Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-01
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| exploded on FRIDAY last, killing four men
Az extra police force has been added to
the municipal government of Washington
city.
THE Democrats of San Francisco held a
meeting night before last to endorse the
President.
orR special dispatch from Columbus gives
a synopsis Of the proceedings of the Legis-
ture on Tuesday and Wednesday.
TIE business of the Morris Fire and In
land Insurance Company of New York is to
be wound up, on account of heavy losses.
EDWARD ". GREEN, who murdered the
Cashier of the Maiden, Mass, bank two
years ago, has been sentenced to be hanged
on the 18th of April.
A CANADIAN proclamation has been issued.
warning American fishermen that they can
not use the Canadian shore fisheries after
March 18th next.
GsS. BUTLER is in Washington as an at
torney for the Government in some suits
brought up from Indiana for doubtful or
illegal exercise of power.
A PHTLADELPH1A committee waited upon
the President yesterday and fred of a set
Of resolutions at him, to which he responded
briefly.
The stone founders Of Albany, Buffalo
and Troy propose to form an organization
for the purpose of resisting the demands of
the Iron Moulders Union.
The President held another "eonversa-
ton the other evening with a New York
State Senator and Congressman, in which
he expressed the opinion that the test oath
was too severe.
TIE Montreal public are in distress,
severe freeze having CONCEALED their aque-
duct and shut off their supply of water.
The whole military force is set at work
chopping out the ice.
Miss STEBBGys, of Chickasaw county.
Iowa, has received from Gov Stone an ap-
pOinement Of Notary Public of that county.
She is probably the first lady that ever re-
ceived a like commission, and is represented
as eminently competent for the position.
GES. CONsrocK, an officer of Grants staff,
who has returned from visit to the Rio
Grande, reports affairs there in disorgan-
lied state, but says the arrangements Gen.
sheridan has made will coon restore order
and preserve neutrality.
WN. LLOYD GARRISON denounces the
Presidents policy in severe terms, and says
of Seward ''that he might better have fallen
under the hand of the assassin Payne than
to have participated in the meeting at
Cooper Institute"
IN England, since the publication of Mr..
Stewards last dispatch, the tone of the press
and public in regard to the Shenandoah
claims has greatly altered. It is more tAan
that the United States is right |
and England wrong.
The Conductor of freight train on the
Detroit Branch, brought report to Toledo 1
that locomotive on the Michigan Central |
Railroad exploded Tuesday afternoon, |
killing three persons, the engineer, con
ductor and fireman. The locality of the aC- /
aident we were not able to learn.
CONGRESSIONAL: In the Senate, the prir- |
cipal features of yesterdays proceedings |
were the introduction of a Southern Pacific /
b5ll and a continuation of the de-
bate on the representation resolution, Mr.. |
Nye leading of in an admirable speech.
The House continued the debate on Recon
struction.
A PARAGRAPH is going the rounds of the
papers that Alexander Campbell, founder |
Of the denomination sometimes called the
"CampbeIlites," is dead. He was alive and
well at last accounts. The mistake prob
ably arose by confounding him with Dr.. D. |
R. Campbell, a prominent Baptist clergy
man of Kentucky, who died few months
since.
The Toledo Blade says the train on the
Dayton Michigan Railroad due at Toledo
yesterday morning at S:39 ran of the track
at Portage, and the coaches were left be-
hind, the passengers came in on the bag
gage car. Connection, however, was made
with trains north and east. The Lima ac-
train arrived at y NJ. The
accident was caused by a broken rail. No
one hurt
THE Detroit TribWas mentions tho final |
settlement OF q case that was in court over
three hundred years In or about the year
1850, one August Troutwein, living in the !
northern part of Germany, loaned a sum of
money to a certain Count Mansfield, who
lied without paying the debt. Nearly all
he claims were contested by the heirs of
Count Mansfield, and the whole estate,
being indebted to a great extent, was put
under sequestration, and has ever since ,
been under administration of the Prussian
government Lately, however, the case has
been settled, and the money loaned 800 /
years ago with accumulated interest, |
amounting to over a million of dollars, paid
to the heirs of Troutwein. One of these |
heirs lives in Detroit, and he received his |
share, which was one eight hundred and |
tortieth part of the whole sum.