Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-12
The NEWS

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Gold is tunblIug again. 1t clOssdls.t night
I49K.
John NJ. Grisr, ons Of the editors Of the Fhilu
dslphiA Evening Telegraph. died yesterday.
The reported insurrsctiOn in Cuba is said to b
esasrd.
Three eases Of cholera in New York audtwo il
Brooklyn were reported yesterday.
The work sf deepening the harbor ss AIichigar
City, Indiana, has cOnmsucv1.
A Catholic priest has commenced preaching ii
Salt Lake city.
Speaker Colfax thinks Congress will not adjourn
before the Both OF July.
1t is said RosseAu will be expelled from tn,
Hegss to-day.
The New Orleans reconstructed secession De
mocrssy have appointed delegates for the State a
large to the PhiIadeIphia Convention.
The House yesterday passed the bill to aid in
the construction Of telegraph lines, which PASSED
the senate on the 29th ofJune.
The Union members of Congress held secret
caucus last night. Our special dispatches give
some guesses as to the nature Of the proceedings.
The Nebrasks Legislature yesterday elected
Maj. Gen. J. NJ. ThAYer and F. ". Upton, both
Republicans, to the United States Senate.
TeIeErams from Leavenworth to Senator Pom
eroy and Representative Clark announce that
Gen. Lane died yesterday.
to-day. Delegates are expected from nearly every
State.
Five deaths from cholera morbus. resulting
from eating new potatoes, have occurred on a ves-
sci in the Navy Yard at Philadelphia.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill to regulate
tie time and manner of electing o. s. Senators by
the State IegiBlatureS.:
A carpenter shop, tobacco mandatory, cabinet
factory and clothing store were destroyed by fire
in Utica yesterday.
The guests of the Union Hotel at Saratoga will
give tableau matinee next Saturday in aid Of the
Portland sufferers.
man was crushed to death in Cincinnati Tues
day last by having the walls Of cellar in which
he was at work fall on him.
The Fur Company's steamer, Miner, arrived at
st. Louis, on Monday, from Fort Benton, bring
ing & cargo Of robes and furs valued at $4,000.
One hundred barrels Of -four we're shipped for
Portland, on Monday, BY the ''ReIisf Committee
Of ST. Louis.
The frst dsy's proceedings Of the Erie Confer
enoe OF the n. L. Church, now in session in
PaineSviIle, will be found in another column.
The bill reducing the number Of Judges Of the
Supreme Court has passed both Houses Of Con-
gress and goes TO the President for approval.
The johnson and Democratic Campaign Clubs at
Washington, have cOalesoed and taken the name
Of the SstionaI Union Club. A meeting is to be
held Thursday night to elect officers.
On the llth of August next, the OLD folks Of St.
Louis propose to celebrate the centennial ami.
versary Of the first grant of land covering the site
The Portland Mutual INSURANCE -UOuPsu5--vI
Portland lost s4OO,OOO by the FIRE. 1t will be Ahle
TO pay 20 per cent. The loss will fall heavily on
the middle classes who insured withit-
Intelligence has reached St. Louis of aPPre-
hendsd trouble from the Indians on the plains be-
youd the Blue river. The settlers are moving
this way for safety
A call is published this morning for conven-
tion Of Southern Unionists to be held at Indepen-
dauciHai. PhilAdelphiA, on the first Monday Of Sep
tember next. The names Of many loyal men in
the South are attached to the call. -
The first annual fair OF the Cincinnati tobacco
trade association vas held yesterday. Samples Of
the weed we're on exhibition from Ohio, Kentucky
and virginia. The frat premium was awarded to
Virginia grown tobacco.
Head Center Stephens was arrested in: New
York Yesterday at the instance Of P. A. sennot,
who claims 5000 for delivering Fenisn lectures
and expenses incurred in the excursion to Campo
BeIlo. Stephens gave bail in $1,000.
As an elderly gentleman named Henry Clark
was walking along Main street, Cincinnati, on
Tuesday, q stranger brushed rudely against him
and snatched from his hand an envelope, which
contained over $500, with which he attempted to
escape, but was run down and caught.
Speaker Colfax was rs-nominated by accladas-
tion. IN the Republican Convention Of the Ninth
Indiana District, on Tuesday. Senator Turpis
and Graham n Fitch are competitors for the De-
mocratie nomination.
smurVlers on the Canada border have been mix
log castor oil and alcohol. aud entering the com
pound as a medical preparation, bearing duty of
my cents per gallon. The ingredients are readily
separated, aud the alcohol left pure, whereby the
duty Of four dollars per gallon on that article
would be rather neatly saved
The steamer ST. David from Liverpool the
2sth uIt, has arrived. No additional battles have
/ been fought In Germany. Both sides claim the
victory in the fight of the 27th in Bohemia. Earl
Derby is trying to forn q coalition ministry. in
cluding whies and the members Of the ED d.govern-
ment.
Itfs reported that . marked change in tho Horse
] shoe Falls, at NisgSrs, has occurred within few
DAYS. Large portions of rock have given way in
the center Of the shoe, giving the Falls now mort
Of a triangular appearance, which is said to add
10 it's beauty. 1t has been demonstrated that th'
Falls reoede ten or twelve ioches year.
The President yesterday sent to the Senate
statement Of expenditures for public works sine
lsGo, such as navy yards, custom houses, forts
l arsenais and river and harbor improvements, tn
total amount footing up to Sss,444, ,4Ss.
The latest species Of suicide we have heard OF !
| that of e MAJ in Lancaster, New York, who, be
ing At loggerheads With his wife upon the subjec
I of religion--she being Catholic and he a Luthe
ran-left his house, after bitter dispute, and
going to the woods. committed suicide by failing
9 tree upon himself.
, The Milwaukee Sentinel, OF Monday, says a
old lady arrived in that city in the last compan
of emigrants from Norway, who is now nearly
hundred and 1--WE years Of age. She had in II
company four children, ali married, twent
er.n5ehfidrsn, fifteen Of whom are married, forty
four great grand children, six Of whom ara mai
. rjed. and ten great great grand children, nskiH
an all seveuty-sight desoendants-An Of them
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