The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-02-15
NEWS ITEMS.

MONDAY nlgnt was lne COlueSl OI lhe
season on the laSes. Al Cleveland tht
thermometer was Is degrees below zero.
and at Buffalo it was 20 degrees below
Al 8 O. clock on Tuesday morning. in ex-
posed localities it ranged between IA and
Is degrees below.
On Friday last, the snow bound mem
bers Of the Legislature Of Illinois returned
10 the Capitol, and there was again
quorum. For several days business had
been al stand.
A dispatch from Chicago says that
Thursday (to.dav) is fixed upon for the
election of the U. S. Senator in the Iii
nois Legislature.
A stage driver was frozen to death on
his seat near Toronto, Canada, on the
9th inst. The thermometer was 22 de
gress below zero the night before.
The New.York letter writer's say that
A. Dudley Mann has resigned his post
Of Assistant Secretary of State, TO take
effect March lst. The President does
not like TO accept it, but he persists.
Lieut.. Robert Il. johnson, of the U. S
Navy, and Nephew to Joseph Gales oil
of the MtelHgencer. died at Wilmington.
Delaware, on The 4lh inst lie was an
officer in The Wilkes exploring expedi
tion.
In the French communal schools for
girls the ordinary studies are suspended,
and the pupils are all engaged in making
lint for the hospitals in the East
The Vienna Presse states that, with
the consent Of the Porte, Austrian en-
gineers are about to ascertain the differ
ence Of level between the Mediterranean
and Black Sea.
John B. Miller, Of New-York. has been
nominated by the President, as Secretary
of Legation 10 Peru.
In Boston, good oak and maple wood
| is $40 per cord. In Lowell i. is $8 -
Fuel is becoming costly item among
the down casters.
An extensive repairing shop is about tC
be created al Bellare, for the use of tht
Central Ohio road.
The House of Representatives Of Iii
nois, by vote OF So to H. passed reso
luton in faver of a Convention to form a
new Constitution lor that State.
Col. Colt, with his agents, are at Wash
ington, urging a renewal Of his patent
lie has already made half Il million o
dollars out of II. and we think he should
be contented TO retire, and leave the busi
ness OF making revolvers open TO genera
competition.
A large detachment of U, s, troops
now at Newport, Ky. are about 10 leave
tor Jefferson Barracks. near st. Louis
From thence msny oi them will be sen
to the Indian territory.
Miss Milford. the celebrated Englisl
writer Of stories, &C., died a short tim,
since in ripe old age.
Mr.. Maury, ex Mayor ol Washington
died in that city on the ei inst. lie wa
much respected.
The jury in the case Of the late DAME
. w ebster sgainsl the city Of New Orleans
failed to agree upon verdict. This |
a claim Tor fifty thousand dollars for pro
iessional services in the celebrate,
!. Gaines case.
l. Gone DowN.-The Vermont Peniter
J. ,iarv has heretofore had from eighty /
one hundred convicls. Now il has br
go. The cause for this decline in bus
ness Is, the rigid enforcement OF The la
!. against the sale Of spirituous liquors.
s. The iails in the State are in a still wor'
state of decline, many Of them beir
without tenants, and ITO let." II
"drorth" has had q sensible effect upc
the crop Of crime there, as it will ha'
'e elsewhere.
!. The Richmond Wing learns, that viii
!, a Democratic orator was haranguing fot
Wings and too Democrats at the Ham
YER Court. and endeavoring to covinc
them ol necessity Of supporting Wise I
9 Co. the Know Nothings were holding
!. meeting in the room over his head,
y which Gay persons were introduced
San