Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-28
n ews of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.

ness. There is the prospect OF a larger
cotton trade than during any year since
1860. -- 3 - y : - =
RECENTLY upon the death of clerk in
the Mayors Office in New Orleans, the
application record presented a list of over
three thousand names!
IT is in contemplation to divide the Ro-
man Catholic .Archiepiscopal Diocese of
Quebec according to the political division
aud appoint an archbishop for Ontario.
TIE Ladies Dudley and Granville and the
Duchess de Mouchey are called the Three
Graces in Paris. They. are all beautiful,
and Paris is puzzled to decide which is the
loveliest.
Co oRREsPoNDENcE at Matamoras gives an
account of conspiracy to oyerturn the
civil government of that city. The con-
spirators, among whom were several prom
inent politicians, were arrested.
CHARLES B. FREELANDER, of New York
q clerk in the Internal Revenue Depart
msnt at Washington, committed suicide
Sunday evening, while laboring under fit
Of temporary insanity. ~ =; f..-.-.--
The Troy editor who publisheda list of
''old maids" is in Jail for libel. and troop
of the fair illuminated parade every day
before the window of his cell with smiles
and sneers upon their faces, - -
LIZ going uncovered indicates reverent
spirit, as is claimed in some countries.
many'of our ladies in fashionable circles
are patterns of reverence. They are head
g.
general.
GRANITE. found in Minnesota, has been
tested by the Government -geologist at
Washington, and pronounced to be equal,
IL not superior, to any in the United States,
and fully equal to Russian granite, known
as the finest building material in Europe.
A PANTHER which has been. a terror to
the people of Livingston parish, La, for a
year or more, has been shot by an ex-rebel
soldier. 1t weighed $50 pounds, and one
of its paws measured six inches in length
and four in breadth.
"A cLAIvoYANT ia Beaver Dam, Wlscon-
sin, advertises for several articles she has
lost. Her sight is not sufficiently clear to
enable her to find them, though she claims
that she can tell other people where they
may discover their own property
AN Irish agricultural paper says the best
way to fatten geese is to put three or four
10 a,darkenedg room, and give each bird
one pound of oats daily, thrown on pan
of water In fourteen days they will be
found almost too fat. Never shut up
less than two together, as they pine If left
alone.
.Arthe Supreme Judicial Court in Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, on Wednesday,
was the case of Bartholomew Holland v.
Charles 81. Kimball, an action to recover
500 damages on account of dog kept by
Kimball, which bit the plaintiff, and has
since kept him in great anxiety for fear OF
hydrophobia. Verdict for plaintiff for one
cent. ,bsog.iE@
A BARKEEPER In the service, of London
publican lost his life in a singular manner.
After closing the house he frequently took
''aRaifingvg by sitting on his bedroom win
dow-sill before going to bed. Whilst re-
clining in that position one night he fell
asleep and tumbled into the street. and was
killed on the spot.
ia It5- -NlA
DAYTON is to have twenty y-five-acre
skating park.
OBERLIN has been made recruiting sta
tion for the regular army.
The real estate valuation of Scfoto coun-,
tyis s4,562, 344. i The aggregate tax is $685.
519 "a. ..,.s .s.,.---..s -. r--ss
WIN. WAMBAUGH, long a conductor on
the Bellefontaine Railroad, died at Gallon.
on the 18th inst.
fTHE Barnsoil1e Enterprise says the small
pox has broken out in Bealsville, Monroe
county.
1T is stated that the smallpox has ap-
peared at Alliance, but it is thought that it.
will be kept from spreading.
A DEER was killed near Circleville few
days ago, the'first that has been seen in
that region for several years.
aCAPrAIN Benton, for fifty three years
residenG of Pennington, Trumbull county,
died on the 9th, aged ninety-one years.
A LAD named Vincent, about eight years
Of age, was killed by runaway team in
Chillicothe, on Monday last.
A DEER, which had swan from the east
shore of the Maumee river, was captured
on Adams street, Toledo, on the 18th.
The Bellefontaine Republican says that
there is fully three-quarters of an average
crop Of corn in Logan county this year.
Mrs. PHILLIPS, of Waheman, was severe
ly burned recently by attempting to fill
kerosene lamp while it was lighted.
McCoY, who has been on trial at Steu-
benville for killing Mcdonald, was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
JASPER BURT, who was stabbed at the
Berlin meeting, jackson County, some
time since, died recently from the effects of
the wound.
MRS. GRACE PRKNTIss, widow of Samuel
Prentiss. died few days ago, near Mon
roeville, at the age of one hundred and
one years and seven months.
The Fayette County Herald is told by the
farmers of that county that the fields of
wheat seidom1ook as well at this time ofs
year as they do now.
The Marietta Register says that a lad
hunting on Duck-creek last week, shot an
owl whose wings measured four feet six
inches from tip to tip.
A LITTLE girl In Barnesville, the other
day, had large cash cut over her eye, and
" Is rendered insensible, by blow from a
lone thrown by careless boy.