Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-02
News OF the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.

News OF the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
141.
REV. DR.. MUHLENBURG, who wrote 81
would not live always" is contentedly
going through his seventy-first year.
BEEcHER says President Lincoln's fea-
lures looked like chance travellers putting
up together at an inn, rather than relations
met in the family circle.
The Grand Duke of Baden has prescribed
in his dominions the use OF the word ''tele-
graph" and any of its derivatives, because
it comes from the French.
JOHNSON is the name of the man OF giant
intellect at Pittsburgh, who fastened
bristles to the tail of rat, and sold the
reconstructed animal tor a squirrel.
ELECTIONS will be held on the first Tues
day of November in the States of New
York. New Jersey, Massachusetts,, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, Kansas and Maryland.
THE wives of Mendez and Mejia are mad;
Miramon's wife is stricken beyond hope of
recovery; Princess Salm-Salm is in Jail !;
Carlotta will surely die when she knows
about the fate OF her husband, and thus end
the women of the Mexican muddle.
We were amused with he:remark of an
old lady who was adnirirg the beautiful
picture called "Saved." "It's no wonder" !"
said she, "that the poor child tainted, after
pulling the great dog out of the water.'
WHILE other districts of the country have
suffered to an alarming extent on account
of the drouth, Nebraska has been blessed
with one of the finest seasons ever known
in any country. Crops of every descrip-
tion cannot be excelled anywhere.
Mrs. LINCOLN, in September, 1865, re-
ceived $3007 from Rhode Island, the
amount collected by one dollar subscrip-
tions for the widow of the murdered Pres
ident. Parties in that State hold Mrs. Lin
coins receipt tor the money.
A MAN jumped from an express train
near Utica the other day. He was picked
up insensible, and when brought to doc
tor it was discovered that he was danger
ously intoxicated.
THE laugh is on the Pan-Anglican bish-
ops. They voted to have no reporters
present at their meetings, and they now
can't tell what they have done. One bish-
op alleges that one thing was done, and
another roundly denies it.
A LADY in Nashville, on mercy bent,
was making visit to the penitentiary and
was permitted to look through the wards.
In one room she saw three women engaged
in sewing, and turning to the keeper, who
was showing her about, said to him in an
undertone: "Dear me. they are the most
vicious looking women L ever saw in my
life! What are they put there for ?" 'They
are here, madam" was the reply, 'because
am here. Those ladies are my wife and
daughters
A YOUNG lady at fashionable dinner
party pestered DIR. johnson with conun-
drum-a thing the bluff old philosopher
utterly detested. "Why is the letter like
the end offspring, Doctor" was the question.
OF course the Doctor couldn't tell. "Be-
cause its the beginning of Tune," was the
solution. '.Now, Miss, will you tell me
why the letter X is like pigs tail?'
had to give it up. "Because its the end of
pork, Miss" The Doctor was bothered
with no more conundrums.
STATE NEWS.
HURON, Erie county, must be delight
full place to live in, that is If a person likes
high taxes, for we think that place will
take the palm in the way of heavy taxa
tion, its aggregate assessment for the cur
rent year being 1s7 mills on the dollar, or
nearly nineteen per cent. of valuation. Of
this, 1S6 mills is Tor the payment of rail-
road bonds.
WIN. HoUK. employed as brakeman on
the evening freight train, C. &. q. railroad,
was accidentally killed. few miles west of
Lancaster, on last Thursday night, says
the Ohio Eagle. 1t appears that the cars
had come uncoupled, and as Mr.. Houk at
tempted to pass from one to another, he
fell between and was terribly crushed, the
wheels of several cars passing over his
legs and arms, mutilating the unfortunate
man in a horrible manner. He died in a
few hours afterwards. The deceased re-
sided in Lancaster, was about 80 years of
age, and leaves vile and three small
iildren.
THE Marietta Register says that Edward
Blakely, who lived some fifteen miles north
of Marietta, in Jackson township, Noble
county, ate his breakfast on the morning
of the 18th inst, and Immediately went out
and committed suicide by putting the muz-
zle of his gun to his forehead and blowing
off the top of his head. We hear of no
cause assigned. He had been soldier in
the 63d: Ohio Infantry
JAMES M. Brown, of the firm of Brown,
Seiberling & Co., of Massillon, O., died
Brown returned from St. Paul few weeks
since, laboring under severe indisposition,
but was not considered dangerously ill un-
til disease of the brain set in, which ter
minated fatally in few hours. MIR. Brown
was formerly of the firm of Still & Brown,
wool dealers, Philadelphia, but has for
several years been engaged in the manu-
facture of agricultural implements at Mas
sillon.
MIR. BRANDT, living on Short Water
street, was called to his door on Sunday
night last, by some persons unknown to
him, and was then attacked, and beaten in
shocking manner. He was cut and
bruised severely, but it is thought he will
recover. No clue has been obtained of the
perpetrators, says the Chillicothe Advertiser,
Oct. 3lst.
SALATHIAL T. DERUsH, a mill-wright,
we'll known in this city, was killed yester-
day, by fall at McClure's new mill,
short distance north of Greenville. Mr.,