Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-23
Paragraphs from the Boston Po.'

Tallahassee is dripping and complaining
of nearly three months OF rain. -
Let us have plump women, SAYS the Ne,e
York Gazette. Well, let US. i tiJ
A Frenchman, named Nigrom, paws his
bills in diamonds. Truly hard cash. oIl0l
The editorial excursionists to the Rocky
Mountains go around with howitzer and
printing press. l .01.ls,.i to., r.a. ..,t1.
Miss Fray, the original of Dickins' Miss
Frite, has got through chancery.
SAKE says the bust of Peabody displays
all the artists Powers.
Mobile Kelley doesn't draw well in Ohio.
His audiences are slim. y l-511 j.i-j
Base ball is coming into bad odor with
the Philadelphians. III. .s1.fas-s b
Some one wants eggs sold by weight
Why not, it chickens are? f.-y.,e e.-l.T
Mile Janansehek is . foreign tragedienne
who is coming to this country.
Negroes occupy orchestra chairs at the
New York theatres, and Wallack's holds
up its hands in horror. .- M a
4 A Mrs. Jack ahipks she can prove that
160 acres in the very heart of Chicago be-
long to her. -1.. ,.
Trains are to run from London to Liver
pool at the rate of 81 miles an hour.
A Rev. town, agent in Portland has been
the physicians prohibit" it. -....r
New York contains vagrant and desti-
tute children enough to form procession,
double file, of eight miles. -
A young enterprising Missourian, aged
25, has succeeded in marrying three wives,
and getting into prison for it. sl..
In Trieste, if a cholera patient does not
call in medical attendance he is imprisoned
for six months, in case he lives SO long.
A saloon keeper in st. Louis has sent to
Sheridan bill of SIS for window glass
broken by the rabble at the "demonstra-
tion." ........ ....:- .-.---I %.
Ristori and Lagrange gave an entertain
ment on board the steamship Europe for
the benefit of the family of sailor who
was washed overheard.
The price of wives is exorbitant in Ma
tai, and the young men are moving to
break up the monopoly by abolishing po-
lygamy. .,.-... -
A somnambulist walked off an express
train near Syracuse one night last week.
Singularly, he was not injured. '5e
1t is rumored that Mr.. Greeley is about
to have his hair cut, in order to protect
American industry.-N. Y.JVorld. -.-5 #
Precocious girl that, who took as the
theme of her graduating essay at fash
ionable seminary, ''The Education of our
Boys.n &, 5i III, ~ NiT l.- 1a
A Philadelphia paper abuses the CORES
pondent Of the London Times from that
city as 'juVenile penny-a-liner."9 n
A reader of the Independent says he
never rises from its perusal without 81
lent prayer of gratitude that he is not q
religious editor. 1ecri .li-lt -eIAli5- 1
The excise law in England is lodged by
the BARRIERS, who furnish their customers
with other rum besides bay on Sunday.
The Milwaukee pork-packer, who put
up salt and sand so nicely, has been packed
off to State prison for three years.
An aborigio objects to marrying Miss
TAIL the daughter of Spotted T., for fear he
might get Caudle lectures.-N. Y. World
The Lo,oell Courier queries. if twelve
men make government de jure, how
many oyerseers make government de fac
tory? .5ai.E 40 -.-E
An Illinoisan had all the chat, and near
ly all the life, taken out of him by going
through a thrashing machine. n
A clergyman and Radical politician in
Fort Wayne, Ind, scduced his sister-in-law
by showing her certain passages in the
Bible which he said justified his conduct
A New Jersey paper, to settle contro.
versy about the management of the State
prison. published a eulogistic testimonial
from two of the late occupants who have
had an extended experience of such insti-
tutions. u -I-t III - a-5 --l III % 81r.
A Missouri Radical recently knocked
down a colored gentleman who walked in
to his parlor and proceeded to do the So
ciable. The darkey wants s. 900 damages
The "rain reporter" of paper on the
banks of the Mississippi, as the only record
of one day In this dry time, announces
No movement visible at the wharf, ex
cept certain freedmen fishing"
Attorney General Stapbery has written
letters complimenting Mr.. Hinckley on his
able management of business during the
absence of the former, and endorsing the
views set forth in his various opinions and
documents.
They insure every thing in Hartford, from
your own life to that of your dog, or the
steam boiler that heats your house, AprO-
pos of the recent rainy season, one of the In
surance Presidents was asked, "Why dom
you start company to insure against
deluge?" "That was the first charter evel
granted" was the quick reply.