Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-02-24
NEWS ITEMS


little girls, named Mary and Catharine
Rourke, from the convent of the Sisters of
st. Joseph. The circumstances of the case
are, that their father is indebted to the Sis
ters for arrearages of tuition, and wishes
to take them away, the Lady Superior re-
fuses to let them go until the arrearages
are paid up.
THE LATE Mr.. BRooKs.-The death Of
P. s. Brooks created great sensation. in.
South Carolina. On the arrival of the,
news at Columbia, the Mayor ordered the
town bell to be tolled, and the exercises at
the South Carolina College were immedi-
ately suspended. AT Charleston large
Palmetto tree, standing on one Of the
streets, was draped in mourning, and the
flags of the shipping in port and the public
buildings placed at half mast.
Two dollar notes on the Bank of Com
merce, Boston altered to tens, have made
their appearance. The figures in the cor
ner and the word 1wo on the margin are
taken out by chemical process, and the
word ten printed in. Genuine tens may
be recognized by the vignette of a steam
ship in the centre, and portrait of the late
Robert G. Shaw in the right hand corner;
also a group of female figures in the left
hand corner.
UNUSUAL DEPTH OF FRosT.-We are
informed by parties employed by the Gas
Company, that the frost has penetrated TO-
an unusual depth this winter. 1t was
thought at one time that it might go down
to the Cochituate water pipes. The deep
snow has, however, arrested its progress.
In digging in Pitts street, on Friday,
the soil was found frozen to the depth of
feet; in Court street, feet inches; and
in Federal Street. over feet.-Cin. Gaz.
PRESTON BROOKS HABIrs.-It has been
remarked by those who were acquainted
with Mr.. Brooks that intoxication had be-
come confirmed vice with him since the
Sumner affair." He had seemingly attemp-
ted to drown conscience in the wine cup,
and latterly has been so constantly under
the influence of strong drinks as to induce
the apprehension that his life would be
prematurely cut short.
THE CAMELs AT WoRK-The San An
tonic (Texas) Daily Times says:
"Twenty-two camels have just passed
through our city, loaded with about GOO
pounds each, returning to their place Of
rendezvous, which is seventy miles from
here. There are dromedaries also with
them, and seated on the top of these cam.
els and dromedaries are Arabs and Turks,
dressed in the costume of their own coun-
try"
The Legislature Of the State Of Michi-
gan has appointed special committee and
instructed them to report bill setting off
the Upper Peninsula into new State
This, with what Wisconsin purposes to
cede for like purpose, will make State
five times as large as Rhode Island, and
which contains 10000 inhabitants.
The sales of lands by the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad in December were S68O,0O0
making in the aggregate $5,ll4,0OO for
the year 1856, and grand total of Sl0,-
10000 since the sales commenced. The
remaining lands are worth more than the
entire two and half millions were when
the first sale was made.
INDIANA CoAL,-The New Albany Tri-
bune says that several capitalists of this
city, with Miles Greenwood at their head,
have made propositions to buy the Martin
county coal mines, Of which we made men
ton the other day, and thus be able to
supply this city with coal at 1874 cents n
bushel. The coal is said to be equal to the
Pittsburgh coal,-Cin. Gaz.
FrLLIBusTERs.-The case of the alleged
Fillibusters, Col Fabens and Capt. Bolton,
has now been under investigation FIVE days,
with no prospect of its closing very soon.
At the conclusion of the examination yes
terday afternoon, the prisoners were lber-
ated from custody on their own recogniz-
ance The examination will, however, be
continued on Monday.-N Y. TriJuns, 9Th
DEATH FROM EATING POISONED CoNFEc-
TIoNERY.--A child of Mr.. L. Spooner, of
this village, aged one year and six months,
died on Thursday morning last, from eat
ing red popped corn ball" It's death
was attended by all the symptoms of poison
soon after eating being seized with vom-
iting.--Natick Mass. Observer,
MARRYING FAMILY.-A mother and four
daughters, all of whom reside in North
ampton, have, collectively, approached the
altar of Hynen seventeen times. The
mother has had four husbands, one of her
daughters four, and the others three each.
The Fredericksburgh (Va.) Herald, of
the 29th, learns that by the will Of the late
Mrs. Mary Hill, all the slaves belonging to
her estate, numbering some thirty-pix,
have been set free.
The FRUIT CRoP.-Papers from vari-
GUS quarters unite in pronouncing the fruit
crop uninjured thus far. There is abun-
dant opportunity for its destruction yet.
Late Spring frosts are as fatal as winters
cold.
Hon. Millard Fillmore has declined an
invitation to deliver an address at the pro.
posed celebration of the Anniversary of
Washington's Birth, by the United Amer
leans of Buffalo.
The President has ahandonad tha intan-