The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-01-23
CT gsglauS daion.
ASHLAND, JAN. az, 1897.
Brief Items.

here to-day.
AT the Fox Hunt, neal Hayesville,
on Saturday last, two foxes were killed.
--Sleighiug is better in this locality at
present than it has been for eleven years.
The proceedings Of the Rump Con-
gress, Of the last week, will be found on
the first and second pages Of this issue.
Reader, ask your neighbor to sub.
scribe for the UNION. Only 81 100 Fer
year.
The Time Table Of the Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati Railway will be
found in to-day's paper.
e. s. FLINT, Esq, General Super
intendent of the G. G. & @. R. R., will
please accept our thanks for a Pass on
that Road, for the current year.
Snow commenced falling about elev-
en- O'Clock on Sunday, and continued till
eight inches had been added to the al.
ready liberal supply on the ground,
-Protracted meetings are still being
held in the Lutheran and Methodist
Churches.
Senator MAY has again placed us
under obligations to him for Legislative
documents.
The speech of Hon. George H. Pen
dleton, at the Democratic State Conven-
ton, will be found on the first page. 1t
is an admirable speech and worthy a care
full perusal.
1t has been rather dull picking for To-
cal items this week. There have been no
fires, no dog fights, no runaways, nor any
thing else to give a sensation item.
The latest novelty is a pair of ear
gloves, a simple arrangement for protect
ing the ears from the cold. "What will
the Yankees make next I" as the French.
man said when he saw a monkey.
Reader, if you have an hoaest Rcpub'
lican ueighbor I've believe some Rcpubli'
cans are honest) who is ''too poor to taxi
a paper, forward ns his name and we viii
send him The UNION gratis.
We have had another week Of splen
did sleishing. Our streets are constant
ly lined with sleighs of every description
Morning, noon aud night, ~ ears ar
greeted with music Of sleigh bells, inter
mingled with the merry laugh of the lad
and lasses.
=. large party Of young gentlemen
and ladies from this place started 10
Rome, to night, Tuesday to have a
"social" Our reporter is with them, an
we will give an account of their trip, &c
next week.
The s~leighipg party Of young folks
from this city, that went to the "village
of Mansfield, on last Wednesday evening
must have had a cold time of it, as the
didn't "come home till (acarly) morning
when the mercury in the thermomete
was II degrees below zero. Ugh!
On last Saturday night, several youn
gents Of our town seemed to be remark;
= bly, we'll pleased that they had got "Or
of the Wilderness" A. least we judge
so from the tenor of their song!
The Marshal Of Mansfield hos give
notice that no will prosecute all person
old and young, found "sliding on han
IS sleds, boards or skates on any street, o
ley or pavement" in that place Sensibl
We learn from the Shield that Il
= Immortal j. N, was in Mansfield 10
week.
"A proposition is likely to be hroug
before Congress to amend the Ten Cor
mandments, abolishing the Sth-"Tb'
Q. shalt not steal" ,
The Democracy Of Bucyrus havet
ganised a Democratic CLUB. AT a NEE
ing, a few evenings ago, WIN. BEER, Es'
formerly Of this place, made an able al
eloquent speech, pouring hot shot in
or the ranks Of the secret organization kno,
I'd as the "Grand Army Of the Republic
in true soldier-like style.
-STeighing is all the go now. Eve
one who can get a rig is out "swingi
round the circle" A horse and cut
is at this particular time, a''logal tendel
and the individual who is fortunate enou
q to possess these requisites TO complete {
joymont, Ia indeed a happy cuss.
Do not put out kerosene lamps
blowing down the chimney Our
changes frequently mention cxplos:c
resulting from such procedure.
,es "A horse, having been driven fl
Wooster to Jeromeviilc, at o $40 gait
few evenings ago, died jp loss than {
minutes after it was put in tho stable,
sleighing is hard on horses.
The City Council Of Mansfield ha
leased to the County Of Richland, 70
term Of pipety-nins years, a site in
pnhl;c park nm which IN erect n n