The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-08
ENERAL NEW 8.


GENERAL NEWS.
CAx ri mn rRUr The St Louis Inteligencer that
from thirty to forty dead taken Of the river
opposite that CITY monthly
Brrr AT CIxc1SxArI-At Cincinnati few days since
sale Of 80 head Of beef cattle took place averaging 800
pounds net at SO 50 per cwt
SourH s1pR fVA) nAaRoAp,The receipts OF this road
for tie year ending Both Of September S2524TT 90
which about $50 per haH the year previous
The expenditures were SlT0,7o7 -
A1IrGED MURDER or /. GIRL ny HER nnorHEHs--Two
hrohers Tobias and Joe Fitzgerald arrested in New
Orleans the Goth I for the suspected murder Of their
sister whose body had been privately Inferred by
Of certificate TO which fictitious sf.scheG
They are charged with having used her with the bar
barous cruelty for long time previous TO Der death
IIopnrnrr AFFAIR IN UERAEA, Ofuo--Th- Ohio State
journal relates the following On Friday last Judge VII
ams Of Talon county at time associate judge of that
coGnsy while in OF nlo1ca.ion, seated himself
the railroad track in the vicinity of Urhana snd
knocked off The by freight train and his foot crush
ed in suck manner that amputaon had TO be resoriad
10 The same night We learn that Judge Williams died
les. from the effects Of the injuries received at the
time
A Lose WIT srrr14--A correspondent at New Castle
our week any time of dry weather. Yet corn is re-
rnarkably good.
crAp LAnon-An iustsnce of the chespness Of labor in
the island Of Tahiti il given in the fact that when the
srarer Golden re touched there COAL fifteen hundred
tns were put on board expense Of only A. 2dcss
tilaa dollar.
APPOINTMENT or pnoFrasons.The Lynchburg Virginian
te appointment additional professors Of the
H. A i.apv prpr To-
NV md Physiology and Samuel Morehead Professor of
onrsit TONED Law. These gentlemen residents Of
Lynctburg
RA5LnoAB AHxEsTED-We copy the iosioW-
ing from the Madison Wisconsin, Democrat:
r readers win remember that on the eth Of June last
serious accident occurred ny the placing OF ohstruetons
on The railroad track Etoughson Governor barste~
which The superintendent Of the road added $1,000 more
the of the conspirators. Officer Beck chief ef
police of Milwaukee and officer from Chicago, placed
themselves shout The train the watch for the depreda
tors They live in thai n-ighborhood hired o
by daTs work slept with them and ate with them BY
Patient search and vigiis long
the officers nj length discovered they thought inca
renewal Of the attempt for The destruction OF the
train last evening SO they stationed themselves by the
road secreed in the grass The attempt WAS made with
ia about IRE gr9s Of where Mr. Berk lay The depreda
IRE in number They first attempted TO pry up
The rail- This they failed do. They then brought
log from short distance and placed it directly across fhe
ack Thew we're perfect view Of Officer Beck daring the
whole operation and be recognised each of the individuals
engaged in il Living in the settlement where nc had
been staying.
After rhe log was placed the track pedestrian
passed along The track and il there de stopped and
locked al il locked around and passed without re-
moving IL He also arrested accessory but er
plains conduct by saying that ne two guns pointed
al him thrcaicnngly he attempted to remove the
obstrnefiong
Officer Beck and his companion after witnessing the
operations of the destrnconsts left signal for the train
lad xi1pref
procured the assistance Of John Van Natter and Under
Sheriff Wscb with whom they visited the settlement where
the deteced sconndrels lived and arrested them There
was little or no resistance made The prisoners
veyed over the track put board the evening train
which awaited them and the whole party brought to
town
By this act whole community has received sense
OF relief The infamous gang has rendered unsafe all
travel over road for the past nine months They
now arrested and the safety OF the passengers on the rosd
Is fully established
DrscovEnT or cAxE-A Of considerable size has
been discovered and explored somewhere near the head Of
Cheat rfy in Tfrpiu;a