Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-27
THE NE w s.

-G0Id closed lAzt night at 1851
!. Trains on one branch of the Pacific Railroad nol
5 run through to Leavenworth city from St. LOuii
The letter of our special Washington eorrespon
dsnt "ssxon" will be found on the second page.
Burglars arc active III indianapolis. SIX house
were broken into aud robbed on Sunday night.
Paul Prots, the heaviest sugar dealer in New
Orleans, committed suicide Monday.
Two men were killed by suustroke at New Or
lerns the I'D.
The irrepressible George Francis Train is il
Washington, in the interest OF Maximilian.
The Thermometer in New York yesterday was 81
in the shade Several cases of sun-stroks occurred
Its reported that Cen siekles is likely to re
csive the nomination for naval officer at the port
of New York.
Thr Connecticut Senate ratified the Conslitu.
tOnaI Amendment Monday at midnight. The
House will concur.
The auction house Of P. o. Day, noted Buffalo
Fenian, was destroyed by f re Monday night with
its contents.
One Thomas Arnold was aeeced by pnrty at a
faro bank in Louisville the other day of the snug
sun of 5000, and afterwards robbed OF 81 500.
Hon. John Lynch was yesterday re nominated
for Congress by the Unionists Of the First Dis
triet of Maine.
New York surgeons are in doubt as to whether
any such thing as Asiatic Cholera has reached
there. The cases classed as such they attribute
to fifth and intemperanee.
The friends Of JEFF. Davis still active in their
efforts to procure his release parole or bail.
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same direction.
Full reports of the proceedings SO far in the trial
Of Mcconnell, for The murder Of Mrs. COlvin, will
be found in the local columns The third and
fourth pages.
Gen. Sheridan has Informed Gen. Grant that
from all that he can learn Of affairs in Mexico
nine -tenths of the Mexican psople are opposed to
Maximilian.
Tho Senate yesterday passed the LII ~ushNri
zng the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company
to construct a swing bridge over the Cuyahoga
river on the Government piers in this city.
The FeuIans held a large nesting in New York
yesterday. Horace Greeley, who lad been inyi-
ted, explained in polite note why he was not
present. 4.
Indiana has followed the example Of Pennsyl-
vanis in making preparations for the reception eff
t'e battle flags Of her troops on the Fourth of
July.
The Cattaraugus County CSew York Agricul-
tural Society is going offer premiums On babies
this year-sl5 for the best and SO for the second
best.
On the goth, the boiler in a saw-milI, six miles
from Terre Haute, exploded, killing Joseph Ar
thur, the engineer; injuring John Woodall, Samuel
Parent, and C. n Dygeit, and wrecking the mill
At late election in ST. Louis Gen. Fraak
Bair's VOTE refased by the judges Of the elee-
tiou because he would not take the prescribed
oath, whereupon he brought suit against them
The case has just been decided against him.
Senator Lane, Of Kansas, is sick at the Lndsll
b-tel in 81 Louis, threatened with an attack of
paralysis. HIS physicians say he will rot be able
to resume his sea. in the Senate the present s5s-
sion.
The fears Of the British pickets at PigeCn Hill
magnifed some browsing cows into au advance Of
,he Fenians, and they opened fire upon them.
This caused the report that a skirmish occurred
there day or two since.
The loss to the Government aud negroes by the
Memphis riots, was about $4,000. Three negro
churches, eight school houses, ive of which be-
longed to the United States, and about fifty pri-
vate dwellings were burned
E. B. Wa.hburn, member of the House from I'LL
nois. taken i'll suddenly while in his seat yes
terday, and tainted. He was carried to the resi-
denos Of Gen. Grant, where he now lies in prs-
carious condition. His disease is congestion Of the
Liver.
Colonel Blood, CITY Auditor of st Louis, ex-
President Of the Fifth street Railroad in that CITY,
and President of the spiritualists Society, is re-
ported to have fed to South America, leaving
thres or four disconsolate wives behind.
An engineer in Buffalo the other night while in
a state Of somnambulism jumped out Of a second
story window to the pavement, banging himself
up badly. lie had been indulging extensively in
Strawberries, cake, etc in the evening.
The Gov Of Maine announces that he will con-
vene the legislature of that State in extra session
to take action upon the Constitutional Amend
ment, provided sufficient number Of the Govern
ors Of other States do the same to secure is adop-
tion.
A man was found dead on the Ievee at Leuis-
willie on t he 2Sd, With one hundred and ten stalls
in his body. His ears were cut OF, both eyes weIe
torn completely cot, and the body was otherwise
friSAIsRAy mntilated. The case is involved in
mystery The body is not yet identified.
A remarkable case OF seduction was brought be-
fore the Justices Court at Des Moines, few days
since. The plaintiff is girl between II and IL
years Of age; the defendant a married man, sur
rounded by a family Of married daughters He
was bound over Tor trial.
There are in the United States about nine hun
dred railroad corporations that operate steam
power roads the joint length of the steam power
roads in the United States is about thirty two
thousand miles, and their joint cost is about ST.
$50 900 600 equal to average of $40 600 for each
mile.
farmerwas struck by lightning nfar Madi-
sonyille, kentucky, last week, aud instantly
killed. He was stripped as naked as he was born,
except the wristband Of his shirt oa his left arm
Fragments Of his clothing were scattered to the
distance Of thirty yards-iAe pieces mostly in lit =
tie squares, some not oyes AAH an inch.
An naoeident happened to gravel train on the
railroad near Peekskin, n. Y, yesterday after
noon, which caused the death of four persons and
the serious injury Of several others. A telegraph
pole had been placed across the track by accident
or design, and all the cars were thrown of and
broken up.
1 Nh SAhA4af morning a passenger tram on Inc
BaltimOle and Ohio Railroad, two miles east of
Wheeling, vas thrown from the track, and the
engineer and fireman were very severely injured.
The engine was turned bottom side upward. and
| every car thrown from the track, except the
ladies' and sleeping cara. None OF ths passengers
were injured.
On the morning of the 18th inst. horrible
murder was cOIHlaitteI in Orange county, In
diana. Some unknown parties went to the house
of Joseph Woodward, living nerr orangevilie, and
killed Woodward, his wife, and sister, also st
tempting to kill Mrs. Woodward, old lady, tht
mother Of Joseph. A man aAuaed Wm. Saunders
was caught in the woods, near the scene of tn
murder, ths next day and acknowledged that b
| participated in the crima. fa
An ell refinery MiIIer's Run, near Pitts
burgh, has been indicted as - nuisance. The in
dietmsnt charges the dsfsn iAnts with EtoriB
large quantities of crude oil, PAranine, .resduum
bsnziRe, tar and acids, from which hurtfal an
PerniciOus smells are genera ted, oorruPting an
Injecting the air; that they nnlsvfully drain eer
tain nOxiOas mixtures in 1IIleEss Ran, Ehic
corruptit and render the water unit to drink