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

days since, bearing unmistakable evidence
of having been shot down while berrying.
River and Weather.
| PITTSBURGH, July 14-Noon.
River twenty-one inches and falling.
Weather foggy and warm; mercury So de-
grees.
Herd of Cattle Stolen.
isfs1J ST. LOUIS, July ID.
| A herd of 1000 beef cattle, worth So 900,
was stolen some three weeks since from
Mr.. Gray, living on the Rio Pecos, New
Mexico, by the Apache Indians.
Arrived at Sam Francisco.
s.s,7,.sssE a. SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.,
The United States steamer Saranac, from
Mexican Ports, and the opposition steamer
Nebraska, from Panama, arrived to-day.
Far West Items.
(, -'-.. -.s SANTAsFE July 49,
The Government crossed into their new
territory the last of the Navajo Indians and
their stock, at Albuquerke, yesterday, un-
der the Sherman treaty. q. s-s1z
Desertions are frequent from the Third
Cavalry.
There is a band of Apaches west of Me-
silla, and on the San Antonio Railroad.
Governor Warmauth Inaugu-
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NEW ORLEANS. July Ia.
Governor Warmauth was inatgurated
yesterday, after which he notified Buchan-
an. The latter thereupon issued an order
notifying all military officers that civil
law was now supreme in Louisiana, and
instructing civil officers under military ap-
pointment to hand over their offices to
their successors, who have been elected.
Escaped from Jail.
's- or-s MT. VERNON, o., July IA.
This morning Albert Stratton, commit
ted four weeks ago for burglary, escaped
from jail. The Sheriff had entered Strait
toms room for the purpose of giving him
water, when Stratton pitched into him ram
fashion, knocking him down and some-
what injuring him, and then made his es-
cape before the alarm could be given.
Very Hot Weather---Sun Strokes.
CHICAGO, July IA.
The heat of yesterday was very severe
The mercury stood at 100 degrees at vari-
Gus places in town, and numerous cases of
sun-stroke occurred, none of which have,
as yet, resulted fatally. At brick yard on
West Side, five men were struck down al
most simultaneously. A temperature Of
lob and 104 degrees reported from inland
towns. To-day no Improvement upon yes
terday.
N The Social Evil.
ty-four keepers of houses of ill-fame, and
twenty-five of the principal ones were ar
rested last night and lodgedin jail.
Sunday Morality.
The docket at the Police Court yesterday
comprised IT'S offenders and criminals ar
rested over Sunday. .tii15llaz
% The American Institute.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the
American Institute will be held in Chicago,
August 9th. Arrangements have just been
completed tor transportation hither of del
egates. S''sa fsDs11 ss3Esii'AH'@
Gen. Frank Blair .ssG
left yesterday for Omaha, accompanied by
two sons. He will not probably be pres
ent to attend the grand Democratic meet
ing to be held tomorrow evening. He is
nevertheless advertised, as is also Mr.. PEN
dletOn. p
I'd INDIANAPOLIS, July ID. =
The Board of Trade have petitioned the
City Council for aid in the construction of
a railroad to the Pineries of Michigan, by
the way of Peru, Goshen and Warsaw.
The plan is to extend the present Indiana
polls and Peru road north until it joins the
road from White Pigeon, Michigan. To
the Pineries eighty-tive miles of road are
needed, of which twenty are already Sc
-
the line between Peru, Miami county, and
Goshen, Efkhart county, $4,000 are asked.
The benefits will be in getting pine lumber
here as cheaply as it can now be bought at
Chicago or Toledo, and also cheapness in
salt and plaster. .eaI I'D.
To Keep Quiet.
. The Council are about to pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting the firing of cannon or
the lighting of bonfires within the city
limits. -,-- --... ....g- -.......-
Odd Fellows Hall at Richmond
Cornerstone.
The Odd Fellows of Richmond lay the.
cornerstone of a new hall on Thursday
The order will attend from here as body.
srs- ~ Intense Heat. asssrs8
PHILADELPHIA, July II.
The intense heat does not abate. The
thermometer was up to 102 in the shade
yesterday, and to-day threatens to be even
more oppressive. - --a' a3 y la455s RS f-
Sun.StroIke-FOur Fatal.
/ There was four fatal and two slight
cases of sun-stroke yesterday.
I A Boy Fatally Shoots Another.
A lad named George Krouse shot an as
sociate named Nathaniel Westcott, in the
neck yesterday, while in a boat on the Del
aware, infiicting fatal wound.
Death from suu-Strolke on Rail-
way.
D. S. AldrIch, of the u. S. Secret Ser
vice, died of sun-stroke yesterday, while
coming here from New York. Iso Joe
Three Boys and one Girl Drowned.
Three lads and one girl were drowned
yesterday while bathing in the Schuylkill.
@ Extensive Fire.
A row of houses at Eleventh and Race
streets was partially destroyed by fire yes
terday afternoon, causing loss of about
$4,000; FULLY insured. tsq -tf % So ~
The POttsville Miners Strike.
Reports from Pottsville indicate that no
outbreak is threatened. The strike for
eight hours work has extended through all
the mining region, except in Montour
county. The spectators are busy circu-
lating all sorts of evil reports about the mi
ners, and are trying to get them to make
demonstration against the proprietors of
the mines. u ~ at-.. .-aa 5i' 80. ''5 ..iii>
Excessive Heat-SunstrOlxe.
ts BALTIMORE, July ID.
Yesterday and to-day the heat has been
very great, aud there have been several
cases of sunstroke reported.
Reverdy .JOhnsOp's Successor. e
The appointment of w. Pinckney White
as Senator, in Revcrdy Johnson's place,
gives satisfaction to the Democrats here. -
Governor Humphreys Elected by
@ iTE the Military. sHiE ZEG
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI July ID.
Governor Humphreys and family were
yesterday elected from the executive man
sion by the military authorities.