reaching 4o, ,OOJ
copies or more.
Eg- The Richmond Dispatch speaks of
: pamphlet, just published in that vicinity .whic
estimates that within the last forty years 81
Q 642 slaves have escaped from the South Il
fifteen hundred annually, aud the total loss j
4 s7,649 800.
: - A new railroad is projected from Spring
field, the capital of Illinois, to Keokuk, at tn
mouth ofthe Des Moines river, IL will pas
through a very rich and rapidly improving
region, and the road could be built at compar
atively little cost.
- At late Court of Common Pleas o
q Montgomery CO.. the Dayton Branch of th
the Stale Bank recovered judgement for $l3.
& (UU against DdNlu Oldtks co, CA-lT6aSuref, 0e
ing the amount with interest, taken from saic
Bank under the crow bar law. He was suet
in his private capacity
: - At Dayton, Ohio, few days since,
band Of women made descent on two grog
r shops, and ridded them completely. Tn,
{ dealers showed fight, but were soon brough
TO terms by the enrsged Amazons
- Isaiah Rogers, the architect Of the Bur
net House. has been appointed architect for tt,
court house, Jail aud other public buildings o
Hamilton county, by the present Commission
: ers. His salary is fixed at $4,000.
- Gus Blake, while intoxicated, laid dOwI
on the O. \ P. r. r., at Rochester sta
tion, on the 18th ult. A train came along ant
made mince meet of him. Ex
- During the year 1854, one hundred anc
ffty. FIVE men were hung in the United State
for murder. OF this number only seven coulC