Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-04
NeWs OF the Day.
GENERAL NEWS

cense in Ogdensbdrg, Ny, before she
could exhibit spiritualistically.
A CONDUCTOR on New York train, a
few days since, had to stop the cars to put
of an infuriated cat which had escaped
from basket in which it was being carried
by a lady passenger.
A MAGAzINIsT has found the wickedest
man In New York, who. he says, was once
a minister, and is now the keeper ofa dance
house. He is worth 100000 and takes
religious paper.
BULL FIGHTS, it is stated, are to be held
In the city Of Havre, France, in tl1e course
of the present month. Some of the best
banderilleros and picadores of Spain have
been engaged. Twelve bulls have been pro-
cured. ~s 9
FIFTY house sparrows have been received
from England In Quebec, and have been
set loose in the Governors Garden, below
the Wolfe and Montcalm monuments. tits
thought the bird may be acclimatized SO as
to remain during the whole year. -,
IT is stated that when the Empress Eu-
genie went to Rouen, no less than LOG
pounds of barley sugar were put in the
Imperial train for her use. by the Roue-
nais. When she went to Orleans her train
was filled with ounce preserves.
The Ne,o York World says there is NO
lack of Governors in that city. Governor
Seymour is at the New York Hotel. Gov
ernor Curtin is at the Astor. Governor
Cox is at the St. Nicholas. Governor Bull
lock is at the Brevoort.
AT Antwerp, tiger, which was on its
way to London, broke from a wagon in
which it had been placed, and, after attack
ing horse, seized gardener, who was
passing in the street, and inflicted upon
him such severe injuries that the man
died few hours afterward. 1t being ira-
possible to take the tiger alive, it was
shot. -
Hon. REvERDY JOHNSON, the new Amer
lean Minister to the Court of Great Bri-
tain, will sail from the port of Baltimore on
the first of August. Mrs Abraham Lin.
coin and her son Taddle will be among the
passengers. She will be under Mr.. john
sons protection to Liverpool, where she
will meet friends.-N.Y. Times. as... 81
The Topeka Kansas) Record says: "We
heard lately of curious freak of nature.
Seven pounds of rusty bacon, furnished to
the Indians, swelled to twelve hundred
pounds by the time the vouchers were
made up for the Government to pay for it.
Again, six head OF Texas steers for the In
dians, cost $4,000 to Government. Strange ]
things sometimes happen" s 81
Two young women of Wolverhampton,
England, recently agreed to decide by
fight whose sweetheart a certain young
man should be, who had shown some
slight attention to both, and who seems to
have had no objection to the arbitrament.
Several rounds had been fought, and the
battle was still on, when the police came
up and stopped it. The girls were each
fined 2s. Cd. and costs. 1qa'as 140
A SCOTCH clergyman at the recent Gem
eral Assembly, told some pretty hard sto-
ries of the ignorance of divinity students.
One of the candidates in reply to request
to define hypothesis said it was "a ma
chine tor raising water" and another gave
as definition something that happens to
a man after his death.n One thought that
Galilee was q man who had committed five
nicus were two gentlemen who had fallen
together in some battle, and a third said
that Copernicus was "a compound OF two
metals" b.os 3 iiiz s-ff-r -atss. Is
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STATE NEWS.
THURMAN GUsTRIL sowed the first wheat
in Ohio, at Marietta, in 17SS.
Mr.. E. B. CAssILLY, of Clarke county,
Ohio, thinks he has the fastest trotter in
the State galsaj g.fzs fss-s fIa5r
On Saturday evening last, says the Wy
andotte Democratic Unior. a boy Is or l6
years of age, by the name of Hockins, liv-
ing about five miles southwest of town,
jumped on the front platform of caboose
car, while in motion, and in passing the
freight ware house, fell between the car
and the platform, an opening of about six
inches, and was SO horribly bruised by the
movement of the car, as to cause his death
on Sunday evening. This should serve as
another warning to those who SO frequently
indulge in the careless practice of jumping
on and off moving trains.
On Friday last, says the Richland Shield
and Banner, a hail storm and hurricane
passed over the northern portion of this
county doing much damage to crops, tim
Der. and glass. Some wheat fields were |
much damaged as well as corn. On Abra- 4
ham Bushey, Jr.'s farm, a great deal of
timber was blown down, which, we pre-
sumo was the case with other farms in the
belt Of the storm. Many farmers had a
good many glass broken, the hail stones
being from the size of hickory nut to that
of walnut. Mr.. John Fireoved, of Cass
township, had quite number broken, and
his rooms and carpets deluged with water.
The Richland Shield and Banner says:
Our quiet little town of Lucas was set in |
state of excitement on Sabbath evening
last. "A man named James jackson, was |
in the act Of getting on the rear end of a
moving train when he slipped, fell and his
right arm ran over, crushing the elbow
Joint to pieces. DR.. s. A. Burtch was i'm
mediately called to the scene of disaster
inding amputatiou necessary, he put him
IN a waiting train which pulled out and
DON landed him and his charge at the
broad Gauge Junction, Atlantic House,
where DR.. Mowry soon arrived, who had
een previously telegraphed for. The
IAN gled arm was soon severed, and the
ictim of misfortune, weunderstand, is do.
~ well, minus his strong right arm.