The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-05-23
News Of the week.

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The PRoHIBIroRY LIoUoR LAW II
IowA.-Ths Iowa Capital City Repor-
Ter, of a late date, has the official vote
Of the people upon the question of . pro-
hibitory liquor law, which was submit
ted to them. It stood thus:
For the law. IS SIS
Against the
With so small amajority in its favor
tho prohibitory Ian is not likely to be
very well sustained by the people
Dubuque County gave eight hundred
majority against the law.
FThe ~ncours Of travellers at
the Falls begins early this season. A
late Buffalo paper says the arrivals at
the Clifton House, Canadian side, aver
aged fifty a day and that the hotels on
the New York side were also filing up,
though iswas ~apprekended that the eff
feet Of the liquor lay would 1901 be to
drive visitors across the river for their
accommodations.
EAs Van Anburg's menagerie
and circus was on itsway from Middle
town to Germantown on Thursday, it
was met near the foimer place by a
horse and rider. When the horse "saw
the elephant" he became 80 much
frightened that, afterrearing and pitch
ing . moment, he fell down and died in
less than five minutes.
@ Ex-Governor SEABURT FoRD
died at his residence at Benton, real
Cleveland, on the 9th inst. Mr.. FoRD
had served in Congress, and was, once
Governor of Ohio.
EIt is found. that the Free Ma
sons exist in Turkey in large numbers,
under the name of Deryishers, and use
exactly the same signs, words aud grips
found among their European brothers.
They have nine lodges in Constantine
pie, aud no less than $4,000 members in
Persia. The views ofthc De rvishers on
religion appear to be far higher than
those imposed BY Islamism, and at their
banquets their women appear unveiled.
They also content themselves with one
wife. The Turkish Free Masons wear q
small brown shawl, embroidered with
mystical figures, and suspended from
their neeks is q fat polished tvelve-cor-
nered piece of white marble, with red
dish brown spots, symbolical of the
death Of Ali, b esfounder of their order,
who was put to death by the Sultan, for
refusing to disclose the secrets to him.
DR. RAY.-The Ohio Journal of Ed
ucation, mourns the death of one of its
efficient and accomplished editors, DIR.
RAY, of Cincinnati. He was o true
friend tfthe Union School system, and
no man in the State has done more thar
he has for the cause of education. He
died of consumption, April 10th, aged
4a.
EThey are eating new potatoes il
New York from Bermuda, at seven dol
lars q barrel, and strawberries from
South Carolina, which cost two cents
and a half apiece. Hard times there.
every body cramped for money
EThe effective force of the Rus
sian navy is stated to be as follows:
Ships of the line-sailing vessels -1e
Ships of the line-steamers------ 8
Frigates-sailing vessels -------
Frigates- /;
Briggs. Sehooners, &c---------44
These vessels are manned by 25,00t
sailors, and IL mariners.
A QUERY ANswERED.-What do po
litieal illusions" generally end in P
The most violent and troublesome of al
confusionst
EWe learn from an Exchang
that Judge METcALF has decided, in
case in Logan county, that inasnuch a
the Legislature, by the act of May
1854, has declared that all bank bill
under the denomination of $40, issuet
by the banks out of this State, are lille.
gal and worthless, therefore an indict
ment for the forgery of such WORTHLESS
paper will net stand.
A PRESIDENTIAL TEAM.-The Know
Nothing party rallies on the Poole plat
form, have made the following nomina
tions for the Presidency
For President,
GEN. JOSEPH HISS, of Mass.
For Vice President,
MRS. PATTERSON, of Boston.
We did not know before that His
was a General. Mrs. p, who will &C
as Vice, If elected, has done corpora
service in the Bay Subsidiary IN
~ atlas.
KENYON Cohesive are grstife'
to learn that this excellent Institution
is in a prosperous condition, under tn
charge of President ANDREWS. The fol
lowing statement of the number of Stu
dents last year, and now, shows its in
crersing prosperity