Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-31
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.


A MILL in Buffalo is grinding new wheat
from Kentucky.
SEVERAL British sportsmen have arrived
In Montreal. on their way to the Rocky
Mountains for summers shooting.
REV. DIR. PLUMER, of Columbia, S. c.,
acknowledges liberal gift .from the
farmers of Virginia" /" including 1000 BUSH
els of corn. = - -
The preparation of the buildings for the
Drew Theologi cal Seminary, at Madison,
NJ, has begun.
DUEL with pocket knives took place in
Mississippi not long since. Both parties
were fatally injured. szssr-r
THERE is to be yacht regatta on the
Potomac at Washington, on the 1st of Au-
gust. The winning boat will get prize
of 500. FE&N 1t sLze ( b-E-4 z
T. BUCHANAN READ has been engaged to
paint portrait of the venerable ex-Presi-
dent of Dartmouth College.
THERE are more persons of pure Irish
blood in America than in ireland. itself
said Mr.. Shaw Letevre in recent lecture
in England. s oaz ssa5 zE.o
AARON SWEAT, free colored man, who
was reported to have taken the stump in
North Carolina as a candidate for Congress,
denies the truth of the statement.
THE American Watch Company Water
-towns Conn- turns out watch every two
andSa half minutes during the working
hours Of the day. ~. - .s-ie.
THE mortality from exposure is greater
among the London police than in the Brit
ish army. Dyspepsia and sore feeG are
common complaints. h7e ~ar-ra.---
BETWEEN Memphis and Nashville is the
following inscription on sign board at
railroad crossing: "Look out for the In
gine wen the wisle bloes or rings" o-
IT is said that the Iron Mountain Iron
Company. No., are now shipping twenty
car loads of crude ore each day. We sup
pose as many more cars are loaded with
pig iron.
ALARGE bed of paint, of various ,colors
and of'superior quality, has been discoy-
cred in the township of Pine Plains, seven
miles from Allegan, Mich. 1t is three
miles in length.
A PARTY of Mexican gentlemen rented
twelve stamp mills belonging to the
Georgetown (Col.) Mining Company, and
Immediately put up works on the Mexican
plan torextracting silver. sLe>-E
.Hoa :, ~ STATE NEWS. 7-uut
THE residence of Mr.. II. J. Miller, north
west corner of Limestone and Kizer streets,
says the Springfield Republican, was entered
bysbnrglars on Sundaysnight. They; gain
ed an entrance by getting on the roofof the
back part of the house and prying open a
window. They then invaded every apart
ment Of the house except two, and took
nearly everything in the line of eatables
that the place afforded. They also took
Mr.. Miller's pocket-book, containing $40
In bills, some small change, about 500 in
notes, and other valuable papers. Mr.. Mil
Ter would be glad if his enterprising visit
ors would return the notes and papers, even
if they keep the money and provisions ''for
their trouble" --- -
We find the following in the Cadiz Sentt-
mel: One evening last week, as John Nc
Kee, living near New Jefferson, this
county, was moving grass with Buckeye
machine, his horses became frightened and
he was pitched from his seat; falling in an
exposed position, his arm was feartully cut
in two places. His sister-in-law, seeing
the accident, ran to his assistance, and
while endeavoring to unhitch the horses
from the machine, clap of thunder start
led the animals, and giving a quick jump
brought the knife of the machine to one
of her feet, severing it from her limb
When the doctors arrived her foot had tc
be amputated above the ankle. g 90
The traffic in wool at this point the pres.
ent season, says the Toledo Blade, including
sales and receipts by railroad, bids fair te
largely exceed that of any previous yeal
in the history of the city. The amount
brought in by teams has been no larger
perhaps than that of 1865, but much
greater quantity than usual is moving
toward manufacturing districts at the east
The shipments by rail 80 far this season
have been about one and a half million
pounds while those by lake show large
excess over last year. In the second week
in July about 1,40O bales were shipped by
lake, and for the two past over 1000 bales
have gone forward, making upward OF
2OA0O0 lbs,s which added to the shipments
i-on mo ~ -