The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

Nrs!DeAfGIhfa SE5tsNotth. Sister Or tie late
Nicholas- Laagxniii -6t Cincinnati. died al
Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday.
TeDhdlyoa dohats dfithA Union Pacific
Railrpa4 bdndsTskie bcaGsslsi and lis eOns
p"ny h22S6 Ham6sdd dt4'o orFH9 70 niinnf'y,are
OF iuo jIsis y9dj GoiV f-l
The Kansss senatehYfpaFsed. hill allow
lowing any person possessed Of, the q,laica-
tons, TO pfactids fG6A IN The Courts Of
that state, wiJhpuNressIt to sex or color,
John Gray of BrookHeld towpship, Noble
eountyy o. yhS, il supposed to be The last
survivf1g'sqiifet of the Revolution. was lOi
years Ofkg9ljn the othih>t. mo ~
Portibhs9bthedead Botfy ofa negro w HHo.
man were hpdiH each oftEo bales oicoiton
recently 0psusl eti iMemg ghis,' after having
been stored two years. .,I ,.,., .
We notice from onI exchmgeS, that reIi-
gous meetings are beng held 10 many parts
OF the State Win good results, Since the
"week,Qf.payeEP ~ t19 NrT T'-i
The SNqArtio Sase wasbeiore the Supreme
Court, Si WaSRhson, 1On Friday, Judge
TrnmbLlf spoke for the Government, and
Judge shartey fOr the OPPOSITION.
The RditorSflSe Hooking County Sentinel
returns bis thahes and the. thanks Of his "bet.
ter half" for bag Of cats left at hisdomcll
few nights RgPlbyiSeme iq!nfkfpowa .Nr)ispd.
The Committee of Ways, and Means unani,
mnnsI, ista rf,si AnA i,.,i he te, ,'n cigars viii
best be, securei by stamp on each cigar.
The GAsoso Savings Institution of Mems
phs, Tenn, has suspended It's understood
the liabilities exceed half million.
Talk of Cabinet changes IS again rife in
Washington. Tho President, it Is said, will
Immediately nominate Secretary Of War
Tho Minnesota; House of Representatives
has passed bill htating eight hours days
work fSt females and children not over
eighteen. olni [t3I".tugiHE"H
The anti>cpntnction, bill has become law,
not by the, Presidents signature, but by the
lapse OF ten days since its passage, within
which Il was not returned to Congress We,
iocd. hiOs Oh Il 4UlJ:it .iI '..!
The trial Of Joha A. Starr for the muriero
Or. Brlee CoopeS at Savannah Hghlandf
county, has Just been concluded at Hillsboro'
The prisoner was found guilty OF manslaugh,
tor and sentenced to the PenlentiNry for five
years. HJSi2-9S7G ~ "7"b inl.
The IRecorptruetion Committee. has ap>
pointed asub>commttee TO consider whether
there is any eydenCe ofan intention, OF the
part OF me Pfesideht,t to cvade or violate the
acts oficdhsress,isnd report accordingly.
It's rum 6redlihht the President will nomi>
nate MI Seward forhhtter to England, in
pl ace Of Charles Francls Adams and that Afr.
Seward has consented,to accept the place.
Bradford Mscoomher, of Taunton, Msss. !,
died. intestate not long since, and without
wife orissue. Lelt 81 ,ooO II was Inherited
by his cousins, who, hunted up, number just
fOrty-fo%r, getting sloooyeach; ~.. 5!l
One Of the most terrible storms eyer known
in Newfoundland has been experienced withs
in the Instt&o or9iirea days. 1T Is reported
that thirty psOpie pershed from cold and id
'he SnoTrW. % la. p"a. ... @
The property Of Reno Oil and Land CONS
pany, PA, game into possession OF Culver,
Penn &CO. last week. It Is the. Intention Of
these sentlemen to commence developing the
property PiiOqfs i0riAo ,bspeftot their ered>
itors. ..y......-... .,.I.. I'D. i
In Fayetteville, Lincoln county, Tennessee,
on Friday a. drunken man rode up to
crowd and proclaimed he could click" any
man init The chivaiy aprahg to the Winds |
cation OF their impeachedL LpTowess. geuer.
al fight eHsued, lOsting two. or three hours, in
which one man -ahs killed and several severe>
ly wounde,il9Gi f'f 5.hl "'.' ,.''.
Gen. schofeld sent to the Nmginia gonvenI
tion, on .FSiday, the official report of census
which hehad caused to be taken of the Third
Ward OF Richmond, on acco unit Of the charges
that theelection had been carried by great
importation of negro voters. 1t appears that
there are oyer hundred more qualified mes
gro voters living in The ward than the records
ed number Of votes. !
Vigilance Committees continue to rule some
porhoasl OF. the far West. 1t is stated that !
the Committee. of .Cheynne recently tied tos
gether three men guilty of theft, and affixed !
q pacard to them stating their offence, adj
ding the warning; "Ne1t case goes up a
tree" M u. "itG.T ". /
Two of the New YORK papers have sensa>
tional dispatches from Washington, aunopncN
ing that the Presidents about to demand Of
England, an immediate settlement of the AI4
aba claims, With war as the alternative. With
this policy, is stated Secretary Seward does
not concur. .u. .-
ha tr fba
death Of Mis-. Mary Wilson's sister of Gen.
Sheridan, ut Somerset, on Friday. She was
greatl yresp ected and beloved bya large cir>
Gle of friends. She was buried in the Catholic
burying ground. q. r- r......
Robert johnson, son and Private Secretary
of the President has been placed IN the lu-
natic asylum of the District Of Columbia, to
cure himi If possible, of periodical drunkenr
ness, which. in his case, amounts to insanity !
Old Deacon Sharp never told lie, but he
used to leate this He was standing, one
day, beside frog pond-we have his word for
it-and saw large garter 81 AXE make an at~
tempt upon an enormous big bull frog. The
snake seized one OF the frogs hind legs, and .
the frog, to be on q par with his snakeship, |
caught him by the't tall and both commenced !
swallowing one another until nothing was left |
of either. =, ...., 80. -.. en- e. |
The cold medals issued to the successful !
exhibitors Of the Paris Exposition, are Sc,
verely criticised by the French press, and
pronounce ced-sbabby and utterly unworthy of
the occasions 1.-THE caskets in which they |
are sent,' says the Paris Steele, "are such !
mean looking affairs that no gentleman would .
deem them fit to encase his meershaum
pipe" ..f,r
The discoveries Of gold, silver and galega,
In Polk and Sewer counties, Arkansas, are |
causl ng much excitement, and in spite of the .
inclemsht weather, people are flocking to the |
district In great numbers. A branch Governs |
ment land Office has, been established in the |
neghbdrhood OF thediggngs, to facilitate the
location of claims. J5jfi1-J HOGS IL