The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-12-02

partridge. itW ha~e
Tho upper Sandusky Bay is fro,
zen over, and it is reported that
boats cannot make their way
through the ice.
A man ip Hamilton "sasscd'
Vallandigham and shook his fist
under the martyrs impassiye nose,
A Newark (N.J } editor labor.
iously calculates that Now York,
sixty years hence, will have ten
million inhabitants. iHa.
At Ripley, Ohio, two genuine
tusks OF u mastodon have becn un-
earthed-ono of them ontiro. and
weighing fifty pounds.
s. IL. Ruggles, at Circleville, is
buildings a pork packing house in
that place, 81 by 40 feet, two stor'
les high. star
1t is announced that Andrew
Johnson will not bo a candidate
for seat in the Constitutional
Convention OF Tennessee.
The store room of Gilchrist &
Gay, Columbus, was entered by
burglars last Wednesday, night,
and robbed Of silks 10 the amount
of 81, 200.
Lucy Stone, in q speech at
Cleveland, said boys are like vine
gar-the moro "mother" in them
the sharper they become. aal
The late General Wool, left props
erty, valued at $3.50. 900, which
will be divided principally between
his ncphews and nioccs.
"A miser, found dcad in Taylor's
Hotel, Jersey City, left property
valued at 100000. By u will cx.
ecuted fifteen years ago, tho bulk
goes to his sister and her children.
Some mischieyous parties Of
IPikcton, arc capturing all the
cats and sending them by coach to
Waverly, where thcy arc turned
loose.
Tho late George Peabody, whose
millions of dollars bequosts have
been tho wonder of the world, il
is said, never owned q horse or
kept u carriage. @
The constitutional amendment,
increasing tho pay of tho Govern,
or of Wisconsin to S5 900, was car
ried at the late election by a ma.
jority of 6,S5O. 1aa+ ,w
SOMERSET RAILRoAD.-Wo are
informed that large forco of 10.
borors have arrived in Somerset,
and intend commencing work at
once upon tho railroad. -NelO Lea.
ingtCn HerdId, .'.'
On tho authority of a Brahmin,
it is stated that tho hopo of kcop-
ing up tho system Of idoIatry in In.
da is worry discouraging, and that
no class Of Hindoos now have faith
in their religion.
Chinese immigration Is not SO
popular in the Tennessee LegisIa
turc us it was in tho Memphis Con.
vention. Tho House has voted SO
to 10 to exclude John Chinaman al.
together.
Horace Greeley appeals 10 Ben,
Butlor, in an open lotter, to place
himself ut tho head of u movement
to grant complete amnesty to all
persons who favor tho adoption Of
tho Fifteenth Amendment.
Gems, Babcock and Ingalls, have
sailed on tho steamer Albany for
st, Domingo, with sealed inslruc.
tions. President Baez is determin.
cd to submit tho question OF an.
nexation to tho votes of his poo>
pIc.
Peter Hayden, who owns four
thousand acres of coal lands in the
Hooking Valley, and W, b. Brooks
who owns two thousand, together
pay the Hooking Valley RailEoad
$500 por day for coal freights alone
over that road.
Hero is tho way 1.-Two Yankees
settle IN tho West; A man recent.
ly arrived in u town in MinncsoIa,
bought u lot, built n house, and sot
up house keeping within the space
OF 4S hours, and had q son and heir
born TO him before the first meal
was eaten in the house.
Benjamin Baker, Of Key West,
Florida, has sold his crop Of Pine
apples this year for $1,000. This
crop was gathered from less than
an aero and a hulf OF ground. Hc
has ono hundred and fifty thou.
sand plants, which will be in bear.
ing next year, and these cover less
than seven acres of ground, and if
sold at the samo ratio as this year s
crop will net him 100000.
Last Sunday, as tho steamer
Evansville was on her way from
Louisville 10 Evansville, tho wife
OF Captain Van Meter, while wash.
ing hor hands, deposited her we'd.
ding ring, u fino diamond that
cost two hundred and fifty dollars,
in tho washbowl, and, alterward
forgetting the ring, ompticd the
bowl into tho river, over tho side
Of the boat.