Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-27
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GoLD closed yesterday evening, at 1895
Or emigrants arriving at the port OF
New York during 1865, only 154 were Rus
sian,r while es, ,074 were Irish, &c, 1856 English
and 1879 Seotchs Ha I
A SINGLE lode in Nevada is turning out
more silver and gold annually than did the
famous mines of Potosi in their palmiest
days. 'ezssr grRre Pc eE1 siH1g& lio5s-u,.a
eAsuI. has been introduced into the Penn
svlyania Legislature to allow the people of
PhIladelphis to settle the Sunday car q1es-
tton by popular vote. --.-----
A Missouri blacksmith has prepared
horse shoe for the Paris Exhibition, made
of raw ore from Iron mountain. Half the
shoe is finished, and the other half shows
the ore as it is dug from the mine.
Iris stated that the Government of India
has declined to interfere with the revolving,
and sometimes murderous, practice of TAX
ing DYING Hindoos to the Ganges, immers-
ing them, and choking them with the holy
mud. az = saokE z.z.58k4
IN EIgin. C. w, few nights since,
woman heard a dog barking loudly at her
doOr.s She followed the animal for quars
ter or mile through the snow, and found
her father ina Drift dying Of cold and ex-
posure.
ABRAHAM SKAATs, an old gentleman of
seEenty.six years, committed suicide by
hanging himself in his shop in Wetherfeld,
Conn, on Wednesday, during temporary
aberation7of mind, caused, it is supposed,
by scandalous report circulated to his in
jury. -.---..---.,.
s.;Ha. STATE NEWS. q.,4,ei .sssx7 ls ;
;THE streets. of,New Philade1phia were
lighted with gas for the first time on
Tuesday night of last week. saiva z,.las
A NAN named o. K. Howard, and who
halls from Tiffn, was arrested at the Gait
Herse ins Cincinnati, on last Friday, on a
charge of swindling.
AN attempt by three men to set fire to
the malleable iron works at Canton, was
seasonably discovered on the night Of the
18th. The men escaped.
A~IAARGE number of towns and villages
inthe northern part of the State have
amateur theatrical troupes. and in some
instances their rendering of character is |
quite creditable. ---.,--
BARNEY DoNNELLY, of Barnesville, hav-
ing challenged any drummer in the Statel
to a trial of skill, it has been accepted by
Thos. J. He11rigle, Of Dayton, who names
Cleveland as the place, and the 18th OF
March as the time for the contest. or = q
On Tuesday night Of last week, says the
Salem Republican,, the school house in the
town of osnaburgh was discovered to be /
on fire, and the building was entirely de-
stroyed. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by defect in the fiue. "a, -,asg
THE Democracy of Crestline, in Jackson
township, Crawford county, organized
large Club last Monday evening. Their
officers are as follows: President, James M
Robinson; Vice-President, D. w. Snyder;;
Secretary, P. w. Poole; Treasurer, Mr..
Crow. Tom Beer and P. s. O'Rourke made
effective and telling speeches.
THE Exchange Hotel at Wooster will be
discontinued on the first of April, and the
building will be converted into store rooms
and offices. Mr.. Ely, the present proprie-
tor, is most popular landlord, and the
travelling public will regret to part with
him. We hope his retiracy from business
to which he is SO admirably. adapted, may
be of short duration.
The MGssiEIOR Independent says: The
crop prospects in this vicinity appear very,
promising, and If no mishap befalls them
hereafter, plentiful harvest will bless the
1abors of the farmer. 1t will be welcome;
foR some of our grain dealers here say that
in the. last year more grain has been
brought into Stark county than taken out
during the same period.
The ice In Black river broke up last
week, says the EEpiG Democrat. In thef
West branch it accumulated in such guam
titles on, the dam at A. n. Twiss' mill
Gates old stand) as te,crush it down, and
more than two-thirds of it was swept
away. This was new dam, built last year
aud the loss will Oe very severely felt byj
Mrs TWiss. @Onthe East branch butlittle
damage has resulted from the ice.
Pittsburgh N. E. Conference meets at
Massillon in few days. Welearn that one
of the political preaching members of that
body will be put upon trial tor very
grave offense. It it stated that he obtained
a divorce from his first wife by forcing her
to sign false statement, then married the
daughter of the attorney who assisted to
obtain the divorce, and has now engaged
in similar fraudulent means to obtain a di-
vorce from his second wife. If these charg-
es are true, no ecclesiastical body has au-
>hor;tu 70 r,,ofo ont inst nuniahmant 4o tho
o lender.
A DECIDEDLY rich arrangement, planned
and being carried into effect by handsome
youth of this city, says the Cleveland Her.
aid, was nipped in the bud blythe police on
He engaged rooms at hotel
for himself aud friend, and the two were
having g gay time generally about town, :
when they were overhauled by the police
upon the supposition that one was woman,
viii h the sequel proved to be correct. She
W as attired in fashionable suit and really
presented the appearance OF handsome
young man. - $40
THE Youngstown CbsTier says: The cigar
md tobacco store of Mr.. Seuter, corner of
Federal and Phelps streets, was broken in
o on the night of the 10Th inst, and about
200 worth Of goods in pipes, tobacco, &c,
xtracted. On the 18th, the shoe store of
barrow s. Young, on the Diamond, was
roken into, and leather, boots, lasts and
ools. were stolen. On the following We'd ,
esdav night, the grocery Of A. Holland,
n Federal street, near the American House,
ras also broken into, and goods taken
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