Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-01
STATE TTEns.

bltum1n0us coal has Deeu OlscoNereU
near Handy, in Fulton county. 1t appears
TO be peat which has been buried in the
earth aud undergone certain chemical
changes.
The loss by fire at Bryan, on Wednes-
day morning, amounted to $12, 200, Of
which $4,000 was covered by insurance.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Hezekiah Shepard,
q citizen of jackson, Ohio, WAS bitten in
the night on the arm by some insect per
haps a spider. By morning his arm was
much swollen, and he was IN great pain.
All that medical aid could do was tried to
save him, but in about q week after he was
bitten he died
The surviving members of Governor
Corwin's family are. Mrs. Corwin, with
their children, William, Kate and Louie
Mrs. Carrie Copper and Mrs. Eva Sage.
Allen T. Thompson has resigned the
Presidency Of the Hiilsboro Female Col
lege.
The project Of constructing a railroad
from B~elleiountaine to Newark, via Marys-
vile and Delaware, is still being sgitated,
and there is a fair prospect of the enter
prise soon assuming amore tangible shape.
Of the 1873 members of the present Con-
gresS twenty-five are natives of Ohio.
Ten Of these are now Representatives from
ether Stetes-
A man in Cincinnati has been fined $50
because his dog bit a child
We learn from the Lima papers that the
German Reform Church of that place, was
entered recently, the penny contributions
of the Sunday School children stolen; and
that one night last week the Methodist
Church was entered, and the carpet spread
along one Of the aisles taken.
The Chillocothe Gazette the
death of Moses Boggs, Of Pickaway county,
known ~througout the Scioto valley n
connection with the agricultural and stock
growing interests of that part of Ohio.
Joseph Longfelow, of Concord town
ship, Champaign county, died on the l1tn
Inst, at the age Of Zone hundred and eleven
years. 5I
The next annual meeting of the Ohio
genealogical Society will be held in Zanes-
vile, probably early in December, 1866.
The Toledo Commercial says that on
Thursday evening, the house of james
Smart situated on the outside Of Delta,
Fulton county, was burned. Mr.. Smart
and his wife persisted in the flames.
Hiram Kent of Monroe, Ohio, cut g
white-wood tree on his lot which made
1000 feet of k lumber, beside several humid
red feet Of plank. 1t cut into seven logs.
Since the opening of the State Home for
disabled soldiers, there have been received
As inmates Isl. 20lhave died or been dis
charged, leaving l3l now in the Institution
undergoing treatment for disability or be-
ing educated with q view to engaging in
business pursuits.
The order dismissing Lieut.. George
Quarner, of the 1sOth D. V. l., has been
revoked, and he is honorably discharged.
There were fourteen fights at Granville,
Licking county, On Christmas day. On the
next morning a fire completely destroyed
the large house of Mr.. Dudley Wright, in
the rear Of the Baptist Church Loss
about s., 200. No insurance.
Joseph Stoner has sued the Trustees of
Cambridge township, Guernsey county, for
rejecting his vote at the October township.
James w. Oosgrove has also sued the
trustees Of Spencer township in the same
county for denying him a vote on the
ground that he tried to evade the draft,
The damages in each case are laid at
$4,000.
Major General D. S. Stanley, the heroic
1eader of the Fourth Army Corps is in
Cincinnati, just from Texas.
Lieutenant VIM. McCrory, late of the
seventh company, Ohio Independent
Sharp Shooters, body-guard to General
sherman, has received a commission as
captain in the regular army.
John S. Rarey is recovering from the
stroke Of paralysis which recently p~rostra-
ted him.
The Marietta Register says the fair and
festival of the II. E. Church in that place,
last week was 8 pleasant success. The
receipts amounted to eleven hundred dol
lars.
The Winter school at Oberlin numbers
220pcpils more than ever before.
Hon. VIM. b. West Attorney General
elect is quite sick, and unable for the pres
emit to leave home.
A postofice has been established at Ken
nard Station, on the A.&G W. r. r.
Capt 7. A. Coghill is postmaster.
The store of NJ. C. L. Wright, Of Wood
stock, was broken into, on the night Of the
22d inst, and about 500 worth of goods
and revenue stamps were stolen
A postOfice has been established at
Mingo Station on the A. s. G. w. R. R.,
and DR.. J. L. Guthridge appointed Post
master.
A man was found dead, a few days ago,
in the woods near Mt. Sterling. He had
been murdered, it is supposed, and hid
awav under leaves and rubbish, His horse,
which was shot was lying near him.
One day LAST week, M Of the wheel
nils of the Miami Powder Company, near
Teuiassufered an explosion Of some 200.
mounds Of powder. The roof and sides Of
he building were blown of. but no further
damage was done.
The Oberin Neos says President Fin
nav & to remain at his post in the college
5ntil his successor Is appointed. Professor
Monroe. accompanied BY his young bride
and family, also the daughter Of Professor
Dsscomb as s travelling companion, ist
-et5rn about the 18th of January, to his
consulsbip at Rio Janeiro.