The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-03-22
STATE ITEMS.

Rev. j. o Fisher has been tried by
an ecclesiastical court in Ashtabula,
and found guilty of forgery, in having
written letter to Bishop Baker, rec
ommending himself for the Presiding
Eldership of the District, and signing
it with the name ofDr Clifford. The
court suspended him from the minis
try. f+.7
The Cleveland Pla;ndeo1er tells of a
gentleman so much interested in kill
ing a muskrat which he had holed up
in railroad embankment, that he did
not notice the approach of the train,
and was struck by the locomotive, and
his right leg so severely injured that
it was found necessary to amputate it
at the thigh.
Contracts have been made in Findlay,
the county seat of Hancock, for the e.
rection, during the season, of six first
class business rooms, three churches,
and forty-two dwelling houses.
On Communion in the Presbyterian
Church of Canton, on Sabbath of last
week, 20 persons were added to it, IS
on examination and 2 by letter. In
the Methodist E. Church we learn over
100 have been admitted on proba-
ton. We have not heard the number
added to the Baptist or Winebrener
Churches.-Canto Repository.
It seems to be pretty generally con
ceded that the fruit crop in this coun-
ty is greatly injured The peaches
are regarded as almostif not entirely
q failure. Cherries not much better
Pears and apples are supposed to be
spared in sufficient numbers to make a
crop.-Marion Independant.
E. R. Payne, ofCleveland, who com
mitted suicide at Ravena, on Thursday
of last week, by taking 1aqdnaum, was
laboring under the hallucination that
the spirit of a young lady, with whom
he had been in love, and who died some
time since, was following him, and so
put an end to his earthly existence in
order to meet her in the hereafter
The deceased was native of England,
and about twenty seven years ofage-
He enlisted in Battery X, at Cleveland,
in 1861, and served until 1865.
Geo. MCGEE, Peter Folk, r. H. Bur
nam and III. D. Newman, we'll known
citizens Of Cincinnati, have been ares
ted on the charge of embezzling Gov
ernment property to the amount of sS44
600, They are charged with favorite-
ism in selling to certain parties at near
ly nominal prices.
Fifteen hundred dollars have beer
subscribed by the citizens of fDecrfield
Portage county, for the erection of s
monument on the public square, to the
memory of the brave boys ofthat place
who fell in defense of their country dur
ing the late rebellion.
The Directors Of the Huron County
Agricultural Society have decided tc
hold Sheep fair at Norwalk, on th'
fair grounds just south of Norwalk.
The great religious revival whicl
has heen in progress at the NJ. E
Church in London for four weeks past
still continues. The number added tt
the church up to the present time il
one hundred and fifty.
, The Piqua Journal reports the deatl
by suicide, of VIM. Giegrich, a well
known citizen Of that county, on Tues
day morning On Monday he unitet
himself with the Cumberland Presby
terian Church in Covington-on Tues
day cut his throat.
The Oberlin News states that ther
are 725 students now attending the Col
lege in that place. There were $50 il
, 1861.
ONO PENITENTIARY.-The are nov
779 convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary
5 the population being materially increas
ed by the arrival of delegations fror
different counties within the last month
). The greatest number of prisoners eve
confined at one time was 979, and thi
D was some years ago. Last year TIL
: number decreased to abont 600, but
is going UP bravely now.