Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-21

pending in Cincinnati.
ATHENS is about to undergo the new SEN
sation of lighted streets by the use of coal
oil. .&IGOOE121SI- 4 n
DuRINa the winter, term of the Athens
Union High School, Just closed, the pupils
numbered s319. alTeh 81 .0h BIS ,'la
TINS recent cold weather has damaged
the prospects for peaches considerably, but
we are informed that there is yet promise
of quite q fajrlcrop.AD y . .A8AsISo .Tszv
PE7ER WENDELI ayOahg man residing
inl Harrison township, Van Vert county,
attemptedltos commit suicide a few days
since, by shooting himself in the left
breast, in the region of the heart. When
we last heard from him he was still aliye'l
with tolerable prospect of recovery.
THBClaib0rhe oil weIl, in this Vicinity,
says the athens Messenger, in which the tor
pedo experiment was recently made, has
been suffering from some arrangement in
its machinery, so that the test has not yet
been satisfactOrily asceftained. The mani
ager has faith in its success.
The winter just past has been very favor
able for falE sown wheat, and the fields
now promise an abundant yield in proper
tion to the acres cultivated. Unfortunately,
thecrep, for several years past, has been so
uncertain that farmers have become dis
couraged, and but comparatively little was
put in last fall. 9laR 81 fe37 80
THE steamer Belle, owned by Capt. Lock
that has piled between Toledo and Perrys-I
burg, on the Manmee river, for several
years, was so badly damaged by the spring
freshet that she went to the bottom and
will probably be abandoned. Arrangements
have already been made for the construc-
tion of another boat suitable for the river
trade, and Capt. Lock will doubtless be
master Of the new craft.
A DAUGHTER of Mr.. Fish, residing near
Van Vert, swallowed a number of pins,
which she had thoughtlessly placed in her
mouth, a few weeks since. She did not, at
first, experience much inconvenience, but
on Saturday last she was suddenly seized
with(spasms, which areesupposed7 to have
been caused by the indigestible material
she had swallowed. She is lying in a very
critical condition and doubts are entertaif14
ed other recovery. so1ss d2ih 70 eaa staa
The Sfeu6euUiEe Herald says A horrible
tragedy occurred at Henderson in this
township, on Thursday last. A woman
about seventy years old, caught. her clothes
afire. Mrs. Henderson making the discov-
efy, called her son, who ran in, and finding
her room door fastened, forced it open and
saw his old aunt enveloped in flames. He
very speedily extinguished the fire, burn
ing This own hands severely. The old lady
was soshockingly burned thatshe died the
next os3ySs Gay $50 ssz s.5ssA .sssa gszG *
MONDAY evening, 11th instant, says the
Steu6enUitle Herald, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Standley and clerk were in the store, two
young men entered their dwelling at the
High street door, and boiling the door be-
tween the parlor and the store reoms pro-
ceeded to rummage the lower part of the
hQpse Mrs. 6tandley. discovering their
presence, entered the parlor, and the gem
tlemens fled. One of them has been cap
tured and lodged in jail-the other is at
large. Several articles of nominal value
were taken by the burglars.
The ZGnespille Signal has the following
A son Of A.G. Morgan has IN bis possess
sion a white gopher, which he captured a
few day ago In asshoclf Of corn. We call
tia gopher for the reason that it more
closely resembles 3 gopher. In shape and
size than anything else. The animal in
qaesti0nE Is nearly the size of'as ground
squirrel, with thick. set, heavy body, small
ears. pink eyes, rather pointed nose, and
white siliky hair, altogether most remark
ably pretty thing for pet. .oz-49 aIs.I8