Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-08-13
NEWS ITEMS.

The President will visit either Newport or
Saratoga this week. He will be absent from
Washington ten days.
A Denver dispatch says the gold receipts
for June and July are greater than the entire
shipments of the preceding year. All the
mills in that vicinity are in active operation.
Ludwig Fette hanged himself in South
Wheeling, West Virginia, on Sunday night.
He had been drinking.
Some of the Kentucky Ku Kluxes are ask
ing the President to remove General Thomas
from the command of the district com mposed
of that State and Tennessee.
The Sandusky Register says that there has
been no rain in Huron County since last June,
until last week, and the grass was dned up.
The farmers, however, got their excellent
crops of wheat in, in good order. The grass
hoppers had stripped the potato vines, but
still they hoped for crop, if favored with
rain.
The Democrats and Republicans of the
Twelfth District both held their Conventions
at Circleville on the 5th. The Democrats
nominated Philip Van Trump, the present
incumbent. for Congress, by acclamation.-
The Republicans nominated Nelson J. Tur-
ney, of Oircleville. The Republicans also
held mass meeting, which was addressd.by
Major W. ]. stinchcomb, and Captain Sheri
dan.
In Green County, Pennsylvania, few
days ago, boy, named Thomas, aged four
teen, killed his father under the following
circumstances. The father was cruelty beat
ing his son, when the mother interfered.-
Upon this Thomas seized his wife by the
throat and choked her. The instant his
mother was attacked. the boy drew knife
from his pocket, with which he stabbed his
father in the abdomen several times, cutting |
his intestines and inficting fatal injuries.
Gen. Butler announces himself candidate
fer reelection There will be powerful in
fuence brought out, not only to defeat his
election. but to prevent his nomination by the
Republican Convention. His rival will be
Gen.. VIM SchoulIer, whom Butler had re- /
moved from the Adjutent Generals Office at
Boston.
In recent thunder storm in England
soldier was struck by lightning and made
blind. and woman who had been stone
blind for eight years was as suddenly re-
stored to sight
Dispatches from various parts of Spain
represent that the whole country is in state
of disquiet, and that the utmost efforts of the
Government are required to prevent an out
break
General Fitzpatrick will return from his
mission to Chill during the present month,
for the purpose of attending 10 his private
affairs. 1t is also stated that he will enter
the rolitical canvass for General Grant.
The ex-rebel Admiral Franklin Buchanan
has been elected President of the Maryland
Agricultural College.
Gen. Mcdowell has established his head
quarters as Commander of the Department of
the East, in New York. ". +
The business Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, which was temporarily interrupted
by the food, has been freely resumed.
The steamer Matte Burns, from Cincinnati
to St. Louis, struck snag, four miles above
Cairo. in the Mississippi River, on Saturday
night. and sunk in two minutes. She lies on
the snag, and there is great danger of her
breaking in two. No lives were lost.
Both Houses Of the Alabama Legislature
have passed the bill authorizing themselves
to cast the vote of the State for President, in
stead of having vote of the people. 8
General Butler madea speech in Gloucester.
on Saturday, in which he ex-
pressed himself still in favor Of impeachment. ,
He seid he had become friends again with
General Grant, sad would support him for
President. atl.5s +7t sQa ss.f.e q 4 i