Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-04-07

it was before the war.
| The British fleet now. consists of918
screw steam vessels aflOat, and p build
ing; and II steam vessels afiOat, and one
nearly completed.
The first child born in the White
Pine silver district, 5000 feet above the
sea, has been presented with several
thousand dollars in silver bars BY the
miners.
AT the meeting Of the Republican
State Central Committee, at Columbus.
on Wednesday, it was decided to hold a
Convention in that city on the 23d of
June next.
"A Mr.. Williams, school teacher in
Plymouth Township, near Mansfield.
Ohio, has been tried and convicted for
cruelty beating a Miss Fannie Bielman,
one Of his pupils,
Only thirty miles ofthe CHICAGO, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad remain to
be built to complete the road 70 the Mis-
souri, River, thus connecting it with the
Union Pacific Railroad.
The London GordeRersavs: srFarrb-
ing up potatoes diminishes the product
and retaTds the Fipening of the tubers.
Long experiments in England have prov
ed this fact-that hilling up the potato
will reduce the crop One-foTth.
To preserve eggs, put them in a wire
basket or other convenient fixture, and
plunge them in boiling water for abOuta
minute. This causes a thin LAYER of the
egg to cOagulate on the shell, and pre-
vents the intiltrstiOn of air which IS fatal
to the freshening Of the egg.
AT the last state ball ut Vienna, the
Empress Of Austria appeared in q new
dress, composed Of the green and golden
wings Of South American beetles, sewn
with gold thread on a tissue of white sfIIZ.
A splendid suite of diamond and emerald
completed this costume.
Mr.. Hazledine, who was engaged
in getting out timberin Putnam County
Ohio, committed suicide on last Thurs
day night by taking an overdose Of NOR
phlne. Some difficulty with q worthless
wife was supposed TO be the cause.
aa8eidine was formerly a resident of
Defiance.
Henrietta Grey, the negress, who
few days since, murdered little white
girl near Macon, Georgia, in order to OBJ
tain 1920, has been captured after three
days chase. Two little boys, brothers
Of the murdered girl, led the officers in
pursuit.
"A flying machine, it is announced,
has recently been invented by a citizen
Of Harrisburg, Pa, and the model is
said to exhibit great ingenuity. The
wings are Is feet in length each, and to-
gether will cover 800 square feet of sur
face.
The Terre Haut Express says that
Rev. z. +. Howe somewhat startled q
large audience at the congregational
Church, Sunday morning, by taking for
a text Thou shalt not kill, and deliver
/ ing an entire sermon on child-murdeC,
or f0aticide.
-Fisk's latest freak and best Of all, Is
I in the shape Of an order to 3 Concord
firm to build him twenty-five cabs,
wherein to carry passengers from the
Erie Railway to all parts Of New York,
for fifty cents a head. The cabs are Of
the French pattern, and carry four each.
The Adjutant General has received
notice Of the allowance Of q portion of
the eleventh installment of Ohio war
claims, amounting to over twenty-f0ur
thousand dollars, (S24,OOO), which viii
be received and paid into the State
Treasury in q few days.
Attorney General Hoar is a Unitar-
ian, Secretary of the Interior, Cox is q
SwedenbOrgian, Secretary of the Navy
Borie is aCathOlic, ex-Seeretary of State
Washburne Is q Universalist, Secretary
of State Fish is q Dutch Reformer. eE-
Secretory Stewart is Presbyterian, and
Postmaster General Creswell eschews
churches altogether.
William Compton, a pioneer, resid-
ing at Vandalia, Ohio, was suddenly
stricken with paralysis on Monday last.
and died in a few minutes, at the advan-
eed age Of Y. He was born in North
Carolina in 1887, and removed with his
parents to Ohio in early life and settled
near Chambersburg, in that county.
He continued to reside in that neigh
borhOOd to the time Of his death.
An officer of the English NAVY. In
glefield, hS5 invented a mode of Srear-
ing ships by pressure of the water in
which the vessel floats. The apparatus
is, Of course, below the water line. and
it can be controlled from any part ofthe
vessel. The captain, sitting in the
cabin Of the largest irOn-clad, win
his compass beside him, can steer her
with his thumb and finger.
The Abingdon FTrg',sia.s gives IN
amusing account oi the confusion fn--
prevailed Monday week in that plara.
)n the occasion Of the regular MONTH
y session Of the Washington Conn
y Court. A large crowd was i'm ale
endance. Not one Of the Justices re-
'ently appointed by StOneman would
consent to take the oath, though some
II them admitted that they could. A.
er understandable peTpleXity and coufu-
ION. the nGV~ nfnlafN rF.
alton Of any County Court.
The proposed purchase BY the Gov
rnnnent OF the telegraph companies in
treat Britain has raised the market
'alue of the stock, which is selling M
ouble and even quadruple the prices
hat could formerly have been ohr9i0-
d. Other companies that had never
erlved any profit from the business OF
heir lines are now declaring dividends
I two and three per cent. 1t is broadly
lnted that these have been adopted i'm
rder to secure as large price rs poSsi-
le for the purChaSe-m Oney OF the lines
D be paid by the government.
The New Orleans C,c2e7f bas fns,r-
latiOn from highly respectable citizen
Corpus Christi, Texas, of rumore5
lOvement ON Mexico. Our informant
iys that he IS convinced that q move
lent IN that direction will soon he made
rOOps are being rapidly coucentrated i'm
eXas, and It is thought are being sent
lere for the purpose of being in readi-
esS for movement ON the heroic lapd'
Mexico, Additional barracks and
)spitals are being constructed aE
townsville. Fort Ringgoid and FI
9sO and Corpus Christi, il is thourbs
III be the hase Of supplies. Wheeler
le above sUrnises are correct or mo-
IS true that troops are rapidly pOurina,
to Texas, and that additional barracks
Id hospitals are being constructed nj
10 points named.
The snow sheds Of the Cen+v.,' P--
nc railroad extend for u continuous
stance OF twenty-five miles. with 81
eauth OF sixteen feet, and a height ar
Nteen feet, not including the pitch ny
e roof. The sides are incIo.Fd. ami
G sheds resemble a long tunnel, light
at the sides through the interSfi.as
tween the boards. The huiIdiDc ss
aeed together in q substantial m1uner
Id is bOlted to the rocks wherever rI.
al approaches the edges of cIifE
here snow slides are 10 be feared tn.
OF Is extended to the wall of rock. sn
az the falling masses shall De drpp f.
on the other side, down i'm the rq-
no; Where sldelingS have been IafI.
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