The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-04-27
NEWS ITEMS.

1t is stated as the result of recent
scientific investigation in Europe,
that the cholera has ragged chiefly in
places where the inhabitants drink
impure water.
The case tried recently under tho
Civil Rights act at Lafayette, Ind,
and appealed to a higher Court, has
again been decided in favor of the
plaintiff, in accordance with the pro
visions of the act.
The total receipts of the United
States Treasury during the fiscal
year were Si10,041, ,232. 1t is con.
iidentially expected that the yearly
revenue to June will be five hundred
millions.
a special dispatch to the Toronto
Globe, from Eastport, Me-, says Cen
eral Meade announces his intention
TO line the coast with 10000 men, ii
necessary, to prevent Fenian mis-
chief.
A car load Of frecdmen-men, wo-
men and children-arrived ut PROVE
dence, R. l., on Sunday, from the
South, an agent Of the Freedmen 5
Bureau having secured places for
them rs servants there.
Jim Lane has succeeded in get
ting his son.in-law appointed sutler
at Fort Union on the plains. Thus
far, this is the only reward he has
received for his traitorous conduct
in the Senate on the Civil Rights Bill.
The first sheep shearing of the
Licking County Wool Growers AS
sociation will be held at the Fair
Grounds, on the 10Th and 18th days
of May, 1866. Premiums on sheep,
wool and shearer are offered, amount,
ing to 5000.
DIR. Lincoln Goodale, of Columbus,
who is believed to be the only sur
vivor of the emigrants who landed al
Marietta, in 1888, was unable to bC
present at the recent pioneer celebra
tion at that place. He has, however
written letter to the Committee " he
presided on that occasion, in whicl
he says that he was born at Brook
field, Mass, July %, 1852; came t,
Marietta with his parents in August
17sS; served as Surgeon in the wa
of 1872, and was taken prisoner q
the surrender of Detroit. He be
lieves he has lived longer in Obi,
than any other living person, but un
less Barbara Heckwelder, who wa
born in the State in 1871 is dead
she can claim that honor.
7. The amendatory act relating to tn
habeas corpus and regulating proceed
. ings in certain cases, after occupying
the attention of the Senate for severa
days past, was passed, with som
amendments, by the large vote G
thirty yeas to four nays. The oil
ject Of the bill is for the protectio
: of officers and soldiers who in th
discharge of their duties, in obedienc
to orders from their superiors in con
mand, would be liable to prosecutio
: for the offenses provided against /
the bill.
1t has been known for some year
that there were gold washings /
Brown county, Ind, but no pers,
vering attempts we're made to deve
; op their resources. Recently, how
ever, more attention has been paid [
> the subject. The Indianapolis Jou
+ nal says: "We have seen and e,
' amined some gold from Brown coul
) ty, and it is as near the pure meta
and is found in as large quantitie
q as it is in California. Old mine
n say that the mines in Brown countl
= will pay equally as well, if not bette
than the mines Of the golden Ell ID
y RADIO; and it only remains for son
- adventurous, persons to set the til
E flowing by embarling little capt.
and trying the question thoroughly