The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-04
OHIO STATE NEWS.

tnat IN consequence oil tue thaw, the
river there was free from ice, aud the
skating park flooded.
sI- WILSON, the murderer, lately
executed at Genesce, New York, ac-
knwledged that he killed Mrs. Lew
is, in Lancaster, Ohio, about a year
since.
BD~ MEDINA County has subscribed
six thousand dollars, and has COM
menced the erection Of a splendid mar
BILE monument to the memory Of its
fallen braves.
BAY THE Chilicothe 4dreriiscr says
oil has been found at the depth of i50
feet on the farm of Mr.. Walker, ten
miles south of Hallsvillc. 1t is be.
licvod the yield will pay.
pA- The semi-annual report Of the
Fund Commissioner shows a reduc-
ton Of the public funded debt of the
State since November 15, 1861, IF
nearly two millions of dollars.
nA-THE Toledo Commercial says
that on Tuesday evening, at the village
of Dalta, Fulton county, a house was
destroyed by fire, Mr.. Smart aod his
wife perishing in the flames.
rR- TIE Cleveland Leader says the
Soldiers Home in that city ceased to
exist on the lst day of January, and
that all the effects thereof will be
turned over to the State Soldiers
Home.
Bs5~ TnE Cincinnati Enqaircr saws
it has been finally decided that viii
liam Hooper, Esq, is to be President
of the Central National Bank of that
city, Mr., Thompson and Mr.. Per
kins, President and cashier, retire
next month.
Ras- The Cincinnati papers report
the celebration of Christmas in that
city as quite general more SO than
for many years. Business was entirely
suspended, and the day was observed
religiously and earnestly.
DfJ- A GRAND Christmas dinner was
given to the children of the Bethel
School, Cincinnati, on Monday, by the
citizens. Twenty-Five hundred of the
little folks sat down to fine enter
tanment at the Chamber of Com
merce.
Gay A YOUNG lady in Westboro'
was married on Thanksgiving day to
4 returned soldier, whom she had
never seen before, the courtship hav-
ing been conducted by letter. On the
follwng morning she put on her cloak
and bonnet and ran away, and has not
since returned.
DzD- The GAINESVILLE C5urier nomi-
mates for Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Ohio House Of Representatives, Capt.
j. p. Springer, Of Putnam. who en-
tered the service as a private, and by
acknowledged worth rose to the rank
Captain. He is pronounced n man Of
promtness and business capacity.
Day- For THE PENITENTIARy.-
The Cleveland Herald of late date.
gives an account of the bad state of
morals in that city, 1t says Ten
persons are now in the county Jail, al.
ready sentenced, for terms ranging
from one to five years. Twenty three
have gone down since the commence
mcnt Of the present term of the Court
of Common Pleas, and we would not
be surprised, at the present rate Of
accumulation, if another batch of tic
same number would follow.
nA- BIsnoP RosECRANs, of Cincin-
natl, in passing from the Cathedral,
in the city, to his home. at the Catho-
lie Seminary, was attacked by roboers
one of whom fred pistol at him,
wounding him slightly in the leg
Tho Bishop paid no heed to the order
to halt nor to the firing, and succeeded
in making good his escape.
pay- The Columbus Journal, says
-" 4 writer in the GAINESVILLE C5uri-
er proposes that GAINESVILLE, Putnam,
and Natchez and West GAINESVILLE, in.
Guiding Squire Wards house and
Judge Searl's farm, shall all be incor-
porated in one city-making up pop
ulation of twenty thousand = not
counting the fountain in front of the
Court House nor the editor of the
Signal as part Of the population
Why not include New Lexington and
McConnellsville, and have fifty thou
sand (? The citizens of Columbus
would be willing to spare the editors
of the Statesman, if there is any Oh
ject in increasing the populationmorc.
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