New-York tribune., 1868-01-04
GENERAL NEWS.

| The Boston Transcript sigDallZed the coming
| Of the new year by donning new suit ol type
| The Grand Army of the Republic will erect,
in the Capitol at Washington, statue oi Major
James 8. Wadsworth.
The farm on which Bishop Ames of the Meth
odst Church born recently sold for 40 per acre
1t is near Amesville, Athens County.
The GdIlipols Journal says that Peter Cart
wright. the venerable and well known 90 MetnoGiss Sn9
| in that place over 90 years ago.
The RutIand Herald came TO MS on Monday
not only III new and beautiful dress OF type nu also
considerably enlarged and is now the largest dHy III
The Portland and Rochester Railroad is
graded 10 Quaker Point within two miles OF AHiI. any any
all but three miles graveled The track WI" De li
| III the Spring.
| The receipts of the Cheshire Railroad for the
year ending November o. were S6soisy anu lis surplus
expenditures, soSSoG more thAh s@VV over i"s'
| year.
A drunken crowd recently made an attack
on negro meeting house in Columbia, Missouri The re-
suit was that man was killed and negro woman was
! wounded.
The Metropolitan Railroad Company of Bos-
ton bas earncdits 10 per cent dividend and has sur
plus Of over s7oGo thls year. IL has carried 0OOOOV
! passengers since January /.
was to be turned over on NewYcars bay TO the Hon G
Cglvers managemen who proposes p to operate IN
The Fitchburg Railroad cleared SGj4,7 IA profit
in it's earnings of 44S last year. and carried 5o9
passengers and 5 tuns of freight The road Is out OF
/
year.
The Marietta Register says: "John Gregory
Of Ludlow Township VINO viii be IS years Old next week
nro testify the contested election case that he
voted the Union ticket at the last October election"
The District Presbyterian Union Convention,
composed Of the ministers OF the several Presbyterian
churches and Elder from each Of the said churches
within the counties OF Ere warren Crawiord Ngmns3
OF Meadyille. Tuesday, the 2sth day Of January
The Macon Mo) Times says the fields in
that vicinity abound with FAX hlIds which sreltne1
Kill by Wholesale. AS many as $50 have been Allied az
shot They so in such dense hocks as to dhrkn TIC
air and when they settle the ground they completely
IT, Expert throweTs bring them down Will Suck
as they fly overhead
ST. louis paper says r.lSn;1 MT c@y% st1 Ware
OF spemeeTsSnrs Fike & 0oTn, & trno fn 10 p Of
wings and weighing St pounds When @ hiiIo1 Si :, n,
meal dozen or more Of these eagles have been killed
in this State within few months"
An old trick was successfully worked on s.
boxes and sent ont what purpOrted 10 be New-Nears
presents by express directed mainly tho upper class
the rogues ran Of leaving the victims open boxes OF
sawdust earth and other rubbish Two OF three OF the
eDterprising scanips were arrested.
The Erie Dispatch says: The Pennsylvania
and Erie Canal lad its full share OF business last
year The gross amount of tunage carried on and left
ceiyed at and shipped from Erie, which includes coal
iron ore limestone and miseellaeoas ieshl 81
slaves &c. 6S2 tnis' ana OF goods rO nails &C. Oo9
tuns the amount Is 10000 tuus, ana oi
uns nave Dttl Dlpusht lhto th4H
port The number Of boats cleared from Enc was 1906
and the arrivals not far from 1900.
A man named John Redman, confined in jail
I'm Madison Indiana shot and killed by Sheriff Shah
non on Monday night The sheriff went into the jail 10
lock the prisoners III their cells, and seized 10y Red
nan. The Sheriff called for help and another prisoner
came up instead Of rendering assistance, took the
key iroQ Lis s4aTG and Attempted 10 unlock the door
The Sheriff warned RedAl te second tiine 10 lc go or
he would shoot him. No, being Obtytu ana erelhg tue
other prisoners about 70 escape be drew 4TevOsI ana
shot Redman through the heart instantly kliing MN.
Between 80 and 40 years ago, a wealthy BOs-
ton family when about 10 embark from how-l OK Tor
long residence in Europe. packed trunk OF Valuablc
heroous and other rich articles and sent II to Boston
sent placed ii bank-vault, marked with his own name
and that OF the with memorandum that tlle
trunk remain until called FOR by the owner Inc
owner after many absence IN Europe suppOs!ng
the trunk be lost stolen called fOrt ana now
after third Of century, when nearly every menber OF
his family deed this valuable trunk has been dscoy
cred IN bank Providence K T., ana restored IN per
order 10 the surviving aged widow OF inc owner
The forfeits of $50 side put up on
Wednesday. IN tho hands Of Mr.. Matt. II. HeWins of
Hartford Connecticut, billiard champion, Tor "a match
game Of billiards, $50 points up. for 500 side. carons
TO he played "a secoudsze, fOnI-pocket Pheian Col
lender standard table, at Music Hail. NeWHaycu, WITHIN
OF the signing of the articles The parties lo tue
match were Mir. j. w. Jewett. on behalf OF Mr. Lille,
pTOpretOr OF the hotel at Danbuy, who matches Mt j.
". Simonds, formerly Of the Clinton House billiard
rooms, Hartford. against any resident player OF the
State MI Smonds giving odds OF 800 points IN 1900 aud
II gentleman Of Hartford who matches all unknown, On
the above conditions.