Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-31
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nance, commissary and quarter master
| stores. --l
Arrived, Dreadnaught and Lookout for
New York; Morseman, Liverpool; General
Wirdsman, Australia.
Irish Legion Mon ument.
New YORK, July 80.
l. The Irish Legion Monument Association
held grand festival at J Jones' ward yester-
4 day in aid of the monument to be raised in
| Central Park, in honor of the Irish soldiers
| who fell in the late war for the Union.-
About five thousand persons were present
| Fire.
| PHILADELPHIA, July 80.
The roofs of plumber shops and other
buildings in the navy yard were burned
this morning. Loss $4,000. =, vrtt-.
& A5SH Arrested. s3 iil4 9
TORONTO, July 80.
Henry Bernard was arrested here last
night, charged with forging paper to a
large amount on Willis Churchill, banker,
of New York. The prisoner will be exam
ined to-day.
Attack by Indians.
ST. LOUIS, July 80.
An Omaha dispatch says a report reached
there from Wood river, Nebraska, that a
l-large band of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians
had attacked a small party of Pawnee
scouts under Lieut. Hawley, killing one
Pawnee and wounding Lieut.. Hawley and
| several of the scouts and capturing some
arms and equipments. ~ .-u.-
| Democratic Nominations in Kan
| sas.
ST. LOUIS, July 80.
The Democratic State Convention of Kan
sas met at Topeka yesterday. and organic
ed by the election OF Daniel Van Deerslice,
nnnnnhor, fu
W. Click, of Atchison, was nominated for
Governor; Maxwell McCaslin for Lieuten-
ant Governor; Wilson Shannon, .Jr,, for
Secretary of State; G. Schamble for Audi
tor; Allen Mccartney for Treasurer. The
nomination for Congress and the adoption
OF platform will take place to-day.
The Suits Against Butler.
New YORK, July 80.
The Boston Journal contains letter from
General Butler. relative to suits brought
against him in BaltOmore. He says: The
purpose of Wolley's suit is obvious. The
Kimberly Bros's claim is for rent paid by
them tor The occupation of Government
land. A board of survey reported that all
occupants of Government land for shop
keeping purposes should pay rent, the
amount of which the board fixed. NV
Provost Marshal collected of the Kimber-
lys, among others, and accounted for that
rent, for which am sued, and it is to-day
reported over the country, for extorting
money. This is specimen of rebel SLAM
ders against me and rebel claims against
the Government.
- TJeferson DAVIS.
- New YORK, July 80.
The Baltimore Sun intimates that the
expected Opportunity of commercial con-
nection with house in England for Amer
lean business has induced Jefferson Davis
to go abroad.
Affairs at Augusta.
AUGUSTA, GA, July 80.
Some two thousand citizens assembled at
the City Hall to day to petition the Legis-
ture for city government of law and
order. Resolutions were unanimously
adopted protesting against the present mil
itary appointees and asking immediate re-
lief. A committee was appointed to present
the memorials to the Legislature. There is
bad feeling existing between the police and
citizens, but the city is orderly.
Union Among Street Car Men.
PHILADELPHIA, July 80.
The drivers and conductors of our city
railways met last night, and resolved to
form protective union for concert of ac-
ton in obtaining two dollars per diem for
twelve hours.
KILLED by a Locomotive.
Miss Ella Stotesburg, on picnic in
Montgomery county, was returning home
yesterday, and while passing through cut
in the Reading Road, north of this city,
was struck by locomotive and instantly
killed.
~ DistiIIery Burned.
About one O'clock this morning the dis
Eillery of Hagerty & Murray, in Dock street,
was partially DESTROYED by fire. The loss
is estimated at 1000. Fully insured.
Drowned In the Delaware.
A skiff containing three boys and little
girl was upset on the Delaware last even
ing, and one of the boys, named Osborne,
was drowned. The others were rescued.
Death from Heat-Accfdent.
Two persons were overcome by the heat
last evening and died. A man named Pha-
lon fell from a scaffold yesterday afternoon
and injured himself so badly that he died
to-day.
Relief for Baltimore Sufferers.
Subscriptions are being taken up here in
aid of the sufferers by the recent flood in
Maryland. a1szl3 r,.zr-vEg -fye-
Burglarious.
FIVE iron safes have been blown open at
night in this city, during the past week,
and out of them all only about one thou
sand dollars in money was obtained by the
Rain and Hail Storm in Stark