Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-14
STATE NEWS.

The wholesale trade of Toledo for The
year 1865, amounted to Sll, 2s0,6s5.
The splendid wardrobe of the late
Martha A. Metcalf sold in Cincinnati, on
Friday, for So, LIP, her jewelry for sa,o4s
The household furniture of her establish
ment sold recently for ) $4,000.
The Circleville Union says that in one
school district in that county at a rat hunt
2,2OS rats were killed in ten days, every
man in the district participating.
Harlan A. Edwards, who killed o. S.
Murray in Cincinnati on the night of Feb
ruary 22d, has been held to appear before
the grand jury of Hamilton county on the
charge of murder in the second degree.
The Marietta Register states that the
first deed recorded in Washington county
wasdated in Connecticut, March 10, l7sS,
from Samuel Parsons to Eliphalet Dye,
for a tract of land in the present county
of Columbiana, and recorded at Mari
eta September IA, 1888.
The Catholics of Sandusky propose to
build Immediately a magnificent church
building il that city, of blue stone, with
sandstone finish. The building will be
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height-being nearly loo feet higher than
the tallest church spire now in the city.
A lady calling herself Miss May Pad
dock, who is travelling with d troupe Civ
ing entertainments in the inland towns of
this state, was confronted at Waynesburg
by the husband of Miss May, who ac-
eompanied the party to Alliance with the
purpose of having them all arrested. The
woman had been his wife for sixteen
years-left her home in Steuben county,
New York, about a year ago without ex-
PLANTATION.
The Dayton Journal says that Samuel
Taylor, a lad twelve years of age, was
crushed to death by the fall of a horse in
that city on Tuesday. The boy was a son
Of Joseph S, Taylor, Of Washington, and
was on a visit with his mother.
The church of the C~ovenanters in Gin
e%innsti, the smallest in the city, was des-
troyed by fire OF Tuesday afternoon.
Oxford is still making an effort to Sc
cure the location of the agricultural col
lege, the Citizen says with a fair prospect
of success.
The Scioto Gazette says the people along
the route are agitating the matter Of a
turnpike from Chillicothe TO Clarksburg.
The route is a first rate one, and through
a rich section of country.
The Sciota Gazette reports a robbery of
the Bliss county Treasury, and a subse-
quent discovery of a large deficit in the
county funds. The office was entered by
men on Tuesday evening of last week
from the front dsor, they using keys stol-
en- from the residence of Mr.. R~ittenhouse,
the Treasurer. The outer door of the safe
found open, and $500 in money re-
ported distracted. Mr.. Rittenhouse i'm
nediately made an examination of the
in the vault and reported at once a
deficiency. Investigation shows this to
amount to about $50, 900. Nj. Kitten
house immediately made an assignment of
MS property to his securities, and arrange
nents were made to pay into the Treas
lry the entire amount of deficiency.
There is a mystery connected with the
affair and considerable excitement among
he people.
John A. Prentice, Warden of the Ohio
Penitentiary offers a reward of one hun
lred dollars for the arrest of David
who escaped on the 9Th Of