The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-05-03
CLIPPINGS.

100000 per anhum for pensions.
The Agricultural Bureau has rccelv-
ed from Scotland, for distribution as
seedlings, a quantity Of tho Victoria
potato. e...
General Forrest, who recently killed
one of his plantation hands, has been
held for trial in Sunhower County,
Mississippi, under bonds Of ten thou
sand dollars.
The Athens MESSENGER says, there
will be large crop Of peaches in that
county unless injured after this.
W. c. Peters, of Cincinnati. the we'll
known music publisher and dealer,
died in that city suddenly on the 10th
ult.
The Post.office Department has just
concluded the largest mail letting ever
held in this country. The competition,
throughout, was spirited.
Wells, Fargo Il Co., owners Of the
ship destroyed at San Francisco by a
nitro. .gIycerine explosion, have brought
suit against the shippers OF the expIo
sive, laying damages at 100000.
The New York Tribune Association
paid three thousand, eight hundred
and seventy seven dollars, during the
war, to the families of soldiers who had
been employed in the Tribune Of
| fee. ...
A vineyard was lately sold by auc,
tion at Gevrey, in the Cote d Or, France,
at the rate of $4,000 an acre-the high,
est price known to have been given in
that country. ..
According to N. Chevalier, the use
of opium in England is increasing
enormously, In 1845 the consump-
ton was 32, ,229 pounds; in 1868 it was
l44, PA pounds
A Corinth correspondent of the
Memphis Argus says men living in
what is known as the "poor sections
Of North Mississippi. who were never
known to work before, have gone to
raising cotton.
Mr.. James A. Trimblc, brother of
the late Governor Allen Trimble, died
in HiIsboro, Ohio on the l4th ut, at
the age of seventy weight He was a
native of Woodford county, Kentucky,
but came to Ohio in 1903.
A terrible ro-gIycerine explosion
occurred recently on board the steam
ship European at Aspinwall. The
vessel and The wharf at which she laid
were destroyed About fifty persons
were killed, among them the Captain
and other officers of the ship.
A newspaper correspondent, who
has travelled over several hundred
miles ia Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Maryland, reports that, excepting, per-
haps, one field in twenty five, the wheat
is in fine condition.
The Attorney. General of Florida
has addressed communication 10 the
Governor. in which he declares the
act Of the Legislature prohibiting the
freedmen from keeping or bearing
arms, except by special license, 10 be
unconstitutional.
A letter from San Antonio, Texas,
says the Government camels, the dc,
scendants of the herd imported some
fifteen years ago from Egypt, excite
the curiosity of all strangers. They
number about seventy, are all sizes &
ages, some still unweaned. Only sew
en- of the original lot are alive.
A young man who had lost large
sum of money in playing cards with a
professional gambler aboard assteam-
boat, broGght suit against the captain
of the boat. The case was decided in
the United States District Court, at a
late term in Mobile, in favor Of the
plaintiff.
The largest dstillery on the CONT
nent was opened recently ut Louis
vile, under the name of the Kentucky
Bourbon Company 1t is owned by
New York, Boston and Louisville cap
italists, and has capacity for distiling
over q million gallons per year, beside
grinding an extensive quantity of
wheat
Edward W. Green, the Maiden muir
derer, was hanged at East Cambridge,
Massachusetts, last Friday 18th inst.
Owing to some horrible blunder his
feet touched the ground when the drop,
fell, and it was necessary to readjust
the rope. His death struggles were
terrible, lasting six minutes. ..
In Chowan county, North Carolina,
gentleman cutivates a hundred
acres of vineyards, which embrace a
large variety of tho grape. His sue
cess has been remarkable. In one
year he sold wine from his cultivated
grape area to the extent Of five thou
sand dollars. and we are informed that
the annual expense was eight hun
drcd dollars. He has been offered for
his grape crop, on the vine, six cents
per pound. ' .'
Reports from the crevasses along
the Lower Mississippi are very unfa-
vorable. Much damage has been done,
and still moro is in prospect. The
Chinn crcvasse is over a milo wide,
and every day it sweeps away ninety
feet Of levec.
au Cassius NJ, Clay has written q letter
to George D. Prentice, in which he
approves the veto of the Freedmen's
Bureau Bill, and says that where