The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-11-23

Kingdom OF Heaven.
ABDrcTIoN AND RoBBrRY. We
find the following in sncci1l dispatch
from washington to the Cincinnati Coal.
MERcrAL The citizens Of New London,
Huron county, have been somewhat excl.
ted during the past three or four days, by
the story Of an elderly lady who made
her appearance, there on Thursday last,
rnI gives an account Of an abduction
aud robbery, Of which she was recently
he victim. She states tha, her name
Ms. Lucinda Russell /; that she recently
visited Washington, aud Alexandra, Vir.
ginia, for the purpose of having the body
Other son, who was a Lieutenant in the
army, and fell in battle, cxhumcd aud
buried in the National Cemetery. After
accomplishing the object Of her mission,
she was met by young man, who repre-.
sentcd himself 10 be the son of Union
officer with whom she had been acqulin.
ted, aud who volunteered to assist her on
her journey. Confdirg in his statements
she gave him her baggage checks, to ot-
tain the transfer OF baggage nt Baltimore.
While in that city he brought her cup
Of coffee, after drinking which she be
came stupefed aud speechess, but was
sufficiently conscious of what passed TO
know that he was robbing her of her
money aud jewels, including two gold
watches, one Of which had been her sons.
Shortly after these occurrences she be
came inscnsble, aud when she recovered
her consciousness she was wandering in
a Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. She
refuses to give her place Of residence,
saying she has money there in the bank,
and somebody might get it, but says she
has a son.in.law in Cincinnati. The la
dies Of New London have her in charge.
A CHANCE FOR TIE SOLDIERS. -
The Ohio University, locltcd at Athens,
is giving free tuition to Ohio Soldiers
who have been honornbly discharged
from the service. Ths following are the
rules for procuring admission into the
Uaiversity.
J. That my hono-ably discharged
Ohio Volunteer, who entered the srryice
u n innr, is entitled to free tuition in the
Ohio University, for as long Time as he
WIS in The service under age.
.. Soldiers Ovniling themselves Of this
provision must procure from the Atjulnnt
General, at Cllumhus--it will BE- fur.
ushcd ON application by lcttcr--l crrlfi.
cato stating the time spcn, IN the service
as a minor. This viii be th2ir ticket Of
admission to The University.
3. Soldiers, us other students, nre ex-
Omined before admission To casscs, aud
classified strictly according TO their a.
tainmcnts.
4. All applicants for admission to the
Preparatory Department OF the Univcr.
sIty, are required to be thoroughly ac-
qu,inted with arithmetic through vueer
ard decimal fractions, and grammar
through etymology. The Univers ty will
gladly welcome to It's halls any who have
huhUred their State by fighting under its
nig but il is earnestly recommended TO
all who may not he advanced as far AS
indicated above. that they spend at least
one term in public or other schools, prr.
pnratory to applying for adm ission to the
University. The next term will COM
mcncc December 4th.
Already large number l.avo nyaiIeJ
themselves of the gra,uiiy offered by the
State, aud the officers OF the Ins,ilution
have made ample provisions TO secure to
the soldiers all the benefits to lie derived
from il
A RoApsIpE DIALOGUE -" And
SO, Squire, You don't take n county
paper !" .... .
"No, Moinr, I get tho city Eopers on
much better terms, take u couple ol
them"
But Squire, the county papers o(len
prove or at convenience To US. The
more We encourage them, the better the
editor can afford TO make the n"
Why, duu' know any convenience
they are to me.
Tho Iarm you sold last fall was a6.
vcrlised in one Of Ihcm, and thereby You
obtained n customer. Did you not "
! VERY true, Major, but paid three do!-
! lars for IT,"
"And you made more than three hun
drcd liars by it, Now, il your neigh
bor had not maintained the press aud
kept 1t up ready for use, you would have
been without the means to advertise YOU
property. But | saw your daugblrr's
marriage in those papers, did that cost
you anything I! "
" No, but"
"Aud your brothers death with lcne
Obituary notice. And the destruction o
our neighOor Riggs house by FIRE. You
know these thugs are exaggerated I'll
the authentic accounts of the newspa-
pers set them right"