The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-07

willie have bean awarded three humid
red dollars against a saloon keeper,
who sold whisky to their father.
Butler having cooked his eye on the
British lion and declared himself in
favor of another war, the Chicago
Times thinks he must be about nut of
spoons.
v,IYE 80 IaF1-A
Over two hundred deer have been
killed during the past week in the
Black Swamp, which. is located in the
Northwest part ofthis State. .o-
The yield of tho South African dia-
mond fields continues very satisfaeto-
ry. Splendid gems are frequently
dug up. 1
An exchange nominates John 7.
Hoffman, of New. York, for President
and b. Gratz Brown. of Missouri,
for Vice President. Go slow.
The last OF the Mohicans isin the in
sane asylum at Middlctown, Connec-
ticut- He Is ninety-eight years old,
and expects to join kis tribe in a few
days at least.
An Annapolis man had some fun
by putting on a false-face and jump
ing at a preacher from behind q tree
They have dug cut thirty-four of the
~swan-shot 80
An old lady, a saloon keeper at
Long Branch, became so frightened
at the recent appearance of the aurora
borealis, that she rubbed all the names
of her Debtors off the slate thinking
the day of judgment had come
The son of a farmer in Duchess
county, New York, hid himself in his
fathers hay new to learn to smoke.
AS soon as the stones in the founda-
ton cool off, tie farmer will build a
new barn.
A white man in one of the bar
rooms of Atlanta, the other day,
offered to pay for a quart of whisky
if a negro present would drink it
The offer was accepted, and the dar-
key is now a colored angel.
When the Prussians have reason to
believe the railroad has been tamper-
ed with by the citizens along the line,
they tie a prominent citizen on the
cow-catcher of each train. 1t has the
desired effect, H
In a Ease where a bank refused to
pay a check, though it had-money OF
the drawer, the Supreme Court has
just decided that the person in whose
favor the cheek was drawn can not re
cover the amount from the banks.
A female school teacher in. Louis
vile has sued a millionaire of that
city for assault aud battery. DANA
ges $4,000. If pupils were allowed
to bring suits on the same issue against
school teachers, the balance might be
On the other side. urI
A man named Curtis, by the direc-I
ton ofthe power celestial, has pur-
chased a farm near Athens, on which
to locate the city Of the new Jerusa-
lem. His city is now just. building
across the Hooking. ire
Abrick fell from a scafold at OF
tumua on to the head of a passing ne
gro. "Fling dem dere peanuts shells
anoder way up dere won't yer" WAS
darkey's advice as he scratched his
wool.
Two 1rishmen were travelling when
they stopped to examine aguidr-board.
Twelve miles to Portland" said one.
Just six miles apiece said the other.
And they trudged on apparently salts
fled at the small distance.
A census taker recently asked a SER
vantgirl in the vicinity of Boston how
many regular boarders there were in
the house. She informed him that
there were fifteen boarders in all
''But not more'n four OF 'em is steady;
the rest is Radicals"
A poor fellow was brought before
one Of the police justices, recently,
charged with being intoxicated
well, why::do you get drunk 7" stsee
here was the reply, uttered in a.
hiceough and accent of a drunken
man ; "What did you give License for"
"The heather Chinee is peculiar"
One of them out in Nevada has
named a yellow boy after Col ak. It
is some1ess than n year since Schuy
ler was out there, but the Chinaman
makes no fuss, like a white man would.
Western paper publishes the fol
lowing notice:
Lost or strade from the scriber a
shepe allover white-one leg was
black andhalf his body-all persons
shall receive five dollars to kring him.
He was a she cote.