The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-03-04
Naws Items.

Volocipedcs are to be made in
Newark with double saddles for q
lady aud gentleman.
Tho richest copper ores on the
Western side Of this continent are
found in Arizona.
A farm 10 Newport will make o
profit Of $3.50, 900 by the recent rise
iu sugar aud molasses.
A Canada correspondent says a
"nahia" for pdmmcling newspaper
men nppoats to prevail in that prov
ince.
A New Hampshire Baptist clergy
man named Lowell, has accepted q
"call' at less salary than his pres
ont Que.
Most Of the stone required for the
massive masonry Of tho Suez Canal
has been made from tho sand Of tho
Desert.
The new Missouri law against
prize fights iu1icts penalty Of two
pears imprisonment, or $1,000 fine
on principals aud assistants alike.
California is about to add tin to
her other mineral treasures. The
Temascat mino in that State now
gives employment to 2j hands and
tho prospect is good foe an i'm.
menso increase Of tho production.
According to the Providence Jour
nal, Mr.. William Hamlin of that city
is the oldest living Free Mason in
tho United States, IL not In world
llc is nearly 90 years old, and has
been a member of the order 65 years.
The police malo n raid on the
gambling saloons Of Memphis, Thurs.
day night, and captured over one
hundred persons, all Of whom were
fined s25 to $50.
At n ball In Fosiorburg, near Al
ton, Illinois, given a few nights ago,
five or six persons drank of poisoned
liquor, two Of whom, young men, arc
reported to be dead.
The great billiard match at Chica-
go was completed at Quo o'clock on
Thursday morning, aud was won by
Thomas Foley. The scoro stood
Foley, l0l; Frawloy, 1902. Foley's
highest run was 2lS, aud Frawloy's
1873.
In tho case Of james Grant, on a
charge for killing H. Rivos Pollard,
several hundred citizens have been
questioned aud only two found who
had not formed an opinion on the case.
The Sheriff was directed to summon
citizens for Jury from Alexandria
and Norfolk.
Adam Butcher, farmer living
roor Bloomington, Ind, shot himself
Thursday morning. After learning
Of her fathers death, the daughter,
Is years old, admitted that her child
was his Offspring, This fact is sup
posed to have prompted Butcher to
the rash act.
Tho number Of luuatics in Eng
land in proportion to the population
is nearly double what it was in 1914,
according to official records. These
records are much more complete now,
however, than formerly. This may
bo tho cause Of the apparant in.
crease.
Lieutenant General Sherman ar
rived in Washington recently from
St. Louis, and is stopping at the res
residence OF his brother, Senator
Sherman. Tbs house purchased
from Gen. Grant, for him is to be
thoroughly repaired, aud he will mol
remove to it before june 1st.
The dispatch from Gheynuo alleges
that tho Union Pacific Railroad hai
been covered for fifteen days by -four
inches of snow, is considered absurd,
as a dispatch received from Esho
Utah, from the Superintendent o
Constructions says three miles Of the
track was laid Friday,
The Southern Pacific Railroad
says the San Francisco Bulletin, cut,
Que Of tho richest mineral built
in the world, in California, Arizona
aud New Mexico. The road viii
thread its way among gold, silver
and copper mines,
There is to bo a "steamboat fight,
it is said, on the Mississippi, mex
season, which will excell all forme
contests Known on these waters
Tho mauOgrs of the various line
tried to come to an. agreement at
meeting in St. Louis, but failed to d
so.
The young ladies of Dover, Wayn
Co., Ind, have formed a society 70
. the redemption of young men fror
: bad habits. Each Of the member
has pledged herself not to reeeiy
i the attentions of any young mao VIII
F.. uses liquor, tobacco or prOiauO Ian
!. guage.