Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-10
STATE NEws.


Eing railroad men for running through
their village faster than four miles an hour,
and the officers of the road talk of moving
the track outside the corporation limits.
The Toledo Blade says: SIN the absence
of snow on terra firma, the ice on the river
affords excellentsleighing. Alarge number
of those owning fine rigs visit the ice daily
to test the mettle of their steeds and they
appear to enjoy themselves. The ice is II
to 10 inches in thickness, and perfectly safe
for single or double teams.
The Canton Republican says: Joseph
Hentzell, son of Mr.. Jacob Hentzell, of this
city, while walking on the Railroad track
near Ault6nan's machine shop, the O'CLOCK
train came along and ran over him, killing
him instantly. The Engineer sounded the
whistle in time for him to get of the track,
but as he was entirely deaf it availed moth
ing.
SOLOMON BgRIER, a young man about
seventeen years of age, living near Phil
lipsburg, Tuscarawas county, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head with musket, on Saturday last. He
had been called on to do some work, but
thought it was too cold to saw logs. He
thereupon told his mother that he meant to
shoot himself. Hetook the gun, went out
and kept his word.
A MAN named Moore, said to be con-
nected in the horse stealing affair in Perry
township, says the alien County Democrat,
wasshot in the groin while being captured
last week. 1t is not known who fired the
shot, but his hitherto defiant actions came
to sudden termination when he felt the
sting of the ball in his flesh, and he sur
rendered at discretion, though too late.
The shot is perhaps not dangerous, though
he is very low in consequence.
The Holmes County Farmer says: The
friends.were much surprised on Monday at
the receipt of letter from James G. Hoag-
land, only son of the late Major Moses
Hoagland. James has been absent about
1s years, having gone to California in the
first place, and about ten years ago he was
reported shipwrecked, since which time he
has not been heard of, and has been mourn-
ed as one dead. His letter dates from VIC
toria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
January 8, 1858. Fsg
The Ashtabula (O.) Sentinel says the
snow at that place was almost blackened
by millions of small insects on the 18th
and 18th of January. They are called
snow feas, though microscopic examina-
ton shows them to be quite different from
fl as. They are black, with two prominent
feelers and long body, and in shape re.
semble the large pinching bug, and are as
active as grasshoppers.o They appear tt
come through the snow, from the ground
play upon the surface Of it, and return be.
meath it. ass g ses't y
Mr.. WILLIAM A. SCHooLER, of jackson
township, Knox county, died very sudden
ly on the 25d ultimo. The particulars, SC
far as they. have been reported to us, are as
follows: It appears that he left home on
that day in his sleigh, for the purpose OF
taking beef hide to John Rizor's to be
tanned. After conversing with Mr.. Rizor
for . afsw minutes, he started on foot to
where he had hitched his horse and sleigh,
on the East Union and Mt, Zion road, q
distance ofabout eighty rods. When with
in q few rods of his horse, he dropped dead,
as is supposed, from disease Of the heart.