Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-19
summary Of News.

Ex-President Van Buren was IN Utica, n
Y, few days ago. The Observer reports
the Sage of Kinderhook as vigorous in ap-
pearance as fifteen years ago. His form is
erect, his step firm, and his mind active and
clear.
Sheep-stealing is practised on a big scale
in Marion county. Recently Messrs. Carr &
Caldwell lost $50 head of fine sheep from their
Aocks. They traced them out, and found they
had been shipped on the B. & I. Railroad for
Cleveland. The sheep were recovered at
Gallon, but the thief escaped. Mr. Campbell
also had 10 head stolen he traced them In
to the hands of Mr.. Rouse, Of Bucyrus,
who got them off the cars at Gallon, claim
ing them as his own. He had sheared them,
and Mr. C.. permitted him to keep the wool
rather than htigate the matter
The Canandaigua Repository, Frank Gran
gers old mouth-pieee in Ontario county, N.
Y, and a warm supporter of Fillmore, has
declared for Lincoln and Hamlin. ,1s5. -.
The proprietors of a Water Cure called
" Our HOme,'' at Dansyille, Livingston Co.,
N. Y !, haye advertised an invitation to all
sick editors of newspapers throughout the
United States to become at any time their
guests, without charge, for three months, to
take course of treatment for that time
The use of tobacco, liquors, drug pOisons,
tea, coffee or opium, are among the bad hab-
its to be reformed at Our Home1 -I5I
A good report Of crops continues to come
in from nearly every quarter. Fruits much
more general and abundant than usual, es-
pecially apples. There is but little complaint
of weevil in wheat. In Athens, and few
other Ohio counties, we observe some COM
plant, but on the whole the wheat promises
we'll In Southern illinois, Indiana and
Ohio, the harvest has commenced. Corn,
oats, hay, and potatoes have seldom looked
better. There has been no frost to injuFe
vegetation in any section.
A sad tragedy occurred at Petersburg, Ma
honing county, lastvesk Two boys named
Jacob Esterly and Henry Kneesal, one II
the other Il, in connection with several other
boys, got into a quarrel about some triAing
matters, during which Esterly stabbed Knee
sal in the left side Of his breast with pocket
knife, piercing his heart. Kneesal died in
ten minutes. Esterly was arrested, and is
greatly afflicted at the consequences of his
rash conduct
Mr.. Wilson, editor Of the Buckeye State,
New Lisbon, has recovered a verdict of $500
damages against VIM. H. Gill, for false i'm
prisonment Mr. Wilson refused to answer
certain questions as a witness, and was sent
to jail for contempt of court at the instance
Of Mr.. Gill Ili8 8azI EltIa @ =
A horrible result of liquor selling and
drinking was witnessed at Troy, N. " on
Tuesday, A Mrs, Shelley was found dead
IN her chair, and child dying on the stoop,
both murdered by fifty cent brandyIs
Mr.. John Berny, of Brockville, Canada,
has just returned from an exile Of nearly %
/ years IN Van Dieman's Land, on account of
his participation in the famous Patriot War
g Windmill battle" He worked his way
home on whaler, and was 81 months in
making the trip. Mr.. B. left a wife and SIX
children, and had not heard a word from,
them during bis long banishment. ias1t