Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-31
News of the Day.

w. s. HUFFMAN. Sec'y.
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
1447s.
FIFrY-FoUR hours in a luxurious car will
take one from the shore of Lake Michigan,
and temperature up in the nineties, to the
snow-capped mountains of Colorado, where
overcoats are in demand. A year or two
ago, as many days were often consumed in
the trip.
AN Illinois paper says: "Not one of our
present Congressman, unless it be General
Logan, was born in Illinois. Senator Trum-
bull is from Connecticut. Senator Y ates
was born in Kentucky. So was Governor
Oglesby; and all the rest of our State off,
GERS, including the Judges of the Supreme
Court, were born in other States"
The Chinese are beginning to appreciate
foreign science. DIR. Macgowan has been
engaged by the government to prepare a
work on mining and metallurgical opera
tious, and Mr.. Fryer has been engaged as
scientific translator at the Kaignan Arse
nal. Ae Pekin DR.. Martin is engaged trans
lating work on Natural Philosophy.
For debt of $3.50 the sheriff of Clay
county, Indiana, levied upon the through
freight train to st. Louis, on Tuesday
night, and kept 5000 worth of goods for
twenty -four hours. The Superintendent of
the road paid the debt at 10 o'clock, and re-
lieved the train. The Sheriff chained the
train to the track while the train was
waiting.
THE death is announced of the French
African traveller, Lieutenant LIE Saint, in
exploring the country about the White
Mile he had already overcome many dif-
ficulties, and reached Abou-Kouka, within
some-sixty leagues north of Gondokoro,
where he fell victim, at the age of thirty
five, to the insalubrity of the climate.
TIE result of the reduction in the tax on
manufactures is strikingly shown, in the
Seventh Massachusetts, (Loweli) District,
where the assessments for the quarter end
ing June Both have fallen off eighty-two
per cent, as compar red with the CORES
ponding term of 1857 which itself showed
a falling off of forty-five per cent. from
1866. 80.
RECENT excavations at Cassaro, in Sicily,
have disclosed the remains of what must
have been a very extensive Syracusan CO.
lony.s The external wall, the greater por-
tion of which has been traced, was nearly
seven feet thick. and 5000 feet in circum-
ference. The town appears to have been
divided into four quarters, in one of which
the .vestiges of a fine temple have been dis
covered.
In Washington, few days ago, Judge
Fisher made decree divorcing Corinda A.
Etheridge from the bonds of matrimony
with James Etheridge. The petitioner sets
forth that she was married to the respond
ent on the sth of March, 1862, at which time
she believed that her former husband,
David s. Kellogg, had been killed in battle
about year previously, but she, to her
great surprise, found subsequently that he
was living.
The Japanese have discovered that few
seconds previous to an earthquake the
magnet temporarily loses it's power. They
have ingeniously constructed iightframe
supporting horseshoe magnet, beneath
which is a cup OF bell metal; to the arma-
ture is attached weight, so that upon the
magnet becoming paralyzed the weight
drops and, striking the cup, gives the
alarm. Every one in the house then seeks
the open air for safety.
STATE NEWS.
IT is our painful duty to announce the
death of James King, Esq, of this town
ship, by lightning. on Monday last, about
four o'clock. He was on his road home
from Captina, and when near the residence
of Squire Carle, he, together with his
horse, was struck and both instantly killed.
The family of Mr.. Carle saw them when
they fell, but on reaching them found both
horse and rider dead. The pummel of the
saddle was brass-it had marks of lightning
upon it, and the saddle was considerably
torn. He leaves large family to mourn
his loss. He was good citizen, and has
been justice of the peace for many years,
says the 81. CaatrsuiUe Gazette, July %.
A GENTLEMAN lrOu yIOn, 0reen0 cOun-
ty, says the Dayton Ledger, July 2sth, brings
the intelligence that Mr.. Fletcher, farmer
who resides in that neighborhood, was shot
and killed on Thursday night, by some
person who was concealed in the darkness.
1t is stated that Mr.. Fletcher heard an un-
usual noise at his barn, and, contrary to the
advice of his wife (who had a presentment
that evil was intended her husband),
he went out to see what was
the trouble. He was shot down
as soon as he stepped into the
barnyard, and he died in a short time af-
forwards. Mr.. Fletcher could not tell who
had committed the murderous deed. AS
the assassin did not make any attempt to
rife the pockets OF his victim, pillage the
house, or steal the horses, it is quite prob
able that he had other motives in killing
Mr. F. than mere robbery. Suspicion has
fallen on relative of the deceased, it is
stated, and there is report that he had
confessed the murder and given himselfup
to the authorities. -