Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-17

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.I4A GENERAL NEWS. .-t
GoLp closed in New York Saturday at
147. TTIT39 EesEis. 86sk k1
A MuBDERRRcan be hired at Portiei, near
Naples, for two cents.
ONE who was fireman on North river
steamboat five years ago now drivesa iour-
in-hand at Newport. 20 3-' . ny
THn-fashionables at Long Branch have
paid on the debt on Methodist church
there By way of amusement. s,sasssea .
JUDY asks, when young lady has very
.ssweet hair" is it in consequence of her
fastening it with q sshoney ?" l., I,
TIE ladies of Austin, Texas, have given
one Sergt. Byrne a silver cup for thrash
ing fellow who spoke disrespecttully of
them. 81 hssse5oai q e Agaiae ss.ts '.lel
A NERVOUS individual writes to ask,
"whether strychine, what the police give
to dogs, won't pizen the human being after
sassingers has been fride."s % .naI gslg
AN evangelical society asked of a sea
captain, among numerous questions touch
ing the religion of the African races, ''Do
the subjects of King Dahomey keep Sum
day ?" s.Keep Sunday ?n he replied; "yes,
and every other darned thing they can lay
their hands on.' sii,,s ~ "a. =, eva sesf9
Havana is now enjoying the unusual
spectacle of "a beggar on horseback" A
poor tatterdemalion has just won the be-
wildering sum of 100000 in the lottery of
that city so that now, belonging TO the
equestrian orderO he will go very fast,
and as far as the good old proyerb indi-
Gates. ..--.s.-,- -,
"THrs3, says the charleston Is. CO. Mer-
cury, s'this is the balmy season of the year
when the colored imam gets fat. Water
melons have come in from every quarter
and are purchased at any price under a
dollar or over cent. From dewy morn to
the small hours of night, Sambo eats and
sighs, sighs and eats, sighs and eats and
sighs again. He keeps his ,watermelons
under his bed, and one, the loveliest of all,
he takes for a pillow aud dreams on"
STATE NEWS.
ADIsPATcH from youngstown dated the
18th, says: Aboy about nine years old
son of Samuel McGowen. of this place, fell
under moving. train, this morning, and
had an arm cut off. His injuries will be
likely to prove fatal.
W. Ioarr from, tho p;~.J,.,;J,. TTn;o., that
Q little girl about six years ofage. daughter
of Mr.. ]. Forsythe, of Lockbourne, tell
into the Canal lock at that place, on Tues
day, the 18th inst, and before assistance
could be given was drowned.-
The Plain Dealer of the l4th. says This
morning about IL O'Clock, an unknownman
dropped dead on st. Clair street. near Perry.
From papers found upon his person. he is.
supposed to be from Detroit though his
name could not be ascertained. 4n0
The miners of the Mahoning Valley, af-.
ter a strike of nearly four months, have
agreed to resume work next Monday. They
number about fifteen hundred. The strike
is failure with them, they not receiving
the additional twenty cents per tun de-
manded.
The Akron Beacon says: Mr.. Royal Baird
of this township, from seventeen Cotswotd
sheep, thirteen of them only one year old,
sheared the present season an average of
five and half pounds of well washed wool,
which sold in New York as combed wool
for fifty seven cents per pound, netting Mr.
B. here ffty-three cents, being within a
small fraction of fifty dollars forithe lot, or
nearly thres dollars per head. m -,
The Zanesuiue Signal OF Friday evening
says that on Thursday last painter, nam
ed Fleming, residing in Putnam, while
engaged in painting the rear end of Mr..
Applegates's building on Main street, met
with an accident caused by the falling of a
ladder upon which he was standing. He
fell near twenty feet, dislocating one hip
joint. He was taken to his residence, where
the necessary medical assistance was rem
dered. 5ssts ~ ~, q st.asss {
The Hancock Courier of the 18th says that
a sad accident occurred at the Presbyterian
picnic at the Fair Grounds, yesterday
forenoon, by which 1Macky,' youngest SON
OF Judge Whiteley, lost his life. A horse
had strayed into the grounds and was feed
ing, when the boy ran up behind it and
caught hold OF its tail; the startled horse
gave sudden kick, striking the little fell
low in the breast with such force as to kill
him almost instantly. The deceased was
about six years old, and his sudden death
was a sad blow to his parents ., is51ls z e
TIE HilHborough Gazette says that j. M
Trimble, ESD. while preparing and arr
ranging seats on Friday last at the Fair
Grounds, for the meeting to be held the
next day, met with quite serious daeci-
dent. He was erecting a stand for the
speakers, and in cutting stick which he
intended to usefor some purpose, and hold
ing it between his legs, he. struck the piece
OF wood (Which proved TO be rotten), the
hatchet glanced of the stick and struck
him upon the knee-cap, infiicting quite q
serious wosiEd. he ID, now confined to his
house, and compelled to use crutch and
cane to get about. It Is expected that he
will not have full use Of his injured limb
in some time, as it Ia now healing very
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