Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-19
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS,


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The Columbus (Miss.) Inder say it is ru-
rnored that fifteen hundred freedmen in
Lowndes county in that State have signed
their names to scheme for colonizing in
Liberia. sar ~
soS Friday nightiast Mr.. b. vandaveer,
of West Jamaica, N. Y, was brutally
murdered by highwaymen, near that place.
His neighbors offer $1,000 reward for the
apprehension of the murderer.
AT a sale in Hines county, Georgia. last
week, spleudid village residence, with
enaeres of improved land, brought $50 q
plantation of seven hundred acres was
sold for $ls4, and thirty acres of fine cot
on land for So. .'
The London Star thinks that many pop
ular "hero soldiers and civilians" have de-
aud instances the epistolary extravagances
of Garibaldi, which have SO damaged that
leaders reputation. lagz
A SAVINGS. bank in Memphis having
failed, six Tennesseeans went to the home
ofsshe cashier last Wednesday night, pro-
vided with ropes for the purpose of hang
ing him. Luckily that officer was absent,
and SO his life was saved.
A PENsAooBA paper says the woods in.
that vicinity are filled with robins, who are
driven by the cold blasts of a northern
cline for refuge in milder climate.
Huntsmen are having much sport in shoot.
ing them, and robin-pie is quite delicacy.
lTTYF1l@ estate NEWS ~ znJTI
iJoHN WOODS, of Scipio township, Meies
county, Ohio, was fatally injured on
Wednesday last. He was engaged in haul
ing lumber with four-horse team, and by
some means he tell between. the wheels of
the wagon. The hind wheel passed over
his Abdomen, the wagon being heavily
loaded with lumber. He fingered until
Saturday at two o'clock, when he died. He
leaves'a wife and small family Of children
to mourn his nntimely loss. ass.7s -s.,....s
The facts OF q terrible shooting affair that
occurred at Monroeyille, on Saturday even
ing, says the 'Cgevetdna Plain Dealer, have
come to our knowledge, and we give them,
asfeliows: Asnotorfous fellow. named Boil
ton, alias Clark, who lately escaped from
the Indiana Penitentfary, where he was
confined for murder, we are told, had ar
rived in Monroeville, and taken quarters
at his mothers ihouse.. At IL 30,
on Saturday evening, Sheriff J. w.
Bevicr, and Constable Charles Green,
with another man, having tracked the cul.
prit to- his smStHer'ss house. Kpfeeeeded
thither to arrest him. After they had taken
precautions to prevent Clark's escape. the
Sheriff Aentt6 the front door and asked
admfttaIice. The mother came to tn, door
and, in reply TO her question as to what
was wapted, was told there were some
stolen goods in the house, and that thew
(the officers) desired to make a search of
the premises. The woman refusesl admit
tance to the party whereqpon Clark ap-
peared at the tor and Likewise de-
manded to know what was wanted
Hs4e6sised szsia1ilsf reply. The despe-
RADIO then warned the Sheriff and his assis-
tasits away threatening to shoot then, il
they did not go. Mr. BeyierS said he
'sguessed he wouldn't shoot anything, y hut
had hardly got the words out of his mouth.
when bah from Clark's revolver pierced
his head, through the lower part of his
right eaf-knlfng him instantly. The vii
lain then shot Constable Green just above
the eye, infiicting dangerous wound, and
renderjpg him senseless. The other officer
was tksns iarsa ~ Bat sesSnped aeiark
mounted horse and fled. The officer rails
cd 20 elarmr e9az the double murderengas
pursued, but, at last accounts, was still at
large. ,.-rqx-zno