The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
NEWS ITEMS.

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child refuse to pay the legaices which
their deceased father and husband ha
b~equeathed to parties net belong t.
the Rotbschild family.
Hon. George Frederick Boyl,
our the loss of his brother, the re
Gently deceased Lord Glasgow, but i,
somewhat consoled by the ESQ, Oo0 /;
year which that bereavement entail:
upon him.
Max Strakosch, the manager of the
kellogg troupe, was arrested i'll Al,
bany last week upon a eapiaS issued by
the United States Court for alleged
violation of the internal revenue law.
He gave bail.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
has a iorid Washington letter-writer
who talks about the 'tfnll glow of per
feet manhood" exhibited IN Summer
1t is questionable if Mrs. S. could be
induced to certify to the perfection"
The Desmoines (Iowa) State Regis
ter says the papers say the reason
which deferred the Hon. James F.
Wilson, of Iowa, from accepting a
Cabinet appointment, was his dread of
apoplexy. Which reported reason We
feel justified in denying.
There lives in Lawrence County,
Indiana, a Miss Ritter, who is only
TWEEN y-four inches high and weighs
but thirty-three pounds ! She is for
ty-one years old, but looks much older
han that. She is very childish in her
manner, and destitute of education.
Mr.. f. P. Alderman, in. retiring
from the editorial chair of the Brattle-
boro (Vt-) Record published the fol-
lowing brief valedictory t"I am done
with this paper. 1 am not sorry. and
l suppose the majority of, the people
are not. Therefore, all being passed,
there is no need of further remark"
Stimulated by the places provided
for the remoter branches of the Grant
family a lady has petitioned Congress
for a pension on account of services
rendered by her grandfather in the
Revolutionary war. Unfortunately,
the old gentleman died too long ago
to have been included in any of the
contribution lists for Grants houses,
and the lady's application a not,
therefore, be granted.
1t is reported that Secretary Bout
sell has ordered the dismissal of all
Special Treasury Agents ; and that he
has "ascertained that the majority Of
these persons were appointed for poll
-tical considerations, and, as a con-
sequence, are inefficient" Of course,
therefore, political considerations will
have nothing to do with Mr.. Boutwelrs
future appointments; but we would
not advise Democrats to apply in great
numbers, because such personal con-
siderations as Grants relations are
to be taken care of.
Speaking of female lobbyists, the
Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Herald says: They have advanc-
cd the Capital of late in greater force
than ever, and have even commenced
to lay siege to members and Senators
at their boarding houses. The other
day / asked the Doorkeeper of the
House, who is opposite the ladies' re-
ceptfon room, how many women had
sent in cards in one day to members,
and he replied, three hundred and
eleven! The notorious Mrs. Cobb is
daily visitor, circulating in the cor
ridors and Hobbies of the Senate and
House, and plying her vocation at
present."
The French customs returns show
that S2ge,000 worth of velocipedes
have been exported from France this
year.
+: 4 sight in it is a dirty
nursemaid leading along a little boy
baby, two or three years old, who has
a cigar in his mouth.
Long Eeasure-It takes three hun
dred and twenty rods to make a mile,
but the devil and two other Radicals
are enough to make one Union league.
They edeavoring to establish insur-
nee and offices in Washington to Sc
cure the payment of board-bills incur
red by of*fce-seekers, but can get no
one to take stock
An intelligent gentleman from jew
~, on his first visit to an American
church, had a contribution box with
a hole in the top presented to him,
and whispered to the collector, Il don't
got mein bapers, unit can't vote"
a process has been invented by
which Goldfish are deodorized, and a
chemist has lately. discovered a method
of extracting the bitter from euinine.
Another is experimenting upon an in
-genious. Plan 10 -
sausages.
The Hannibal (AIo.) Courier relates
story about a man in that city who,
coming home at night very hnnsS-
was directed by bi-Tothe closet,
I0Gnd, and the ravenous individual
did not discover his mistaken until he
had devoured the contents of a crock
which contained night caps soaked in
buttermilk How did the natives of
Missouri receive the name of "Pukes%
A Nashville druggist has invented a
rat paint made of a preparation of
phosphorus. You first catch the rat
hen you paint him After dark he
looks like bail of fire, and going
among his fellow rats they get scared
TO death at the eight of his counter
ance," and vaeate the premises, the
Upright particular rat following and
hurrying up the rear.
The Madras Times says that four
Europeans have associated the them
selves with one of the Mohammedan
sects in Madras, and have taken up1
fbair ohO1o- ~ ono IF tho nrpo1o1 /