Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-26
STATE NEWS.

DEATHS BY DRowNING.-The CONNER
ciqL reports that there have been sixty
deaths by drowning, in Cincinnati and
vicinity, within the last thirty days.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN.@udge
Edward Avery, one of the oldest and
most highly respected citizens of Woos-
ter, died on Wednesday morning, 9th
ult., after an illness of long duration.
ARREST OF II BRISTOL ROBBERS
Several suspicious characters have been
arrested as being implicated in the bold
robbery in Huron county sometime since.
Two Of them are named Rice and live at
Monroeville, and another one, kilbOurn
by name, lives at New London. They,
had a preliminary examination at No.
walk, and the case was postponed till the
9th inst.
ACCIDENT.-On Wednesday last q man
in Geneva, whose name we are unable to
learn, was instantly crushed and killed,
while assisting in moving a barn. The
building was on rollers for this purpose
and the man was underneath the timbers
arranging the boards, when a portion of
the timber which had been spliced parted,
causing the fatal result.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT-MAN KILLED
A soldier, one o. the inmates of the State
Soldiers Home was killed OF the railroad
| near that institution on Saturday. He
was walking on the track at the time Of
the passing Of the Cincinnati Express, and
fog some reason failed to pay any atten-
tion to the warning of the engineer, was
struck by the locomotive and instantly
! killed. Name not learned.
AsHTABULA BASE BALL CLUn-A
| Base Ball Club has lately been organized
in Ashtabula village, consisting at pres
| ent of about thirty members. The off
| GERS are; President, D. W. Haskell Vice
President, NJ. Newberry S cretary, A.
| c. Stone; Treasurer, Sidney TicknOr, and
Directors P. c. Ford, Geo. Mygatt and
Fred Blskeslee.
HFAVY RoBRERRY At BELLAIRE.-An
Thursday night last several guests Of the
Globe House, in Bellaire, Ohio, were rob
bed of all their valuables. The thieves
entered the house through a window,
above the Foof of the KITCHEN. On ae-
count of the heat the doors of the rooms
we're generally left open, and they had
free access. A drOver named George
Garrett lost a valuable gold watch and
one hundred and thirty dollars in money,
4r. Hays lost q valuable watch ana Il
sma4l sum pfmoney, and George Howard
had his watch and a check for six thou
sand dollars stolen. A Mr.. Moss had sew
enteen thousand five hundred dollars in
g~reenbacks in his carpet sack, which the
rogues overlooked. The rascals entered
the rooms Of several other gentlemen, but
aid not obtain anything of value.
AL From SMqKINg A PIrE.-Mrs.
Jessie Wilson, of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, met
with a horrible death last Wednesday,
under the following eli circumstances: She
had been TO market and returning on
horseback iRdulged in the luxury, of II
plps, ghich sl5 T6tGFl5d e her racket
with Ere accidentally remaining therein.
The horse, burned by the FIRE, kept
Whirling round and IN his ACTION the at
mosphere soon famed this into a blaze,
and, ~endeavoring to leap from her horse,
her clothes caught on the horn Of the
se9dle and her foot remained fastened in
the stirrap. 4te eRGefTo-g t. esespe
therefore, added tuol To the flames. "A
neighbor, seeing the fire, hestened to her
assistance, tore the burning garments off,
severely burning his hands in the opera
lion. it vas 90 lafe, fhogsh, FOR after
lingering in agony until evening, Airs.
Wilson was relieved by death.
PRINITIvE-The other day an emf
grant family travelling in primitive style,
passed Though Colpmbus for the West.
The family consisted Of the father, lnotp-
er and four children. The man acted In
the capacity of . drqught horse, furnish
ing locomotive power 10 . little cart OF
wagon into which wero piled the worldly
lgoOds of the entire family. They started
some weeks since from Carlisle, Cumber-
land county, Pennsylvania, and had made
Inc oniire journey on foot. The youpgss,
child, q sprightly babe three weeks old,
was born on the road. Woman, man,
and children were barefoot and had every
appearance of doing good service on a
long march. They were much noticed in
TING city and, though MT making say aa-
plication, received many substantial kind
Hesses.
GEN. MCPHERSoN's GRAvE.-The San
dusky Register, referring to the fact that
the grave of Genral Mcpherson, in the
Olyde cemetery, is at present unmarked
by even the rudest stone, says "a year
ago, or more, there was a movement on
the part of the officers of the Army of the
Tennessee to secure the requisite funds to
procure a suitable monument to the men,
DRY of the departed hero. We understand
that some $4,000 were raised for this OBJ
ject- Before anything further was done,
however, a discussion arose as to the pro-
priety of removing his remains to West
Point, and erecting a monument there, SO
that the grave of the StoneWall jackson,
of the Federal Army, is to-day only
known by a mound of earth. Can the
Treasurer, who has in charge the sum
already raised, enlighten the public as 10
the proposed disposition of the funds OF
give any information in regard to this
matter"
RETURN OF THE LAST ONO REGIMENT.
The llth Ohio Cavalry, the last Ohio reg
iment TO leave the field, arrived at Column
bus last week, from the western prai.
ries, for payment and final discharge. The
officers and enlisted men of the regiment,
with the exception of those belonging 70
companies F and L, were promptly paid
and departed for their homes. Stoppages
were made against the pay of these two
companies on account of their having de-
molished a suffers shebang," somewhere
out ia Nebraska or Kansas, but after a
few days delay the charges against them
were RENTED by the War Department,
on application Of Governor Cox and other
officials, and they have now been paid and
~disbanded. The regiment was raised by
batalliOns in 1861 and 1863 and has been
on duty continuously On the plains. This
will be the last payment made to Ohio
troops. The State sent 10 the field 2Is
infantry regiments, Is cavalry regiments,
n regiment of light artillery twelve
companies, two of heavy, and &c indie
pendent batteries.