Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-18

crowded state of the streets they were
promptly tormed by the efficient Marshal,
Col. w. i. Barr. =
| At two o'clock the services at the housa
were commenced with an invocation by
Rev. A. Fl. Kremer, of the First Dutch Re.
formed Church. Rev. Bishop Bigler, OF the
Moravian Church, then read the Ninth
Psalm. Rev. E. Fl. Nevins followed in a
prayer. The coffin was closed and con
veyed tothe hearse by the pail bearers am,
the line of procession began to move as f6ls
lows: Captain of police and city police
chief marshal and aides; the Fire Depart
ment; the iShiffiiers bad the left, it being
the company of which the deceased for
many years was a member and officer
the city cornet band: Mayor, Coun-
Gil and school .boart, Of Lancaster ;
county officers and United States officers OF
the Ninth Distriet;- the medical faculty
members of the press; trustees, faculty and
students of the Franklin and Marshall
colleges aud State normal SCHOOL,, Mont
gomerY Lodge Of Odd Fellows; Junior Or
der OF American Mechanics; Westehester
delegation; adeputatiouf OF colored citizens
of Philadelphia and other places, including
representatives from the Board of Alder
publican Invincibles; Union League OF
Pailadeiphia, with draped banners ;
Mayor and Council of Philadelphia; bar OF
Lancaster, Governor Geary and State Of
ticers Committee of arrangements; clergy;
pail bearers; hearse, attended by a COM
mtttee of the escort from Washington; the
relations of deceased in, carriages. ,w
The procession of citizens. which was in
tended'to close the procession, was aban-
doned, as the crowd was so great as to
make it impossible to form into line, and
they moved in masses toward the burial
ground in advance Of the procession
The line marched up South Queen Street
to Center Square, out East King to Lime,
up Lime to Chestnut, and down Chestnut
to the Cemetery, where the various organ
izations divided to the right and left and
the clergy and bench, with its attendants,
passed through and; the procession closed
up in the rear.
Not one tenth of the vast assemblage
could find standing room within the
grounds, and the streets on all sides were
blocked. up during the progress of the GER
emonies, and very few of necessity could
hear the voice of the speakers.
Arriving at the Cemetry the burial SER
vices of the Lutheran Church was read by
the Rev. w. V.Gotwold, after which Rev.
DR.. Wambert, of the st. James Episcopal
church, delivered an address.
80 -2'a $500 Man KILLED. yf-u-s.-,
BUCYRUs, O., Aug. II.
On last Saturday evening, a German
named John F. Myers, living about eight
miles north of this place, who had come to
town in the afternoon, and became very
much Intoxicated, got into his wagon and
started for home. When about one mile
out of town, his horse became frightened
and ran away, throwing him out, cutting
and bruising his head and face in a horri-
BILE manner. He was picked up soon after
by some men and brought to town, where
every assistance was rendered. him, but lie
died in about two hours. He has no rela-
tives living in this country.
River and Weather.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. IL.
River 81 inches and falling. Weather
clear. Mercury " degrees. i
Indian HostiIiiies i'm Kansas.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. II.
A dispatch from Solomon City, Kansas,
dated Saturday, says: The Indians were
reported to he within 2S miles of this place
at daylight this morning. Their strength
Is variously estimated at from six to fifteen
hundred, and they are reported to have de-
clared that they were going to clean out the
settlements on all these streams. Women
and children are coming in very fast, and
the town is nearly full of refugees.
1t is creditably reported detachment OF
soldiers had an engagement with the Indi-
ans yesterday, between the Solomon and
Saline rivers, in which the soldiers were
whipped.
Nearly all the settlers north of Asper
creek are surrounded. We know of eight
persons being killed. Excepting those that
are; surrounded all the settlers for 80 miles
along the Solomon river have been driven
off.
Governor Crawford came up from Tope-
Sa to-day and is now in Salina, organizing
the militia. One squad has gone from this
place to the relief OF those up the river.-
Others will go as soon as arms and ammu-
milton arrive from Topeka .,ssg0
A body of Indians are now moving
towards Republican valley. = - -.
Accident ON the Union Pacific
!tGHa1....-.---R Railroad. gIAaYI
An Omaha dispatch says that while q
construction train on the Union Pacific
railroad was backing toward Fremont
station, Saturday, it ran over a cow, throw
ing the caboose off the track, killing five
men and wounding twelve. Two of the
latter died yesterday. 8 All were employees
of the road.
RObbeI Y.
BALTIMORE, August IL.
Saturday night or yesterday morning che
Peoples Bank of this city was robbed o.
ten thousand dollars! al
.Professorship.
W - Elfusgi BosToN, August. II.
Frederick Jones, a Boston merchant, hai
given fifteen thousand dollars to the An.
dover Theological Seminary, toward tht
foundation of professorship of elecution
80 x.;ry Red Men. -e.
EastA @434-1-- SqPHILADELPHIA, Aug. ~.
The order of Red Men, numbering about
1000, made an imposing procession this
morning on the way to a picnic at Wash
ington Retreat, including delegations from
eight States and the Grand Lodges of the
United States and Pennsylvania. To-mor.
row they dedicate the new hall at Third
aud Broome streets. .FSNEfH
CallIe Disease.
-, s~--,- ---,-- BosToN, August II.
The cattle disease is creating great ex.
citement among the farmers and butchers
Nine animals died yesterday. afternoon and
Norfolk county. -r.yrB-esnrf
Fatal Stabbing ARRAY
.oaJlPTrTsBURGH, Aug. IL.
Late Saturday night, at Allegheny City
a mau named John Cash was fatally stab
bed by John Koch.
b KS E9sg Prize Fight FaJsss ~
"A prize fight occurred Saturday night ir
the Eleventh Ward between Tom Burk anC
Billy McCluskey. The former was knocked
out of time on the, fourth round. The af
fair ended in a free fight, during which
McCluskey was beaten almost to DEATH.