The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
OHIO NEWS.

Losses az the M6dIna r foot M
s167. 900; insurance, S46,700.
Hon. T. J.. Jewett, PresIdeut Of
| the P. c. 4 st. L. Railway, has beoE
.lacted a director Of the Kansas Pa
] :ific railroad.
Preston G. Smith, a negro, Of st.
Clair township. ColumbiaHa coun-
ty, has brought suit against the
trustees Of that township for refus.
ing his vote, and laid his damages
as $500.
The ConneautviilIe Record pub
lIshes On Enoch Arden case, only
that IN this PRACTICAL illustration
"Enoch" came back, and bis wife
discarded his successor, foil upon
the bosom Of her fret love and put
her chin over his shOslder, the way
they do in the theater.
A pedler; who gave his name as
Asa Brady, was arrested at the town
of Gordon, Drake county, last week
on the charge Of attempting a rape
upon the person Of q little girl. aged
seven years, the daugtar James
Clark. The testimony was verv
strong against the prisoner; he was
therefore held to answer ut court.
The trustees of Grace Methodist
Church, Dayton, have just been
notified that the board of bIshophs
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
selected Dayton SO thsplace o fhOId-
ing the annual meeting, which COM
mences on the 18th Of May, and
will continue in session three days.
On Friday evening last q color d
person named Gardiner, Of Beaver,
Pennsylvania, who sometimes
serves his brethren in the capacity
of preacher or exhorter, went on .
mission to Salem, Ohio. On his
return, being economical in his
views he undertook to save expen-
ses by taking passage on the truck
beneath the car By some means
he became entangled with the
brakes, and was crushed 30 badly
that he died next day
A little daughter Of John N. N.Y.
srs, residing in Stsubenville, was
shot while playing in her fathers
yard on Wednesday. Ono OK the
shots with which the weapon was
charged struck the child IN the side
Of the head near the temple, and
traversed the scull 20 the back of
the head. where it remained in the
scalp. The child, but four years
old, screamed snd fell to the guound
and by the time the terrified mother
had reached the little one, the
parties who dad the shooting made
their escape. The shot was inten-
ded, it is believed, for q dog near
by.
Thousands Of acres of land in
Madison county that was IN grass
last season is this year being turn
ed over, preparatory to being plan
ted in corn
The colored citizens Of Jefferson
county were out in all their glory
at Stubenville, on last Thursday,
with flags, banners and music, in
honor of the adoption of the fifteen
th amendment.
The coIored people OF Warren
county celebrated their ratification
of the fifteenth amendment at Lee
banon, on last Thursday.
The Mansfield Herald says that
Governor Hays has insLlted the
Republicans Of RichlaEd county by
the appointment of Colonel Barna-
bas Burns as one of the board OF
managers of the soldIes' orphans
home. We judge they will have to
swllow" the result"
The popular vote system in Brown
county, IN making nominations, has
been modified by the Democratic
county committee, 30 the voters
will designate upon their first, SOC
ond and lliird choice Of the candiH
| dates for the different Offices. This
plan, it is urged, will enable the re-
turn judges TO best determine the
popular choice.
The Springfield Transcript has
the following: ~. W. DevIne, ::ior-
merly pastor OF . colored church
in this city, was brought before the
Pittsburgh African Methodist
Eplscopsl Conference, charged with
the seduction Of Mrs Ella Carter,
the wife of o member OF his church
| He was convicted and expelled
from the church."
The Ohio Eagle says that Mr..
James F. O'Donnel, Of Lancaster.
who met with the railroad accident
on Saturday which cost him hls
life, holds a policy for $4,000 in
the New York Continental Life In.
surance Company, ofNew York and
one ,or $1,000 in the Charter Oak
Company. The $1,000 policy was
taken but a few days before the ac-
ciient.
Tho Ironton Journal says the
banks Of that town have been pref
ty we'll drained Of greebbacks By
certain cautious persons who ina
GIN that they r exempt from
state and municipal taxation. For
the Information Of this class OF BIZ
peds, the journal says that green
backs are not exempt from taxation,
and If they fail to return them to
the assessors ~ money, they not
only make q false return, bat CON-
NIT perjury.
A tall Ethiopian, from Xenia,
who went over TO Dayton to par
ticpate in the fifteenth amendment
jubilee; was indulging in . splurge,
ton Fifth street. In conversation
with q member of the church, he
said he had event back on deLord,
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