The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-16

States notes shall be cancelled and
destroyed.
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AEEsoRTs.
a Milwaukee fatkertied rope around
the body Of his little boy and threw
him into the river as punishment fe,
playing on its bank. As he was
-drawipg the child in, the rope parted
ana the inhuman chastiseneEt nearly
resulted in q tragedy, for the little
fellow WAS rescued only with greatsdif
iculty and danger. I
HliThe Kenton RepabKeaa says: seA
sentimental young mar called upon d
young a4ady o f'the period the other
evening . and during the course of the
evening requested her to- favor him
with some music-a song-somethipe
sentimental. Imagine his morti6eaE
ton when the gushing lass broke fortl
in that simplest of simple strains: &
9g~of s"I feeb I;feeb 1 feel,
e ugo1I feel like a morning star"
The horror-stricken youth felt for
his hat" .yt tJcas'5+ Il
. Since the story has been told Of
how Judge Breckenridge married g
girl he saw jump over a rail fence
with u pail on her head, all the girl
in Orange county, Eewi-York, are
said to spend their time in watching
the road, and whenever they seea car
.riage approaching with alman in it
they seize their pads and go for .
fence, bed csiY all 9tit.l L.lsy5
Agood story is told of a rusti,
youth and buxom country girl, who
sat facing each other at alhusking
party. The youth smitten with tn,
charms of the beautiful maiden, only
yentured o sly look, and now and thei
touching Pattys foot under the table
The girl, determined to make the
youth what he appeared 20 warmly te
feel, bore with these advances q ittlt
while IN silence, when she cried out
"Look here! ifyou love me why dom
you say soi but don't dirty my
stockings." v.-y.,-,, ir;sr m
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* Specimens of q new silver coinage
have Just been struck at the United
States Mi-tin Philadelphia--of the de
nominations of 10, 25 and 80 cents.
Three different specimens Of each Of
these DENOMINATIONS have been submit
ted to the Treasury Department 70.
approval. The standard value of tn,
new csins is reduced so as to CORES
pond in actual value with our p resent
acurrency," with u view to its I'M
mediate use instead Of the 10, rs and
SO cent notes.
An ice'dealer who is said to have
watched tile ponds nearly all winter
with almost p~rayerful interest III hopes
of a freeze, visited 1t recently after d
sharp, cold night, stepped ON the ice,
and finding that it would bear him,
exclaimed, Thank Godi" Going
still further ON the pond, he exclaimed
more f~ervently, 'sThank God! y hut
on v~epturing q triae further, and 60
ing through up 10 his neck, he e~jaculat.
ed. louder and heartier than ever
OBJ the ice! r
A drunken man in Milwaukee was
cooked nearly through by lying down
on q marble slab in a billiard room,
over steam pipes. He said he thought
at first he was in hell, and then as it
grew hotter he imagined that he was
in Chicago. He was pleased when
the crowd took him off, and he found
that his fate was not 80 bad rs he had
supposed. 5i +
!. The Wintersct, Qowa) Sun says
that not long since two brothers nam
ell Kelso, living in Pottawattamie
county, each married, one the father
of three children, and the other of
two. concluded they had made a mis-
take in the selection OF their spouses.
After 1. O., consultation, and on agree
ment of all parties, decided to trade
wives. They didsY, Theppoposer Of
the trade moved to Missouri, taking
his brothers wife with him. and the
other woman.
Dr. Tying met nm emigrant family
going west. On one of the wagons
there hung alag with the bottom
knocked out. "What is that?" asked
the Doctor. +Why, that is my Taylor
Jag" said the D "And what is q
Taylor jug,f" asked the Doctor again.
''I had son in Gen. Tayiors army
in Mexico, and the General always
told him to carry his whisky Jug with
d hole in the bottom, and that's it.
It is the best invention Fever met for
hard drinkerstr !aFi39is j. 81
+: Captain r. Hall proposes to make
another trip for o northwest passage.
He intends to start, with a steam pro-
peller, to be provided also, with sail.
He will also have a top sail schooner.
about ,I50 tons. His route will be in
TO- Jones Sound, and thence by sea or
land, "a circumstances may favor, to
the Pole. After taking his vessels as
far as practicable, Captain Hall in-
use. Esquimaax dogs and
sledSes in prosecuting his search.
a young man OF Lee, Mass, In .
fit Of "homesickness' and longing,
wrote to a young girl in Germany to
come over and comfort him. They
were strangers, but they both had
faith. With singular trust and eour-
age, she CROSSED the Atlantic IN re-
to his letter and appeared in
Lee on one of the hate evening trains
and sent for her lover, who few to
meet her. The next day they were
married. Verify truth is stranger
Governor Stevenson. of Kentucky,