The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-06-03
NEWS

EIn Delaware the peach crop bids
fair to be more abundant than it has
been for many years.
ESA gentleman from Holmes coun-
ty, Ohio, says the wheat fields in that
vicinity never looked more promising,
and the fruit trees give hope of an abun-
dance.
RI Baltimore Lottery Circulars
continue to be distributed through the
country by agents, and exert a strong in
fuence by their displays of tempting
" prizes" to corrupt the minds of young
men.
ESIt is said that the French Credit
Mobikier is considering the financial pro-
ject of purchasing the best sugar estates
10 C~ba. A monopoly by this immense
Company would dismiss the day of cheap
sugar.
EE Brigham Young, in a recent
sermon to the Mormons, told them it
was more "important to raise saints than
to raise crops" At the present time
Brigham seems more intent on "raising
the devil" than anything else.
DIR. Blaisdale has sued Henry J. Ray
mond, to recover damages for the pub
LEGATION of an alleged libel in the New
York Daily Times, the 9th oflast Fob,
relative to the Burdell murder.
EEMr. Walker. the father of Gen.
William Walker, of Nashville, Tenpes-
see, passed through our city yesterday,
on his way to visit his daughter, who
resides at Louisville. On his arrival
here, he received the first intelligence
that his son had reached New Orleans.
TENNEssEE-Tbe ~gubernatorial can
didates in this State have taken the
"stump," and have designated over fifty
places where they purpose making
speeches between this and the third of
August. They will unquestionably have
a warm time of it
IThaf the very warm weather of
the last few days will bring things for
ward very rapidly cannot be doubted
the crop of mosquitoes has already
its appearance in Brooklyn-they
are of the common musical aud sangui-
nary breed.-N. Y. C6ur. & Eng.
e. Jersey friend of Jeremiah
Church, of South cambridge, Chenango
sent him q basket of muscles re-
wherein Mr.. G. dined and-thc
first one he put his teeth into "opened
rich" 1t proved tc contain a big Pear
he thinks will "set him up for
life.
EGThe Boston Bee states that q
~appohted by the New Eng
and Conference of the Methodist Episcc-
pal Church, report that the Rev. D. L.
Gear, of Lynn, has, in their opinion,
been proved guilty of lying, f~ornicatiop
and forgery
tx Recent statistics show that the
commerce of the United States is it,
ereasing at the rate of FL per cent, a
year, and that of England at the rate of
IL per cent. If this ratio of increase
continues, in 1868 the United States will
stand, commercially, first in Importance
the world.
81. On Saturday, May 18th, two
loaded with Germans went out
from Milwaukee to fish, and, by some
accident, one of the boats was overturn4
and it is supposed that all the Ger
mans, Six in number, were drowned
They belonged to a German Baptist set
and were all heads of families.
E@ The pearl,hunting mania in New
Jersey has extended to Newark, and the
brooks in that vicinity are overrun with
explorers. Several pearls have been
found within the past few days ranging
n price from SIS to $50. Pearls of COZ.
siderable value have also been found in
Elizake.htown, Trenton, and at various
points in Monmouth county. /: