Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-21
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A COTTAGE ut Newport rents for $4,000.
Coon farms in Virginia are selling for
about $50 an acre.
MR. BANDMANN has added Claude Mel
notte to his repertoire of acting parts.
A LADY in Hartford recently fell asleep
near window, and falling out was killed.
FIVE tons weight OF obscene books were
seized at publishing house in London,
recently. s
Pans has 14s,00o shade trees, principally
the elm. pine, horse chestnut, maple, linden,
scaccia, and ailanthus.
In the Bowery, New York, sign is dis
played with the following: "Persons
standing here will consider themselves loaf
ers."
SEVERAL Neapolitan priests have lately
abandoned their profession, have married,
and established a paper called the Catholic
Ensancipdtor. e.,ss
TWENTY Thousand persons attended Peter
Cagger's funeral. He was buried with the
rites of the Catholic Church, of which he
was a member. a8
IT Is stated that planting tomatoes
around apple trees will hinder their being
troubled by the borer. The remedy is
cheap and may be made profitable too.o -
FERDINAND FREILIGRATH, one of the most
honored of the German poets, has returned
to Cologne, after an exile of eighteen years.
A large number of his friends and admirers
received him and a magnificent banquet
was given in his honor. After the dinner
the poet was presented with asplendid sill
yer goblet.
The London Times special correspon-
dent mentions that the Emperor Theodore's
son sehas taken very kindly to the English
customs. wearing sailors dress, of which
he is evidently very proud, and handling
knife and fork at the dinner-table with as
much gravity and decorum as if he had
been to the manner born, although Abys-
sinnia goes upon the principle that fingers
were made before forks. He seems very
intelligent, nice little fellow, and was
great favorite on board"
In the French Corps Legislatif, July 1st
NJ. Theirs, speaking on the budget, re-
viewed the financial situation. The exist
ing embarrassments, he said, had arisen
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cure corresponding resources upon which
to fall back. The position of political af-
fairs had also exercised an influence. The
army and navy estimates ought to be voted,
not for the purpose of intervention, but in
order To show Germany that France would
not tolerate fresh usurpations. NJ. Theirs
reproached the committee with continued
want of foresight, alluding in an especial
manner to the deficiency of 300.000,O00f.
and the floating debt of 96A0OOOOOf. He
said the present financial management is
unexampled, but the true case is the policy
that has been pursued. The Budget" he
continued, " is SO deplorable, simply be-
cause it contains the whole of your policy
in Italy; Germany, Mexico, Paris, and at
the elections. Indeed, the Budget is moth
ing but a photograph of your policy, and,
therefore, it could only be altered, not by
committee on the Budget, but by COM
mitteeon the address replying to the speech
from the throne at the opening of each ses-
sion, and telling the truth every year to the
head of the State. Telling the truth may
shake governments, but Withholding it
destroys fhem.n
STATE NEWS.
THERE is said to be ice enough stored in
Cincinnati to do the city four years.
TIE nc. Vernon Republican says the mass
of the wool clip OF 1868 in that county is
sold. E %
The Evansville Courier reports two hum
dred and fifty babies on one street in that
village.
A LITTLE son of j. s. Richards, of Stry-
ker, formerly of Defiance, died on the 10Th,
from q severe kick of horse.
The amount paid to teachers of colored
schools in Cincinnati the last year was
$lo,292. The amount paid to all the teach
ers in public schools was s4O2,25
A AScorcHMAN named Thomas Carr COM
mitted suicide in Youngstown on Thursday
night, by butting his brains out while in
the lock up. He had the delirium tremens.
DURING violent storm at Zalaski, Vim
ton county, on Wednesday oflast week, the
foundry OF the M. & C. r. r. at that place
was struck by lightning, instantly killing
the foreman, MIR. James Boyd, and severely
shocking several others.
On the 4th of July, at Scieto Furnace, a
party of six threw themselves outside a
large quantity Of benzine, which worked
up a quarrel, the result being the fatal
stabbing of VIM. Clark by Thos. Burch.
The parties had recently removed from
Kentucky. Birch made his escape with
badly bitten ear and severe cut across
the fingers. -
TIE TuscarGsods Chronicle says: The prices
of wool in this market still remain the
same as last week-35 to ~ cents. 1t is
thought that about one third of the clip is
still in the hands of the. growers. The
number of sheep in Tuscarawas county is
Isl, ,316, valued by the assessors at s377,317,
estimate the clip of the county for 1868 at
$4,000 pounds. The average price for this
year will be about Az cents per pound.
on Wednesday last about two miles west
of North Georgetown, Ohio, Mrs. Susan
Hoffman, wife of Henry Hoffman. was kill
ed instantly by stroke of lightning, whilst
returning TO her home from the house of a
peighbor near by. Mrs. II. was at the time
leading little daughter about four years
of age, and carrying child in her arms,
four months old. Her SUM- bonnet was set
on fire by the electricity and her face
but, miraculous to say, the child
In her arms was NOT at all injured. Her
little girl by her side was likewise not hurt
be yond severe shock. isa. d2a - /
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