Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-30
STATE NEWS.

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| HURON CoUNTY-The valuation of
personal property in Huron county for
1866, Is little more than half million
dollars over that Of 1865. --
MI Joseph Young, respected and
thrifty farmer OF RidgeviIle, was killed
on Wednesday last. BE had load Of
lumber on a wagon, and while crossing q
bridge his horses took fright and ran: the
wagon came in contact with stump and
threw him of, causing his death.
Mr.. Bush, of Norwalk, the othey day,
met with serious loss, in money and
notes, in a novel manner. He was en-
gagged in some out door work, and being
warm, took off bis vest aad hung It on
fence post After finishing his work,
he went to the fence to get his vest when
10, and behold, the said garment wss non
est. Upon looking around for it he saw
itlying on the ground covered with mud,
and upon picking it up discovered that
his poeket-book, which had been placed
in one Of the pockets, was missing. As
there was considerable money and several
papers of value in it, he naturally felt
somewhat alarmed. A yearling cali, it
was found, had ehewed and swallowed the
pocket and contents, some S27 in money
and $500 worth Of notes. That calf was
slaughtered about as quick as the one
aforetime that honored She return Of the
prodigal soH,Fbas 0nly,S IN money was
recovered, the balance being destroyed
HARD HEAD-A Madison county paper
relates the following tough story: On
Monday morning a negro man was at the
depot awaiting transportation to West
Jefferson, and when the four o'clock ez-
press train came along he boarded it, al
though informed by bystanders that it did
not stop at that station. The train passed
through our neighboring town at light
ming speed, but the darkey, nothing
daunted, made Sam Patch leap, and af-
ter several evolutions brought his head in
contact with a keg of railroad spikes,
which instead Of demolishing his skull,
burst the keg and scattered the spikes in
every direction.
SUDDEN DEATH AT WHITE SULPHUR.
Major B. F. FiReld, a we'll known and
universally respected railroad man, died
very suddenly at White Sulphur SIr-ngs
on Saturday at 4 P. NJ, but three or four
hours after his arrival from Cincinnati
He had been for some time in delicate
health, and left Nashville frat, and then
Cincinnati, under protest of friends.
DELAWARE COUNTY Treasury BRoKEE
INTo-0n Sunday night, 27th inst, the
Delaware county Treasury was broken
into by burglars. The drawers and desks
were thoroughly searched and the papers
scattered about the room. The burglars
were unsuccessful in their attempt on the
safe, and it was not injured. The only
money secured by them consisted Of fYe
or six dollars in one and two cent coins,
which were loose in one Of the drawers Of
the desk.
RATS DESTROYING CoKx.-Mr. George
Lee, of Picksway county, informs the
CircleRille Union that the rats, few
evenings ago, destroyed about six acres Of
his corn, which he had recently planted,
eating the grain and blades. A neighbor,
Mr.. George Meyer, also had three acres
eaten up BY the same Hvarmints.7
POPULATION OF DAYToE.-From par
tial enumeration recently taken, the Day
ton Journal estimates the population Of
that city at over 10000.