Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-14
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

r AaNVV auo~ lhlhnatcnle, ana the northeT
u part of Shelby Counties, Tennessee.
ETJ. H. Green, the reformed gambler
; is lecturing in Detroit, accompanying hi
remarks by reference TO thirty eight paint
ings, depicting sceues in the life OF a gam
bier.
! @It is said that all the virtuous mel
OF New York will hereafter wear badg
over the heart, in the form of "sickle.'
The wicked will be distinguished from tn,
righteous by wearing key" on the lef
breast. rl.'
G1-ln the town of Nelson, N. H., two
hundred and eighty thousand, eight hun
dred and eight pounds of maple sugar
were made this year from ten thousand
eight hundred and hfty-nine trees.
ES-The yield of Maple sugar in Mich
gan has been SO extraordinary this season
that farmers are selling 1t for from six to
eight cents per pound. More sugar has
been made nthe western counties Of Penn
sylvana this season than for many years
past.
GT Morriseey and Heenan, who had
The big fight and were until recently re-
lenlless enemies, 7have become ardent
friends. Their good example is not lost.
Mr.. Buchanan and Judge Douglas are try
ing to initiate it.
A-The President of the Unite States
was prayed for in the English Church at
Brussels on Easter Sunday in compliance
with n rnouocI oJJ,oeeaJ 10 H. :
certain Americans. In this country, on
all hands, we believe James Buchanan is
looked upon as pretty much past praying
for.-C Gin. Press.
~"Pa," said one of our lisping prat-
tiers, the other morning at breakfast, and
who is fond of eggs, having heard her
eldest sister translating English phrases
into French-"Pa, what is French for
an egg?"
We replied, "And egg is un' oeuf."
We'll" said she, Immediately, "an
egg is Lot enough for me this morning, for
want two!"-Very smart.
EF-The clergymen of Madison, Wis
'onsin, each found nice ham on the door
'tep on recent morning. They were
aiken in thankfully as surprise presents,
'ut it turns out that they were stolen from t
he college steward and distributed by
ONE students, who thought it an exc client |
PRACTICAL joke. The facts did not come out
o time TO save the bacon.
EF Down on the eastern Shore" Of
'irginia there is an editor, who is also his Q
wn composition and pressman, who makes I
ccasional voyages along the coast to Nor .
Dix as captain of the schooner Polly, who b
reaches on Sunday, teaches school on 2
'eek days, and still finds time to take care c
a wife and sixteen children. a
ES- The use of canles for the transpor- o
'tion of Gotten is to be tried in Alabama a
he Mobile papers notice the arrival of 4
Henty-one of these animals from Calves y
m. 1t is said that one camel will readily .
'rry two bales of cotton, at the rate of B
Tenty-fve miles day, over roads that =
e next to impossible to wagons. G
AN ARGUMENT FOR DIVISION OF THE d,
NIoN,--One of the best reasons yet heard C "
r disunion, was given by countryman, dt &c
no went to call Oh the President. He
I'D he waited four hours, and could not
It in TO see him. "And l concluded"
ID he, "that if he was so darned busy Y
all that, one President was not enough B'
attend to the affairs of this Republic, G.
d we had better have another."- ."-Boston
Ourier. e
TAUGHT BY HIS WIFE.-The Litchfield b
Jonn, Enquirer" of April 21, says:
We know a man in Western New York p,
no could not write when he was married,
It who was instructed by his wife so
oroughly that within FIVE years after his
'rriage he was elected High Sheriff of
county, and within ten years served Gr, dr
II years in Congress, and is now one of
most prominent financiers in the EN- n
e State, president of bank, and worth y
obably half a million dollars. f% R1
SUICIDE. "A young lady co,
enty -four years Of age, named Miss Cart the
r, residing with The family of Mr.. Bea- The The
r in Jacktown, Licking county, COM hal
tied suicide by hanging herself in the PTs Rs
m, on Sunday of last week. She was 9th
intelligent and respect table young lady, by
has brother who is a Methodist cor cor
Mister 1t is understood by her friends
t disappointment in a matrimonial en- mis nne
cement and unrequited love, was the Of
se of he: ending her existence in this
nner. The sorrowful event is said TO -
g caused great sensation in the neigh cH
hood. n,
An ENrERPRrs1Nc NEoRo.-We learn
the brig Euseba N. Roye, which has
arrived at New York, is the first YES IS
that has crossed the Atlantic Ocean
er the Liberian flag. She left Mon
ia on the 18th of March, laden with
ty-tive tons cam wood, 404 lbs ivory, w
e and SMALL 5000 gallons of palm w
S2, gallons of which belong TO mai
Ter and master, Mr. Edward j. Rove; Art
des small amount of copper and some eve e
dust. Mr.. Roye, the owner and mas elry
Of this vessel, which bears his daugh-
5 name, is fine looking black man, A
4 at Newark, Ohio, and received his Il
cation at Ohio University, at the time ~
!. Wilson was its President. v
elmo n man of means and copeiJox,bI, BIiL