The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-02-14
Newa Items.

NC thIu annual mecting OF tue
Ohio Doirymen's Association will DO
held IN Cleveland, on Wednesday
and Thursday, Fsbuary goth and
'2lst, 1867. The annual address will
be delivered on Wednesday evening,
by Mr. Anson Bartlett, Of Lake
county, Ohio .I.i Htt if3.'f
The New York ltcrald's New Or
leaus special says 1t is understcod
that if the Legislature pass the bill
for the new constitution over the veto
Of Gov. Wells, lie will issue proc-
lanntion declaring the Convention
Of 1864 legal, and reassembling It.
The New York Herald's Chilian
correspondence says that foreign me-
diation between the Allied Republi,s >
and Spain had been rejected Pre-.
Iparations had been made for a vigor-
Gus prosecution Of the war. A pro
position Of mediation from the u. S.
was looked for, and it was thought
that 1t might bo successful.
Tx Chief Detective Baker has tes-
ti6cd before the Impeachment Com
mittee that he had in his possession a
letter, signed by Andrew johnson
carly in the war, pledgiug his sup
port to jeff Davis under certain con
dtions. lie doubted its gcnaueness,
but the handwriting had been pro.
bounced to be that Of Mr.. Johnson
BY the latter's secretary.
The Reconstruction bill was mp in
the House on Monday, and bill for
the same object was reported by The
New Orleans Investigating Commit
tee. No definite action was taken,
except that call for the previous
question was seconded by the House.
In Ohio we have unfortunately yib-
rated between point too high aud q
point too low. Suffering from he er.
feet of our six per cent. law, while
the rate at the financial center Of the
country was at per cent, the Ohio
Legislature sought to remedy the evil
by lcgalizing 10 per cent. This, af-
ter few years, threatening to ruin
the State, tho Legislature went back
unwissly, to tho old point, where i il
now.
The ture mark is a medium one
not lower than : per cent, not highel
than S per cent. Seven per cent. il
the nearest right, but eight will no
be far out of the way. One thing il
certain that putting our legal rat,
below that Of New York is very fool
ish, and compcls banks and indiyid-
uals to "whip the devil around tn,
stump to secure paying rate, or i
enables only produce operators. wht
, make their notes payable in New
York, to obtain leans or ,lliscoun's.
A boy at Hamilton. Canada Wcsi,
was recently attacked with severe
innamation in one Of his legs Glow
the knee ioiut lie was uusuccess
fully treated For rhcumafism, aud
madea change of physicians. Ills
s2coCi medical attendant pouliiccd
the leg, which suppu ated and uum
Der of smell bones made their appear
ance These homes are perfectly
formed aud complete, aud belonged
to a creature Of some unknown spe
eies, about the size Of full grown
red squirrel The ribs are fully two
inches in length, aud bones of the lee
about the same, Among the remain.
are two curved prongs, or feelors ter
minating in Sarp point, which weIo
evidently attached to the heud Of his
strange animal. The remains will,
doubtless be secured complete. but as
yet those versed ia natural history
have be n unable to form any opin.
ion as to the species of the creature,
or to furmise how it had been Intro
duced aud lived ia the muscles of the