Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-15

q gradual resumption of specie payment.
was made the special order for the first
Wednesday in january. Jso1s Gi ss7o.0
AdJourned.biA s'srbnszslL bns e i1Isa
DOMESTIC 81 g. NEWS.
Military Celebrities at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. IA.
Gen. Grant and staff, and Generals Sher-
man, Thomas, ,sSchgield McDewell, hogan,
Terry, Storenari, Barry, 1hartraaf, IHgalls,
Buttertield and other distinguished SOL
diers arrived here this morning, and areH
quartered at the fremont and Sherman
Houses. Tonight Lieut.. Cow. Bross will
give areeePtfeh toG rant sSlfefmfn, Thom-
as, Sherman and their associates. which,
will draw together large crowd OF our
leading citizens.
7'' TA'"'' weather at Omnha,rJs '.sif., +
An Omahadispateh of yesterday SAYS the
thermometer has moderated considerably
since Thursday. The Thermometer to-
night is 10 degrees above zero. Tine rail-
roads west and south are clear of snow aud
trains are running regularly. Most of the
freight that accumulated on the east bank
Of the MissouriFriver has been transietredi
over the bridge. Il III
Overland Nail sIatter E'ofen.
A dispatch from Bryan station to. day
says intelligence has been received here
that large quantities of overland mail mat
ter have been stolen from coach near Fort
Bridger, the robbers having cut open the
sacks. A portion of the mail has already
been recovered. Strict inquiry will be in
sIituted as to the manner OF carrying these
mails.
Explosion i'm 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. IA.
IAN iron tank in the cellar of Emo San
der & Co.'s-ir store, under the Southern
Hotel, exploded early this morning and
damaged The store to, the extent of about
S2500. The force of the explosion passed
upwards through the heating register, on
the floor above, ana broke twenty-five
panes of plate glass in the windows of the
store, and pressed one of the side walls out
ofplumb, but,diu not Disturb q bottle on the
shelves. The tank was simply used as a
tt ceptacle of steam and waste water re-
ceived from the steam heating apparatus
of the Southern Hotel, and TIE explosion
cannot be accounted for on any known
principle. Thesreports that the boilers OF
the Southern HeteEhad burst, doing great
damage to the building, is entirely un-
founded.
Weather and Navigation.
The weather has moderated great deal
since Saturday and brisk thaw is now
progressing. The river is still full of heavy
ice. but it is, expected that navigation to
the South will be resumed in two or three
days.
Snow Storm.
OswEGo, Dec. IA.
The snow here is about two feet deep
and much ,drifted. A train from Rirhland
arrived here yesterday, which had been %
hours stuck in the snow, the passengers
remaining on board all night.
Bond RObber Captured.
BUFFALO, Dec. IA.
Fl. V. Clinton, who robbed VIM. Fargo OF
S20O,OO0 in bonds, last j january was Ere-,
Gently captured at Panama and brought
here ter trial a5a aIgos ssl p sIE
-, A Mysterious Tragedy.
CHICAGO, Dec. IA
A dispatch from Carbondale, Ills, says
that early on Sunday morning John Tres
ley, who resides just outside OF that town,
was found dead sitting in a chair, in his
house, with his head split open. How he
came to his death is a mystery. His wife
testifies that he came home some time after
midnight THAT shortly after she heard, a
blow, and hooking ont saw five black men,
who threatened to Kill the whole family if
she'screamsd, and then fed. q - -
/ s=ASSz--Accident . ~
David Price fell from the. Peoria & War
saw railroad bridge, at Paua, last night,
and was almost Instantly kllleds------F
The ReuniOn.
Our city is already beginning to fill up
with soldiers, who come to take part in
the grand re6nion tomorrow and the day
following. Among large number now
here are General Grant and staff 1t. Gen.
Sherman and family, Maj. General Negley,
Palmer. sC1rtis,sA. j. Smith, Giles, A.
Smith, Belknep,s sHinkerlooper, Az III. Ter !
ry, ;Merilith, McClernand,y, Toner, Bow !
man, Logan, Geo. Fl, Thomas, Pope, Buck
land, Slocum, Elliot, Van Dorm, Tilman.
Sawtelle, Barnum.s Williot. Gibson, Me- Ar
thur, Jordan, ingalls,. Buttertield, Mellow,
ell, Cogswell, Bloomfield, Dunn, Cox, and
alarge number OF lesser military lights,
"A largesnumberisof our citizens ealled
upon Gen. Grant and Lieut.. Gen. 7Sne-man.
at the fremont House to-day, toepay. their
respects. Tonight they are the guests Of
dence ontbIichigan avenue. "A large num-
ber of army officers and, hundreds OF our.
citizens, with their families, are present to
pay their respects.
$3.50 Check SfoIen.. n.Ao' 3'1'''''.-'
IS. Knoles, of Jacksonville, Illinois.
was robbed of A. check for So 9076, at the
Union Stock Yards, = ON Satarday. The
check was drawn on the Third National
Bank of this city: When he, discovered
LuO TOUucIFs SIdIGCu iOI
bank, butwhen he reached there he dis
covered thatsthe, thief was ahead OF him
and had drawn, the money. Mr., -Knoles-
kept quiet about his loss until this morn
ing, when he made it known to the police.
There is no clue to the robber.eeais @oaa.s
-1Usia aNs - Arrested.o iI5S ~ U.
sse- So ~ CLEVELAND, o., Dec. H. So
Two men named Tallmadge and Ripley.
have been arrested here for stealing two
lars, from Bowen, Whitmore & Co, New
York this morning in custody s..'-f. Il
Municipal Election.
- NEwBURYPoRT, Dec. IA.
Hon. Nathaniel Pierce was reelected
Mayor to- day by 1S2 majority. The Board
of Alderman and Common Council are
nearly equally divided politically. ~
g- Boston Election. 80.
81. -r- BOSTON, Dec. IA.
The returns of the Mayoralty election
from all the wards but the Third, give
SnrGliff (Dem., and present incumbent)
9,S79; Kimball (Rep.) $500. The complete
vote will re-elect Shurtliff by about 1000
plu ality. cT9n1 1'S- IL
Fire.
PORTLAND, Dec. IA.
The fire at Yarmouth destroyed the pa
perl mill of Charles j. Little, yaluei at
$50 600 and insured for Sc, 200. .a-
milwaukee Iuafket-Dec IA.
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