Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-03-31
items Of News.
The wood used for fuel by locomotives
in the United States costs $56, ,OOO, coo per

The wood used for tuel by locomotives
in the United States costs $56, ,00O,O coo per
annum.
The Deseret News tells ofsn0w plow
on the Central Pacific Railroad propelled
by eight locomotives.
Governor Baker, Of Indiana. has is-
sued a proclamation convening the Leg
islature of Indiana on the sth day OF
April.
Thousands Of wild geese are deyour-
ing the unshUeked corn in the fields OF
Jasper County, Indiana
The shot-tower at Dubuque, Iowa,
was burned, last sunday week. Loss
-, 900: insured for S, 1000
1t is said there are FIVE thousand aP-
plicants in New York for positions. an
der the Collector Of the Port.s
One thousand two hundred and for
tv-ive miles of the FrancO-American
cable are already on board the Great
Eastern
Govenor Clayton Of Arkansas, ordered
the military prisoners held in Critten-
den County to be turned over 10 the CIV
il authorities.
Intelligence has been received from
Furope Of the death Of the eminent
French composer. Hector BerlOise, i'm
his sixty-siXth year
The Legislature of South Carolina
adjourned on the 25th, after a four
months session and the passage of
seventy-fve acts.
"A Chief ofDetectives has been expel-
ed from the New York police for taking
$4,000 from a bank as q reward for re-
covering $4,000.
Discovery Of immense quantities of
gold has been made in Alaska, but ow-
ing to the climate the mines can be
worked only five months in the year.
"A special from Omaha says the
Union Pacific Railroad will commence
carrying passengers and mail to Ogden,
1904 miles west Of Omaha, on Thursday.
A Massachusetts manufacturer is
turning glass to novel use of mold
boards for plOws, for certain Western
prarie lands whose soil is very destruc-
tive to iron.
The English AerOnauticaI Society
has succeeded in the construction of an
engine Of one horse power, which with
its boiler, without water or fuel, weighs
13 pounds.
of five hundred and lightweight
Protestant Episcopal Churches in Lon
don, only eight wish to burn incense,
and only fourteen are in favor Of euchar-
istic vestiments.
Since the restoration of civil law in
CrittendOn County, Arkansas, the mali
tia officers have been compelled TO leave
to save their lives. This proves how
has been done.
Recently a flock of sheep was pass
ing over the bridge at Danville, Penn
sylvania. One of them concluded to
Jump into the river. OF course this was
the signal for the others Mutton was
cheap next day i'm Danvill
"A negro preacher, recently arrested
in New Orleans as a disOrdeTly person
was unable to pay the fine imposed. He
was about to be committed, when a hap
py thought struck him. ''If your honor
will trust me till Monday, I'll take up
collection tomorrow" He was trust
ed.
The cold weather of March, it is as
serted, has been exceedingly useful in
diminishing the danger Of Spring fresh
cts in New England States, where the
storms of last winter were unusually
frequent and heavy, and where several
feet of snow had accumulated on the
ground.
"A Halifax dispatch says: "Thc
Government of Prince Edwards Island
has been notified by Imperial authOri-
tv that it is not competent for that island
to enter i'm negotiation with the United
States, with view of reciprocity, with
out the cooperation of the other Brit
ish Provinces.
An old Indian silver mine, on the
trail from Nincennes, Indiana, across the
POtoka river, has recently been discOY-
red. Furnaces have been found where
the Indians had melted the ore, and in
the bottom of one quantity Of fine met
al was found. Upon one of these fur
naces there stands tree Is inches in
diameter.
The fiftieth anniversary of the POpe's
ordination is to be celebrated on the l4th
of April with much sOlemnity. In every
direction subscriptions have been organ
lied to offer to His Holiness suitable pre-
sents on the occasion. Without speak
ing of others, His Holiness is to receive
from the Commission Of Hospitals at
Rome, missel-stand, suTmOUnted with
a statnette of the Immaculate COncep-
ton, crowned with diamonds and pearls
the value Of the whole being $4,000.
Gen. Remington, of Nicaraguan
fame, has arrived in Cuba with an eXpe-
ditiOn to aid the revOlutionists in their
struggle with Spain. The force consists
Of officers and men who served in the
Federal and Confederate armies during
the late war.
Returns from the special election in
Indiana, on the 23d, indicate the sreelec-
ton Of all the resigning members of the
Legislature except One-SenatOr Huey-
whose district had been Radicalized by
the appointment of 1867. This was the
only District in which the Radicals con-
tested the election.
Ten female physicians We're gradua-
ted in New YorRon Tuesday 23Td inst.
Their names are as follows: Mrs. Maria
J. Cushing, of Boston, Massachusetts;
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Harrah, of Iowa; Miss
Rebecca P. Page, of New York; Miss
Sophia. Penfeld, of Connecticut; Mrs.
Charlotte ]. LOZier, OF WinOna, MINES
Ota; Miss Sarah Z. FUrnas, of Troy, Mi
ANA County, Ohio; Mrs. G. LeBeau, of
New York; Sarah A. Ferguson, of Brook
lyn, New York; Mrs. Belle c. BaTTOws,
of Washington, ID. G.; Miss Sarah j. SAT-
ford, of Cairo, Illinois, and Miss Eliza
DCl4 % <1lalllSf W New IOIh. lUe aye
Of these ladies varied from twenty-five
to thirty years, and all had the appear
ance of being healthful and vigorous,
both physically and mentally,
"A Suicidal mania seems to be raging
in Summit County, Ohio. On the 18th
instant Mrs. George c. Berry drowned
herself in the canal at Akron, Ohio.
She was highly respected lady of twen-
ty nine, and the mother of four children,
the oldest of whom is only seven, she left
note, alluding TO her declining health
and her fear of coming insanity. On the
previous day, in Copley Township, same
county, Frank Keder hung himself on
account of dissensiOn with his wife's rel
atives. His age was twenty seven, and
he leaves a wife and two children. A few
days before, a girl of sixteen, living at
Coventry, same county, attempted TO
drown herself in q reservoir, but succeed
ed only partially in forcing her body
through the ice. Her uncle drowned
himself lastwinter.
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