Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-07
1.-THE CITY.

.G0THE 3 CITY, |
ELECTIONS take place to-day in Massa
chusetts, New York, New jersey, Illinois
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin,.
IHE first snow storm of the,season took
place at Cincinnati on Saturday night
whitening the roofs Of the houses.
NEws FROM PoRKopoLIs Nearly all the
slaughter-houses are hog killing in earnest
ahd Deer Creek hourly runs off large guam
utiesof blood and odoriferous excrescences
THE celebrated trotting stallion "Clinton,' y
the property Of Col. A. L. Olmsttad, ofthis
city, died very suddenly on Friday morning
at the Eclipse stable in Cincinnati, of dis
ease of the heart. He was valued at 8 10000.
NR. BUCHANAN has read the last proof
sheet of his forthcoming history OF his Ad-
ministration, and the public may expect to
receive the book in the course of the next
month.
Cry CoUNcn--The City Council was
called to order last evening by President
Douty at71a o'clock. Only nine members
beng present--One less than a quorum
the meeting adjourned till next Monday
evening at 2 O'clock. i1' up"i t'f'"
DRUNK AND DIsoRDERLY. = Yesterday
morning In the Police Court, John Oats, j.
y. Patterson and VIM. Lister,. were each
fined SO and costs for drunkenness; Lon.
Wilson, for the same offense, SIS and costs,
and Michael McCarty, for disorderly con-
duct, 50 and costs. All five committed.
QUEENS OF FRAScE.-France has had
81 Queens. Miserable lives they led.
Eleven were divorced. Two were executed.
Nine died young. Seven were widowed
early. Three were cruelty treated. Three
were exiled. The rest were either poison
ed or died broken-hearted.
w.. S. REVENUE COLLECTIONS. - The
amount received by the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue In this city, from residents of
this county, during the week ending Oct
2s, was s75,0 900, and during the week end
ing Nov. 4. $6o,992.94, making total for
the two weeks Of $135 1921
YESTERDAY the high winds stripped the
trees Of their remaining dry and withered
foliage. Their bare trunks and limbs are
now exposed to the inclemencies of the
weather. Curiously enough the dryads
dress for summer and undress for winter.
Is It because the former is the day, and the
latter the night. season of the yearP
GEORGE STURGEON was taken from this
city on Saturday to CINCINNATI, to be tried
before the United States Court, If indicted
by the Grand Jury, charged with being one
Of the thieves who, in guerrilla style, ,,at-
tackled train on the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad, q few miles below Cincinnati, in
May last, and robbed passengers, express
safes, &c. .. soa .sat, sri saesrgsg, i.J
The CONTRAST. =. Shakespeare says of
Man: "What peace of work is man! How
noble in reason! how infinite in faculties
In form and moving how expressive and
admirable in action, how like an angel;
in apprehension. how ike a Cod naii'I7
This is the noetic idea ~ man N ov
listen to the scientific idea. aMan is
chemically speaking, forty-fiyee q, carbon and
nitrogen, diffused through five and halt
pailfulls of water"
The FENrAN BALL.-The fourth ANIMAL
ball of the Columbus Circle of the Fenian
Brotherhood is noticed at length in another
article In this paper. 1t is to take place at
Naughton Hall ,to-morroyy l(Wednesdav>
evening. The proceeds are to be devoted
to the great ca,,se which tba Fer;o, ort,or-
!" uio sreaC cause WHICH the fenlan organ
ization seeks to promote-the Freedom of
Ireland Tho boot of n,,,s;o .,,,,,, ~ -
yided for the occasion. and a delightful
- III s-V0N' - NShsnn nn'ioi
social reunion may be anticipated D'.'
,f,4r ,es.,s .
METHODIST iCENTENARr.--Next year,
1866, Is the centenary of the existence of
nd O
meIuouisW IN the UnlGed otateS, or the one
hundredth wear since the oreanization was
o""o" ""o
first formed, which was 'afterward ripened
;,ta ,,,h., a. ,s,,,,s Al. r.stis
Ih0y WhaC 10 how hhoWn Us Che meCnoulsC
Episcopal Church. 1t was In the year l766
that q small number OF immigrants from The
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