Nebraska advertiser., 1859-06-16
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county, a very small vote BEN pOsled.
The Denor9aiic hcket is reporledto be
elected ia Atchisoh-fpll return 81 yet
received. Ia Dohiphan the Democgats
are al elected exceP Lewis, ho
to have been beaten BY Moore, Republic
can this however is not certain. The
Democratic majority III LeavenwOrthco un-
ty is probably about FIVE hundred.
A dispatch from Wyandott to Leaven-
worth states that the Democratic tickets
IN thai county and in johnson are elected.
RIcHmoSD, Va, June A.
The SecretarSf the Commonwealth
has official returns from 1O7 counties
Letchers majority is 1885. There are
Al counties yet 10 be officially heard from.
The counties officially reported include
most of the Opposition strongholds. Il
is now believed that the Democratic ma
jority will be 5000 OF more.
The Washington States Of Saturday
evening says that the result Of the late
election in Virginia, in an the counties
except part Of MonongaheIia and eleven
others, has been a~scertained, and Letcher's
majority, SO far, is 4,2s9.
The municipal election in New Haven,
Connecticut, resulted in the success Of The
Democratic ticket, with the exception Of
a few councilmen, who were elected by
the Republicans
At the municipal election in New Or
leans the american ticket succeeded.
by 1000 majority. Il passed off quietly,
In Washington the election Of munich
pal officers resulted in a Democratic tri-
amph,
General David E. Twiggs was, at last
accounts, (Aprl 26) lying dangerously i'll
at San Antonio, Texas. His physicians
had given up all hope of recovery, and
the General had made his will and given
directions as to his funeral.
Mrs. Abigail Centre, Of Manchester,
IN. H., committed suicide on Tuesday
afternoon last, BY swallowing strychnine.
It appears that Just previous to swallowing
the drug she had quarreled with her hus-
band, and when the poison commenced
its deadly work made frantic appeals to
be saved. Physicians were sent for, but
it was too late. Her ~convulsive screams
and writings are described as being most
terrible and her pleadings for life Of the
most heartrending character.
A singular and fatal accident, says the
Diamond STATE, occurred in Rehoboth
Hundred, Sussex county, Del. A man
.nomed Davidsonhad a gun that he wished
to unload, and placing it on a fence for a
rest, fired it of. The gun being heavily
charged. kicked back with greattforce,
aud striking him in the stomach, killed
him instantly.
CINcIENGT1, June g..
There was a ~severefrost Sunday morn
ing, extending over the whole Of Ohio,
and a large part Of / indiana, which did
great damageto wheat, corr, and potatoes.
A fire in Eaton, Ohio, on Sunday morn
ing, destroyed thirteen business houses.
Loss $4,000. Insured for twelve thou
sand.
CLEvELAED, June 6.
There was a heavy frost on Saturday
night, and the wheat crop throughout
Northern Ohio was badly injured Or de-.
stroyed. The corn, grapes, and potatoes
were badly frosted.
At the Democratic caucus In Bangor,
Maine, for the choice Of delegates to the
State Convention, the anti administrator
party triumphed by a vote Of two to one.
A German savant has taken the pains
to count the number of hairs existing in
three heads Of hair, Of different colors.
He found ia a hSifOnde lac, 400 distinct
hairs, ia a brown IO9,440, in d black 1922
$50, and in red $40. It is to the fne-
hess and multiplicity of the blond ~tresses
that they owe their silken softness.
Michigan threatens starring some 80
new banks under the a general law.
The Republicans have a majority Of
three in the Kansas Constitutional Con-
yention,
The Emperor Of Russia has presented
a diamond breach, valued at SIS, 1000 To
the wife Of Captain Hudson, in ackowr-
edgement for the courtesies extended by
him to some Russian officers while en-
gagged il laying the Atlantic Telegraph
cable.
Pixies Peak,
LEAvENwoRrH, June 10.