Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-15
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.

News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.
GoLp closed in New York yesterday at
13sH.. ~
TIE wife of a New York millionaire Is
compelled to take in sewing tor living.
The names of all the locomotives on the
Hudson River railroad are to be painted
over, and hereafter the engines will be
known by numbers only.
The new Mormon Tabernacle, at Salt
Lake City, contains 10000 persons, but Is
too small for the congregation. A gallery,
capable of holdi lg 5000, is to be erected.
A NOTED Bank President of Boston, in
reply to the questions of the assessor, stated
that she owned nothing that did not draw
interest" He had neither watch, piano
nor carriage.
AN English elm tree, which by vote of
the town of Boston. was placed on fremont
mall in the year 1873, was dug out and re-
moved recently, having died at the advanc-
ed age of 134 years.
"a
Great King of Pain," rides through the
streets of Boston in barouche drawn by
four white horses. He is no relation to
"Death on Pale Horse"
a MAN in New Orleans, who was anus
ing himself recently by shooting from his
window at the pigeons on neighboring
roof, killed an infant in the arms of its
oil ho
TWELVE young men graduated from the
Chicago Theological Seminary (Congrega-
ionaD on April 3Oth. The students, in
cluding the graduating class, were As. The
property of the institution amounts to
$221, 1000.
The London Times states that Admiral
Farragui has discovered in the Museum of
Antiquities, at Florence, heavy bronze
gun which attracted his atteD tion in Tunis
in 1916, and which he had always kept in
recollection. The breech of the gun termi-
mated in handsome head of Saint Paul.
The first Sunday School in America OF
which there is an official report, was es-
tablished in Ephrata, Lancaster county,
Pa, in 1747, by Ludwig Hacker; it was kept
up tor more than 80 years, until the house
in which it was kept was taken for SOL
dier's hospital during the Revolution.
STATE NEWS.
A MAN by the name of Gallagher, an en-
ploye in one of the rolling mills at Bellaire
was accidentally struck across the forehead
with piece of wood by the breaking of
derrick on the steamer Potomac Wednes-
day afternoon. Though partially insensi-
BILE, his injuries were pronounced by a ply
sicisn not to be of a serious nature. He
was removed to the North Wheeling Hos
pital.
For some time past, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, the United States Express
Company have noticed that goods sent upon
the Cleveland & Erie road were often re-
ported "short," and all efforts to find the
missing goods proved fruitless. They at
last put detective upon the road, and
Wednesday he was successful in catching
two OF the thieves, who proved to be brake
men upon the road. Their names are Eu-
gene Stow and James Joiner. They are
now In Jail. and will be examined before
Justice Kolbe.
MR...W A. OTIs, President of the Com
mercial National Bank, died yesterday
morning at the residence of his son-in-law,
T. D. Crocker, II St. Clair street, at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-four. Mr.. Otis has
been resident of Cleveland for more than
thirty years, and has been prominently
identified with our business interests He
was born in Cummington, Mass, February
2, 1894, and came to this city in 1896. He
was Deacon In the Second PRESBYTERIAN
Church, and was held in the highest esteem
by all who knew him. His death will be
sincerely mourned by large circle OF
friends. So says the Czeueland Netos.
AN old gentleman, go years of age, named
Willmore, committed suicide ON Monday
evening, by jumping into the river near
Central Way bridge. He was about to
jump from the bridge, but was prevented
by the bridge tender. after which he
proceeded to point opposite Rose &
Prentiss' packing house, divested himself
of his coat, offered up prayer, and then
sprang into the water, from which he was
only taken corpse. An alarm was raised
and the body was recovered in half an
hour afterwards and taken to Howland's
to be prepared for interment. The deceased
had long been an intemperate man, and II
Is thought that strong drink had rendered
him temporarily insane. So says the
Plain Dealer.
A GERMAN machinist, about thirty-fve
years of age, named Charles Heist, employ.
ed, and formerly a foreman at the Cham.
pion Machine Works, in this city. was ar.
rested at Urbana, where it is alleged he at
tempted violation of the person of a
young girl, nine years old, on Sunday last
He was brought before Justice and held
in 81 600 bail, and word was sent to one OF
the firm employing him, to that effect, but
that gentleman very properly refused to
meddle with the case, and the man lies in
Jail in Urbana awaiting the usual process
oflaw, says the Springfield Advertiser. This
person has no connection and should not
be confounded with another family of the
same name, one member of which is en-
ployed at the same establishment. "'ls