The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-13
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se "A Tau hameu John McDePltt 0Fop
ed dead while reciting o lesson in i,
Gust street school, Philadelphia
9aGause, heart disease.
Mrs, Langdon, sister of VIM. B. As
tor, has begun a suit against her broth
Ell. for the recovery of property value,
ae several millions.
"a new fashion is announced in Par
ls- Ladies carry their parasol umbrel
las hitehed to their sides like swords
which confers on them. Especially i
they wear; hats and plumes, and higl
boots With high heels) a decided,
military appearance. :
An unsuccessful attemp was made
By burglars, on Sunday morning, .to
rob the Richland National bank a,
Mansfield, Ohio.ad
1gs A prominent Alexandra politician,
named John Hodgekin, who wasIa del
egate to the late Republican Conven
ton of Virginia, is so Disguised with
the nominations made there. that b.
prints q card, saying: II this day sew
er my conn ection with all political or
b~ganizations, and shall hereafter endeav
or to pay more attention to my future
salvation"
The Kansas people have found s
way to circumvent the grasshoppers
1T consists in turning sheep upon the
wheat to eat it down, SO that when tho
insects como aud find nothing, they
leave in disgust. The wheat recoyers
from the feeding of the sheep; but il
the grasshoppers go over it, they take
root as well as stalk.
T. J. Clements, a special agent Of
the Treasury Department, who was re
GENTLY sent to Chicago to investigate
The whisky frauds there, has just been
ing distillers-in that city, who charge
him with. attempting to levy blackmaii
upon theme
a7lLast year a reward of about one dol
lar a hundred pounds was. offered in
France fqr. the carcasses of June bugs,
(which have multiplied greatly and
have become very destructive. Owe,
8p0, 600 pounds were delivered to the
authorities.
aanOfers of marriage are not to be light.
~ made in Massachusetts. At the Su.
preme court recently held at Barnsta-
bic, in that state, Georgiana D. Reed,
a teacher recovered $1,000 damage,
from Albert o. Robbins, a physician,
for breach of promise.
A Radical paper says its party
"might- do worse than support Gen
Butler for the Vice Presidency,"-f
How?
An exchange in,speakiDg Of a cele
brated singer says: "Eer voice is de-
licieus-pure as the moonlight, and as
tender as a three. shilling shirt
Hsase rents are SO exorbifaut in
New Orleans. That a grasping landlord
ga splendid h~ogshead, just
by tho former occupant, who
leaves it for no fault. The premises
in a sweet location for a family with
young children, are in thort"sh repair
aebugho,e centrally situated, and
hoops 10 good order" !
Eugenie lost off her sIpRer at tho
ast Tuilefies concert, and Nap had 10 !
'toop and put it on.
Richard Smith, of Cincinnati; says
le is not a candidate-for Congress. nor ;,
or any other Office. TX
"Kissing a factory gill ia al mill priv =
lege" when she is a salts ffactory girl !,
Twenty y young men. students at .
Iartard, were recently fined for drunk =
nness. eF era g.
Fifteen thousand men ara employed :
the construction of the railroads to- II
BE- Pacific. r
Yarnell. who murdered the Fulton Al
ouaty GILL; deputy sheriff, has been q
led in McDonough county and sent in
aced to fourteen years in the peniten- CT
sry.1ob ao7 81 re
A man named YouelI, an agent of iii
American Express Company, at to
Station, Ind, abscopded on VI
last, with several Thousand p
,Ilars of the Company,s money nj
DIR. g: W. Douglass, his wife and tn
rec children, were poisoned in New tic
ork ON Saturday, by eating a shad tfu
hich had been purchased of a travel po
2 fshmonger. One of the children hir
dead. The rest of the. family were the
u alive last night. pei
Lewis Lane. . negro, was- arr s'ed wa!
Pittsburg on. Saturday tight for ing