Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-06
NEWS AND OTHER lAENS.

GF-A Western paper speaks ofa mar
who died withouLlne aid Of a physician
Such instances of death are very rare.
When house is on fire the blaze
is more quickly seen from without than
witlin-il is the same with the ruin Of 4.
State. ..
E$ A lawyer on his passage from Eu
rope, observing shalk, asked sailor
what it was, who replied, +" Here we call
'em sea lawyers"
Eg- All the women Of he villages, on
the shores of the Gulf OF Mckee are III
the habit Of SWIMMING The young la
dies are all diving bellies.
G9T Archbishop Hughes iof New York
has been invited to preach the graduating
sermon at the next annual commencement
at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
EY The "ohiest inhabitant' in Milne
died last werk She was Mrs. Nathaniel
Wilson, of Wilson's Mills, Oxford Couny,
who was born February 26, 1855, and
died l03 years old.
Esg- A treasurer out West, named Gal
lop, has just left for parts unknown--iol,
lowing, as is supposed the suggestions Of
his name. He was not slow, o! couise, 10
feather his nest before starting.
Gg""l'm afrail," said lady to her
husband, "tl at | am going to have a stiff
neck 80, not at all improbable, my
DEAR" replied her spouse. II have seen
strong symptoms Of it ever since we were
married"
GN~"I wish | could have seen your
great feat" said lady TO young gentle
man who had a hazardous adventure in
the Mammoth Cave. "Ttere they are,
madam said he, pointing to his pedal
exrcmities.
iEg" a fellow WAS told. at a tailor's shop,
that three ya'ds Of cloth, by being wet,
would shrink one quarter of yard
"Well, then, " lie inquired, elf you should
wet quarter of a yard, would there be
any left?''
GS Gen. William Walker has volun-
teered to make himself useful as well as or
namenlal, by Offering 10 take command Of
a party to relieve Brownsville from the
danger which is now threatened by the
Mexican outlaws.
RE-T The Illinois Central Company have
received at its land office, S25.OUO thus
far in November. The Hannibal and ST..
Joseph road have sold to some parties in
Boston 100000 Of their lands payable in
the bonds of the company
GEA man named Riley fell dead in
ST. Louis on Thursday, wnllA wrestling.
He had just eaten hearty meal, and
post mortem examination revealed that
death was caused by over exertion while
the stomach WAS in state of great dislen-
tion.
Gy The law of Ohio requires that the
names Of persons between five and twenty
one years of age SHALL be taken for educa-
tional purposes. The census otLanesvile
placed a mother and her two ch ldren
upon the school list. Her youngest child
was five years old.
EEThe Milwaukee News draws this
remarkably encouraging picture OF the
condition of the Democracy: "tn urparty,
the political lazaroni are so lamished by
four years exclusion from the crib, that
they have commenced devouring each
other like the famous Kilkenny cats, who
fought until there was nothing left but
their tlils.'
ER"A couple of Ken.uckans lately Wis
tied Boston, and sat down to dine at the
'.Revere House" Goldfish balls were
served at the table, and one Of the Ken
tuckians taking them for "corn-dodgers, >"
proceeded TO break one in two. Getting
the scent of it, he turned to his partner,
remarking, in the most solemn manner--
Something dead in that. Toni"
wT The following banks have recently
failed Bark of the State, Minnesota;
Nicolet: County Bank, Minnesota; CRY
Bank of Racine, Wisconsin; BASS River
Bank, Massachusetts,; International Bank,
Massachusetts; International Bank, Can.
ada; Colonial Bank, Canada. Ali OF these
are thought to be bad failures, except the
Bass River Bank, and perhaps the Bank
of the State, Minnesota.
Ey There is great deal of railroad
enterprise just now in the State Of Mis-
soun. Last week the people Of Lafayette
county, in thai State, agreed to tax them
selves to the amount of $500, 600 TO build
branch road from Georgetown, on the
Pacific road route. to Lexington. From
St. joseph two roads are building, one to
Kansas City, and the other to MarysviIle
Other new roads are being surveyed and
contemplated.
GN-In Missouri, the other day, mar
named Crooks swindled The bank at War
saw out of $l.oU0. He agreed to buy {
farm, ard said that man in ST. Louis was
to come to him with the money. A lettel
came instead of the man, with a draft fol
thousand dollars. IL was presented a
the bank and cashed. II proved to be s
forgery, Crooks having departed. leaving
his carpet bag, which WAS found TO b.
flled with old newspapers.