Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-13
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS
GoLp closed in New York yesterday at
140lS. - ~
The King of Italy has caused to be
placed in the archives of Naples several
thousand historical documents hith erto
kept secret, and forming 200 bundlesT
Several of them contain interesting details
respecting the reign of Charles v.
GEN. LEE has written letter to the edi-
tor of the Yale Courant denying the truth
OF the recent account of the alleged outra-
ges by students of the college of which he
is President, and saying that he had hoped
the previous denials by others had satisfied
all fair-minded persons.
In the Massachusetts, House of Assembly
the bill appropriating $5,00O,0o0 for the
completion of the Hoosac Tunnel has pass
ed, to be engrossed, by 107 yeas to 81 nays.
The bill was amended to provide for the
reservation of $1,000 900 of the contract
money until the work shall be completed.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON said to the Printers
delegation which visited him on Wednes-
day that he was in the habit of receiving
letters casting taunts and jeers on his call
ing as tailor, but he needed them not,
for occupation never disgraced man who
did not disgrace his craft. -1
OUR Irish fellow-citizens have ca use for
pride In the details of the storming of
Magdsla which have been received by
mail. 1t seems that the brunt of battle and
hardship was borne on the plains of Abbys-
sinia as it has been borne in SO many other
fields, by the Irish soldiers of the Queens
army.
The gross earnings of the railroads for
the whole country are said to equal about
twenty per cent-of their cost: those OF the
Northern States about twenty-three per
cent, and this ratio is said to be steadily
increasing. The ratio of expenses to earn
ings is fully seventy per cent.
ANEW Y RK paper records the debate
in the Senate over the name of the new ter
ritory just organizing, and says, "Finally
the name OF Mr.. Young was allowed to
stand" It is only after some seconds Of
perplexity that the reader discovers that
this is a misprint tor ''the name of Wyo-
ming" 5E
AT the promising Western town of Chey-
enue, recently, woman, who supposed
her husband dead, married again. The
husband soon after made his appearance,
whereupon the woman and her second hus-
band poisoned themselves. The real hus-
band, unable to sustain the catastrophe,
then committed suicide.
STATE NEWS.
A respectable farmer, named Joseph
Kimmell, residing in Rose township, Car
roll county, Ohio, committed suicide on
the 18th ult. by cutting his throat from ear
to ear. No cause is assigned for the act.
He was under no pecuniary embarrassment
and his domestic relations were happy,
On the day he committed the rash act he
ate his dinner as usual, after which he light
ed his pipe as was his custom, told his son
TO 90 out to work, that he would come out
after a while. After moving about the
house few minutes with no apparent OBJ
ject, he disappeared, his family supposing
he had gone to work with his boy. The
farm bell rang for supper at the usual
hour and he was not missed until the fami-
lyfiad assembled around the table. Search
was then made for him and he was found
in his stable with razor in his hand and his
throat cut from ear to ear. The deceased
was about 30 years of age, was good citi-
zen and neighbor, says the TuscGraDas Ad-
uocdte.
Last Wednesday night ihe bookstore Of
o. A. Keys was entered by three boys and
robbed of some four hundred dollars worth
of goods, says the Lima Gazette. An en-.
trance was affected into the cellar under
the Postofice, and by means of openings in
the adjoining walls. the CELLAR under the
Book Store was reached. A trap-door in
the floor was forced open, when the young
thieves gained easy ingress into the Book
Store. Some change in the drawer and the
contents OF the showcases, consisting OF
gold pens, pen-holders, &c, together with
miscellaneous assortment of small articles
were .gobbled" and carried off. A portion
of the property was buried in an old build.
ing near the School House by one of the
thieves, and being caught in the act and
srrested, he told the whole story, and the
other two boys were placed under arrest
and considerable portion of the stolen
property recovered. The names of the
boys are Redman, Doolittle and Heffner
and they are all pretty hard specimens O.
Young America, who have been allowed te
run loose. They were examined before g
w. Oyermyer, J. p, and in default of $50t
hail each were locked I'D i'm iail --t.