Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-03-01
NEWS ITEMS.


Wisecup, of Highland county, murdered
his sister few nights ago, as is supposed,
with a piichfork.
EH-It is rumored that Chief justice
| Taney and Judge Mclean intend resign
ing their seats on the bench of the Su-
preme Court. Both are very aged, and
in infrm health, the Chief Justice beng
over eighty years of age, and Judge
Mclean seventy six.
EN Lincoln got off a good one on the
day of the Illinois Senatorial election. As
soon as the ballot was announced, n prom
inent Republican approached him, in the
law library, and asked him chow he fet?"
"Well," said be, II feel good deal like
the boy did when he stubbed his Toe
against a root; grabbing his foot in both
I hands he exclaim ed: "l'm too much of
man to cry, and too badly hurt to laugh?"
ESA terrible epidemic has appeared
at Washington, @. H., as will be learned
by the following which we take from the
"Register" OF last week: "A nettsh in
fection, vulgarily called the itch is said to
have broken out here in n furious shape,
and is raging to an alarming extent. Up
to dark last evening ten adult cases of this
kind had been reported to the Board OF
Health. - Chilticothe Gazette.
Sons oE TEMPERAHCE.-Mari Divi-
sion, No. SO. was Instituted by Rev. A.
q. Byers, DIG. w. p, On the 9th inst.
The officers are Geo NJ. Woodbridge, w.
p; James Lewis, w. A.; Amzi Allen r.
s; Willis Hall, A. R. S.; Joseph Jones.
F. S.; M. J. Morse. r.; John Hoist. Jr.;
c.; John M. Woodbridge. A. G.; l.. NJ
Parker, 1. s.; james II. Dye. o. s.; A. G.
Byers, Chaplain.
New Divisions are being instituted in
various parts of the Statc.-Marietta Rep.
| BAR-RooM CHRIsTIANs.--At a recent
meeting Of the Presbyterians of Mercer,
it was deemed advisable to pass the fol-
lowing resolution:
ResOlOed, That the Presbytery hereby
expresses lis most decided and earnest
| disapprobation of Christians habtually as
socE,ting with tiplers or frequenters of
bar-rooms or drinking houses; and we
earnestly exhort all others, to use all their
influences against such curses.
SnARP.-We find the following in the
n. Y. "Tribune." We don't know who
gets the hardest cut-the members of the
Legislature or The officers of the railroad:
The great railroad companies having
lately agreed with each other to grant no
! free passes, we learn without surprise that
all the railroads Of this Stale continue to
bestuw free tickets on the members Of the
Legislature just rs they did before that
agreement. Tins is done under n resor-
walton which allows the companies Esss-to
pass their employees -EET
ESA free colored man, named Cae-
sar, died near Covington, La, on the
9Th of February, at the advanced age Of
one hundred and thirty eight years.
| Caesar, according TO his own account,
WAS an A flican 10y birth. and was brought
TO Louisiana, then Spanish province,
when he was about fifteen years of age;
has resided in the vicinity of Covington
fer mole than fifty years, and until within
Il few months of his decease, had retained
posses sion of his physical and mental fac
uI;ies, engaging in conversation. il the
French language, with any one who chose
to visit him.
The CATASTROPHE AT. GuADALAJARA.
MExICo.--It is stated by gentlemen, di-
rect from Guadanjara, that the late explo-
sion of the government palace in that city,
WAS far more desm uctive 10 life than here
reported. A portion of the building. it
seems, was used rs n Stale prison, in which
were confined not only common male!ac-
tors, but number of political offenders.
This was blown entirely TO pieces. as also
the whole editice, except the central pOr-
ton, which now stands alone, shattered
and blackened. Our informant thinks
not less than 500 To 600 lives were lost
But strange to say, 10 list Of dead or miss
ing has yet made its way into the public
prints.--N. O. Picoyune, 1871.
~ The following eloquent, earnest
and effective address was delivered al
recent Democratic caucus in the town OF
Sandford, Broome County, N. Y, by II
man who had been an inmate of the
County Jail on an indictment for murder
The speech is too good 10 be lost. Here
il is:
"GENTLEMEN: By-we are going TO
beat the--Black Republicans. am
going To work this veal. Last year We
were licked because WAS in Jail and could
not vote. l WAS prosecuted and kept in
Jail because l was Democrat. Gentle
men, the Democratic party is prosecuted
party. GO to a Tile JoiL> and State Pris-
or s IN the country, and you acW find nine
Out Of eVery ten 0t' eU tile criminals Demo-
cg0ts. Now, mark what tell you. am
rot in prison this year, AMI will see what
L can do
GR- We would invite the attention of
our read us To the new "Ague Cure" ad-
vertiSed in our columns. 1t is from such
quarter as will give the public confidence
in lis efficacy, and we have learned from
reliable sources, that its virtues will sus-
tain their fullest expectations. Cuizens Of
! tie west can not fail to appreciate the par
! amount value to them, of sale and certain
remedy for this affecting di.temper with