The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-24

Ill that time his thrifty wife Hannah
las been drawing her support from the
of the poor, as a 4" poor wildly
With three small childrens." They have
Just found her out.
The Committee of Patents in Che
House are about reporting a bill co es-
a reciprocity of the privileges of
patentees between this c5nntry and the
provinces. ItSis thought there
will be no oppositica in, either branch of
Congress, and j. is understood that the
Government will readily agree
the proposed arrangement.
"A Honolulu paper cautions its rea-
ders to examine their cabbages well be-
fore cooking them, as centipedes of .
large size. are frequently concealed
amongst the leaves, and describes one
that was housed that was six inches in
length.
George W. Tuttle, the inventor of
the famous " baioy jumper" and who
has realized a profit of $50, 600 by the
patent, died IN New York on Saturday,
from congestion of the lungs. He was
80 years Old and died unmarried.
The Pennsylvania reports that the
Hon. Caleb Gushing intends to remain
in Washington after the close of the
prese Mt administration to practice his
profession. 4
1t appears that the population
I ofLCalifornia has actually decreased
within the last year. It was proposed
TO form an association to cooperate with
Esimilar associations in California and Or
egon, and the principal cities of the At
lantic slope. The measures likely to re
ceive attention are a wagonroad and Chez
a railroad TO the Pacific; reduction
of fare, and increased accommodation b,
way of the fstamus; providing the emf
grants with employment on arriving out
getting lands into market at low price
and on favorable terms, and issuin,
publications explanatory of resource
and capabilities of the country.
A BOLD OPERAT1oN.-A man name,
Charles Town hasibeen arrested for for
gerry in Philadelphia. He appears t
have been very bold in his operations
in one Of which he forged q note an
check, and drove to Bristol, and wen
with them to the Farmers Bank. BaDl
hours were over he visited the cashier
house and presented them, aud the cash
Ter, after some scrutiny, actually tool
the trouble to 60 to the bank to get tn
money to pay the forged check. Th'
audacity of this move is hard to equal.
ONE THOUSAND PERSONS KILLED B,
A STROKE OF LIGHTNING.-Account
from Rhodes state shat the hghtnin,
struck the immense store of gunpowde
which was placed in the vaults belong
ing to the Ancient Knights, destroyinI
the whole Turkish quarter SO complete
" that only three childred were saved
Que thousand persons are said to hav
persisted.
A YOUNG AMERICA BABY.-The edi
tor of the Newark Jacksonian tells som
great truths since!his triumph over tn
fanatics Here is only a part Of his ba
by story
"a gentlemen, resident of this city
has q sister living at New Paltz, oppo
site Poughkeepsie, who two week
since gave birth to a female child wit
two front teeth, and now this specime
of our telegraph and locomotive age ha
eight teeth. This fast baby is no hum
bug, for its uncle is one of the ''unterr
fed" Democracy of Newark, who voucl
es for its truth"
: Capt. Samuel Somers recently XII
ed near his residence on the river 8
John, Florida, an old tigress and tn
, half grown tigers. He also came
sight of the old male tiger several time
but was afraid to shoot at him. tt
, tigress measured eleven feet six inch'
from the tip of the. nose to the end
, the tail, and it is supposed would ha,
weighed three or four hundred pounds
j The assessed value of property
Washington city, for tho year 1856.
S26, 040,31s; being an increase of 81
237,545, since the general assessment
1854. This valuation includes grour
improvements, personal property of q
kinds bank, and other stock. Slal
/ property is assessed at 1851 AIS.
1t is stated that there n no
twenty Indian treaties before the Sc
ate, involving the cession of 1920
t 900 acres of land, for q consideration
about ell 600, 600. The Indians Wit
in our limits are estimated at abo
SOC, 600.