The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-12-27
News Items.

ES' The new postage law authorizes
the Postmaster General, from and after
January LIST, l 356 to require Postmasters
to "place postage Stamps upon all prepaid
letters, upon which such stamps have not
been plabelcd by the writer's" In accor-
dance with this provision, we learn that
the Postmaster General has decided to
make Postmasters to comply with the re-
quir,ments of the law, and for this pur-
pose to supply themselves with stamps,
by directing their orders to the third as
slstant Postmaster Gcnaral-Sci0io Gaz.
WHO CAN BEAT IT ?-On Friday eve
ming last, John Beck, one Of the workmcn
at Col. May S slaughter-house, took beef
after it was knocked down, skinned it, cut
it open, cleaned it, and hung it up, ready
for cutting, IN fire minutes and forty two
SecoHds. This, We are assured, is the
quickest work ever made in these parts,
or any othcr.-Ind,0pJHs Jomnal.
CoNvENTIoX.-A Convention Of the
coored people of Ohio is to be held in this
city on the 10th Of January The call is
issued by the State. Central Committee,
who IN a postscript request all the dele
gates TO " furnish themselves with money
for the Convention" We suppose this is
a sly hint to their coIored friends from the
rural districts, to pay their own way.--O.
s. J. ......
CRNTRE Furnace SoLD.-The Ports
mouth Tribune says that or. b. Hamil-
ton, Esq proprietor of Centre Furnace,
has disposed of the concern to Messrs.
MURFIN j. B. and O. f. GOULD and j.
M. &. SMITH will take charge of the Fur
mace, and be found there hereafter. Cen
ire Furnace is one Of the best establish
ment8, and las the most extensive wood
lands Of this locality.
Mr.. MURFIN tells us that the taxes on
Centre and Franklin Furnaces, for this
year were $4,000"
Hoos.-Tho indianapolis Republican
states that 10000 hogs have been killed
and packed in that city this fall up to the
9th inst. Prices ranged at s 8, so to Sc co
on that day.
ES- Catharine Cooper, of Lancaster,
Pa, recovered a verdict of $500 against
the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, for the loss of her husband by an
accident on the road, resulting from care
lessness ON the part Of the employees of
the company.
By the official vote just counted in the
Virginia Legislature, it appears that Gov.
Wise S majority shut 9,92i. His friends
who bet on 10000 majority will lose, it is
said, considerable money on the result.
~" The Hon. Hamilton Merritt, of
Canada, has come out in favor of extern
ding the Reciprocity Treaty to manulac-
lures, and abolishing the Custom Houses
on both sides Of the line.
W The preliminary examination of
Coburn and Dalton, charged with the
murder of VIM. Sumner, commenced in
the Police Court of Boston, on the 18th
inst, Some days will probably be con
sumcd in the trial.
The GAINES CASE, "A tclegrOphic dis.
patch from New Orleans, ofthe l7th inst,
states that the Supreme Court of that
State had given decision in Mrs. Gaines
District Court, and dccrecing that Daniel
CIark's will Of 1913 be admitted to pro-
bate, and Mrs. Gaines put in possession
of thesproperty.
GS5~ Land warrants are declining. SOS
and ZOOS sell for 95 cents per acre, and
40 sand l2u's for 80, ,'cts. per acre. They
will 60 lower before March.
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