Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-02
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News of the Day
GENERAL NEWS
GoLD closed in New York yesterday at
14O3S. 'e-~
MISS KELLOGG is to sing is Paris next
season. Ew-, ~,egsssrsxcT
TEE Ellsworth Zouaves are to become
benevolent association.
"a REcEsST wedding present consisted OF
four boxes of assorted kid gloves.
THE Texas Republican State Convention
has been postponed to August 18th. AA@A
THE State Democratic Convention of
Marylaud has been postponed to septem-
Der I'd.
THEY celebrate paper weddings in Fall
River, the gifts consisting of books, paper
collars, engravings, &c.
TAME, the French author, who compared
the marriage ceremony to the fifth act of
"Robert lie Diable," has just been getting
married himself.
TIE proprietor Of the life-boat that was
capsized of Chicago the other day with
sueh fatal effect, announces his intention of
yet crossing the Atlantic in her.
Ex-GovERNoR BUCKINGHAM, of Connec-
ticut, arrived home at Norwich on Wedues-
day night, still in feeble health, but much
improved as compared with his condition
two weeks ago.
AN Indianian. and his wife fell asleep in
their wagon TO which was attached blind
horse, and the whole party was soon after
picked up at the bottom Of precipice
hunlr feet In height. sast 7ss1 srsvsA
A HUMAN skull was dug mp at Patterson,
NJ, q few days ago, supposed to have be-
longed to John Post, who ystefiously dis
appeared some forty years ago, and who
was probably murdered for his money.
The Rothschildsl have just concluded a
financial arrangement with the italian
Governments, by which, on payment of
twelve millions of francs, they will receive
tho tobacco monopoly of the kingdom.
THREE hundred and sixty barrels of
whisky, brought to Memphis by the steam
er Great Republic, from New Orleans, have
been seized for non-payment of tax. About
200 barrels besides have been seized during
the past week. t-,.-. lam
ROBERT ]. WALKER estimates that il
China had as many railroads as the United
States, according to her population of
forty millions, she would have four hund-
red thousand miles of that description of
thoroughfare.
A GRANITE monument in Mount Wollas-
ton Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts,, was
dedicated on Thursday to the memory of
the soldiers of the town who lost their
lives in the late war. Hon. John Quincy
Adams delivered the address.
A MAN named Thomas Campbell was
murdered on Thursday morning at Moon
Vile. near Lexington, Ky, by two BROTH
ers named Lilliard. An old grudge, grow
ing out of the war, existed between them,
which is supposed to be the cause.
DAooD PAcHA, a Christian, has been add
ed to the Turkish cabinet. Be is not the
first of the faith to be elevated to the rank,
however. Agathon Effendi was once named
q minister, but he died before officiating.
Daood Pacha is United or Catholic Ar
menian.
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STATE NEWS. t1-es
The wool clip OF this county, says the
Hancock Courier, Is coming in very rapidly.
The farmers are evidently afraid to hold
their wool for fear of decline in prices.
We do not think prices will vary much in
the next three or four months. One firm
bought over 10000 lbs. on the streets last
Saturday. The prices range about the same
as last week-35 to AZ cents.
Mr.. DAVID FORBES, who resides about
four miles south of town, says the New
Lisbon journal, lost sixteen head of valua-
bic sheep during the storm last Friday.
They had collected under large tree, in
one of the fields, to protect them from the
driving rain. The tree was struck by
and when the sheep were dis.
covered, they were dead, lying with their
heads toward the foot of the tree. No marks
were to be seen on any of them.
REUBEN Wick, cigar maker, living on
C NAL street, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
er, after carousing in several saloons, on
Saturday, went home in the evening, load
ed revolver and tried to shoot his wife.
She was very much frightened, and man
aged to keep out of harms way till police
man could be summoned. Wick cooked
his weapon and threatened to shoot the
patrolman, but the latter took it away, ar
rested the dangerous man, and conveyed
him to the station prison. He will be ex-
amined tomorrow. just previous to his
arrest he made his will, and was about
writing farewell letter to the world be-
fore killing Mrs. Wick"
A HUGE Amazon is in jail, charged with
breaking mans skull in Newburgh Her
name Is Mrs. Mary Bolan. The woman's
home is in Newburgh, where she lives
alone, her husband being absent g on busi- j
ness" as q contemporary hath it. Her VIC
tim is Jack Berry, of Newburgh. It is q
hard to get at the exact facts of the case as
yet. There was wild "muss" in New
burgh on Sunday, and the Offenders were
tried before Esquire Forbes yesterday.-
Mary Bolan was one of the witnesses. In
returning from the trial, the Amazon
went into Mrs. Coleman's saloon,
where were Berry and others drink
ing. Mrs. Bolan and Jack, somehow
or other, got into a dispute, w;:ile conyers.
ing OF the battles and the man applied to
her the WORST epithets his low nature could
suggest. After indulging in some yfeor-
ous verbosity, Mary started to 90 home.
Berry followed her. She barricaded tho
door, and threatened to kill him If he en-.
tered the house. He beat the door down.
and was in the act of entering
when the infuriated woman laid him low,
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