Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-03

LOt AL NEWS.
MKrEeRoI0eIcAL TABLE, prepared n
c,rrected by w. j. Savage, Jeweler,
South High street:
SATURDAY. Feb. !, 1868
0'slsek. Barometer. Thernoms'
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eap Rises......s7 - Sun Sets. .s.....s 20
WThe weather exerts an unhealthy Il
fiuence on items. s.gtis ,-
IL Each days length this week is t
hours and eight minutes.
Wwe hear it rumored that Mike NJ
Cool win give sparring exhibition in tn
city shortly. Nsss
az Nasty is sick. BE should be gettin
better. He has thrown off good deal
foul stuff lately. .9s. ..,.a.g
Last mouth we gained thirty-tw
minutes of daylight. During the mont
OF February VIC will gain fitty-two mil
utes. sf eaHs43
q ~ Champagne, it is said, is now mad
from petroleum. They have been sellin
benzine for whisky, hereabouts, for a yes
or two.
az Two hundred and forty-six loads {
coal and wood were distributed by tn
Township trustees, to the poor of the city
during the month Of january.
II The Freedman's Bureau support
1000 negroes in the District of Columbis
Vino supports the Freedmen's Bureau
Look at your tax receipts before you an
swer. ,s ss-ff,
CHURCH DEDIcArIoN.-The Methods
Episcopal and United Brethren Churche
of this city have erected a new Mission
church, Just north of the Piqua shops. iOl
yesterday it was formally dedicated t.
Divine service .---.-..ss
MARRIAGE L1cENsEs.-There were 81,
marriage licenses issued by. the Probat
Court during the week ending, Saturday
February LIST, as follows: Monday, l; Tues
day, 2 Wednesday, l; Thursday, l; Friday
none; Saturday, 1. -
HELP.-A horse slipped down on Thir'
street Yesterday. About two dozen mel
got him up in about two hours, after cut
ting the harness all to pieces. Had b.
been let alone he would have got up by
himself in about two minutes.
TOWNSHIP TRUsrEEs' MEErrNG.-At
meeting of the Township Trustees ;helt
Saturday, Feb. 1st. the following bill
were allowed: Ksse Cunningham, support
OF pauper child. So; Jacob Hymrod, sup
port, $5; Koerner 6 Streng, pauper pur
poses, $685.. 9 0t,s
~ COUNTY INFIRMARY.-There were nine
teen paupers received and IA discharges
from this institution during the week end
ing Feb. 1st. In the same time two hav
died. At the date of our last report tier
were 193 inmates. To last Saturday tn
number rea ches 1876. +, ~ - ~ sgs3
ROUGH ON THE FowLs.-Chicken thieve
arc still at their nefarious raids on tn
chicken coops of this city. Between chick
en- thieves and chicken cholera there will
be hardly q fowl left In town. quarterl,
meeting, now, would settle them, and W
should know fried chicken no more for
ever. As2 ,s1Y.-a ~ ,stk
TRor ON THE IcE.-There will be a trot.
ting race on the river at 2 P. NJ. to-day be
tween John McKeeyer and Ben Potts
single horses attached to sleigh for purse o
$780,. Start from State dam and run t.
Prison Zone mile and repeat). This viii
be gay affair. and we expect the river
will be crowded.
sSHUr THs DooRn-We say 1t ct th'
present season in all sincerity. There i
not one single duty so much neglected-oi
the inattention to which is SO annoying
as that Of shutting the door of any publi'
or private Office when going in or out.
professor Of door-shutting might have
many pupils hereabants. y
: YIN. G. A.-The next lecture in tn
course, before the Young Mems Christian
Association, will be delivered by JOSEPH
Sullivant. Esq, of this city. on to-morrov '
Tuesday evening, in the Congregations
church. We suppose the lecture will b
on some scientific subject. Mr.. Sullivan
has few superiors as public lecturer ii
/ this country. .s s ag-a /
COMPLEXION SPEcIFIcs.-A young lady
In this city recently procured an adver
tised specific for curing blotches, moth
patches and freckles, which not only tool
them of, but q considerable quantity O
skin with them. The curing of tie cas-
was more difficult than the original troub
les, and the young lady does not now us1
Asspecifics" near so much as she did.
PLEAD GUILTY AND SENT TO JAIL.-Lau
ra Parker, the negro girl whose arrest 70
stealing roll of broadcloth, silk and cal
leo dress from the house of Mr.. johnson
on Third street, between Spring and Nortt
we have already mentioned, on Saturda
WAS arraigned before the Mayor on charg
of grand larceny. She plead guilty, an
was committed to Jail in default of $50
bail. ET
The LINCOLN MoNuMENr.-The Obi
Monumental committee on Saturday mad
. verbal contract with It'd. Jones, tb
sculptor, for furnishing the monument pro
posed to be erected in the rotunda of tn
State House. There were some change
made from the original design submitted b
Mr.. Jones. The whole affair ia to be twelv