The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-04-26
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

afftNaVat tnat city, OF a vessel made en-
tlrely of cork, which is lying at one Of
: the wharves.
There are now less than two hundred
soldiers in Virginia out side ofFortress
Monroe, and next to none in Washing
ton.
Barnnm is building his monument in
the Bridgeport graveyard ; it is twenty
five feet high, and is to cost 5000.
A dog at Springfield (Ill. was chang
ed from jet black to pure white by the
use of coal oil to drive away feas.
S. N. Pike, Esq, believes that the
Opera House fire was the work of an
incendiary, and offers reward of five
Thousand dollars for the detection and
conviction of the guilty party.
/. An order from the War Department
has directed the release of c. G. Clay
on parole, he taking the oath of allie
glance,
The researches made for oil in Cuba,
have proved successful, the whole
island being nearly one digging. The
oil is the same, as found by analysation,
as the Pennsylvania petroleum.
Two men, suspected of robbery, were
recently taken at night from their beds
at Milan, Mo-, and hung. Subsequent
events proved them to be innocent
The Pennsylvania Legislature has dis
franchised in that State all persons who
fed to escape the draft or deserted from
the military or naval service.
ssGrandpa Davis,' of Knoxville, is
the father oftwenty- nine children, all
but one of whom are living He has
had but one wife.
A company of French capitalists have
recently made arrangements to carry in
to execution a grand scheme of coloni-
zation in Virginia.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch boasts of
that being model city on Sundays
The prohibition of drinking saloons on
that day is rigidly enforced. The smo-
ky city may well be proud of such a
municipal state.
Mrs. Ellen Judd, residing near Indi-
anopolis, Ind, walks two miles and
cuts a cord ofwood every day, by which
means she supports large family of
children.
A one-armed soldier in Iowa cuts and
cords two and half cords of wood per
day. He offers wager of fifty dollars
that he can split one hundred and fifty
rails day.
Two boys were recently playing
''war' at Paw Paw, Michigan, with a
revolver which was supposed not to be
loaded. One barrel, however, contain
ed charge, and one Of the two was
shot and instantly killed.
G. w. Hardenbrook, of Independ-
ence, Iowa, will soon become heir to
81, 100000, being a small proportion
of an old farm of one hundred acres,
right in the heart of New York City,
just below Central Park.
The NJ. E. Church, of Piketon, O., is
advertised to be sold at Sheriff's sale.
It is the finest church in Pike county.
A new liquor law having been adopt
ed for Indiana county, Pa, saloon
keeper at Blairsville, in that county,
took the matter SO seriously to heart
that he went home and cut his throat.
No other cause existed for the commits
sion of the deed.
In the Tennessee Legislature Mr..
Williams, Of Carter county, made vio-
lently abusive speech against Gov.
Brownlow. At the conclusion of the
speech, Gen. James Brownlow, son of
the Governor, denounced him as liar,
and challenged him.
A bill passed the U. SHouse of rep
resentatives to allow all soldiers mem
orials, or certificates of military records
whether printed or written, or part both
to go through the mails at the same
rate as printed matter It was asked
for by General Grant and others.
The wife of Head Centre Stephens is
expected shortly in New York, and the
Fenians are preparing large quantities
fof splendid jewelry and clothing to pre-
sent to her, all Of which will no doubt
tend to the freeing of the Emerald Isle
from the British yoke.
A St. Louis paper states that Mich
ael Griffin, a man with Hyperian curls.
who was sent to Jail on charge of big
amy, is blessed with no less than thir-
teen wives Two of his better-halves
appeared in court, beside several other
ladies to whom he had paid his addres
ses. s s-.a
In the trial of a vagrant woman in
Chicago it transpired that she general
ly beat her husband into insensi-
bility in the morning, before starting
on her usual rounds, so that he would
not require her services for the remain
der of the day. What household fai-
ry she must be!
| A young man who had lost large
snm of money in playing cards with a
professional gambler aboard a steam
boat, brought suit against the captain Of
the boat The case was decided in the
United States District Court, at late
term in Mobile, in favor Of the plain
tiff,
All of the name Hoyt are invited to
attend gathering of the Hoyts, al
Stanford, Conn, on the Goth and 21st
of June next. The Hoyts are all trace
able to New England, and it is now
proporad to raturn tham tO thoip fest