Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-14
GEORGE II. PENDLET0N,

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FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
ARrHUR HUGHES. of Cuyahoga.
ATF7 SFoR SCHOOL coNMssIoNER.
ssAMUEl. ,. klRKvWOOD, OF Seneca.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT.
JOHN M. WEBB, OF MahOning.
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.
Com closed in New York yesterday at
1z056.
McCLEAN county. Illinois, has paid OF a
war debt of s350,0OO.
A PARIS Princess has just paid $4,000
for single ball dress. - rSz4es
THERE are now more than one hundred
academies of music in this country.
The remains of Poe are to be inferred at
Green Mount Cemetery, near Baltimore
THE revolution in Yucatan against the
Mexican Government has been suppressed. d.
THE Prince of Wales is deep in debt. He
is said to owe $250,000 to his upholsterer
alone.
LOUIS BLANC has been nominated by the
Liberals for the representation of Mar
settles.
oTHE late Justice Wayne was the last man
of Southern birth on the bench of the Su-
preme Court.
The rebel General Longstreet was at
General Grants last reception, and was
very cordially received.
SEVEN counties in Virginia have each
subscribed about $500 900 in behalf of the
Norfolk and Great Western railroad.
DuRING the recent cold snap in Illinois
twenty-three locomotives were disabled on
the Chicago and Alton railroad.
The walls of Cork, which the Fenians
have commenced blowing up, were built
by the Danes some three thousand years
ago.
Mr.. WHITNEY. while performing on the
trapeze in st. Louis, recently, fell twenty
two feet to the stage, and was severely in
jured.
"A GOLD snuff box, valued at $500, has
been presented to the notorious Marshal
Kane, of Baltimore, by the police force of.
that city.
The almshouse at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
was burned on Friday morning, but the in
mates, including the insane, were all got
ous safely.
STATE NEWS.
The Dayton Workmdn's appeal says that
iron-molders throughout the country are
experiencing the dullest times ever known.
Many shops are closed entirely.
The Jealous husband Of 6 the handsomest
wife in Cleveland" had dispute with her
the other, day, and soothed his resentment
by chopping her piano to pieces, after
which he probably felt better.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill, at New
bufgh, says the Plain Dealer, commenced
making iron yesterday. The company, SO
it is reported, have received large iron
order from the Pacific Railroad Company.
The same scoundrels Cor another set as
mean) who MANNED fine horse and killed
q bullock on the premises of W. 81. Rowe,
near Dayton, about two weeks since, re-
turned the other night and supplemented
the exploit by cutting both ears off valu-
BILE heifer and then knocking her in the
head.
The Melina Gazette says: Col. Smith, of
gainesville, is now on the line of the Cleve-
land, Wooster and Zanesville railroad,
making preliminary survey and estimate
of the expense of the proposed road. He
says that the expense of grade will not be
as great from Medina to Berea as has been
estimated; that it will not exceed $4,000
or $4,000 per mile, and the whole grade
can be accomplished between Medina and
Seville for $4,000. The route appears
more and more feasible and practicable as
It is investigated, and tits very evident
that we shall get road If we do not try to
favor too many projects.
On Saturday young man by the name
of PETERS, who keeps a saloon on Main
street, says the Warren Constitution, was
seen to take pair of pantaloons, in front
of Weightman's clothing store, and carry
them off. The proprietor being notified of
the fact, went into the saloon and recog-
nized the article on the individual afore-
said, and made demand for them, which.
PETERS agreed to comply with, as soon as
he could make the necessary change. Fail
ing to do SO, another visit was paid him,
just in time to see the article being con-
sumed in the stove. Further Investigation
proved that this was a second theft of
clothing, and the young man now awaits
a decision of the court upon his case.
AT about half past twelve o'clock Tues
day morning, fire broke out in one of the
upper rooms of the Cleveland Paper Com
MS fb of fho of
Pittsburgh street. The room was one used
for the storage of rags and their prepara-
tion for manufacture into pulp. AL. the
hands employed about the mill were at
work, except the girls who prepare the
rags, and who work only. in the daytime.
eorigin OF the fire is unknown, but it
broke out among the rags The building
was considerably damaged in the part
where the fire took, but the loss was prin-
cipally on the stock destroyed. The whole
loss is estimated at about $4,000, which is
fully covered by insurance. None of the
machinery was injured, the fire being con-
fined to the rag rooms, where it originated.
The fire department was exceedingly
prompt, aHd some of the steamers were on
the ground ready to work in twenty min
utes from the time the alarm was given.
Several steamers were still on the ground
at II NJ. to-day II Cleveland Herald. ia
Not Much Of a Victory, Afr All
The Cleveland Leader is candid, for once
In attempting to set its cotemporaries
right as to the nature of the result of the
election in the ssh District, it says:
"The fact IS that the usual Republican