Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-17
News of the Day,

50 SSH 1850 @ CE s& saN4+
GENERAL NEWS.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
14l1s.
IT is sstated that the New York Central
Park has already cost over $1o,000,00O.
The births in Boston last year numbered
1898 !; deaths, 442l.
Gov. BURNSIDE, of Rhode Island, de-
clines reconciliation. ,sa.
The Debt of California has been reduced
In four years more than $5.00O,0O0.
Prof., RICHARDSON, of the University
dof Rochester. N Y, died on Tuesday.
REED & WRIGHT is the name of news
paper firm in Wisconsin.
FOURTEEN members of the present Con-
gress are natives of Vermont.
THE winter in California this year will
be long remembered for its severity.
-fr WESTERN grain merchants are about to
build an elevator at New Orleans to cost
100000.
New ORLEANS claims to possess more
miles of street railway than any city of its
size in the world.
Los ANGELos county, Cal, last year pro-
duced 1,O00.OOO gallons of wine and 100, 600
of brandy.
WHEN the Pacific railroad is completed,
a traveller may go around the world in
three months. a-,zr
THE subsidy to the Spanish mail steam
n Iuir hafxu n,u 4
Is $4,000 per month. ~ -
MAN in Virginia sentenced to be hang
ed, will have a new trial because he was
not indicted by grand jury.
THE statement is made that 10000 cop
les of Queen Victoria's book were printed,
and that nearly all were sold, alta net profit
OF $4,000 in gold.
IT is said by an Indiana paper that up
wards of 10000 persons have become
church members of that State as the result
OF the reyivals experienced there.
We have consuls at, La Rochelle and
Bonlogne, France, where there { is almost
no business for them, but none at Brest.
whence the ocean steamers sail.
: In Bates county, Missouri, a lady who
had been divorced from her husband on
account of ''incompatibility," has again
fallen in love with him and remarked him.
OSe Of the delegates to the Georgia Con-
vention is described as resem bling ian ami
mated spare-rib, with some of the bristles
attached"
TIE charter election at Binghampton,
N. z, on Tuesday, was carried by the
Democrats; they electing their Mayor by
l10 majority. The Democrats get office i'm
Binghampton tor the first time in ten
years.
The Imperial Academy at St. Peters,
burgh has elected Mr.. Bancroft, our Minis
ter to Prussia, corresponding member-a
distinction considered a great honor in
scientific and literary circles.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, which. sinca
the war began, has always been place OF
marvels, there is a strong man, who picks
up two barrels of flour and walks abopt
with one under each arm.
A MAN in Vermont began to grow deaf
Twelve years ago, and the defect in his
nearing grew upon him, until a few days
ago some Kernels of oats were taken from
one OF his ears by surgical operation. and
his hearing got better. a ]
AT Gibraltar, at time when there was
great scarcity of water, an officer was re-
ported to have said: "He was easy about
the matter, for he had nothing to do with
water; if he only got his tea in the morn
Ing and punch at night, it was all that he
wanted.
STATE NEWS,
SOME one says the seventeen year Lo-
Gusts" will visit Ohio this year.
The Union says that full grown prarie
wolf was Killed in Pike township, Madison
county, a short time since, by Mr.. Horace
Sanford,
TIE Rev. Robert Andrews died at b,.
residence in this city on Saturday evenin .
the sth rinst,. says the Tifn Tribuu.
Mr.. Andrews has been q resident of T;e-
nm for many years-about twenty we he.
iieve,-and until his health failed him.
some five, years ago, was in charge of the
Methodist Protestant congregation ~ fb;.
city. sez 7e2sszs ehei 80 aas
WE understand that white woman l;v.
ing in the town of Hayesville. Ashland
countyssgaye birth to anegro baby. few
days ago. This is only a practicial ;l,rs.
trationsof the disgusting doctrine Of Naa~o
Equality advocated by the Radical nartv
THERE is woman, living about tifeesn
miles insthe country, says the e,r.z.,;1.
linton, who was born and raised in ,h;s
county and who is now, about fiftv vs. -
old, and yet never visited .CircIev;i,. -,
one day last week. That is domestic;,1 g.
you.
AT New Paris, Ohio, the other dav /.
number of ladies determined to ayail them
selves of their .:leap year, privileges bv
getting up 2 .surpise party" and calling
upon q couple of gentlemen who had 20,
eespttlg stg established q whisky shop I'd Il .
town. Armed with their knitting work.
the party marched to the Saloon h ained
themselves to seats, made themselvaa . !.
comfortable as possible, and staid t;lI n;oh,
Next morning the same party called ao.;n
remaning tbroaghaut the day, were rein.
forced by strong company OF recruits to.
ward nightfall, and -did-not depart until
nine o'clock. The disgusted puclibans.
swearing THAT nota d-l---dmancanefn,, d.
during the two days, quietly pulled up
stakes, packed up their unsold rum. and
evacuatsd the town Without waiting for :
third visit.