The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-01-28
~Tbirt1 thousand dollars have

ofthe State. Orders respectfully solicited.
Thirty thousand dollars have
been subscribed to the first railroad in
kansas-from Quindaro to Lawrence.
4-.A woman is a good deal like q
piece of ivy-the more you are ruined,
the closer she elings to you. A wife's
love don't begin to show itself, in its
power, tillthe Sheriff is after you.
The highest salary of the Gov
ernor of any State in the Union is paid
in California, $4,000; and the lowest
is in Vermont, $3.50. Louisiana pays
$4,000, and Virginia $4,000.
EEA young man at Salem, Illinois,
in attempting to kill a hog, had the knife
in his hand, aud the hog striking the
knife with his foot, thrust it into the
groin Of the young nan producing
death.
E.1n Philadelphia. an English Ia
dy, while on a visit. was killed by adose
of'sslaek drop "a preparation of opium
and instant poison1 given by a young
woman tending a drug store, who mis-
tsoK it for T" slack draught,h a prepare
tion of sena.
EDuring the year 1855, seven
hundred and sixty persons died IN. Bos-
con Of consumption. of which four hun
Ared and Eve, or oye- one hall, we're fe-
males. This is a little over ne-sixth of
ths whole number of deaths.
EAman named Crowley, with his
wife and four children, started out on q
sleigh rido . few nights since, from some
place between Gaiena and Du1uqc, but
gsttiag cat of their road, could not find
thsir way home, and the next day we're
discovered frozen to death.
E.The Galena Advertiser states
that there has fallen during the present
season IN that region fhy.six inches of
snow.s In Northern Iowa and Southern
Minnesota the snow is from three to
four feet deep, and weil packed down
at that,
EEA young lady in Albany, n. Y.
g, having been insulted a few nights since
by a mar who proposed to meet her on
Monday night, at the reservoir 10 Eagle
street, her brother dressed himself ia
her attire, met the rascal, and cowhided
him in petticoats-
EDr. Kane has almost recovered
the use of his leg, which was parylized,
and his arm is commencing to show signs
of vitality. He coptemp plates returning
horne. if lis health still. improves, in the
QUAKER City, which was to leave Ha-
~aaa on the 10Th inst.
The officers of the Manhatten
Gas Company of New York have ares
ted a couple of men for stealing their
Gas. The rogues otahdestinely con
nected their houses with The oompany's
pipes,+a ad kept the 'front.' windows dark
.ned to avoid detection.
.The dress of Miss Nelly Peters
caught Ere from the footlights on the
stage of the Peoples Theatre, St. Louis,
i,he ether evening, and much excitement
'ensued. The fire was extinguished be-
fore she was seriously injured, by a
yousgMaD D.. who threw bis CLOAK around
her .sshd eiasped her in his arms, thus
smotFefing the flames.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins, wife
of Amos Robbins, Of Springfield, died
suddenly while riding to the depot in a
hack. She was a very feshy woman,
and subject to the dropsy- She became
alarmed least she should be too late for
she cars, and breathed SO badly that the
hack was ordered to turn around and
carry her hoae. But she died before
she reached her residence. She was
So years old
EIn = town in Orange county,
New York, man aud wifelhave not spo-
ken for eight gears. TheyUark togeth-
CGt htcCp AZ go 0Oug SaAO hA01k dAS0Ao .
the same table, and show notishe slight
est anger toaards each other TbefSnly
-reasoa to be-essigned for thar ob~stinate
and protraeset silence is, that eegeh is too
proud to speak first.
E0n Monday last, a lady stop
pol az the Madison House, Cosipgton,
KY, with her husband aud thirty-two
children. She was about sixty years Of
age, but locked young and hearty. She
de mother of all of them. IF this
can be beat, We are extremely DESTROYS
of receiving the information.
The golden wedding OF 6yives-
ser and Tirxah Maxwell, of Charlemont,
Mass. was celebrated on Christmas
dag. The Greenfield Gazette says that
neitEer of them have lived more than
six miles from the birth place of either
of the parties. Nj. Maxwell was born
April ia. f775, three days beforsethe
battle of Lexington.
IL Tie origin of the term "hush
money" is thus explained: George
Gsrriek, brother to David. was deputy
msnage Of Drurylans Theatre. A part
of his duty was to yak about the stare