The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-13

poisoning his wife-said to be the third
wife he has made away with.
A letter received at St Louis, Mon
day, from Patscy Sheppard, at Cleve
land, intlmates that his fight with IA
ron viii not come off on the Goth, his
hackers having failed to furnish him
with means. &c., for training.
Edwin Booth has had a gold crown
built in Boston for his Richard, at cost
of $1,000. There is also'..a collar of
the order:of the garter made entirely Of
gold and silver, and a jeweled cross
(spiritus sancti,) also a jewelled sword
and dagger, mounted in real stone, the
hilt and scabbard covered with jems.
At Cheyenne, the railroad terminus
at the. base of the Rocky Mountains, a
a handblll was extensively circulated
on Monday with these words: "Ten
t65-some women just arrived from New
York, can be seen at the Grottol this
evening" The "Grotto" being no
torious gambling and drinking place.
Forty five streets IN Chicago, aggre
eating twenty miles in length, are to
he ~, we'd with Nicolson pavement this
summer.
Augustus Kolbc, d German, living
in Troy, N. Y, Jast suuwer visited
Germany, end whiIe.thsre ordered OF
the manufacturer..at Baden nam Q
music box or orchestrioD. has arrived
The instrument is about e;ghtifect hlsh
and four wide, and pays Twenty tunes
with the full effect of an orchestra.
Th, latest "onpleasantness" reported
Is that between the President and
Mccullough. No particu
lars . but ~ is said that the latter will
-os;on to.5av whether the President. is
convicted or not.
Captain Joha l.. Warden OF the
Navy, WHO commanded tie Monitor ID
he memorable fight with the
am Merimac, has not yet rec ''ereo
rom the wound received at that tin !
md is Going to Europe next month for
lis health.
A Lady in Dayton heard a buzziDg
ler kerosene lamp, and soen an expL'
ion occurred. Her sleeve caught fire
ut she smothered the flames with a
her,. o shawl and dashed out fthe fire
n the floor with a pitcher of water.-i
leep your lamp wick we'll trimmed.
as been determined to compel prompt
ayment on whisky already in bond, sc =
to empty class warehouses, with g !
lew to closing them as soon as possible b
A dispatch from Omaha, 11th il st. 3
avs that the Union Pacific Railroad il t
ow open to Fort Saunders, five hug. :,
red and eighty miles west of Oma ha q
en- thousand men are at work, and i; il
expected that not less than three :
lousand miles of track will be laid o
lis year. 5
Ole Bull went all the way to Wind q,
II, in Vermont, to play for the moth n
of one of his friends in New York Il
Only 500 Chicagonians will enjoy "
le bliss of looking on at the Radica II
onyention.
The train which left Quincy Satur "
~ evening, for Chicago, was thrown h,
the track by a broken rail, neal ct
Shortly afterward a fire brokt NJ
It in the wreck, and three cars, Will >
tggage, mail and express matter, wert q
nsumed. Four employees on the train tie
re injured; none seriously. IN
In answerto the inquiry why modern z.
lux is SO bad, the London re-
'okseller says that the makers use pc
mmon lamp black and other indiffer- GO
t materials. The only demand for u
black comes from France. to
Commissioner Wells is collecting sta ca
tics on whisky, which, thus far, go bi
show that the annual product does ne
exceed fifty million gallons. 1t pe