Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-25
Heavy storm.

The storm which passed over our city on
| Saturday hight last, was probably the
heaviest we have had for several years. and
did immense damage to gardens, cellars,
&C., in the second ward. The two s"ten
cent" cuIverts, placed by the city to relieve
the bottom of water had not sufIlcieift CaE
paeity, andtheresultlwas that gardens and
cellars suffered considerable. MarketstTeet
was flooded, and bore resemblance to a
OF the street, here and there tearing up the
paving, and displaGiug the crossings. The
culyert bridge at,the, foot OF, Market street
suffered some, aud at various places on the
| street the deposits of earth washed down
were sufficient to turn thescoIrse of the,
stream. The stone arch across Mill run.
above the blast furnace, was entirely de-
stroyed. The structure was new, and
cost the county, we believe, $2ll00.l O "a
house in the ltliird ward was, struck by
lightning, but we haYeupot heard of any,
damage DONE, Lightning also strJck in
the street between Capp9s' hotel, corner
of Seventh street, and wv Bells grocery
stOTe.I9yo1qni Oh Cd HBo 9I5Dl--noitGZgJ Il
zAtShryoek's. steam bhricky works thap1l
sands OF brick were destroyed, sheds thrown
Water which found Its way into the river
by way of Seventh street issaid to have
been tremendous. Some idea may beform-
ed when we say the water pipe, which was
laid five feet under grohTid, has been laid
bafelor over thirty yards, and that It is
impossibleIto reach COx's Paper Mill with
any vehicle on Seventh street, n 40 ysy, -i, d,
The city authorities visited the place this
morning in body, and workmen will be
employed to fill up the washed out places,
and the street made passabie as soon as
possible. Great damage IS saidstol be done
to farms and heroRs throughout qthecoun7s
try'7-Zaqrssutlie SFgqqzh sgaiaaons ~ alqpo.
| The following incident is told by acor-
respondent IN, Prussiacl ahf clni u gnilyrd
"Did man ever go intodbattlel witbthel
conviction that he should Ibe shot2 j. be-
lieve not, / believe if man, were to as
certain for a certaihty that In the next en-
counter eighty out Of one hundred men
would, be slain, shelwould dinfallibly chalk,
himself down as one of the lucky twenty,
During last night travelled a number of
miles With an officer going to the war ana
heiwas rs sfunconcefnedy and das. .paiaieular
about. the miputHt triae pertainingDt0 his
comfort as il he had, beer. a, young, lady
going froms London to Brighton. He had
brought with HIM a. pfettily embroidered
pair ofisllpperg whichoihe heTcarefully took
from bis bag when the train started and
then opening bottle of can de cologne eau
be cologne for a man going to some Boor-
dino on. Alistef1itz pGfle gently (sprinkletl |
itoYer bis hands. and g9tben proceeded toll
wash his face, in a similar manner-zthat is, |
In the manner of a cat And he, was no |
effeminate,, 1ackAaEd daisical, carp tNatfi6f,5
with IA hltepmustache'a ana "a aisp, but q |
biGii9llys bprlyb fellows fwllQ1 seemed q imr
nsnssely ZEN pgepg Of bis geld hilted sword d1psosI
War an bsent2tiifided man was 'shs
who, Dnfalliag gintop y flvtng sank twice. be.fl
fore he recollected that he eonld swims bnA A
liz you want to get favor from man |
feed him. A man is like a horse, he can't
be managed till he has bitin his mouth.