Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-06

A TERRIBLE accident, resulting in the burning to
death of young married lady, occurred at Lsfay
ette, four miles north Of London, Ohio, Tuesday
evening. Mrs Christopher Martin, in order to
start FIRE in her cooking stove, applied coal oil
lamp which burning, but from which the
chimney had been removed. The result was
explosion of the lamp, setting her clothes on FIRE
and burning her body 50 bad that she died within
. short time. Her husband was also severely
burned in attempting to save her, and part Of the
furniture in the room was destroyed
THE will of the late Alexander Campbell, OF
Bethany, West Virginia, involving, it is said, an
estate Of near quarter Of million Of dollars,
admitted to probate at WeIlsbdrg last week. The
will is contested by the heirs of his first wife,
the ground that at the time Of its making lin 1902
his memory was so far impaired to leave him in
capable of making a valid will. Judge Black (fOr-
merIy Mr.. Buchanan's Attorney General) and Gen
sral Garfield are attorneys for the will.
JusT listen how New Orleans reporter runs
| on 'rWe have now ths water melon, the mnsk
melon the cantelope, the orange, the peach, the
plum and the fig all grown beneath our own genial
sky. OF the trS pieai fruits, you will find in the
markets the mango, the banana, the pineapple
and the plantain; also, the lime and the lemon.
These fruits are all delicious, and might add,
as expensive as delicious. We can easily enough
understand how and why they delicious, but
cannot comprehend how aud why they are so cost
ly. They seem to be as profuse as the mama which
of old came down from Heaven"
THE wife Of a clothing merchant OF Baltimore
eloped on Tuesday last with Colonel formerly o
/ New York cavalry regiment, and took with her
! SIl 600, her husbands money, which she had au-
| thority to draw from the bank, her husband being
in Europe. The eiopers were overhauled at York,
Pa, and the wife brought back, but the Colonel
escaped with all the money.
INVESTIGATION into recent case Of horse steal
ing in Louisiana developed the fact that is quite
common in that State for the owner Of horse to
make bargain with a thief to take the horse f.
Iberville or Baton Rouge and sell him. The thief
brings the owner half the money, and tells the
name Of the purchaser. Then the owner goes and
recIAims the horse as having been stolen
A MAN In Halifax, Virginia, has discovered s
/ mine of the famous "mad stones Of which not
more than twenty were known to be in existence.
They are said to possess the pewer to extract the
poison of serpents and mad dogs from wounds, and
perform other miraculous offices.
The Chicago Directory for this year has just been
/ issued 1t contains over seventy-four thousand
names, being an increase over last year Of over
twenty thousand. There are ssl Smiths, includ-
ing the different spellings ef ths name; lS5 John
smiths, $40 MiIlers, g7o Murphys, 222 Williamses,
and the same number Of AndsrsOns.
GENERAL MAuRupER is seeking permission to re-
turn to the United States. He says the Imperial
Government in Mexico is bankrupt, and the rebel
colouists are compelled to seek other quarters