The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-10-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

day night. Ills tuperal took place on
Wednesday. ~ -9
Capt. Fitch, editor of the Chilli
Gothic Gazette, has been recently bre
veted Colonel, for meritorious service
Gen. Sickles has issued an order re.
storing the functions Of She civil courts
in South Carolina.
An infant daughter of General ToM
THUMB died from inflammation of the
brain at Norwich, England, on the
10th of September.
NATHAN FLOYD, late of Lcavenworth
was recently killed, together with sew.
en of his companions, by the Indians,
fwhilc en- route to Montana.
Tho mortality in Chicago during
September was 73O, This exceeds
that of Cincinnati for the samo period
oy over 5Uu. H H
AUGUSTUS N. DICKENS, tho youngest
brother of CHARLES DICKENS, tho Eng.
lish novelist, died on Friday at Chica-
go. lie was in tho employ Of the II.
lnois Central Railroad.
Tho King Of Denmark is said to have
ordered an examination Of Nprge tracts
of land recently purchased in Florida,
with Wow of sending forward largo
number of cmigrants,
Daring last week, 1898 immigrants
passed through Columbus. OF these,
47O will remain in Ohio, 240 60 to In.
diana. Tho remainder will be divided
among several States farther South
and West.
The steamer Evcring Star, with
threo hundred souls on board foun.
dcrcd, one hundred and fifty miles east
OF Tybcc, Georgia, and nearly all on
board pcrishcd She was bound from
New York 10 New Orleans.
United States Five-twonties were
quoted at 70f, Illinois Central Shares
at 78l. and Erie at 57i, in the Lon
don market, on Saturday.
A brakcsman was killed, several
passengers hurt, and fivo cars and a
locomotive completely wrecked, by u
collision between two trains on the
New Albany and Chicago Railroad
near New Albany, on Saturday oven,
ing.
Jadgo WM. GIVEN died at Wooster,
Ohio, on the 1st inst, after a few hours
illness of sposmodic asthma. Judge
GIVEN was Colonel of tho 102d Ohio
Regiment during tho war, and leaves
an honorable record as soldier and
jurist.
Tho Laclodo races, at st. Louis
oporod on Monday. In tho sweep.
stakes for three, ,ycar.olds, for 81 900,
Muggins won the race. Timo, 1916
l:E. In tho one.milo dash for $500,
Malcolm won. Time las, Tho woath.
or was iino and the attendance good.
A resolution has. passed tho Lower
House of the Oregon Legislature by
a vote Of "a to 23, declaring tho action
of Tho House in ratfying tho Consti'
tutional Amendment while tho nom.
bcrs from Greene county wcro not yet
Admitted, was fraud ulont.
Prof JouN s. RAREY, tho celcbpa.
tod horse-tamor, died suddenly in
Cleveland on Thursday, of apoplcxy.
lilo was attacked by paralysis last win
tor, and never recovered his health
His romans were inferred on Sunday
at his residence, at Groveport, Frank.
lin county.
Tho cholera is moro prevalent in
Chicago than IL has boon at any time
before during this season. On Sunday
md Monday thoro woro forty.two
cases, Of which nineteen terminal cd
fatally,
W. S. PoTTEL stabbed man named
KANE, In saloon at Dayton, lato on
Thursday evening, mortally wounding
him. Tho act was without provoca.
ton and apparently without notice.
Tho assassin was arrested at tho depot
fow hours later.
Mr., llERNboN, formerly law partner
of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, earnestly re.
quests those Of his frionds to whom he
has sent letters written by tho lato
President, to return them TO him at
Springfield, ILL.,, and asks all who may
have other letters written by Mr., j,
to furnish him with copies,
The AthOns Messenger says that on
Saturday last, JouN HARTLEY, q for.
NOR momber VI the 18th Ohio, was
accidOntly thrown in front of the cir
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