Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-02-01
NEWS ITEMS.

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ere iniOrccd" by Senator Cowan, of Pa. 4,
, and thcrcupon proceeds TO pitch into him
with considerable bitterness.
! The United States Consul in Manchester,
England, informs the Government that the
cattle disease is creating terrible ravages
there. In the last week, 1903 cases were
. reported an increase Of 800 upon the
I previous week. There have been 1873
cases reported in England, Of which jj, 422
have died. All efforts to stop the pcsticncc
. have proved abortivc.
There Is strong probability that s. s.
Cox will be the Democratic candidate for
! Congress in the district now represented by
Raymond, Of the N. Y. Times.
The most prominent Democratic aspir-
ants for the Govcrnorshp of PENNSYLVANIA
arc Gen. g. w. Cass, and Hon. Asa Pack
er. The latter will be rccollccted by many
of our readers as having recently donated
lilty.scycn acres of land adjoining the Mo.
ravan village Of Bethlehem, Pa, and the
/, muniiccnt sum of 100000 to build and en-
dow Polytachnic school for the education
} Of five hundred poor boys annually.
, The Soldiers and Sailors Convention at
/, Washington have adopted petition asking
; that the pension of private soldiers and sail
ors be raised TO fifteen dollars.
On account of the st. Lawrence River
being frozen over there is so much SNUG
Cling going on that an additional Custom
house force has been sent there.
A terrible fire has taken place at Dun
kirk, New York, on account Of the careless
I, exposure of oal-oi A German emigrant
house was burned, and four bodies have
been found i'll the ruins.
The population Of Memphis is now csti-
mated at $4,000. Rents are very high
Even small unfinished rooms will rent
sngly for S2j to $50 month.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore SIM thinks the Supreme Court
/, Of the United States will decide the test
loyalty oath for attorneys, in the Federal
courts as unconstitutional.
The Lexington (Ky) Observer and Re
porer'S Frankfort correspondent thinks no
United States Senator will be elected in
Kentucky this session, but that it will be
postponed until next winter
, 1t is the design Of the Government to
, send negro troops to the Western Plains to
guard the forts and protect the people.
No less than five hundred and eighty po-
litical prisoners are now at the Dry Tortu-
gas. This is place which requires cleaning
out.
General Grant ordered the mastering out
Of the troops in Virginia lately. The See
rctary of War countermaDded the order,
whcrcupon the President countcrmanded
: him, and ordered the troops out. Out the
troops went
, The officers appointed by the Freedmen 3
!, Bureau for taking the census Of the colored
, population Of the District of Columbia have
,n,,,,l,t,I lao % W,.I
and find therein upward of twenty three
| thousand colored persons.
} The nomination of Hon. Daniel $. Dick
, inson has been sent to the Senate for contir-
I nation rs United States District Attorney
for the Southern District Of New York.
q The Washington correspondent of the
, Philadelphia Ledgtr says there is hitch
| in the trial of Semmcs, and it is doubtful
whether he will be tried by a court martial
p Judge Hughes, his counsel, has rcmonstra-
ted aga nst it, and the postponcmcnt Of the
trial is the result.
John Mitchell writes from Paris that it
IS a foolish impression on this side of the
Atlantic, that the French press dare not
dcnounce the measures and policy Of the
Government lie says it is not true and
that it is far more dangerous in America tc
{, do it.
Q A Missouri paper announced short time
since that the wife crop in Gasconadc
county yielded lj,OO0 gals. The next week
the cdtorcam out with an crratum-for
rife read icinc.
Representatives IIubbcll, of Ohio, and
Whaley, of West Virginia, in addition to
) John L. Thomas, of Maryland, have sought
) to have their names recorded AGAINST the
!. District of Columbia suffrage bill but the
request has been denied because of their alb
scncc from the House at the time the vote
9 was taken on the passage of the BILL
r. The Paris correspondent of the Indepcn-
dcncc Beige says: 1t is known that the
entire French ministry are IN favor of the
, evacuation of Mexico, and rumor runs, that
| in the last council they obtained from the
Emperor pledge to send no new troops to
n Mexico. Assertion is also added that a
speech from the throne will make mention
+. Of this project Of evacuation.
:, The Reconstruction Committee had an
+, other meeting in Washington Saturday bu,
3 will not take further action until the Con
n stitutlonal amendments before the House
;, has been disposed OF.
y There is considerable excitement and ac
e tivity among the military in Canada on ac
G count OF an anticipated invasion by the
II EcDlans. The Canadian Government ha.
II sent circulars to the cadets ordering them tC
:, prepare for active service.
Public affairs is Australia continue in
disturbed condition.
:. 1t is announced that the lmperialiSt,
have been defeated by Morales at Mator
. phe, but Morales was subsequently defeated
n losing one hundred and twenty men killed
. The Committee of Ways and Means have
Z killed Secretary McCuloch's 5 financial bill
d and will bring in a new bantling Of then
/ own.
n The small pox is rapidly spoaling among
o the negroes in the interior of Louisiana.
An entire block of buildings was consum
cd by. fire in Wapokonctta Ohio, on Thurs
I! day night last.
n 1t is said that General Butler has writer
N two hundred pages Of reply to Genera
l, Grant, and is still writing. 1t will proba
d bly,, when printed, be as long as one Of Sew
is ard S books of correspondence
l. Captain Nicholas Smith, of Kansas, ha
{ been appointed Minister to Greece, to re
D side at Athens This is the first appoint
~ mcnt that has ever been made to tina
;. country