Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-03-24
RreVities,

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The Marietta Register reports the
peach buds and other fruit all safe
in that vicinity.
Rev. o. II. Newton, brother OF
our Postmaster, is Chaplain of the
Ohio Peniten.iary.
Parties selling patent rights. and
taking notes, and not inserting in
the notes "giyen for patent right
are liable to go TO Jail in the State OF
Ohio.
There are l .455 townships, wards
and voting precincts in Ohio.
Rev. A. S. Thorn has been elected
General Manager OF the Ohio Tenn
perance Alliance.
Mr. Tilman Fields, of New Haven,
Mason Co, W. Va, recently lost
two little boys by whooping cou gh
Lanty Fuckers residence in Ma
son township, Lawrence county,
was wholly consumed by fire on
Sunday morning week. Only few
articles were saved.
The Ironton Register reports peach
es nearly all killed.
Thomas Summersett, in Ross
county, last week, while hunting,
had the whole left side of his face
fearfully lacerated by the premature
discharge of his gun.
120 accessions to the membership
of the Main street III. +. Church, in
Chillicothe, were made during the
recent revival.
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, aged IS
years, died at Tapper's Plains,
Meigs county, March 1lth. She
was one ofthe pioneers of that neigh
borhood.
Milton D. Santer, of Adams coun-
ty, was almost instantly killed, last
week, by the accidental discharge of
a pistol, in the hands of his brother
in-law, DR.. John W. Holmes.
David Rust of Wood county, W.
Va, while in state of intoXieation,
laid or fell down on the railroad
track, near the Parkersburg Mill
Co.'S buildings, and was run over by
the Regulating train, and instantly
killed.
Base ball men are putting their
bats in order for the coming seas on.
We have had ifty-two SHOWS dur
ing the past winter.
Charles E. Brown has been nomi-
mated Postmaster of Chillicothe,
Ohio.
Paper petticoats at fifteen cents
retail are the latest sensation in Bos-
ton.
It is feared that cherries and
plums in the Miami Valley have
been destroyed by the cold.
The number of destitute children |
of deceased soldiers in this State is
estimated at between twelve and fif-
teen hundred hy the Legislative
on this subject.
A lately married man says his
wife is perfect rose. The only
drawback to his happiness is that
she "blows out a little too often.
The bill to increase the pay Of
land appraisers, by the Ohio Legis-
lature, from 90 to So per day, failed
in the Senate.
Burglars have been visiting Port
land, Wayerly, and other towns in
the neighboring counties.
The roof of the Zaleski Furnace
was destroyed by fire on Friday
morning of last week.
"E. D. NJ" says that Ohio has g.
900, 600 sheep and their annual profit
to the State is $40, 100000. Licking
county alone nets $40, 900. He
says we have more sheep than any
other State, and that there is more
profit in sheep where wool sells at
AZ cents pound, than in any other
crop.
The Conneaut, O., School Board |
prohibits teachers and scholars from
attending social parties, whether
private or public.
1t is estimated that there will be
manufactured in the region of Pom
eroy, on the Ohio and West Vir-
ginia sides of the river, FIVE million
bushels of salt, during the current
year.
Rat hunts are fashionable sport in
Pickaway county.
AlashiTejs Hall