Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-15
NEWS AND oTMERw1sE.
matter on fourth page.

PENco and Borghi-M Mamo are singing in
Madrid. ;ogi 20 t71'u. 7ar O
Tm postal service in the South paid q
profit Of 100000 last year. a
THE glass business of Pittsburgh gives
employmentto to 1900 men.
THERE are IS incomes of over $4,000 in
Mobile, and one over $4,000.
A RICHMOND paper speaks Of the present
Congress as "The Wreckers."
Tax Chicago papers call loudly for the
suppression OF a Minstrel show on account
OF its obscenity. -..
A BILIOUS friend Of ours, Mr., Quilp; as
sures us that liver complaint is dire
Isaac MKHRBAcH, of New York, claims
that he Is emitted to $3.50 for one days SER
vice as an appraiser of horses.
A New YoRKER has just got verdict
of $4,000 damages for being run over In
Broadway by a careless stage driver.
ZANEsvILLE and Cambridge coal is selling
at Newark, Ohio, for fourteen cents per
bushel.
ATa a recent seizure Of dstillery in
New York, the officer was threatened with
violence by the crowd If he did not leave.
GEORGE DAMAN, of Chicago, is a bright
and smart lad Of only IL years, and he is
already the Chief Engineer Of large
Steam Mill in that city.
A FRENCH music teacher has eloped with,
and married a young and beautiful lady of
Chicago. The parents Of the young lady
are iheOnsolable.
THE Presbyterians of New Lisbon, O.,
are without pastor. There has been diff
Guilty in raising the salary of one preacher,
and there Is some talk of employing two.
The postofice at Canton, Ohio, was
broken into on last Thursday night, and
robbed of postage stamps and some change
amounting to about twenty dollars.
A PROPERTY of $4,000 is lying around
loose in Montana, awaiting an heir.-Bos-
ton Post.
Yes, but we take it the heir will have to
dig for it.-N. 0. Pic.
pal Church now in progress in England
aud America between the "high" and
slow" branches of the church, is creating
ch agitation and inimical feeling.
A Mr.. II. RANIE, of Canton, Ohio, is
preparing a monster Christmas cake, to
weigh 250 pounds. 1t will contain eight
genuine gold and eight silver rings. A
slice from that cake wouldn't 60 bad.
The high winds on last Saturday after
noon blew down a portion of the brick
walls of the machine shop in process of
erection in Mansfield, Ohio, owned by
Messrs. Blymyer, Day & Co.
THERE were shipped from Washington,
Fayette county. Ohio, during last week,
4l9, sheep, 1,O3O hogs and 40 head of cat |
tle.7 The cattle averaged 1000 pounds
each. cc d
A YOUNG man by the name of Charles !
Parke, son Of Judge Parke, of Allegheny
city, was killed ut Alliance, Stark county, |
Ohio, on last Wednesday evening, by being
run over by an engine whilst walking on
the track.
A MRS. STEINHoFF, of Louisville, Monroe
county, o., recently went into her closet to
fill lamp with oil, but instead took can
Of lacquer and commenced filling the lamp,
which taking fire burned her dreadfully,
causing her death in few days after
ward.
A BURGLAR entered the Office of the Pro- |
bate Judge at Macarthur, Vinton county, on
Tuesday night of last week, and tore out
all the leaves of the minute book of the
Court and burned them in the stove. The |
book contained all the Journal entries |
running back through several years.
A ROMANTIC young man OF Hartford, hav-
ing became enamored of young lady with |
whom he was unacquainted, but whom he
had often seen In his daily travels, and hav-
ing failed to get up a Irritation with the fair |
one, succeeded In discovering her address.
when he sought the object of his affections
through the mail. Loving epistles were
penned in the intensity of his heartfelt an
guish and loving yearniDgs, and one day
the infatuated young mans patience was
rewarded by q note from bis .'mOst adora-
BILE and ever thought Of Miss H." who ex-
pressed her surprise at his advances, but
admitted she did enjoy moonlight sere-
nades, and hoped she would be favored
with one. Not to have complied with her
wish would have been ungallant, and ac-
cordingly In due time, at the witching hour
Of twelve, he commenced to sing in most
dulce1t accents something about fondly
dreaming Of the damsel, when suddenly
pail Of water came dashing down upon him
which caused the young man to propel
rapidly in the direction Of his boarding
house. Judge his "phellnx."
A GENTLEMAN eminent in the legal pro-
fession has prepared the following bill,
which will be pressed upon the attention
Z of the Ohio Legislators this winter:
I "A BILL To Regulate the Contract Of Insurance.
y SECTION l. Be % enacted by the General
( Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That the
y right Of the assured TO recover upon pol
I icy Of insurance shall not be barred by
geason Of want of compliance with any
representation, warranty, covenant or con-
ditlon therein contained, unless the same
4 shall have been signed by the assured or
by some duly authorized agent, and is nee
essary and proper for the reasonable pro-
lection Of the insurer and not then, were
1t made to appear that the said default of