Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-09
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1866.
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GOLD closed Saturday night at 1275<.
ANOTHER destructive fire occurred in New
York city on Saturday.
FIVE lives were lost by the explosion Of g
tug boiler at Troy, N. Y, Saturday.
PIRATE semmes was turned loose from his
prison in Washington last Friday.
Gen. Scott left New Orleans for New York
Saturday morning, greatly improved in
health.
SIX of the twenty four postmasters re-
Gently appointed in North Carolina and
Virginia are women.
HoN. Mr.. HARVEY, Justice of the O. s.
District Court for New Hampshire, died in
Concord yesterday.
TIE Richmond, Va, papers have arranged
matters with the striking printers and make
their appearance again daily.
THE Democracy of Maine on Saturday
nominated Mr.. Kelly for Governor, and
passed resolutions endorsing President
johnson.
A MRS. ASHCROFT, of Sharon, Pa, COM
mitted suicide last week by drowning in a
clstern. Dependency produced by her
husbands Indebtedness and the prospect of
moving from their home, was the cause Of
the rash act.
TIE Associated Press of the State of New
held an annual meeting at the Taft House
IN Buffalo on Thursday last. Over forty
papers were represented. The press of Buff
talo gave their visitors handsome dinner,
and general good time was the result.
TIE bank panic in Rochester, N. Y, is
over. Powers bank stood the pressure and
came out swimingly,. Karne's bank re-
sumes business after a short suspension.
Ward & Bros bank are paying a percentage
to depositors, and hope soon to pay the full |
amount due.
A NEW trisl has been granted Samuel |
Coovert, recently con victed of the murder |
Of the Roosa family. It appeared in evil |
ienee that one of the jury had expressed |
himself convinced of the guilt of the ac-
'used before the trial, and for this reason |
he motion was slow ed. Coovert still as
'erts that he is innocent
A SINGULAR story comes from Wisconsin.
/ lady living near West Bend, in that State,
lied short time since, and minister in
he village was called upon to preach
uneral sermon. While he was on his way
D the house his horse ran away and threw
i'm out of the buggy so violently as to
ause his death al most instantly. Strangely
nough, the woman was not dead, but only
q a trance, and recovered her conscious
ess the day she was to have been buried.
THE greater part of Port au Prince, the
'apitsl of Hayti, was destroyed by fire on
he 18th of March The fire broke out at
clock in the morning and burned for thirty
ours. Thirty-three blocks, embracing
bout one thousand houses, were completely
urned down. There were no fire engines
q the place, and the natives, instead of
elping to put cut the fire, ran about in the
treets half wild or took to plundering.
he losses are not estimated.
The gossips have set story ahoat that
.Obert Lincoln, son of the President, two
ears before his fathers death, fell in love
18th young lady whose father was hunt
lg Office in Washington; that be secured
er father place in the Cabinet; and that
fter the assassination and Roberts changed
circumstances the lady declined to marry
i'm. Secretary Harlan, of the Interior
apartment, is said to be the lady's father.
robably the story is mere gossip.
MERE MENTION: A London jury awarded
$4,000 recently to passenger who was in
ired by railroad accident......The Texas
onvention have decided to pay the wife of
ov. Sam Houston the salary for his entire
.rm of office, of which he was deprived by
le secession of the State......It is asserted
n good authority that nearly million
ollars changed hands in Connecticut on
ne result of the heelection..-...In Denver City,
olorado, -four is selling at ten dollars
undred pounds......In Canada, greenbacks
re worth n cts. per $I......General Frank
lair has rented a cotton plantation near
icksburg-.....The people of smithville, N.
!, recently captured whale at the mouth
Cape Fear river, below Wilmington,
-hich was ifty-six feet in length.
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