Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-24
New. of the Day.

GENERAL NEWS.
Coin closed in New York yesterday at
140.
TIE Western skating rinks are to be kept
open all summer, parlor skates on q smooth
floor compensating for the yeritible steel
and ice.
"THE Battles of Granseu, Morat and Nam
cyn Is the title under which the last vol
ume of Kinks History of Charles the Bold
has been announced.
SEVERAL manuscripts, silver chalice,
and other articles of known antiquity, have
already been procured in Abyssiana for
the British Museum.
The proposed new opera house in Lou
isville, KY, it is announced, will be four
stories high, will seat 1900 persons comfort
ably. and will cost $125,000.
THE process of branding deserters in the
British army consists of painting the chest
with india-ink through a stencil, and then
puncturing the skin. The disgrace is great
er than the pain.
ApAIR of pelicans. were recently killed
near Glasgow, Mo. One of them stood
feet high, weighed IL pounds, and possess
ed a pouch large enough to contain fish
dinner for six men.
A SPECIAL freight train was recently
started from Concord. N. H., for Salt Lake
City, distance OF 1900 miles. 1t consisted
of twenty cars loaded with stage coaches
for the overland line to California.
A SERVANT girl in Hudson City, N.J- re-
Gently attempted to poison the family Of
her employer by putting arsenic in the tea
cups. Providentially the crime was de-
tected before any person was injured.
THERE are ten thousand private schools
and three thousand endowed schools in
England. OF the endowed schools 7s2 are
classical and 22lS non-classical, or devoted
to the education of the laboring classes.
A LITTLE GIRL, ten years of age, was re-
Gently committed for three years to re-
form school in England on complaint Of
her father, who stated that both she and
her brother had repeatedly robbed her pa
rents, and were incorrigible thieves.
The confidential clerk of firm of cattle
dealers in Chicago recently defrauded his
employers, during their absence in the
East, out of the sum of $4,000, by filling
in and using blank checks and collecting
the amounts of bills that had become due.
AMONG funny theatrical wants published
in one of the London papers is the follow
ing: .Wanted for the summer months,
good juvenile and light comedian, first
heavy man parties accustomed to the SEN
sation dramas preferred, that can keep So
Der for their business"
STATE NEWS.
WE learn from the Marion Independent
that s. G. Burnside, proprietor of the
American House, at that place, who was
shot by George P. Hunt, few weeks since
1T was thought at the time Dangerously
is getting better, and the chances for re-
covery decidedly in his favor. Hunt, we
believe, is still In Jail.
TIE Toledo Board of Agriculture has Sc
lected fifty acres of land, just outside of
that city, well shaded and prettily situated,
in which to hold the next Ohio State Fair
Three artesian wells are to be sunk, and
lumber has been purchased with which to,
build the various buildings and halls re-
quired for the occasion.
On Sabbath night last, the house of the.
Rev. 81. G. Dubois, was entered by burg
lars, who succeeded in carrying off va,ua-
bles to the amount of about $40. consisting
of q watch, some silver coins, and about
SIS in Greenbacks. If the thief will return
the watch and silver coins, he will receive
thsir value in greenbacks, and no questions
a,ked. So says the Shelby Chronicle.
On Saturday last at Mount Vernon lot
of empty coal oil barrels were seized Dy the
revenue officers at the Sandusky. Mans
field and Newark depot, Mount Vernon,
for evasion of the excise laws. The ship
per was fined ninety dollars. The evasion
consisted In the omission of the shipper to
erase the name of the United States Inspec-
tor from the barrels after being emptied.
A NoNDEscRIrT OF the genus bird was re-
Gently captured in the yard Of Mr.. G. Thom-
as, of this city, says the Mansfield Herald.
It Is unlike anything we have ever seen,
and is supposed to have escaped from
some show or collection of birds. 1t is the
color of and has the general appearance of
a duck, but has no tail or web feet, and its
bill is sharp. 1t is a great gormandizer,
and eats anything and everything given it.
A consultation with natural History
would seem to denote It as "Water Cruet,"
whatever that!is. ia
ON Thursday night last, about IL O'Clock,
Mr.. Charles Riley, farmer and an old cit
izen of this county, was attacked by some
unknown person near the fair grounds
on his way home. Aheavy blow felled the
old gentleman to the ground, and In his at
tempt to get up, the scoundrel struck him
several times more over the head. He fl
nally raised up, the robber hanging to him,
when bv q superhumau effort he threw him
several feet from him and then made for
him, but the villain gave him the slip. 1t
would not have been good for the fellows
health had Mr.. Riley got hold of him. says
the Ashland Times.
The residence of Judge Geddes, of this
place, was entered by burglar on last
Friday night, says the Mansfield Herald,
who obtained entrance into the Judges
bed room, and carried off his panta-
looms; and his pocket book, con-
taining about fifty dollars in money
and q check for sl09 90. The Judge was
awakened by the burglar, but did not see
him In time to secure him. AS he had re-
ceived q payment of $4,000, which he de-
posted elsewhere, the day previous, it is
thought the burglar was after that, and
must have been grievously disappointed in
cd IN not. getting q larger haul. 1t
would be well for eur citizens to keep
sharp look out for these night robbers
An OUNCE ball would be an excellept rem.