Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-09
sTATE NEWS,

4.
THE Scioto Gazette says: Luxembourg"
the favorite racer, is in fine condition, and
will be on hand for the Spring Meetingsat at
Cincinnati and Louisville. 1851 A
sOuR young friend Oscar White has been
promoted from sMidshipman, to Ensign in
the U. s.. Navy. He is yet on the U. S.
Ship Dacotah, and in the Pacific Squadron
So says the no. Vernon Register. 3za
ABOUT nine O'Clock on the evening of the
2sth uIt., a. fire broke out in the residence
of the widow, Burley, on Jacks on street,
says the VintOn Record. When discovered,
the flames had made such headway that it
was found impossible to extinguish them,
and the building was burnt to the ground:
It is not certainly known how the fire orig
mated, but it is supposed to have caught
from sparks passing through rift in the
chimney. 3 -f-s sg
MARION JACKSON, confined in our coun-
ty jail, and awaiting sentence for horse
Stealing, made his escape on Sabbath even
In ? last, says the VtRtoas Record, by slipping
oIt while the deputy Sheriff was engaged
in locking up the cells for the night. he
was re-captured on Monday evening by
Sheriff Shockey, in Vinton township,
brought back, and was yesterday sentenced
by his Honor Judge Plyley, to five years
Imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary.
The young men of School District No.
4. Walnut township, says the CttIlcothe
Advertiser, terminated a. rat hunt of five
weeks duration on the 25th nit. The num-
Der of tails reported were as follows: Cap
tain Samuel Morrison, 1892; Captain David
Ward, 2S09; total, 6,O7l. A sumptuous
oyster supper was given by both compa-
MES, to which the ladies added many deli
cacies, for which they have the thanks of
the companies. In three hunts these COM
panies have killed 15,OS2 rats. : . -
SINCE putting our papertopress. we learn
that the house of Mr.. Isaac Strahlem,
treasurer of Salem township, in this coun-
ty, wes entered last night by three men,
judging from she tracks, and desk carried
out containing money, and broken to pieces,
while he was absent. Not satisfied with
the moneyin the desk, the robbers lay in
wait for Mr.. SIS return from Piqua, where
he had been on business, and pounced upon
him in the dark, knocking him down and,
relieving him altogether, it is said, OF about
81, 100. The robbers were tracked to Sid
ney, we learn, but can be traced no further.
So says the Sidney Democrat of the 9Th.
Our city appears to be oYerrun with
thieves and gamblers, says the ZdnesuizIe
Courier, who have been plying their voca-
tion with considerable success. The num-
Der of outrages which we publish to-day
is an evidence that an unusual number of
these gentry are in our midst and they
should and will be looked after. We are
told that fifteen of the sdesperadoes chased
out of Mansfield recently by the vigilance
committee, have been seen and recognized
in our city. Others are here from Newark
and Columbus. If our officers fail to get
hold of the scoundrels, the citizens will,
and the sooner the city is rid of their pres
ence the better it viii be for them. We
hear report that man was garroted and
robbed on Market street last night, but we
are unable to trace it up.
On Wednesday night last, Mr.. John Bur-
we'll was assaulted while on his way home
by a couple of scoundrels, when just be-
yond the toll gate on the pike. east of this
city. He hadsbeen In the city, and stayed
pretty late, and started to go home. Onhis
way, this side the toll gate, couple of fel-
lows passed him, and when he got out as
tar as the Lee Davis place, he noticed the
same chaps sitting on telegraph pole by
the road side. just as he came up opposite
to where they were sitting, one of them
said: We had better fix this up here as
he will soon be home.n with that both
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