The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-08-02
NEWS ITEMS.

There we're SIS deaths in New York last
week.
It is proposed to establish two large public
bathing houses IN St. Louis.
4 Ere at Concord, n. H., the 2sth, destroy
ed property TO The amount CT $4,000.
There were two hundred and soventy-sov-
en- deaths in Brooklyn last week.
Dexter, the famous trotting hors e, trotted
a mile, Tue sday, on half mile course, AT
Brighton. Mas. in 2:i9.
Geo. Williams Geo. II. wilkes and Joseph
8. OdIey, Lave been arrested in New York
| fer various forgeries.
Sergeant John Lynch, OF Cincinnati, a
Fenian. died in Buffalo, Saturday, of wounds
received at the battle of Ridgeway.
Gen. Crook, in Idaho, is engaged Ia another
scouting expedition. The Indians in thai
territory continue troublesom
The disbursing officers of the Frsedmen's
Bureau, recently mustered out by the Pre-
sdent's order, have been re-instated.
Mt is reported that the President will not
issue any proclamation against filibusters
until after the return OF Secretary Seward
to Washington.
A man named Robert Dunlap attempted to
rob Chas.w ". Andrews, OF Boston, of $4,000,
Friday night. burwss captured and held for
trial.,
A company has been formed and incorpo
rated, with a capital OF ss coo 900, to supply
San Francisco with water from the Santa
Cruz mountains.
A circular has been issued from tbs Attor.
ney Generals once, instructing Dist riot At
torneys and United States Marshals to keep
sharp lock cut for Illegal expeditions.
ore thousand and thirty-tnrse emgrants
passed through Columbus last week, Of whom
three hundred and forty seven will remain
10 Ohio.
The deaths in St. Louis last week were 1885,
against III for the previous week. The de-
crease is accredited to the prohibition Of
the sale Of snripe fruit.
The Connecticut Legislature has adjourn
ed after a three months session. 1t rejected
the bill granting suffrage to women. The
vote stood SO to Ill.
It ia reported that tha Conservatives in
South Carolina Eare offered to help the
blacks to elect mem bers Of Congress il the
blacks wi help them to elect the State Gov
ersment.
At the Democratic senatorialconvention in
Columbus, Tuesday, for Franklin and Picks'
way counties, Robert Hutchison was nomi-
mated on the third ballot. He WAS the can
didate of the CORY faction.
reported from New York that canads
correspondence reveals a conspiracy to ab'
duct Pres: dent Line, IL In 1868 in which Col
Peruy Wyndhxsn was concerned. who at the
limo commanded a regiment in Washington.
VIM. ]. Armstrong and Q. Thompson, two
Republicans. were murderousiy assaulted at n
ho,el in Columbia, e. c., on Monday night
The sssaulters were arrested, but released
on bail. They were afterwards arrested by
the military authorities
At the Republican Senatorial Convention,
q. Xsnia, Saturday, Col. N. b. feomaE, OF
Fayette county, was nominated as candidate
for Senator lie pledged himself uneqnivo-
csry In favor of the prop osed constitutional
amendment.
Sevsral of the Presidents promi nent sup
por;ers and one member Of the Cabinet
have earnestly urged upon him the wisdom
ceasag his opposition to the reccnstrnction
i,rv and the abandonment OF his n rpose OF
re cm0ving Gen Sheridan.
A eerlsin class Of papers are labor'rG to
create the impression that rebels In Union
t.risone were iii-treatsd. IL has come out
In connection with the Surrait trial, that in
the spring Of 1855, cf 5000 prisoners at El
mira. n. e. Only s'x d lied IN three mchlnS'