Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-05
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1867 there were manufactured in that city
s3,103 barrels Of malt liquors, exclusively
of white beers, which brought to the brew
ers nearly $1,000.OO0.
In Wisconsin, there. are 371,0S3 children
oyerfodr and under twenty years Of age
-320, 263 of them living in districts where
school has been maintained five or more
months, and .233. 576 attending. school dur
ing the YEAR s%S z 70 <'-s-,S
PRoF. SEELEY, the author of "Ecce
Homo" Is lecturing In England, on Mil
toms Political Opinions. He is very youth
full In appearance, his figure is slight, and
his'feattfes almost feminine in their regn-
larity and delicacy. ass at s7sasE
By a recent decision of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, itappears that the
g9araetee capital Of . mutual life insur-
company, is taxable to the shareholders
and not to the corporation.
A YOUNG MAN in Clayton, Iowa, recently
st olera yoke ofcattlc- to get money to re-
move to Missouri with his family. He was
arrested, and when the facts were mad e
known to Ills young wife it broke her heart,
and she died in few minutes. sbAa
A SPLENDID gold watch, and seven silver
ones, have been presented, at Chicago, to
Captain Charles Roach, and the seven men
who risked their lives to save the crew of
the,yreckcds schooner David Morris, ashore,
atdssadston, December 18th last. - = 81
The superintendent of an English work.
house, in order to prepare the boys in his
charge for Inspection, scrubbed their heads,
the day before Christmas, with .'blue oint-
ment.' The result was that eighty OF them
went to the hospital, and one died. -
fass Tnfon Lsasue club of New York
have taken a lease for ten years of Mr.. Je--
romeIs. splendid mansion lin d Madison.
Square, once Intended as the. HEADQUARTERS
OF the Jockey Club.' The League have ap-
propriated $4,000 for furnishing their new
qaartersf III 0sTsEss ,r3yF = -. e.
The Muscatine Uowa) Courier says that a
little boy, son of Mr.. Webb, of Marengo,
fell backwards into boiler of hot water
and severely scalded his shoulders, and that
some kind of oil was appifedand the little
sufferer placed in bed. Shortly afterwards.
anstfer oil was ribbed on his should ers
over sthe first. The little fellow soon
screamed piteously, and smoke was observ-
ed rising from the sbedss An examination.
resulted inr the discovery that the sheets
were on fire, and that the boys back.was
literally roasted. Indeed, so severe were
his injuries that he died in q. fewsheurs
Physicians who were called gave the opin-.
ion that the mixed oils applied to the first
burn had produced spontaneous conbus-
tion, which had ignited the sheets.
,TGTOESs r.rES .srEsS NEWS; Nsxswg<s.;; E'-zsE X a :
THE Morgan Herald says: Tuesday MORN
ing, . John Tay lor, from near Merganyille,
attempted tolcross The river with his team
and loaded sled, on the ice a short distance
above the bridge, and missing the track,
drove on to a spot from which ice had been
lately cut, and the new formed floor not
being strong enough to sustain the weight,
team and load broke through. One horse,
valued at $780, was drowned before itcould
be rescued, and the grain, with which he
was loaded, damaged 7.gEE2
The Mesoarks Adoocme says: Mr.. Chris
tian Fisher, very worthy man. who resided
withhis brother on the Cherry Valley road.
met with sad and fatal accident on Tues-
day last. He was standing near a tree
which was being cut down, and was unex.
pectedl3, caught and Injured by one of the
falling limbs. He fingered till Wednesday:
afternoon, when his sufferings ended. The
deceased was over fifty years of age and
had never married.. He was an excellent
gardner. In his habits of, life, he was a
model of industry and good order. --s.
THB Oacssuue Union says: The negro.
of whom We spoke last, week as having
been shot, died on last Saturday. A cor
oner's jury was at once Summoned, and the
facts elected showed that the shooting was
entirely accidental. The BOYS. VIM
swartz and Frank Miliet, had been out
hupting. and, being about to return home.
thought they would discharge their pnns.
This they did without thinking of anv oYe
being in the house. The result thonob
sad, cannot ba attributed to anything bnt
carelessness on the part of the boys. They
certainly onght not to have fired into the.
house under ary circumstances.
TE Tascdraaods, 4duocate says: This
week it is made our sad duty to chronicle
most distressing and dreadful accident, by
which two persons have already lost their
lives. and eight other lives despaIred of.
1t appears that the family Of Daniel Earb,
consisting OF himself wife and three chill
dren, were visiting, last Saturday evening,
the family of Jonas Mast, also consisting of
five members, and residing in German
township, Holmes county. Between eight
and nine o'clock. the oil In the lamp that
was burning becoming nearly exhausted.
Mr.. Mast extinguished it and took nm two
gallon can containing about three quarts OF
oil, to refill the lamp. His son, lad of
twelve or fourteen years., stood near bv
holding lighted candle, and altbouob
warned by his parents to- stand
back during the process -rofr creplen-
ishing the lamp, he came-too near.
and simultaneous explosion took place
in lamp and can, bursting both and scat
tering the oil all over the room and upon
the persons Of all present. at the same time
setting them on fire. It would be imp6ssi-
bic to describe the scene that ensued.,s An
the members OF both families were so badly
burned that two-Jonas Mast and son-bave
since died, and,las we are informed, but
little hopes are enter tanned OF the recovery
of any of the others. Mr.. Earb, after the
extinguishment of the flames, which had
consumed almost verythingr in the room,
and although horribly burned, succeeded in
reaching a neighboring house and sent as
sistanee to the sufering svictims. Wehaye
been unable to obtain full particulars of
knia forrihla accident -hut ooo,,ob 90 r.