Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-25
News of the Day.

News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.
4 Com closed in New York yesterday at
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THERE are eleven saw mills in operation
at Whitefeld, N. H., each capable of pro-
ducipg from 10000 to 8 900, 900 feetof lum-
berannuaily. a . - 60 : s'''---
A Mrss1ssIPPI railroad has an engine
namelrW. Booth" Under theimpression
.that Il was in honor OF the murderer of
Mr.. Lincoln, the military authorities for
bade its being run, but on learning that it
was purchased before the war, and was in
honor of some local celebrity, the order
vrsseseinded-E q nfyEFgEEIE
TIM Lonlos Epectdtor, IN ascritieal notice
Of MI. Motleyss ..History of the United
RNetheflands, 2 depreoatinaly says: 1--WE do
not intend, of course, to criticise the his
tory. To do that critic must possess q
knowledge Of fanthorities equal to Mr. Mot
ley's, and we do not possess it."
BUS driver Ito conductor of opposition
'bnsl-..rve .knoYed you eyer since you
,wss born. Tknowed yerpoor mother; she
had two on yer that time. One was a wer-
~ nice little boy, t'other was half hidiot
"a sorS fbfown papsf feliers qFhe VERY
nice little boy died VERY young, he did,"
AN extraordinary flood has occurred at
Hankow, in China. The Yang-tse-kiang
having fallen four feet six inches suddenly
rosessiaa forty-eight hours five feet six
inches. The Chinese say that in the prov
ince of Shanse, column of water sudden
ly sprung from the earth, deluging whole
Scityahd drowning the inhabitants y s5il
"JEAN PAUL" in the Nep York Citizen,
says: "Certainly II Dickens be the artist
that the loud-mouthed dailies say he is, I
am 90 idiot.yp Most people win assuredly
agree with ''the loud-mouthed dailies" even
in view of the dilemma in which 'Jean
Paul" places himself. =; s,ss.,7r.r
AMONG the .mishaps of the recent snow
storm were those of a professional gentle
man who took aSshort vacation to visit
friends in Connecticut. He spent all the
time he had at command showed up in the
cars or on the road, snd bad to return to
keep his appointments without reaching
the place he started for at all. -, or-,
TIE London Daily Nens. the organ of the
English Liberals, sustainsoLord Stanley's
treatment of the Alabama claims, claiming
that Mr. Seward Is raising new issues for
che purpose Of lobserueting a settlement.
The Ne,os ''hopes the matter may be settled
spefore the Democrats, the bitter enemies of
England, come into office at Washington p
STATE NEWS.
= 0BERLN (Ohio@ COLLEGE, has gained its
six years suit for ten thousand acres Of land
in Doddridge county., va. 9ysd % iAaF
THE dwelling house of VIM. Walker,
Esq, of Dayton, Ohio, was entered by rob-
bers on -Wedpesday; night last, and $4,000
inSmepey ss6lep. ! Ill dO5
THE first canal boat ever built in Chilli
scothe, shasocjust been completed. for the
lessees of the Public Works. qon4 lev q
A FEW days since, says the Bryan Demo-
crat, while hunting in Defiance county, Mr..
Art, Corhett. Of thisplace, killed two deer
at one shot, the BAH passing through and
breaking the neck of the one, and into the
body Of the other. A capital shot, and a
,frae estoSFoHO bna T7SHTAI
WE learn that on last Saturday an old
Lady named Lenhard, says the yPutnans
County Sentinel, living in Riley township,
committed suicide by hanging herself.
The deceased was some 20 years old, and
at different periods for sometime has been
deranged. 1t is supposed that while Ia
boring under one Of these fits of insanity
she committed the act which hurried her
into eternity. s,.orit~9
The Fremont Jour=sl of this week says:
1--WE had a call on Tuesday from Mr.. Daniel
Winterso ofr4Tewusend Township, who
came to Sandusky county in 1917 with his
fssher, who settled soon after in Erie coun-
ty. Mr.. Winters saw the first frame house
which was built in Sandusky city In pro-
cess of erection, Squire Fem, now living
in CLYDE beipgthe builder. In1Sf7, when
here with his father, he prospected the
land for sale along the river and found it
held at $22 per acre for mile and halt
above towa. tnew Fremont), even at that
early day, and in the same year lots within
the present corporation were sold at $l5O
per acre. dub iU ULEd iIAt1
YESTERDAY morning, says the London
Democrat of the 10Th, the dead body of a
very young negro baby was found on the
railroad track near the depot. Its legs had
been cut off by the cars and the body 9TH
erwise shockingly mangled. The body
was taken in charge by Coroner Chapman
and Jury sworn in, when the fact was
selieited that the child belonged to young
woman named Emma McFall who resides
near Columbus. This woman arrived on
the Springfield train and was noticed with
the baby at the depot during Tuesday. In
the evening just before the arrival of the
81 O'clock passenger train (the- one on
which She left town), she was noticed
walking up the track, when it is supposed
that she dropped her baby thereon in order
to get rid Of it. y 'p' .s.'- - - -'9. I9-34-'
A Radical Convention.
Some Radicals have declared in favor OF
holding a National Convention at Wash
ington City on the 22d of February s'to or
ganize q National Radical Party, and adopt
platform of principles around which to
rally in the, future" It was likewise
stated thats movement Is on foot to bring
out General BUTLER for President and
.BENJAMIN f. WADE, for Vice President