Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-31

14O34.
SIMON FERRrNaER, aged fourteen years,
of Redbank township, Clarion county, Pa.
q few days ago, accidentally hung himself
while e pIAys az n 1IgEJafs q
sEkoa Astohio iHonofio Fetreirs, q l3ra-
zil, has supplied sProfeAsof AgSsiz with
twelve hundfed fishes, among which are
believed to be fifty new species.
BRADFORD MAcoMBER, of Taunton, Mass,
died intessate not loh9 hinces and Without
wife or issue, left $4,000. 1t was inherited
by his cousins, who, hunted up, number
just forty -four. getting $1,000 each.
AMAN, manned John Davis, was killed'by
the cars of the Hudson River Railroad, at
Garrison's Station, on Wednesday night.
He was q aw6rkmau On the Poughkeepsie
way freight train.
TIE Chattanooga (Teaa.} Union says sor-
ghum will be cultivated largely in that re-
gionlne season. 1t win grow on cem-1
paratfveiy poor land, Is cultivated precise
ly like corn, while the profit per acre is
largely in excess of that cereal.
A. ac3RRssPoNDENr of the. CkIcaqos Trt :
bune writes that boys who enter the Mill
tary Academy at West Point lose their
morals and self-respect in few months.
The charge, serious-as it is, Is apparently
suppefted at someilengfh. uF4 Gsa
In a case where the machinery was ta-
ken out Of q steamboat, and the hull and
cabin afterwards lost, the Superior Court
at Cincinnati has decided in general term
that the owners could not recover on an
insurance on the steamboat.
HALE century ago, the New York Post
Office establishinsnt was run in q single
room of private dwelling corner of Gar
den and William streets, by one man and
boy besides the postmaster. = A'4
A EUROPEAN professor has succeeded in
photographing the beating of persons
heart. What a neat thing for an absent
lover tosend his adored would be q carte
of his palpitations on gazing upon her por-
traits-Bostos Post. .7szs hra 4a ts5.ss - Il
ATSparta. Miss, Methodist preacher,
Rev. T. Young, aged eighty six, has mar
ried Mrs. G.. Mixiou, aged eighty-three.
Their united family mum bers Overcome hum
dred children and grandchildren. This Is
Mr.. Young's fffth wife. r. 81
IT turns out that an anonymous poem,
published over thirty years ago In Russia,
in,repiy to seme,stanzas by Pushkin, and
which attracted great notice, was the com.
position of the late Archbishop Philarete,
Metropolitane.of Moscow ueiistaq57 aai
IT Is tbongyht that out Of a population Of
7 - sNlxDn
100000 in Michigan. there are about 10000
who arc professed Christians and attend
plaeesof worship, This isthe figuring Of
several Representatives, at the Christian
Convention now in session. s-,,sfF,s
In the Canadian Legislative Assembly
o fMednesday.n .noffce Of a motion was giy-
en- that the Committee on Emigration be
instructed to inquire into the primary
cause OF the emigration of citizens from
the province of Quebec to the United
States, and that necessary means be taken
to prevent.
STATE NEWS.
THE Cleveland Herald speaks of = manjn
that city who has not closed his eyes in
sleep for six weeks. His case is causing
considerable excitement. nad
CRozrRR SHARP, was sarrested and tried
in Harrison county, little oveT year ago
for stealing horse, aud, on second trial
in this county, for the same offense, was
acquitted, was shot land killed inataft
ly, ln-th State of Missouri, whilst in the
act of stealing horse says the so. czairsr
uille Chronicle. .n -
On Thursday last Mr.. Jonathan Eldridge
of this place left bis home, since which
nothing has been heard of him. Mr.. E.
has been unwell for some time, and fears
areeHtertained that he has fell and perished
from cold; OF b8enhfoully dealt WITH. He
was drover, and generally carried con-
siderable money about his person. He was
a sober, Industrious man. His family are
in much, distress on his account. So says
the Auqlaise Democrat.
III III vtfspf Nj. Jos. Mnrsay, ,of Blufton,
thisscointy, says thesAuen County Deasocndt,
oneday last week, gave birth to twins, both
males, one being still-born, and weighing
81 pounds, and the other weighing 8
pounds. and in just "a hours afterwards,
she gave birth to another pair of twins,
also both Boys, Ana weighing pounds each.
The mother and three children are doing as
wsR azoan6a sxpectsd.. Allen county Is
csrt .iply ahead sas s...iIsss :.sf 81. /.
ABour ten O'Clock this morning, says the
Sandusky Journal, General Geo. Patterson,
an old resident, and formerly prominent
citizen of this city, died at his residence on
Market near Perry street.. Mr. Patterson
was, some years since, General in the mi
litiat under the old militia law. He was in
the government employ number of years
as Superintendent of Harbor Improve
ments at Sanduskysand under Buchanar's
administration was, appointed Collector soi
Customs, an office he filled with ability for
anumber of years.. General Patterson has
resided at Sanddsky aud vicinity for near.
ly, if not quite, twenty five years, and un.
til the past few years, was one of our most
prominent citizens.
.sss ssxxsE=ze-,
ABOUT 61a o'clock Saturday evening
Jan. 18th, man BY the name of Charle
Frease visited the house OF his wife's moth.
er, in Warren, O., for the purpose, as wa,
supposed, of c0nversing with his wife wht
had been separated for some time from him
owing to his extreme intemperance and
cruelty. Frease demanded private inter
view, which, after alittle delay, was grant
ed. No. sooner had they entered a seperate
apartment than he pounced upon her and
stabbed her in several places. Supposins
he had killed her he ran few rods from
the house, when, with the same instrument
'5he fat xttempted to1commft lsuicfdeH by
cutting his throat but falling In this, he
made eight OF. teu blows at his heart. The
ast of which penetrated the base of the