The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-06-21
NEWS ITEMS.

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one hundred dead bodies Of infant child
ren--the ohsprings Of negroes = were
found in the mire at the. bottom.
The steamers Poland and Idaho colli-
ded in the Yazoo river on the Sd, result
ing in the sinking of the Poland, and the
loss Of ten or twelve lives.
The public should remember that the
old lew, allowing letters not prepaid to
be sent forward according to address and
the double postage collected of the re-
ceiVer, has been repealed that now every
letter not entitled to free passage, must
have stemp upon it, or will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office.
1t has become so common with physi
clans to prescribe alcoholic liquors as
medical remedies, that the temperance
people believe that the subject demands
new and thorough investigation, and the
policy is advocated of adopting pledge
that shall make no exception in case of
prescriptions by medical men.
The French papers tell a story of
Japanese official Of high rank who had
offended the Emperor of Japan, and had
the costly sword of ceremony sent him
with which to perform the "happy dis
patch" Instead of taking the hint to
rip up bis alb 20 men, he took the sword,
escaped to French vessel, and sold the
jeweled weapon in Paris for 100000
francs. He must have been. one Of tho
visitors to this country, and here learned
Yankee trick.
1t is stated that on the Black River,
Wisconsin, one hundred and fifty millions
feet of lumber will be got out this season,
and two hundred millions on tho St.
Croix.
A woman called on an attorney in Will
Transport, on Thursday last, and request,
ed his assistance in collecting touuty and
day for two husbands who had been kill
ed during the war. Her third husband
accompanied her.
Baureau, the man who murdered o
woman and child and nearly killed anoth-
er child and girl near Montreal, is suffer.
ing the terrors of guilty conscience
His nights are troubled with horrible
visions. He says, III can not close M
eyes, 900 constantly the bloody corpses
Of my victims, and the sight freezes me
with fear." He asserts, repeatedly, that
he did not intend to kill the child. Be.
fore leaving the scene Of murder, he says
that had he had shot left, he would
have blown ont his own brains, 50 terri.
Bile was his remorse.
The pulpit Of the Unitarian church in
Concord, N. H., has been closed against
its pastor, tho Rev. Mr.. Hatch, who, on
late Sunday, advocated negro suffrage
Served him right.
A letter from San Francisco says thu
wind there daily treats the ladies very
upcei enormously . carrying away han
and parasols, and in one case lately, q la
: dy's head was stripped of her false curl
which were carried hopelessly into tn,
air. Women in San Francisco have I,
keep firm hold Of their dry goods,
The court room in which the conspira-
cy trial is going on at Washington, dali.
, crowded with ladies. One account say
Z that one lady was carried out twice in on'
day, in a fainting s.ate, the close atmos
phere being too much for her The 0vi
' denco which appeared to have such al
) irresistible attraction for her and seyera
other ladies' related to the state Of Payne
i bowels,
: The city Of Buffalo does not possess
:, to day, one half the hotel accommodation
/, which it had twenty FIVE years ago. i
the meantime the population and busines
: have more than doubled.
? There is newspaper carrier in No'
Haven, Conn, who has walked thirt,
/ miles day regularly for the last thre
+, years.. W
: A London cabmau was lately fned
half crown ID London for ashockinl
! bad hat while on duty.
There is great excitement at Tiain
! ohip, on the subject Of oil Stranger
arc renting and buying lands rapidly
and have great encouragsmenss in III
''indications.' Lead is also reportedt :
have b.elstruck. ls.
/, a boy in Ashley, Fails, Massachusetts
!. sucked 8s eggs on a wager, and offered as
lo take down dossn moro fora dollaf4
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