The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-02
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on the first Of January, by Col. A.
W. Sheldon. Of Kcokuk, Iowa.
A tailor speaking Of the winter
fashions, says correctly, "There is
not much change in gentlemans
pants this month"
A gentleman 10 Now York has
invented method Of mutilating
postage stamps which he thinks
will be ctfectual. Only gum half
tho stamp, he says. and let tho
clerksin the post Office tear OF the
other half.
Mcssrs Duhmo i Co, jewelers.,
Cincinnati. wore robbed Of caso
OF 46 diamond rings By u would-bo-
purchasers throwing snuff into the
eyes Of the clerk, the thiei was pur.
oued, arrested and 81 Of the rings
recovered. .t,. g.,.y
The Jews in Salt Lake City arc
anti Aormen 10 II man. COiax re-
Earks thst'this ia the only instance
hc ever heard ei where the saints
We're all sinners and the Jews all
Gentiles.
A half grown bear, which bad
probably been chased from the
mountains in Virginia and swan
the river. was captured in the vii
lage Of Chcsire, GaIlia county, a
few days ago. H sfso'fz7 -
The New Hampshire State Re-
publican Convention on the 1871
renoninatcd Governor Hartman,
and recommended General Grant
for the next President -frd-I1irl'
Tho Fenians, in London, on the
18th, attempted TO blow up another
jai! containing Irish lprisoners.--
aoihing but u defective fuse pre-
vented u terrible explosion, with
probable loss Of life and property.
Leavenwortb, Kansas, has a
population Of thI-ly-three thousand,
supports six daily newspapers, some
thirty churches, fifteen TO twenty
schools, tw, theaters, and from five
to ten gambling houses. I'm
The first copies Of tho agricul-
tursl report for 1866 are out. An
immense edition has been printed,
requiring ninety tuns Of paper. IL
is the most interesting and valua-
Ole report ever issued by this De-
partmCnt, and Contains several new
features.
In the New York Superior Court,
Judge Jones has granted Mrs. For
rest, the divorced vile OF the trage-
dian. decree for the alimony Of.
100000, which she claims TO have
been aupaid for number of years.
In response to the recent vote Of
the Italian Parlimcnt condemning
the passive policy of the Govern
ment in regard TO Rome, Napoleon
has ordered q reinforcement Of
20 900 men 10 the Frcnch garrison
at CiYita Yecchia. l'.fas m ol19
The Springfield RrpujitcaB says
that the Young lady who received
the most attention in Europe this
summer OF all the American visi-
tors, was Miss Libby PreDdergast,
| Of WestfeId, Mass. Her beauty was
universally admired. ~ y 1aH'-.
The Russian Government has
addrcssed q note 10 the Govern
ment Of France, protesting earn.
es,Iy again5, the shifting policy of
the latter onthe Eastern question.
I General Grant reports that the
balance due from Southern rail-
! road companies to the United
| States. November l, 1857, iuclud-
ing interest, was s4,SS4.60c. 49, ''
| Charles Lotdell. associate editor
| Of the Lacrosse Democrat, who was
burned to death at tho Angola dis
aster, was on his way to Bridge.
! port, Conn, TO be married. .g'.m yiii
! General Grant with the assent
OF the President, has suspended
1.-The order for the disbandmeht OF
the irregular military orgapiza5
tions in the District OF Columbia,
the leaders thereof having, by his
request, agreed 20 take advantage
ofthe militia laws ea,a ,0i- b3ln39
The cordial hand shaking be-
Gen. Sherman and Senator Sumner
ut the close Of the latter's lecture
I"Are wen Nation ?'O'iu st. Louis,
some days ago, is commented on
with marked terms Of dispair in
1.-The Southern Democratic press.
The London Times has had an
editorial on the gAbyssinian war,
which it fears will be protraeted
until next year 1t blames Sir
William Napier, Commander of the
British forces, for the delays WHICH
the expedition has encountered,
and says no,hing Of consequohce
can be done during the Q present
season. .sl 20 eL 594-sooeBs OF
An inquisitivc chap asked a sol
dicr with an empty sleeve show he
lost his arm ?" In a. ,hrashiBg
machine" answered the soldier.T-
Were you running the machineg'
"Well no =; Gen Grant had charge.
Charles II Carman, fireman on a
locomotive on the New York and
, Erie road, was accidentally knsck-
r ed off his engine, last week, while
t flying at lightning speed. He Shot
through the open timbers of 9
brid ge, fell thirty feet, broke through
the ice, scrambled out, tooka dag
rosis ot himsotf and fOnnd only q