Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-06
STATE ITEMA

The Columbus Journal says that a live
child was found under the Neil House, on
Friday evening, lying on a store box
which contained a goodly supply Of fine
clothing. 1t is evidently of wealthy pa
rentage, as the clothing is Of the richest
and the child was Immediately taken in
charge by a party who says he knows it:
parentage, and who refuses to reveal any
thing he knows about it.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that
Col. Lee, late Of Gen. Johnston's staff, ar
rived in that city on Thursday with a band
Of German emigrants, whose passage he
had paid to the South. Finding better in
ducements to stop North of the Ohio, many
of them refused to go further.
The Wooster Republican states that A.
@. McMillen, United States Deputy Col
lector at that place, has been removed, and
Lucas Flsttery appointed to take charge
Of the Office. There is a discrepancy in
The accounts of Mr.. McMillen of $4,000,
but it is not known where the deficit may
be, or whether the deputy is a defaulter or
not. His securities in any event are good.
The Buckeye State reports that on the
WV "a GAAAhAl Aacbf Ill ACNOl Olfulue,
aged about twenty-four, was killed near
New Waterford, in Columbiana county,
while engaged in threshing slower seed.
The accident took place in the morning
while getting up power, which HI permitted
TO get up TO such an extent that it could
not be checked, when the cylinder bursted,
one of the fragments Of which struck Mr..
Dildine on the head, fracturing his skull.
He fingered for three days, when death
put an end to his sufferings.
Franklin College, new located in Athens
county, is to be removed to Wilmington.
Clinton county. In order to secure the
location at Wilmington, the citizens were
required to raise $4,000, which they did
with promptness.
The Portsmouth Tribune says that in
that county, during the year 1885, there
were % applications for divorce. Of this
number, l9 were granted 4 were dis
missed; and 5 still remain on the docket
to be disposed of this year. In a majority
Of the cases the husband is the applicant
and the reason for which divorce is asked
is adultery on the part of the wife.
The Delaware Gazette says that on last
Saturday Mrs. Charlotte Thrashsr, wife of
Enoch Thrasher, residing on Boxes Creek
in Thompson township, was crushed and
instantly killed by the falling of a porch
attached to the house in which the family
resided.
The GAINESVILLE Signal learns that Mr..
Joseph Maple, working in a coal bank
near Cole Dale, was seriously injured by
a large quantity Of coal falling upon him,
breaking his arm in two places and infict-
ing other injuries.
On the I'd inst. there was fled in the
Office of the Secretary Of State the certif-
cate of incorporation of the Aurora Iron
Company. Capital stock SEQ, 900. The
principal Office is to beat Aurora, Portage
county, near where the machine shops or
iron works are situated.
The Columbus Journal says there is an
increasing religious interest ut present in
the Baptist Church of that city. Meetings
are attended every evening in the lecture
room of the Church. A number of con-
have taken place, among them
several young men.
Mr.. Jedehiah Freeman, father of j. h.
Freeman, Of Aurora, died at the residence
Of his son, on the 22d ult, aged eighty
seven years. Mr.. Freeman removed from
Vermont to Brooklyn, C~uyahoga county,
in 1929, residing there until 1854, when be
to Aurora,
The Statesman says that some time since
The young men of Jackson township,
Pickaway county, had a competition rat
hunt. They had twelve men with a
Captain on each side. The contest was to
which side could produce the most rat
;ails. The result was that at night the
aggregate number of tails produced by
he two sides was about two thousand,
hough the day was not a very good one
or rat-huntpg.