Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-03-08
NEWS ITEMS.
ALpAKY, March 5.


The murder q her husband, Was yesterday
denied 4 new trial. To-day she was SEN
t.nced. and her execution fixed for
wednesday, the eth day of April next.
GRnAr SxAr1Na FEAT.-Tuesday, the
lat ult. ..1i. X. w. Ayres, printer of
"The Prdss'' Office, skated from this city
across Lake Winnebago. and up the Fox
River 10 Bsrlin, a distance Of 72 miles,
performing tTie feat in just yJfVe h0urS and
ffsen n, mics, or at the rate Of ID miles
ner hours - Fond dm Lac Press
Hoes .oKED IN THE WEsT.-The Gin
cinna,i Ps;cs Current gives tables of the
number ol Hogs packed, this season, at
The yarious packing points in the West,
in the aggregate. 2,436.e93. The in
crease in num- Der over last year is x27 ,988; |
but 64 per cent, decrease in weight is
noted so lhat taking weight into the ac-
count the actual increase in the number OF
hogs isredueed to 70. .635.
EEAn old English Almanac gives the
following yeceipt for mendiDg broken
china; ssTakeia thick solution of gum ara
bic in wateJ. and stir it into plaster of Paris
until The mixture becomes stiff paste.
Apply ii x.ls a brush to the broken edges,
and stick SEX ogelher. In three days
the a1aidls5he VII be broken in the same
place. The hiteness Of the cement rem
ders it doubIy valuable"
w Copies of all the versions of Mrs.
Stoves nUNel Of '.Uncle Toms Cabin
have been procured or ordered for the
British Museum. Among them are thir-
, teen different German versions, two Welsh,
Two Magyar, Two Wallachian, one Wendish
one Polish, one Russian, one Greek, one
Armenian, besides Dutch, Swedish, Dan
ish, and all the languages OF southwestern
: Europe. No novel ever before attained
: anything like SO broad circulation.
A GREAT MAN DEAD.-On Sunday, the
2U.h ult., Mr. John Twi,caell died at his
; resid ence in BrmGeld, where he had re-
: sided for over forty years. Two weeks be-
fore his death he weighed 1854 pounds.
In hight he was six feet and three inches.
Ills yes. measured i'll circumference SIX
= feet and ten inches. When he removed
into Hlimfeld, forty-two years ago.. his
| size did not exceed that of the average OF
men of his attitude. Some six years after
= wards, after severe suffering from the ague
e he commenced increasing in flesh, and SC
continued until he attained the extraordi
T. nary dimensions above specified. = Ra
venna O4i0) Democrat.
r DoCTR1NAL CoNvENTIoN.--The citizens
! of North Benton, Mahoning county, Ohio
having been discussing the disputed points
! of Caivanism and Arminianism, until the,
II have got at swords points. The metho
e dists boldly challenged those who received
-, tie Confession of Faith as their standard
T Of Interpretation, to a public discussion q
the doctrines taught therein, as compared
with the 7slandard of Methodism. AR
rangelnents have accordingly been mad
= for a public discussion, to take plabe a
\ North Benton, commencing at ten o cloc
: ON Tuesday, in which 1t is expected Di
u N. l.. Rice, oi Chicago, DR.. Bangs, Of Ne,
rtI York, ResgD. p. Mitchell and Rev. VIM
D Lynch, of salem, and Others, will tax
" part--Soleu (o.) Republican, Cd. I'll.
s. AN AMALGANATED ELoPEMENT IN Mas
n sAcnusErTs.--An elopement of whit
s. gi with black sutor, in Michigan LA
-. been paialleled in Massachusetts,, accord
ing to the following paragraph from til
III New Bedford Mercury:
The telegram mentions unsucces'
Of rul case of elopment in Taunton, last wee
in of white girl, daughter of iespeclab
parents, with a gentleman of color,
- named E,astus Maltby Franslow. A ce
it tfcate of marriage had been Obtained wit
Which the impatient couple took flight
" midnight, but were pursued by the BROTH
with pistols, but without success in rescl
d. ing his captivated sister. Several clerg,
ID men were applied to make the TWAIN OF
he flesh, but all refused 20 officiate, and Il
couple then repaired to the home Of Il
he sable lover, where they were found on tt
~ following day, and tie girl was induced
he return to her lather-sadder and perhal
WISER"