The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-06
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Jacob Dieter was killed while working in a
stone quarry, at st. Louis. A mass Of rocks
fell on him.
q Louis Ballert fell OFF a street car in 81.
Louis, ON Monday, and injured his spine. He.
died the next day.
Bellows hotel block, Kings building and q
harness shop in Bellows Falls, W, were de-
stroyed on the 18th.
Aman named Iashen committed suicide on
the 2gth in Chilicothe, Ohio, bytaking poison.
sHo leaves a wife and eleven children.
Ground was broken for the Boston, Hart
ord and Erie Railroad near Waterbury, Con-
%necticut, on the 18th. %.
Several cases Of prostration from heat we're
reported in New York ON the 2Sth, including
one or two deaths. .
John Thompson, a revolutionary soldier,
died at Smithtown, Long Island, Thursday
last, aged l04 years.
Political disturbances are again reported in
Bulg rio, and tho Turkish Government has
sent troops thither to restore tranquility.
i A Mr.. White was shot and titled on the 9th
in q political dispute at Mckenzie, Tennessee,
on the Nashville and Northwestern railroad.
A fro on Hitchcock street, London, Cana
Ia, on the 9th, destroyed seven houses and
badly damaged three others. Loss $4,000.
Franklin ]. Noses, father of the Speaker
of the South Carolina House of Representa-
'tives, has been elected Chief Justice of that
p state.
The Erie Railway 90. have contracted ion
5000 tons Of steel rails, some Of which have
arrived, and the remainder will be delivered
during the summer. I, ..| +.
Patrick Boyle, publisher Of the Irish Cana
dian, who was recently arrested under the
haboaB corpus act, has been released nom
custody.
The President has signed the deficiency
appropriation bill, which appropriates over
half a million Of dollars for reconstruction
purposes
The steamship Colorado arrived in New
York on the 25th, bringing six hundred
women from England and Wales, who leave
immediately for Utah.
A Denver dispatch Of the 2sth inst. says:
"Rcports from New Mexico show that but
half crops have been harvested. Much dam
age was done by the grusshoppors and the
late heavy rains.' UI .
Tho large saw mill Of Hill, Lemon q Co.,
on Second street, st. Louis, between Bremen
avenue and Andrea street, was burned on the
Goth. Loss on the mill and machinery,
$4,000, on which was an insurance OF SlO,OOO.
Charles Z. Hovey, Of Illinois, has been
breveted Major General by the President, Tor
gallant and meritorious conduct at Chickasaw
Bayou and Arkansas Pass in tho winter OF
1s62-69. 1
In London, Ohio, on the 2sth, Frank Gal.
lagher, a boy only 10 yeara Of agc.i stabbed
and probably fatally wounded James Kelley
q boy about the same age The young despor
ado made his escape. rf
Jefferson Davis and family sailed from
Quebec on Saturday for Europe by the steam.
ship Austrian He will be gone several
mtnths, and will be represented on his COM
ing trial by counsel.
The Commissioner OF the F%reodmen's Blu
reau for Arkansas has, in obedience TO orders
received from headquarters IN Warrington,
discharged quite a number OF civil agents,
some Of them are replaced by military officers.
Judge Gilbert, of New York, has rendered
a decision in the application OF Ernestcin
Oaks against VIM. StUinway, awarding to her
the custody of her children, who are now
iHNotained IN Germany by then guardian, the
defendant. r.. .....
1t is reported that large fires are raging on
the north shore OF Lake superior. Tho
atmosphere is 40 hazy that steamers mud
navigation exceedingly difficult. a dispatch
from Montreal states that navigation ON the
ST. Lawrence is almost suspended from tho
same cause.
an immense skating rink, on Third avenue,
NeE York, occupying thirteen lots, has beeu
commenced and isto be completed On the
18th II October. II 10 10 be used IN summer
for plonlcs, concerto, etc, ana " capable OF
seating 10000 people.
II IL estimated that the fire in the woods
this season has destroyed in the Ottawa dis.
srct Of Canada, standing pine lumber to the
amount of four millions Of dollars, and the
woods are stnl burning. The boats on the
Montreal route are greatly detained by the
smoke on the river. ..a
The Emperor Alexander has called a con-
ference Of thirteen members to meet on tho
10th OF August next at 81. Petersburg Tor the
purpose OF arranging the details OF the Inter
national Convention, plcdging all the great
powers TO abandon the use OF explosive bull
let's In time OF wal. SOL. ..."
dire. Col. 4Iorren was, Il few days since,
forcibly taken from her home by her brother,
and put into an insane asylum at Trenton,
New Jersey, unknown to her husband. The
latter is now endeRyoring by habeas corpus
TO obtain possession Of his wife. She IL per-
teotly sane. r.r .#
OF the three Thousand br.cElayers who
struck In New York for eight hours work and
.H $500 per day, all but one hundred arc now
working, and these will be set at work upon
buildings which have been put in their hands
direct by the owners, instead OF employing
contractors.
Tho amount Of uncalled for interest owed
by the government on United States bonds
amounts 70 over sc, 900, which Is payable in
coin at tho office OF the treasurer OF the
United States. Arrangements will be made
to acquaint parties interested Of the fact, in
order to effect a discharge Of this public obli-
CATION. l...
A letter from an officer of the United States
steamer Ossipoe, dated Acapulco, June 10th,
states that tho officers and crew are suffering
from malarious fever contracted while at Co.
rento, Nicaragua, from which DR.. j. NJ. Rice,
j. 4. Hardee, Paymaster's clerk, Bernard Co.
field, landsman, and John L. Pardoc, appren-
NAAP IVY NaNAs 1AN NAAs "'N 'NAAA ~ hhS
list are conyalescent.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
given notice by telegraph TO collectors that
spirits may be Withdrawn from bond on pay
ment of fifty cents per gallon, and "a per
barrel of forty gallons, equal TO sixty cents
per proof gallon. All distillerics must be
closed until tho distilers have given new
bonds aud complied with the recently passed
law in all particulars.
Several OF the western national Banks have
recently been called on for an increase Of
their securities, which has become requisite
on account of an increased amount of public
deposits. In oil instances these banks have
complied with the order. The First National
Bank OF Charleston, ILL.,, has voluntarily
ceased TO be q government depository.
Gen. Howard, Commissioner Of the Freed-
mems Bureau, has written a letter 10 Breyet
Brig. Gen. Brooks, Assistant Commissioner
for Maryland, directing the operations Of the
Bureau in that state, excepting the educa-
tional work and the payment Of bounties as
provided by law, TO bo discontinued on and
after the 10th OF August. w
Francis Rodman, Secretary Of State Of Mis-
souri,, has sued the 81. Louie, Republican for
the publication Of hbelous article on the
10th inst, In which II stated that Rodman and
some associates went through the mock Ger
emory OF the Lords Supper in a saloon at
Jefferson City, ROdman performing the min
~isterial functions, and the omblems being la
ger beer and crackers. Rodman claims $780,
900 damages. .
'' D A political meeting was held at Elk Lick,
Saline county, Mo-, on the 25th, which was
disturbed by rOydies, and inally broken mp,
Two or three fights occurred during tho early
part of the meeting, in which several heads
were brolen and other injuries inflicted; but
subsequently, while Col. Philips was speaking,
he was interrupted by a man named Howard,