Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-06
NEWS AND OTHERwISEi.

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GENERAL ruin stares nearly all in the fac
in South Carolina.
FRANCE is putting her army on a wa
footing.
TIE NeU York Tribune wants JEFF. Davi
either tried now or permitted to go at large
DIR. SAMUEL WOLF, formerly of Clncin
natl, committed suicide by drowning al
Nashville on the 4th inst.
BUCK TERRY, notorious thief, was shot
dangerously by policeman on Monday
~ Cincinnati, in attempting to arrest him
SEvENTY-EIGHr cases OF crimes and mis-
demeanors were disposed of by the author
tiles of Toledo in the month of May.
AMONG the advertisements in late Lon
don paper, we read that 1.-TWO sisters want
washing"
A HUSBAND can readily foot the bill Of a
wife who is not ashamed to be seen footing
his stockings.
THIRTY-sIx persons were convicted OF
criminal offences in the County Circuit
Court just closed at Springfield, Illinois.
STREET-cAR drivers and conductors have
been on strike for higher wages in Gin
cinnati for couple of days.
SECRETARY SEWARD has promised to at
tend the Douglas monument ceremonies at
Chicago.
FRIENDS of JEFF. Davis at Washington are
sarguine that he will be released on parole
or BAIL
In the event of war, the Italian and Aus
trian Governments have announced a de-
termination to respect Swiss neutrality.
The Universalist denomination has in
Ohio 9l Churches or Societies, 66 Meeting
houses, so Ministers, and 13 Associations.
The Universalist State Convention, in
session at Springfield, indorsed Congress,
and had nothing to say approbatory Of the
President.
IT is stated that a detachment of colored
men in New York city have offered their
services to fight tor the 'Fenians. Doubt
fnl.
A FASHIONABLE couple in New York city
recently quarreled about washing out of
the same bowl, and the lady thereupon in
stituted proceedings for divorce.
The whole number of sheep in the United
States is computed at 32,695,797, and it is
estimated that 975,5l4 are annually killed
by dogs.
The annual Convention of the Society of
Hicksites is in session at Rutherford Place,
New York. The annual report shows the
Society to be in prosperous condition.
So popular is General Ben LeFever, that
Republican journals insist that some popu
lar military officer must be nominated In
opposition to him to insure success.
TIE Press Association of Northern Ohio,
Western Pennsylvania and Western New
York holds its Convention In Cleveland on
Thursday.
The Cleveland Leader and Herald are
quarreling about the propriety Of re-nom-
mating Judge Spalding for Congress. Bet
Ter not re-nominate him. He is entirely |
too radical.
OUT of Is persons sentenced to the In
diana penitentiary by Judge Lowry, at Fort |
Wayne, Ind, on the ID inst, only two were |
Democrats. The others belonged to the |
Republican party.
A BODY Of FIVE hundred Fenians, that ar
rived at Chicago from st. Louis on Monday
morning, were refused transportation by
the Michigan Central and Michigan South
ern railroads.
TaE talk about Cancellation" and "chari-
ty" INDUCED in by some speakers in the
Old School General Assembly at st. Louis
on the Sd inst- is amusing, taken In con-
nection with some of their prominent pro-
ceedlngs.
An exchange says pelican, measuring |
five feet eleven inches in height, eight feet |
six inches in breadth Of wing, and one foot |
three inches in length of bill, was killed q
few days ago in the vicinity Of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
n SOAMF Va OOy1 WhO osOAO PVVuAO Ah
New York the other day, and then return
ed him to get the reward, said, in account
ing for his wet and cold condition, that
n egro had him tied to long stick and used
him to wash windows.
A UNITED STATES official at Frankfort
on-the- Main estimates that within thirty
days S75,OOO,OOO worth of 5-2O's will be re-
turned to the United States. Apprehension
Of war on the Continent Is at the bottom Of
this business.
Rev. w. +. BoYAKIN, "burnin'" and
. shlnIn' light" in the Union party" in
Yamhill county, Oregon, recently drug
yed and outraged the persons OF two daugh-
ers of minister In whose family he was
taylng, while delivering series of lee
lures on Revelations.
A FEW days ago, fourteen year old
laughter of Joseph Anderton, residing in
Rochester township, Beaver Co, Pa, was
burned to death through the explosion Of
Carbon oil. while pouring some on the
ire out ofa large can.