Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-23

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JuDaE JASON DowNER has resigned his
position as one of thesJustices othe Wis
consin Supreme Court.
- The St. Louis, Jacksonville and Chicago
Railroad is completed from Bloomington
westward.
- The Hartford Coufant say that there have
not been in that section two successive
good shay dayso in the last four weeks.
PRESIDENT ANGELL, Of the University of
VERMONT, at Burlington, is to have $4,000
residence by Fote of the corporation.
s--zA- LONDON paper. alluding to the Hon.
Gerrit Smith, describes him as .formerly
Governor of New York"
Two Illinois farmers sold, few days
since. ninety six head of fat steers which
weighed 135,90O pounds, and brought $s,-
ass The average weight wasI4l5.
A NUMBER of American shipcarpenters
will sail for Japan on the Stonewall, having
been engaged to. work in the Japanese
.shipyards.
avsTHE cholerahas not yet appeared except
in sporadic cases at ST. Louis. :, The Board
of Health are vigorously striving to make
the city clean. ,..,.-s I. ..r-,.,z
A MISSOURI farmer this year raised forty
three bushels Of wheat to the acre; anoth-
ver, in the same State, had a crop OF thirty
six bushels to the acre.
zE- A DARK story goes that kegs of old nails
sa ace thrown into the Saratoga Springs at
SC night to secure the flavor Glue and mack
erel skins are also hinted at.
Iris proposed to publish. in book form
1.-The lettersrof European travel writtenaby
Rev. DR.. Bellows to the Liberal Christian,
when they are completed.
TITswoRTH, Chicago Commissioner of
Police, has had silver service of plate
presented to him as a reward of the merit
of arriving at the age of fifty years-ini
Chicago, s.--IgT a.4-..f-y /
.noTHE Roa,sd Td5le is of the; opinion that
ga high and cbivalrous respect for woman
Z has ever been an acknowledged character
istic of Southern men,"
A MAN lay drunk. on the pavement at
s.Briqhton, Mass, all might recently, and
was guarded by faithful dog, who kept
all policemen and State constables at bay.
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STATE NEWS.
OK Saturday last, terrib lie tragedy oc-
Cured near New Richmond, Ohio, few
miles above Cincinnati, on the river. A
German by the name. of John Frank was
engaged at his trade in New Richmond,
and returning home late on Saturday
night, and not finding his wife in the room,
became alarmed, and upon making search
found his youngest child lying dead on the.
hfioor, and going into the next room found
his wife suspended TO the bed-post, dead,
having killed her child and then hung her
self.ANo cause is given for the rash act.
She leaves some four or five other children
motherless. Her husband is a 1hard-work-
ing man and respected citizen. ~,.
ON Monday last, says the Eaton Democrat,
-as-Mrs. VIM. C. Campbell and her children
were seated at the breakfast table, some
errand tothe cupboardca heraway for
A moment, when the youngest, a beautiful
boy nine months old, sitting in his high
chair, managed to get hold of the tea pot,
and pulling it over towards him, emptied;
the boiling contents upon his person. The
little fellow fingered in agony until Tues
day morning at 6 o'clock, when death end
Sed his ,sufferings. Mrs. C.ssegreat sorrow
was rendered more poignant by the alb
seuce of her husband. He was telegraph
eds and arrived at home on Tuesday morn
ing. The bereaved parents have the heart
felt sympathy Of all in this their great af-
fiction. MA 1=n0t
THE three following items are from the
Barnesuile Enterprise:
On Saturday evening, while William
Barnes, who resides q short distance east of
utoyn, was en- gagged in friendly wrestle
with his brother, he fell on the back Of his
neck and seriously Injured several import
ant nerves that center there. His body
from the nape of the neck downward i'm
mediately became paraly zed, and is still de-
void of feeling and motion.
OWEN SHERRY, brakeman on the Cen
4ral Ohio railroad, was severely If not fatsl-
" injured, while coupling cars at Bellaire,
last Saturday. One of the bumpers slid
override other and his breast was crushed
between them and the car.
Mrs. SrRABLE, an old lady. residing in
BeIlairrss,, died suddenly on Saturday even
ing. Feeling 1nwell, she asked to be car
-Fied to her own bed. AS soon as she was
placed on the bed she bfeathed her last
During the day-she- had been walking
About, washed herself, and seemed ~ wen
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