The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-03-08
STATE ITEMS.

Inc SClOtO QU=ette learns That the |
favorable weather for making maple |
sugar was improved by many who have
camps in that vicinity.
The Sandusky Register says the ice
opposite Cedar Point has broken up
and the Bay is now open to Kelley's
Island .---.re.
Mr.. James Preston, one of the lar
gest peach growers of Southern Ohio, |
informs the Gallipolis .Journal that the
crop for this year is gone-killed by
the recent cold weather. ----
Jonathan Fl. Green, well known as
the ''Reformed Gambler" has been ar
rested for passing q one hundred dol
lar counterfeit bill in Athens county
A gentleman by the name of Black was
arrested, charged with passing the
note, but his declaration that he had
received the bill Of Green, secured the
arrest of the latter The two parties
advocating the claims of Black and
Green respectively, are said to be very
bitter i'll feeling toward each other
The case is now being tried in Cincin-
natl by Commissioners Halliday.
The FREsHEr thaw and rain
of last week filled up the streams to
their banks, and on Saturday the ice
broke up, feating down the river in
large cakes, which becoming jammed
up among the timbers of the railroad
bridge, brought such pressure against
the bridge that it yielded before the
mass and was swept down the river
We learn that up and down the river,
for the distance of about eight miles,
there is not a bridge left standing, with
the exception of the one at this place
The freshet did great damage to the
farms along the river, carrying off fen
ces, timber, hay and fodder.-Hamcoch
Courier.
SUDDEN DEATH-A son of Mr. A G..
Spade. of Findlay township, aged thir-
teen years, dropped dead on Friday
last, while playing with some children
during recess. When he fell the chill
dren called to him to get up, supposing
that he had fallen accidently. AS he
did not move, they called the teacher,
who came and picked him up, and
found that he was dead. The cause of
his death is supposed to be heart dis
ease. About a year ago he had the
scarlet fever and it affected his heart.
Hancock JEFF.
A verdict has been rendered in the
Supreme Court Of Cincinnati in a case
where a woman sued q street railroad
company for compensation, her hus-
band having been run over and killed
by street car. Negligence on the
part of the driver was proved, and I'M
der the ruling of the Judge a verdict
for S3, 5000 damages was rendered.
The Washington county Nems states
that on Friday last skillful surgical
operation was performed upon the per
son of an old lady So years old, afflict-
ed with the dropsy. The enormous
amount Of sixty eight pounds of water
nearly nine gallons-Was taken away.
The Sandusky Register says the body
of an unknown man was on Wednes-
day found lying dead under tree on
Ceder Point. Near him WAS a jug and
pipe He had on q soldiers overcoat
and blouse, and it is supposed he was
frozen to death during the late cold
weather.
SURGICAL.-On Wednesday, Febru-
ary 21st., Dr. r. L. Sweeney, Division
Surgeon ON the A. Il G. w r. r., as
sisted by Drs Fisher, Davis, Patten,
Bowdish and Free, successfully per-
formed the operation of removing both
of the legs of Mr.. VIM. Pendre, who
about six weeks since, was SO badly
| frozen as to cause gangrene Of both
of his feet. One leg was amputated a
few inches below the knee and the 9TH
er disarticulated at the knee joint. The
operation was performed while the pa
tient was under the effects of chloro-
form and consequently without pain
We understand the patient is doing
well and likely to recoyer.-Marion In
dependent.
The members of the M. f. Congre-
grtion at portsmouth, Propose to erect
Immediately a church inferior to none
in the State. Cost, $4,000
Mr.. w. w. Armstrong, publisher of
the Cleveland Plaindeoler announces
that he has disposed of one half inter
est in the establishment to Hon. VIM.
Duane Morgan, formerly Auditor OF
State, and late editor Of the Newark
AdUocate. s,s5
The Sandusky Register says that the
receipts of fish'at that place at present
is from five to eight tons per day
When navigation opens the receipts
will not be less than forty tons per day
during the entire season.
Hon. e. Parsons, of Troy, Ohio
and Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Of the Cd Judicial District, has
become insane, and is now confined il
the Southern Lunatic Asylum.
An exchange is responsible for the
following: John G. Quigley droped
suddenly, IN Norwalk, Ohio, the Other
day., and was supposed to be dead
While being shaved in preparation fol
the grave, the razor cut his face, set
ting the blood flowing, whereupon Mr.
Quigley arose, put on his clothes, anC
went about his business.
;. The Marion Ldependant says, al
Berwick on Monday evening last, two
boys, aged about eleven years, went
out on the ice on the Scioto river al
that place, broke through and botI
were drowned. One of the boys was
the son Of Mr.. David Moore, ant
tho hnr CON of NTrc NViIco, Of T.,