The daily union., 1856-01-15


face that she poor colored woman Half erazed with
sorrow be would have thrown himself upon her seemingly
teess body In his great grief and have bewailed her
dead had not the bystanders held him back Then his
noble wife manifested her gladness a his safety and bade
him hope that all things would work together for good
that she would yet live 10 make glad his heart and share
his love This was only one Of many such at the
meeting OF friends and relatives after the accident
9The unfortunate Lady was taken TO the Exchange House
and placed under medical skill Her left leg 10 fractured
In two places the ankle One OF her hands is badly
cut and her face and bosom scorched seaded nearly
black, and her eyes somewhat injured The above
facts learned from various parties who witnessed them
Mr. Blanchard took us into the where bis wife lay
and after sbowngns her sad condition. he took the mnia
tnre of beautiful woman from his bosom, and said,
There Is what she was this time yesterday Mrs Ban-
chard has manifested throughout her suferngs the most
heroic foriitude cheering her husband and exhibiting
spirit at once hopeful and resigned Her physicians
doing all that human skill do, and strong hopes are
entertained that she will recover
Missions CEyLoS.--In 1916 the American board Of
missions commenced their operations in Ceyon They la
bored long but with discouragng results until within
few years There are connected with the various
Protestant missions in that land 81 churches embracing
$500 members and $4,000 stated attendants
TIM LATE "coLD TERMs-During last week the weather
in Wisconsin unusually severe the thermometer rang
ing in various parts Of the State from 70 to II degrees be-
low In several counties Of Illinois last week the
thermometer ranged from 30 80 degrees below zero
The Chicago Times Of the 9th instant says;
Yesterday the coolest day we remember to have
known in this latitude and longitude for many years AT
sunrise the mercury ranged between % and "a degrees
below O. the scales of all the Fahrenheit Thermometers
in town, as far as heard from"
SALE or THE MICHIGAN PINE LAsDs--The Detroit Adver-
ser mentions the sale Of $4,000 Of pine lands In La
peer county to Wm S. briggs, for $l5o,O0o. The pur-
chaser intends to enter at into the numbering bust
BRNdING HoME--A writer in the Home Jour
nal alludng American and English criticism on Amer
ican talent says that while all England resounding
with enthusiastic homage to Longfellow and Prescott
America engaged in miserable conflict to whether
her great poet not pagarst and her great historian
an imposter"
PERsosAr--Govcrnor Wilson Shannon, of Kansas Ter
ritory at Lexington Missouri the nth instant
route for Washington.
CoLD coMFonr-A gentleman Of Salem, distinguished
for his knowledge Of botany and kindred branches of
ura history Of opinion that the coating of ice will be
benefit rather than an injury to the trees,
HAsdIsa IN KEsTucKY--The Paris (Ky) Citizen Ia no
tcng The hanging OF Solomon Smith, for the murder
of his father says the third execution in the county
within the last thirteen months and fully illustrated the
positive evils Of public executions Instead Of producing
subdued solemn and thoughtful Of feeling IL seemed
10 pe the VI anu fot
MAN AND ms BOTTLE OUT or sNow--A few
days ago some men engaged in cleaning the
from the sidewalk Hoes foundry New York. and after
digging away bank Of several feet Deep much their
SURPRISE they across sleeping quietly beside
his bottle He had taken lodgings the walk the evening
previous and got showed under His breath had made
hole in the snow and thus he furnished with fresh air
THE BosTos cHLoRoFoRN CAsEln the late of death
verdict that Phebe Ann Morgan to her death
Saturday last by chloro.or administered her urgent
request for the purpose Of having tooth extracted The
jury feel compelled to the public against the
choroform which they pronounce dangerous anesthet
cal agent
CossusrTIos suGAR-Abou1 $50 10000 pounds of
gar consumed in the United States last
aging 40 pounds for every man, woman, and child.
POPULATION OF Notwithstanding 10 the Chicago
Times the late population of Illinois Ia 1856 l,3o0
537, against population in 1850 of s5l,470 showing
increase OF 449,067.
The ratio of increase will give 10 the State in
1860 population Of 2,0s600o The entire population Of
the United States in 1850 30 s76 and the average
increase for the last fifty years has been 80 per cent which
in 1860 would give total population Of about 3ooooooo
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