The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-20


Edward Reynolds, one of the Oldest citizens
aud father OF Maj. Gen. j.. ]. Reynolds, COM
msnding the Department Of Texas, former
President Of the Lafayette & indianapolis r.
r. Co., died on the 18TH, at his residence in
Lafayette, aged 90 years.
Gen. Melancthon s. Wade, a son of David
Wade, one OF the 6rst settlers of Cincinnati,
died suddenly at Avondale on the 18th. at
the commencement of the war Gen. Wade
was appointed brigadier general, and was in
at amp Dennison for some time.
He was a prominent member of the Pioneer
Association, and was much respected.
Edwin A. Stevens, Of Hoboken. n. j., died
in Paris on the 9th. He was commodore Of
the New York yacht club, was one Of the
Railroad, owned nearly all Of Hoboken and
the principal works Of the public improve
ment there. He was engaged in Paris in ne
gotiating for the foundation Of a great rail
way company to extend to the Western
States, whose eastern erminus should be at
the Elysian Fields.
Personal.
The oil firm Of Pool Brothers, Oil CITY,
failed Friday, it is said, for from SIS, 900 to
500, 900.
Gen. Rosecranz has received his instruc-
tons as Minister to Mexico, and will soon
leave for his destination.
Secretary Schoheld has revoked am order
by which several soldiers, clerks in the Quar-
termaster Generals office, we're dismissed
from their positions.
The President has appointed Geo. W. Colby
Collector Of Internal Revenue for the Second
District of Alabama, vice Mr.. Andrews re-
signed. This is the first appointment Of
that kind since the adjournment Of Congress.
Fernando Wood gave a dinner party at the
Lake House, Saratoga, on the 6th, at which
there were a I number Of distinguished poll
ticians, among them A. W. Randall, POstmas-
ter General.
Joe Coburn, in a card, declines TO meet
McCoole at Pittsburg, but ayows q Wiling
ness to fight at q days or a weeks notice, or
he will be on hand at the appointed place in
New York on Thursday, and II McCoole or a
representative does not appear will claim the
money.
The sentence Of Ratosky, who murdered
Fellner, a diamond pedlar, in Brooklyn, seven
years ago, and who was serving q life torn
Sing Sing prison, has been committed by
Gov. Fenton to ten years, commencing with
the date Of his imprisonment. This gives
him only two years and a half yet to servo.
Mike McCoole held q lovee and received the
congratulations Of his friends at his saloon in
St. Louis on Monday. He has written q letter
to Frank Queen, in reply to an article in the
latest Clipper, requiring him or his repre-
sentative to appear at the Clipper office on
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anxious to meet Coburn personally and settle
the arrangements for meeting in the ring.
But us he cannot be in New York at the time
named, he will meet Coburn at the Monon-
gahola House, Pittsburg, on the 18th Of
August
Crime.
Rev. Charles Eagan, @ Catholic priest Of
Augusta, Me- has been indicted by the Grand
Jury for libel.
a young man named Daiic was fatally stab.
bed In a fight between Germans and Irish in
Boston on Saturday night.
The post-onice at Norwich, Conn, was cn-
tered Thursday night, the money drawer
robbed, and a large number Of letters riied
OF their contents.
Capt. Richard Roberts, who for como time
past has had a general agency for collecting
pensions in Hartford, Conn.,, has been arrest
ed on n charge Of forging powers Of attorney
to collect pensions.
Tho First National Bank of East Bonning-
ton, VT, was robbed on Saturday night. Tic
lock Of the vault was picked by the burglars
and an unknown amount Of bonds belonging
to individuals stolen. Not much money was
obtained.
On Friday evening n man named ID. Q.
Shields, of fredericksburg, Va, went into
Kansas City, Mo-, with a friend from st. Lou
is, and were waited on By W.. Haig, Junior
partner OF the firm. While these men were
In the store Haig missed two plain gold rings,
and accused Shields OF taking them, Some
high words followed and Shields struck Haig.
The latter thon produced q revolver and or
dered the parties to leave the store. More
angry words passed between them, when
Hang shot Shields through the head, killing
him instantly. The affair has caused much
excitement.
Mrs. Mary Woodward, Of Harvard, Mass,
H.. 49,. - A.. III L.. A.. .a. II q 400 o..
trial on the charge OF inlumanly treating her
step-son, six years Of age, II was testified in
Police Court that the child had been whipped
by the hour at a timc with q heavy stick.
One day in July, the woman drew three buck
cts Of cold water from the well, and aeizing
the child, removed his clothes, and placing
hin In a tub, dashed the water upon his
head, then took him by tho feet and held his
head in the water as long 40 she dared; that
recently q cat brought a meadow mole In the
house, which the mother cooked and compel
led tho boy 70 cat. Mrs. Woodward, in the
court, said II was not a mole but a rat.
Foreign.
DR.. Pussey, tho High Churchman, has be-
come a convert 10 Roman Catholicism
The Emperor Napoleon has established his
court at Fontainebleau for a short season,
The Paris Moniteur says the French trans.
Atlantic cable will be finished by the 10th Of
August, 1869.
Accounts from Rome represent that the
number Of assertions of foreign volunteers
from the Papal service is daily increasing.
Thomas Carlisle has been elected Presi-
dent Of the Edinburgh Philosophical Assoc
citation, in the place OF Lord B%roughom, de-
ceased.
A letter from Vienna sayg that large
quantities OF wheat are coming nom the
lower Danube, and also of barley, for Great
Britain.
The Italian Parliament has passed q bill
according pensions TO the widows and orphans
of doctors who died in attending cholera
patients.
The entire provinces Of Spain are suffering
severely, and threatened with famine, the
distress being greater than at any other time
for half a century.
Cholera preyails alarmingly on the Barbara
coast. In one place 600 out Of a population
Of 5000 had died. There is great havoc in
several other towns.
j. & Z. Corduroy & Co., of London, in the
provision trade, have suspended in conse-
quence Of the suspension CT a firm in New
York, largely indebted to thom.'
Accounts received daily from Spain repre-
sent that the disturbed condition OF the cOun
try is leading to disastrous results. The
latest advicos from Madrid say that a financial
crisis is contemplated.
Dispatches from Paris report that the stu.
dents assembled in large numbers near the
Sour Bonnie, and created a tumult; they were
dispersed by the police, who made several ar
rests.
A secret printing office has been discovered
at Valentia, Spain, where one Of the recently
published revolutionary journals was issued,
-Four compositors were arrested and sent to
Fernando Pc.
Osborne Ward, delegate from the associated
workmen Of New York, has arrived in Paris
on a our of EuroIe, for the study of the sit
uation of the laboring classes, and the devel'
opment Of the cooperative system.
Violent demonstrations have been made in
Prague In the name Of Bohemian nationality
Placards threatening Beust and insulting the
Emperor are posted in several places. The
garrison Is about to be reinforced.
Nine Christian churches of the Primitive
Byzantine style Of architecture have beer