Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-13
STATE NEWS.

"A PAIR crop of peaches is anticipated in
Lorain county, ~ 80
THE Cleveland Leader says John SHED, the
murderer of Raus Bowers, in April, 1866,
has been arrested.
THE drug store of F.. 81. Drake & Son, at
Monroeville, was entered by burglars on
Friday night. The safe in the store was
broken open and between 500 and $500
stolen. The safe was completely broken
up. The thieves did not disturb anything
else in the store. 'zra - .-ss'
A WOMAN, supposed to be deranged, was
taken in ncharge by Marshal Wolf on Satur-
day evening, says the Zdnesuikle Signal
and lodged in the watchhouse. She says
her name is Minnie Russell, and claims to
belong to Syracuse, New York. She will
be sent to Wheeling by the Marshal, on the
afternoon train to-day.
THE Zanesvi1e Signal has the following:
Asman by the name of Theodore Wilson
was arrested by Marshal Wolf on Saturday,
upon warrant issued by Justice Bell,
charging him (Wilson)l with counterfeiting
United States Treasury notes. He will
have hearing before Captain Goddard,
United States Commissioner, shortly:
ARDEN KNIGHT, the .old, original DIR.
Jacob Townsend" in the line of bigamy
outside of Utah. says the Ohio Patriot, was
arrested at the home of his mother, in Win
chester, Columbiana county, Ohio, and
brought to this city, charged with having
three wives. He was committed to Jail to
await preliminary examination before
Esquire Stephen on Tuesday.
On last Saturday, says the Ohio Patriot,
DR.. David Brinker was thrown from his
horse and killed. His neck was dislocated,
either from the fall, or a kick of the horse.
After he was off he attempted to remount,
and the horse by some means kicked him
il the head. He lived but short time
after the injury. He was attending fox
hunt when the accident occurred.
THE ZanesvtHe Courier says: Two officers
from Athens county, yesterday, in this
city, arrested a man named Comstock, who
formerly resided in that county, on the
charge of house breaking, said to have been
committed there sometime since. He was
lodged in the county Jail until this MORN
lug, WH0H uc w 40 IoAOh away ny GHe OIuceFS
to Athens.
EARLY on one morning last week, the
landlord of the Mansion House, at Youngs-
town, Ohio, was greatly astonished at see
ing man perfectly naked, handcuffed and
hoppled with chain, ride up to his door
on horseback. He was taken off the horse,
nearly frozen, conducted to fire, blankets
thrown round him, thawed out and fed. A
boarder recognized him as an insane in
mate of the County Infrmary.
OK last Saturday evening, about 2 o'clock,
says the Ohio Patriot, as the freight train on
the Steubenville and Indiana railroad was
within five miles OF Steubenyille, Wm.L.
McLain, brakesman, was going over the
cars, and his head struck bridge. He
was thrown from the cars, but was not
missed till the train reached Steubenville.
His body was found lying on the cross ties
OF the bridge by the side of the track. i'''
The Dayton Journal says that about
year ago man named Lee suspected DIR.
Littleton, of Palmyra, of seducing his wife,
and attacked him one day, when Littleton
shot Lee. Littleton was indicted for man
slauqtlter, was convicted at the spring term
of the Court of Common Pleas for Warren
county, of manslaughter, and sentenced to
eighteen months imprisonment in the Ohio
Penitentiary. The friends of DR.. Littleton
intend to try to procure pardon for him.