Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-15
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GENERAL NEWS

GENEhAL NEWS
GoLD closed in New York yesterday at
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Troy has had case of real Asiatie chol-
era.
saMouNr SINAI is to be explored under Brit
ish auspices. ais1s9 tsf9 sEc 'Siieat e9i .
FLIEs and mosquitoes have driven all the
Gsportsmen from Moosehead lake. a5ps seq
Hon. JOHN MINOR Boris is reported to
bevery i'll at his farm in Culpepper. is
: The United States mint at Denver is do
ing a rapidly increasing gold business.
ysAIPETRIFIED oyster, weighing two pounds
was picked up recently in Harrison town
ship, N. J. er ~
vSJuIEs FAvRE, M. Picard and M. Henon
nave started new liberal paper in Paris
called the Ezecteur.1 rz4
cIN Johnson county, Illinois, there is a
chalybeate spring that sends its waters
thirty or forty feet above the surface of the
earth. ssG IS So .S|,;l So Is .e sfr.A
:, Hon. JOHN 81. BoYD died at his residence
in Whitehall, New York, on Thursday
morning last. He was member of Con-
gress from 1851 to 1853. ,4 81 s45 -
Ar the annual examination held in May
last of the Conservatory of Music, in Leip-
sig, John Himmelsbach, of Philadelphia,
who had studied the piano for three years,
graduated with the highest honors. on
A NEW African expedition, for exploring
Lake Nyassa and the adjacent region, has
e..
of Gapts. Faulkner and Norman. "A small
steam yacht is constructed for the purpose.
THE war pressure has been so great in
Brazil that the Emperor and the Empress
have contributed quarter of their income
to help the public purse, and other mem-
bers of the Imperial family one-fifth of
theirs. f...r z.t, ....--z
CHEMISTS tells us that a single grain of
the substance called iodine will impart
color to 1000 times its weight of water. 1t
is so in higher things; one companion, one
book, one habit may affect the whole lite
and character. i~
PRINCE ALBERT, nephew of King Will
liam of Prussia, is to marry Princess Mary,
daughter of Prince Frederic of Holland.
Albert will be made General in the North
German army, and put in command of Cas-.
sal or Hanover. sar o3.-.-1s7.e ssi B
EGG shells, empty but nnbroken, are
used in pistol galleries as targets. The
shell is placed on the waterjet of fo,ln-
tain, where it dances fantastically as a
swallows flight. The utmost skill is re-
quired to hit it. hsss1Fa s7 He't
Hon. JOHN A. GRIswoLD, whom the Re-
publican Convention put in nomination for
Governor of New York, recently, has been
largely connected with the iron business
and with banking. He has served as Mayor
of Troy, and was member of tie Thirty
eighth Congress. .-.,,.,.,
A LITTLE New Haven boy poisoned him
self last week, by eating quantity of bel
ladonna, left as medicine for sick person,
and died soon after. He took twenty-eight
grains one-fourth of grain being the
limit of a safe dose. > "a t-sa....,ts
AN open buggy weighing one hundred
and twenty-five pounds, whose body is
made of one piece, OF rubber one-eighth
Of an inch thick, ehas just been made at
Ct, and $4,000 has been offered
and refused for it. The running gear is of
wood. but the next carriage will be made
entirely of rubber. 81 a .7osa 81. II. 1
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