The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-11-08
BREVITIES,

The weather grows cooler; still il
refuses to rain.
The Postofice is now at the corne.
of Main and Church streets.
The small pox still continues al
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Apaper mill is to be Built in Akron
to cost 10000.
Christmas come on Monday this
year.
President Grant has appointed No.
Tember Both as a day of Thanksgiving.
The loss of the Chicago fire is est :
mated at from s15O,OOO,0 900 to $780,
100000.
DIR. d. s. Safnpsel is putting up a
fine residence in South Ashland. We
like to see such buildings constructed.
fyou want a Grst-class county pa
per, send in your name and money for
= the States and Union. ~
Is the Ashland Times printed on the,
public sqdare2 The engine Is con-
Rpicuous
VIII M. Edwards, missionary, aged
70 years. Born in old England. De
parted October 8, A. d. 1901.
In the Auglaize and Mercer Sena-
torial district, Mr.. Boesel had a ma
jority of IL, 1916 and Mr.. Hardesty of
1885. That will do.
A shooting ARRAY occurred IN Ash
land on Saturday evening. One man
was shot in the leg and the other in
the neck. f-
In the Harrison and Jefferson Ju-
dicial district, Mr.. Estep, the Demo-
cratic candidate, although failing of
an election, ran 841 ahead of his tick
et.
It is reported that young Stedfed,
arrested at Columbus, for attempting
to pass a counterfeit note, is a member
of a gang of counterfeiters who have
their headquarters at Dayton.
Captain Adam Houk,; one of the
oldest pioneer citizens Of Montgomery
county, is seriously Ill and it is feared
will not recover.
The clerk of Russell township, Ge.
auga county, warm sportsmen away
from that part of the country "until
such time as frequent heavy rains
shall so wet the surface of the earth ,
as to make sporting safe.
DIR. Robb, an Old Democrat and
most worthy citizen of Logan county, i
was elected Commissioners in, that Co.
by a majority of thirty-eight.- while the
Republican State ticket had a major
ity of six hundred and fifty. |.
A man named William Neweomb I
was arrested at Dayton, ON Tuesday, I
for stealing thirteen head of cattle F.,
from the pasture of Mr.. Thompson, a
farmer, living near New Carlisle I
The owner identified them and the G
thief was committed to answer In de-
fault of 81, 1000 bail.
The Darlington Republican avs i
this: At Westfeld. in this (Morrow) r
county, a young mother gave birth to :
n male child, with crcssed legs Hoped e
over the head, firmly and unalterably I
entwined around the neck. Morrow e
county beats the void in. freaks of 4
nature. :,
A ~pcnitentiary cohtict at Colum-
bus, the other day, vas detailed to as
sist in driving some cattleEin the I
yard, and when unruly bovine sudden a
ly struck out into the country, the in 4
dustrious convict suddenly started in &
rapid pursuit. Tt is supposed that he :
has not yet caught the ungrntefhl =
beast. s d
The people of Troy, aeSuga coahty, t.
are excited "over seVef4fT cases Of I,
watering milk at D.L. PoRes.H Home
Cheese Factory. One it.
alleged, had been watering his
milk at the rate of one hundred pounds
per day for a period of two months :
The matter was settled, by his paying NJ
br agreeing to pay the patrons 500, 4
which it is believed will fully cover =
the swindle." II
At Clyde, on the morning Of The 10
20th, Da. Finch, a well-known resi- eel
dent of Sandlsky county, was run 8
over on a side track switch on the :
Lake Shore Railroad, cutting off his
head and both feet, and mangling his
body in a most shocking manner.-c l
He was buried at Clyde, last Sunday; n
by the Masonic fraternity.
A young man named Nathan Baker 4.
residing near Farmersville, Montg6m- =;
cry county, committed suicide last =
week by cutting his throat with d o1
razor. Baker was under two incict.
fnents-for bigamy and perjury-he
recently procured a license and
married while he had a wife living, tie
from whom he had made application
for a divorce. His marital and legal
difficulties drove him to seffdestruc
ton. \.
The Republican wife-pullets iii ASH N
land have a queer way of reYarding nj
soldiers. Last week a consul til
tation was held, and a couple of young
"a M