Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-13
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.


GoLp closed in New York yesterday at
1894. sfA
TWELVE more Illicit whisky stills were
seized by the Government authorities In
the northern portion of Philadelphia.
SANTA ANNA has been summoned before
an inferior court at Havana to settle up an
old score charged against him.
THE London Times thinks Grant the most
available candidate for President. dis
tance lends enchantment to the view."
Hudson City, New Jersey, q man was
recently fined for using profane language,
and another for working on the Sabbath.
"AN English politician" is quoted as say
ing that the Prince of Wales will never
com to the throne if England keeps on as
she Is now going.
AN Omaha dispatch says full delegations
of Northern Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapahoes
and Crows will meet the Indian Commis-
sion at Fort Laramie. 9iy AzE W3l
GENERAL GRANTS repos, which Is In
course Of preparation, will contain detaiis
of the operations of the reconstruction
comm anders in the South. sfs
,fA A ROBBERY is reported as having occur
red in New York. Of iewelry, &c. to the
amount of twentv-seven thousand dollars,
but names are withheld.
BELLE BOYD, we'll known as being asso-
ciated with the late war, on the Confeder-
ate side, recently played an engagement at
tine Norfolk Opera House.
Gaxx ri hoc I'm,
structed our Representative in Florence to
offer Garibaldi an asylum in 1.-THE United
States. kEts6 Bfsh
JAMES CRg1GHAN ana John Reagan have
been arrested at Memphis on suspicion of
robbing the express office at jackson, Ten
nessee, few days ago. '''s
SUNDAY afternoon the entire block on
the north side of the Chicago river, be-
tween Wells and Laselle streets, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
SEVERAL propositions were made to the
Secretary of the Treasury Saturday to buy
1910 bonds in large quantities. He hasre-
piled that the Department is not ready to
sell.
A COAL. train ran into passenger train
on the Central New Jersey railroad yester-
day morning, near Elizabeth, smashing two
cars and slightly injuring number OF pas
sengers. The escape from terrible acci-
dent was very narrow.
JUDGE SHARswooD left his seat on the
bench of the District Court yesterday,
after serving upon it for twenty three
Ii ,1,A t1,<ah hon rsf
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
STATE NEws.sis
The BarnespiHe Enterprise says: One
night last week malicious assault was
made on the Friends Meeting House. one
mile east of this pl.ce. Nearly all the
windows were broken in, and large por-
ton of the foundation of the building was
removed. 1t is not known who committed
this contemplate trick, nor do we believe
that any parties are suspected.
THE Lancaster Gazette says: The resi-
dences of several of our citizens have been
broken into within week past and plum
dered to greater or less extent.
THE Crcleoil1e Union says: On last Fri
day night robbers entered the house OF
Rev. T. R. Taylor and relieved him OF
eighty dollars in greenbacks, silver
watch valued at fifty dollars, note calling
for six hundred dollars, and several other
articles of lesser value.
THE Belmont Chronicle says: Afew weeks
ago Oscar Bewley, a little son of Mr.. Jesse
Bewley, vas riling his fathers horse along
one of our streets est. Clairsyille)- Another
boy playfnlIy. perhaps, struck the horse.
The horse reared. threw the little fellow off
and trampled on him. For weeks he laid
on Sed of suffering. On last Saturday
morning his little hands were folded over
his breast, and on the following day bis
little white face was laid under the sod.
,Tas Fayette County Herald says: Mr..
Thomas Burnett showed us petrified piece
OF wood, which. to all appearance, was
white oak. It was about ten inches long,
and one or one and halt inches square,
and was evidently the work of skillful
hands. Mr.. Burnett took it from a solid
block of stoue-coal, which had evidently
been formed around this squarely hewn pin
Now the question is, when-was this pin
made, and who made it. 1t had undoubt-
edIy been where it was found embedded for
hundreds of years.
THERE is at present an unusual feature
in the corn trade of Ireland, viz: very
large export of oats to France. Sixteen
oh otalu 1off for