Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-11-29
All Sorts Of News.

EX-PREsIDEET FRANKLIN PIERCE is
dangerously i'll at his residence at Con-
cord, New Hampshire.
The rebel General, Joe Johnston, is
in New York arranging for the organiza-
tion of the new express company.
OF ten companies of veteran reserves
stationed at Cairo, only three privates
desire to remain in the service, and only
one officer desires to leave it.
A JUDGMENT, for $4,000, has been
made against Chicago, in favor of an in
dividual who fell through an insecure
sidewalk, and was badly damaged.
GEN JOHN A. LOGAN has been ap-
pointed Minister to the Republic of Mex
leo. The General is a warm friend Of
the Liberal cause, and his appointment
may have significance.
THE official vote of Ohio soldiers at
the October election is as follows: Cox,
2,428 Morgan, 687 Long, / scatter
ing, TO- Total vote, 3,129. Cox's ma
jOrity over Morgan, 1,741.
THE returns OF the Alabama election
are closer than was anticipated, and it is
now thought that Robert NJ. Patton has
been chosen Governor over Colonel Bull
ger. Patton is Douglas Democrat, and
has served as member Of the State Legis-
lature for over twenty years.
ABOUT 8 o'clock on the morning Of
November 13, three men entered the
Office of the " What Cheer House" at
San Francisco, where only one clerk was
in charge. They knocked him senseless
by a blow on the head, took key from
his pocket, opened the safe and robbed
it of $4,000 in gold. The robbers es-
capped unmolested
A New ORLEANS paper, of the 18th,
says, in relation to rumors Of naval and
military preparations, &C.: "We have
information we are not at liberty TO di-
vulge, giving positive corrobOratioD to
these rumors. We hesitate not to pre-
dict that, unless the French troops are
removed from Mexico before Christmas,
there will be active Intervention on be-
half of the Liberals, and the rational
policy of the United States will be vindi-
Gated"
A BABY was left on the doorstep Of q
venerable citizen Of Waterford the other
night, with the following note: Take
good care of this babe, and you shall be
well paid for it. He is of good parent
age. Give him one cows milk, with one
half water, and tablespoonful of brandy
to one gill of food. Give him the medi-
cine as directed. Keep him, and you
will never be sorry" The baby was
we'll provided with good clothing and
four packages Of medicine, a bottle of
brandy, pail Of sugar, and other arti-
cles.
Mr.. HENRY NOTTINGHAM, of Cleve-
land, a lover of good hore8, recently
built superb stable, on the completion
of which number of his city friends |
there one evening, sent a |
committee after Nottingham, made him
a formal address, presented him several |
fine horse pictures, and dedicated the !
building with appropriate ceremonies
Among the speakers was the editor of !
the Plain Dealer, who expressed a wish
that he might be so fortunate as to have
as good house as Mr.. Ms horses had a |
stable. General Fitch, the Chairman,
thought that the news from New York
and New Jersey made that very doubt
tul. The whole affair was a novelty.
THE Florida State Convention, which
on the 25th Of October, passed
on the third day of its session, by a
vote, an ordinance declaring
the secession ordinanceannulled. There
was considerable discussion over propo-
sitions to pronounce it, instead, null and
void, and to declare, as did the North
Carolina Convention, that it always had
been null and void; but the majority
would not accede to either of the latter
forms of wording, it being contended by
the advocates of the ordinance as i'll
passed that annulling was equivalent to
pronouncing null and void. A commit
tee of five was appointed to solicit Of
President johnson the release Of JEFF.
Davis; Mr.. Mallory, rebel ex-secretary
of the navy; Mr.. Yuleee, exUnited
States Senator, and Ex-Governor Allison,
Of Florida.