The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-22
STATE NEWS.

College has reached the sum of sl2l,-
ia9. %. .Dst ...ig. |
BY JAMES PARKS, of Sandusky |
is the oldest member of the
Ohio Legislature, being 66.
Bas- The Grand Jury of Madison
county returned SO indictments, all
for selling liquor contrary TO law.
p6y- DR. DORSEY has been elected
President of the Piqua Hydraulic
Company, and A. G. COnOver, secre-
tary.
p4~ Hon. W. d. MORGAN, once
Democratic Auditor Of Ohio, is the
Senior Editor Of the Cleveland Plain
dealer.
ra- A GIRL in Massillon, Stark
County, named EMMA DErTERLlN,
was taken to bail, drugged and foul
ly outraged.
R9- The Delaware Gazette announ-
ces the death Of TITUs KNOX, a pio-
ncer citizen of Delaware county, in
the SD year Of his age.
ssy- 4 MAS in Columbus, being az
flictcd with doubts Of the fidelity Of
his wife, took his pistol, laid down on
his bed and blew out what few brain'
he possessed.
pS- A DAUGHTER Of J. G. Ward, Of
Madison county, was so severely burn
cd few days ago by her clothes tax
ing FIRE, that there i, but little hOrC
of her recovery.
r1- SEVERAL Of the returned sol.
diers of Carroll county, invite the
Coppcrhcads of that locality to NEE
in public discussion of the equa
suffrage question.
bay- A YOUNG man, who had lost
leg in the war, killed himself in Phil
adclpia on Sunday, because he coul'
get no work. He had been marie,
: but few months.
s4- JAMES Preston, one of tn
largest. peach growers in Southcr
Ohio, informs the Gallipolis Journo
that the crop for this year is gone
killed by the recent cold weather.
} say- TIE report that Hon. S. S
Cox intends returning to Ohio to re
side, and even, as some say, to run 70
his old scat in Congress again, is pro
+ nounced untrue by the Columbu
Statesman, which is good authority o.
, such question.
, Rn,- TIE Summit county Jourao
states that last week Mt the rcsidcnc
Of Col. o. f.. Gross, OF that county
: was entered during his absence, hi
wifc tied to the bed and gagged, an
, three hundred and City dollars in mo
4 ney secured.
Y nD~ A VERDICT was recently rcr
r dered in Cincinnati for $3.50, tn
value of trunk lost by lady trave
9 Ter, containing part of her ware
= robe. Another trunk which wa
saved, contained clothing valued q
81, 800. A pretty good "rig."
( sD- A DEFICIT of $4,000 has bee
=. discovered in the Ross county Treai
d ury and it is thought that the invei
tigation, now in progress, will max
it still larger. The Treasurer h;
/, made an assignment of his propert
I to his sureties, and resigned the offic
n nay REV. J. D. FISHER has bee
s tried by an ecclesiastical court in Asl
$ tabuls and found guilty Of forgery,
y having written letter to Bishop Bi
: ker. recommending himself for Il
/. Presiding Eldership of the Disirio
and signing il with the name OF ~
:. clifford. The Court suspended hil
:, from the ministry.
s FIRST VFRDIcT!-The Urbana CT
Q zen states that the trial of SAMUE
CoovERT, in the Warren county Con
q mon Pleas, for the murder Of the Ro
n sa family at Dcorfcld in that count
Q in December 1864, was brought to
Q close last week. Early on Wedne
a day morning, the 7th, the jury r
n turned verdict of guilty of murd
&c in the first degree.
'f CoovERT had been convicted
IS perjury in trying to fix the gull:
" this murder on another man, and Sc
to the Penitentiary. The prcsel
: Legislature passed a law providir
IA that persons indicted for capital O
ID fenses may be removed from confn
ment, for trial. After fair and il
e partial trial he has been convicted
l. this horrible murder, and will !
rs dou suffer the extreme penalty
st the law. Sentence has not yet be-
" pronounced upon tho criminal.
a A NoBLEMAN ON HIS TRAVELS
,e A son of the Duke of NOrthumbe