The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-07-12
NEWS ITEMS.

EI-Gov. King, Of New York, died at ia
maica, Long Island, Sunday.
There are $50 in mates of the soldie RS ;
Home al Columbus.
The Montana militia are preparing for an
active campaign. o --a.---.-
The wheat crop OF California amounts to
twelve million bushels. rr m.
william B. Astor reports an income OF
81. .ll2, ,o45 for himself. and about SEQ 900 more
as trustee for other persons.
The registration al Alexandria, Virginia,
has been concluded. The negro voters reg
istered out-number all the whites by 2l2 -
In De Kalb county Tennessee, last week, a
negro woman was found lying dead in a field
with her throat cut. = r,.E u
Gen. Clusters forces have had two or three
encounters with the Sioux and Cheysnn
Indians, In which the indians we're defeated.
Senior Romero will, 1t is said. soon publish
q history OF Msximilian's reign 10 Aexica. as
developed by official documents in his pos
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Twenty-one thousand four hundred and
seventy eight emigrsnts passed through
Columbus d uring the first six month Of the
present year. -..... ....-.-..-s s --
Gen. Sickles has directed that registration
in the Second Military District shall met be-
gin until Congress more explicitly defines
the qualifications of votars
Owing to the illness OF one of its mem
bers, the Government Board to audit the
militia claims OF Ohio, will not convene un-
Ill the 18th Of August.
Reports from Southern Illinois say that
most OF the wheat has been harvested, and
the crop ia sn extraordinary one, both in
quantity and qualify.
il is reported that Austrian officers from
Vera Cruz are rendezvousing at Havana, and
propose TO loin any Mexican chief who will
make war on Juarez..
A joint meeting Of Conservatives and Radi-
Gals at Spring Hfil, Msury county, Tennss.
see, Saturday, was near ending In riot,
but detachment of U. 8. Reg ulars succeed
ed in keeping the peace.
The seizure by the State OF Missouri of the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and the conse.
quent stoppage of work, has coused great
distress among the workmen. The Company
has not paid them for I'VE or six msrths.
It is reported that the Government is
about 70 lake some &C tion with regard tc the
seizure Of Santa Anna The Virginia was
lying more than the prescribed distance
OF three mil es from the coast. -,
A squad Of soldiers from Fort Laramie
visited Ecoffrey's Rancho, four miles below
that pest, on the 4th, and burned ali the
buildings except the brewery, and murdered
a man named George Rpton, after they had
disarmed hirA. ftnh = GI
The work Of dredging. at the mouth of the
Missi ,sippi river. ordered by the last Con
gress, is in progress. Work on the IDes
noines rapids has been delayed until the
reception OF certain reports, which will
probably be made by the zOth.
The Democratic State Executive Commit.
tee have made extensive. arrangements for
the approaching campaign, With appoint
meuts for many prominent speakers. Judge
Thurman will open the campaign at Waiver
ly, Pike county, ON the 5th of August.
meeting of influential citizens of Yirgi-
mia uas held at Louisa Court House. at xhich
resolutions were passed pledging themselves
TO support the candidates OF the Republican
party for President, and candidates yfor
members of Congress from Virginia who
have an unbroken Union record.