Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-20
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GENERAL NEWS.

F GENERAL NEWS. f-5
GoLp closed in New York Saturday at
1885.
TIE Supreme Court of Illinois has just
rendered decision which denies the right
of a married woman to convey her own real
estate without her husband signing the
deed, though she may bring suit In her
name.
In the town of Brunswick, Maine, the
authorities have voted to allow the firemen
ffftv cents per hour for services at fires, and
twenty-five cents per hour at meetings,
where they attend to be ready in case OF
danger.
AT Boontown, N. J., is situated the lar
gest nail factory in the United States. Six
acres of ground are cove red by the build
;nps. and fifteen hundred cords Of chestnut
wood are used every year in the manufact-
ure of packing kegs.
Mrs. GAINES will not derive as much
benefit from her successful lawsuit as
might be expected. A large portion of the
property recovered will have to be appro-
priated towards defraying the expenses of
the thirty years litigation.
THE son of Robert Morris, the colored
LAWYER of Boston, will graduate this sum-
mer at the college of st. Salpice, Montpel-
Ter, France. The parents will be present.
and the entire family will then make an ex-
tended tour on the Continent.
The Minnesota Historical Society has
come into the possession of acurious relic
the -eritable scalp of Little Crow, the great
chieftan and leader of the Sioux in their
massacre of 1862 It was carefully tanned,
and consequently will not decay.
PARIS observes Lent by fasting on eggs
dressed in two hundred and twenty-seven
different ways. OF one dish known as tim
halle. there are sixteen varieties, and of
omelets alone there are twenty-three spe-
cias considered as exquisite above the gem
eral class.
A CHIcAGoAN announces his intention OF
visiting Europe this summer, sailing all
the way from that city to Liverpool in
boat twenty -four feet long, and accompa-
MED only by his dog. A contemporary
thinks there ought to be some interference
in this case to protect the dogs life.
LEANDER BoLEN, a native of Maine, and
Robert Walker, were smothersd by the ex-
halations from an ammonia vat in chem
ical laboratory in Brooklyn N Y, on
Monday evening. The former had fallen
into the vat and the latter had met his
death in the atte mpt to save his fellow
workman.
The Nashville Press says the Ku-Klux
Klan was conceived and organized in the
city of New York by Tennessee Conserva-
tives. 1t was first put into practical work
in Pulaski, Tenn, and was in full play
there some months since, at the time ofthe
riot. After that it spread rapidly, and be-
came very popular in the State.
STATE NEWS.
THE American House in Jackson, was
destroyed by fire on the night of April 18th.
Loss $500.
ALEXANDER I. MENKEN obtained decree
of divorce in Cincinnati, on Friday, the lltn
inst. from Adah Isaacs Menken, on the
ground of adultery with John c. Heenan.
The suit was brought in 1860.
NOTWITHSTANDING the recent severe
frosts,, says the Hills6oro' Gazette, 1t is be-
lieyed the prospect OF good fruit crop, in
this vicinity, is promising. We have ex-
aminei some peach-buds and they appear
uninjured.
Mr.. DAVID PorwIN, an old an respected
citizen of Mt. Vernon. died suddenly OF
heart disease at the residence OF his son.
Mr.. George B. Potwin, at 10 o'clock 2. NJ
April 18th. Mr.. Potwin was in the 74th
year of his age.
JOHN GoEHRING, q laborer on the wood
train on the C. C 1. r. R., was instantly
killed on Monday at Union City by being
run over by a locomotive. Mr.. G. was
about thirty-six years of age, and served
over three years as a soldier in the 9Th
Ohio battery. He leaves widow and
several small children to mourn his loss,
says the Piqua Democrat.
TIE train due here at 7:50 last Tuesday,
evening", on the Columbus railway, says
the Urbdna Union, owing to misplaced
switch, ran on to the side track of the trans
fer house and made pretty serious smash
up of freight cars, engine head light pas
senger coach, platform, &c. No one was
seriously injured. A brakesman on the
front platform of the rear passenger coach
was knocked off. Damage to engine and
cars considerable.
A CORRESPONDENT from WilliamstowH
SAYS that on last Monday night he was
called to see John Essinger's child, aged
about twenty months. The child went out
of the house about sun-down, and was
missed in about fifteen or twenty minutes.
Search being made, the mother tracked it
to an excavation about three feet in depth
q I'd short distance from the house; arriv-
ing there she discovered a portion of its
garments floating on the water, beneath
waich she found her lchild. 1t was to all
d .ad-perfect ashphyria having taken place
Is or 20 minutes before found. But by
using artificial respiration and stimulants
externally, with friction, the child recover
ed and is now doing well. So says the
Hancock Courier.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of last Friday
says: "The forthcoming fight between
Heating and Hollywood is exciting con-
adorable interest in New York, where the
men are regarded as the most promising
light weights in the P. r. We believe that
betting is more brisk there than in this 10
cality, but here it is about even, for the
men are 30 nearly of q size, and 80 equal in
other particulars, that there is no choice
Heating took his benefit on Tuesday, and
Hollywood will appeal to his friends a t
the Palace Varieties tomorrow evening
The !" mill" is proposed for Monday, but
the location has not yet been determined.
It will, however, be SO arranged that the
State law recently passed will have no
hoo rnny,