The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-19
STATE NEWS.

III wv pVh"'e 40 ihuihh agent IN MOL
tana.
n DO GOVERNOR Cox has refused a
application for pardon in the case ,
, Mary Jane Curtis, convicted in tn
Summit Common Pleas, Of shootin
D with intent to kill.
T! pea- CONDUCTOR KILLED.-Mr. Ne
+, Kay, well known conductor on tn
, Atlantic and Gre1t Western Railwc
was killed few days ago in conse
quence Of collision between his train
the Cincinnati Express, and specia
freight train.
nen- Prize FIGnT.-We are in
formed that a disgraceful fight, unde
the rules Of the Prize Ring, tool
place at Toledo, on Tuesday evening
between Charles Chase and JOIN
Conner, for $50 a side.
ueo- Two heavy boilers in the bar
department of the Pomeroy iron work,
Pomeroy, Ohio, exploded on the 9th
killing one man and aboy and wound
lug eight or ten others. Damage done
to the works about $4,000.
pN- THE Columbus Daily Journal
offers a reward of $50 for the discoy.
cry and apprehension of the villain
that attempted to burn its Office on the
10th inst.---the night after tho local
election. Make it $500 and you will
POSSIBLY "iotch him"
caD- The Circlevillo Democrat of
Ilast week says: "About thirty color
cd persons, mostly women, were bap-
tised iu the river, near Acqueduct, on
Sunday morning last There has
been quite revival going on among
tho colorcd population, in this city,
lately"
DsS~ The Lebanon Star of the 9th
inst. says: "From reports from diff
icrcnt parts of the country wo learn
that the wheat and barley crops arc
severely injured, aud in some cases
almost totally destroyed. In many
places farmers will pillow up their fields
and SOW spring wheat grain.
Hen- On Saturday last the Treasure $
office in Auglaizc county, o., was en-
tered by burglars. They were un-
successful in forcing the safe, which
contained about twenty-six thousand
dollars. The two outer doors were
battered of, md tho safe otherwise
roughly handled. No clue to the
guilty parties has been obtained
pe4- TnE Cleveland Herald, says:-
Fordcs 5. Robinson was arrested nj
Pulaski, Williams county, Ohio, yes
tcrday, by U. 5. Deputy Marshal Sim
mpnds, and brought to Cleveland this
morning. He is undergoing an exam
ination before Commissioner White,
ON charge of stealing postage stamps
from the Office in Pulaski.
DtD- Tur Chillicothc Gazette of last
week, Gays: " Yesterday Gen, Charles
Il. Brown entered upon the discharge
of his duties ns Postmaster in this
city, Gen. b. having served his coun
try faithfully in the field, and been
disabled for life, has claim upon the
Government which we are glad to see
thus recognized. His appointment
cannot fail to give universal satisfac.
ton to the Union party of the county.
psA- The Lebanon Star gives tho
following political az bit; "Tho I'M
ion papers in Ohio--and in the coun-
try at large, are almost unanimous in
opposing the Presidents "policy. =
" There arc exceptions but they are
fow and far between" and can in all
cases be easily accounted for. For
instance, the Circlcville Union, and
Cleveland Herald sustain the execu-
tive "policy the editors of those
papers are Postaosters.
Bay The Summit Co., Bcocon says:
The murderer of Rhodenbaugh, Jack
Cooper, who is soutcnccdt to be hung at
Raycnna, on Friday last, has been re-
spitcd by Gov. Cox until the 9th
inst, the reason assigned being that
Jack Cooper is not his true name,
and that finding that there was no
hope of obtaining Communication of
his sentence TO Imprisonment for life,
he was anxious to see his friends, who
lived in the State of New York, be-
fore paying the penalty Of the dread
full crime ho has committed.
raA- A few days ago somo boys in
Hiram, Portage county, were playing
with some powder, and the result of
this experiment was as follows =
Among some mischievous, boys at play
the other day, was one conceited cop
pcrhead, They were burning powder
in their hands, One of the boys said
that he thought that COpperhead
could have it "touchod off, on his
head. Copperhead said he knew he
could. They accordingly filled his
hair full Of powder and set fire to it.