Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-16


A boy of 13, named Whitney, hung
himself in Westminster, Mass, last week.
Snow has already fallen in Western New
York.
There have been a number of fatal
cholera cases, in the vicinity OF Pine Bluff,
Ark. sass
The newest thing is, a linen wedding.
I What next?
The South fears sickly autumn, owing
to the heavy rains.
Oysters are somewhat expensive in Lon
don. They sell there at the rate of about
$40 bushel.
! DR.. A. Bolan, of Pennington, Me-, has
died from the effects OF a ''ielon'' on his
hand.
The harvest in Spain has been very abun-
dant this year, and the arrival of Spanish
wheat at Bordeaux, in France, is noted.
= A Spelling book of the year 1899 was re-
Gently bid up to $25 at an auction sale in
Washington.
The large spice mills of C.;J. Fell &
Bro. at Wilmington, Del. were burned on
Tuesday. The loss is heavy.
A project to erect Lincoln statute in
the State House at Concord, Mass. by dol
lar subscriptions. appears to have failed.
The ex-King of Naples, who was attack
ed by, the cholera at Albano, was recover
ing at last accounts. His wife, the ex-
Queen, died. 30 Z
1t is said that New Haven minister of
twenty five years Standing, has been OBJ
'liged to leave the pulpit and 90 to work as
carpenter to get means to support his fam
ily.i -fi,i stt r. 81. ..rT,r 81. loan =
Seventy-five officers and men of the iron
clad fleet lying in che Mississippi, below
Algiers, have had yellow fever, and fifteen
men and one officer have died. ..
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stealing house. He took the parts (it
was frame dwellin9) to pieces and carted
them away to set up in another part of the
city
The roads leading from Memphis to the
interior of Tennessee, are infested with
highway robbers, and it is almost as much
as a mans life is worth to travel on them.
TIE value of the wholesale oyster trade
OF New York City is estimated at not less
than $40.090000 annually.
At Indianola, Texas, few days since,
the thermometer marked 110 degrees in
the shade. - ..i ;'e,-.-- .
Within the past sixteen years the yield
of gold i'll New South Wales and Victoria
has been seven hundred and fifty millions
of dollars.
The attempt to make martyr of STAN
ton seems likely to share the fate of the
experiment to extract sunbeams from cil-
Post.
The imperial physicians fear the young
Prince Napoleon will not live to his ma
Jorlty, on account of some organic disease
Jason Davenport, of Middlebury, VT.
has sold choice lamb four months old for
$1,000. -Hsai' 80.
Democratic "Haightp in California has
beaten hadical hate.-N.Y Y. Leader. -,
A little daughter of William Chadback,
of Phelps, Ontario County, few days since
got hold of a bottle containing poison,
drank the contents, aud was dead in few
minutes. ,tl-1-.taf -s4
The election in California is pronounced
by the Star mot a Democratic victory in
I any sense" We should be happy to hear
OF that sort OF Dtmecratic defeats for fesy
months to come.-NOrtoich (Conn.) Adper-
tiser. l.--. -..s ,..-,-. ....-.a =
constitutional observance, exact, JUS
[tice, equal taxation and another fight" is
the motto of paper, named Ddily- Seuti-
nel-on-the- Border, printed at Niles, Michi-
gan. F'7
! A young woman blew out her gas in
room in Chicago hotel, went to sleep,
and her funeral took place the day after.
The United Order of Red Men celebrated
their anniversary in Cincinnati on Tues
day. A number of delegates from other
cities were present. 7.5
( Gen. Candy has issued an order requiring
all ex-rebels who ran away from the Caro-
linas when the rebellion collapsed, and
have since come back, shall be required to
give their paroles within thirty days, the
same as those who stayed at home.
Edward Sparhawk, Esq, formerly Justice
of the peace, and member of the Massachu-
setts Legislature, and who had filled many
other positions of trust and honor. died re-
Gently at Brighton, Mass, in the 9th year
of his age. Tg- -5Ezal .l-s.sI,I rE5
1t seems probable that q new system of
telegraph construction will soon be adopt.
ed generally in England. The wires are to
be laid side by side in tubes buried under
the bed of a railway, each being separately
insulated in very simple manner. =
r The presidents of the Richmond banks
deny the reported general insolvency of
the merchants of that city. Commercial
bills, as rule, are promptly met. Some
persons who were insOlvent at the time OF
the capture of the city have gone into
bankruptcy. r"f
A meeting of Democrats and Conserva-
tives was held in Monument,Square, Balti-
more, on Tuesday evening, to approve the
new State Constitution. 1t is estimated
that from 5000 to 25.00O persons were
present, making it the largestmeeting ever
held in Baltimore.
Henry Smith. of Whitestone, Long Is
I! land, accidentally dropped a cup into
cistern last Tuesday, and while fishing for
1t, he booked fast to the clothing of his lit
tie boy who had been missing for an hour
or two. This was the first intimation the
father had that the boy was drowned.
The American Pharmaceutical Soriety
held its 18th annual meeting, in New York,
on Tuesday. In the absence of the Presi-
dent the chair was occupied by Professor
Ed. Parrish, of Philadelphia. The busi-
ness was chiefly confined to organizat ton
and the admission of new members.
Wendell Phillips has expressed his be-
lief that impeachment will follow immedi-
ately on the reassembling of Congress, and
that President johnson would not SO per-
sistently court such a course if he were
not prepared and determined to resist it.
The late amnesty he considers treasona-
BILE, and an effort to build up another re-
bellion. - q,
1t is stated that Earl Mayesucceeds Lord
Monck as Governor General of the Domin-
ion of Canada'next June. General Charles
Windham, known as "Redan Wlndham,''
from having led successful assault upon
the Redan before SebastopOl, replaces Gem
eral Michel as commander-in-chief Of the
Canadian forces.
81, An old resident of Jamestown, N. Y,
reports that in 1908, when that town was
first settled, the village common was clear
ed of stumps by fines imposed on those who
got drunk. The penalty for getting drunk
was to dig up large stump, and for get
ting only tipsy smaller stump. The re-
moval of every stump in about two months
was the result.
VIM. Hagadorn, veteran journalist, died
in Harlem, N. Y, on Monday, aged 76.
His editorial experience dates back about
f,rty years. He was connected with the
Albany Patriot, the first daily. paper issued
in that city. In 1928 he became the editor
of the Netodrk IRtelligencer, newspaper