The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-01

General News.

burned Tuesday morning. Loss t5O,OOO.
Melvin Baugn, a = notorious Kansas horse
thief and murderer was hung at Seneca on
Friday.
later ofMar will instantly issue orders Tor the
dismissal TO their homes of 10000 men on
furlough.
Moses Wesley failed in Springfield, Mass,
to walk fifty miles IN ten honrs, giving out on
the forty-irst mile, with two hours TO COM
plete the task. 81.
ii ia thought that the Government will
moi lose ANYTHING by the dofalcation IN the
postofice Department, as Olmsted owns
nronsTtv enough to cover the amount MISC
ing.
The Graz d Lodge of Odd Fellows W ich
has beeh in ession in Baltimore has deter
mined to hold the semi-contennial anniversa-
nv OF odd Fellows in Philadelphia on the Goth
OF April.
Gregory Harbarker, a farmer, residing at
Mill Creek, in the township Of Newport,
Lake county, ILL.,, was found drowned in tho
creek near his residence early on Saturday
morning.
-Berkeryile. British Columbia, was de-
stroycd by fire on the 10th. The loss is csti-
mated at a million dollars. The sales in the
banks of British North America and British
Columbia we're saved.
Tho match. $4,000 a side, between the
Ward Brothers and the 81. John crew, has
bNpn competed anu Ait nAaA h'lHnAh Au"N's
The race X TO take place at Springfield, Mass,
October 21st, three miles aud return.
Tho Aldermen and Councillors Of Dublin
have pasacd n resolution setting forth that
as all danger from the Fenian movements
has passed away in Ireland, the time has
now come for the release OF imprisoned foni-
anp.
Deputy United States Marshal, Thomas,
of the 81. Louis district, while att mpting to
arrest some parties in Dunklin county, charg-
cd with illicit diHtillinR, some days ago, was
resisted by fifteen armed men and forced to
retreat
About two O'Clock, Tuesday afternoon a
mass of bricks and mortar tell from under
tho caves of house at No. IL Center street,
New York City, where workmen were making
a new gutter, severely injuring q number OF
persons who were passing.
At Toledo, Ohio, Monday, q tug capsizcd
n skiH. throwing Lawrence Mcguire and his
two sons, Michael and John, with a quantity
Of fruit, into the waters Of the bay. Every
effort was made to save the mon, but the
father and Michael were own
Mr.. Patchen, of Troy, N. " arrived at
Port Rowan on the 23d, and idenilhcd the
body found on the lake shore q few days ago
as that Of Miss Patchen, one OF the passen-
gers of the ill-fated steamer Morning Star.
Tho body was taken to Buffalo for inter
ment.
A fire broke ont in the Peoria, ILL.,, pot
terry works Wednesday morning, and IN Il
abort time the whole building was burned to
the ground. 10 was the largest establishment
of the kind in tho state, aud was valued &c
Sl25. 900. Insurance between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The house OF Duncan Mitchell, Of Glen
coe, Canada, was entered by three armed
men Tuesday night, and two shots hred az
the inmates, but no one was injured. The
robbers carried of a large trunk, contain
ing money and other valuables. No arrests
were made.
"A party Of about sixty persons, all armed
and many Of them mounted, made an attack
ON the house Of a Mr.. Justice, near Cork,
Ireland, Monday night, and stripped 1t of the
arms, which they carried OF. The movement
was directed by an American. Tnoro was no
opposition offered. No arrests.
An attempt was made Tuesday night to
unset the Grand Trunk train going west from
Montreal, IN consequence, 1t IS surmised, OF
Mr.. OReilly, the crown counsel in the Who
Ian case, being on board. Ties were placed
on the track, but the down train struck them
first. One or two cars were very badly dam
aged.
-ALittlo Rock ARK dispatch e. the st.
Louis Democrat, says, Capt. thompson
Mason. President OF the Board Of Registra-
ton of Fulton county, Ark, was assassinated
ON the 10Th by the ku-kluN Khan. One negro
in Lewisburg aud thee IN Columbia county
have been killed recently. Several negro
GnnIGntb nave hlhu uS1h AhN
A dispatch from Con Reynolds, from Aus
tin. Texas, saws: "a detachment 9th 9th
cavalry from Fort Davis, under Lieutenant
Cusick, overlook 200 Apaches under ChieI
Arasurta, killed 80, wounded quite a number
recaptured two captives and 200 head OF AM
mails. The troops also destroyed their CAM
and supplies.
As the funeral procession OF Mrs. Carr
was crossing the Erie railway, one mile wesI
of Painted Post, n. Y, the Rochester express
train came along, Tightening the horse OIL
Dir. Carr. Mrs. Drake, a sister OF the de,
ceased, was thrown on the track and had
both OF her feet cnt of. A child of the de.
cease' was also run over and literally torn Il
pieces.
in DYER county, Tenn, ON Saturday, {
notorious horse thief and counterfeitel
named Hastings was killed by a band O.
regulators" and another desperate named
YonnR WINS mortally wounded. IL is alleged
the country around there IL infested. with
lot of desperadoos, aud a number uf citizens
have banded together for the purpose OF ex
tinguishing them
-wanan, Whipple 4 Turner'S detective
agency, OF New York city, have unearthed
~stupendous swindle, originating In the city
under the title Of the Brooklyn steamshI
and Emigrant Company. The $1,000 bonds
constitute the frauds. These bonds arc II
circulation in all parts OF the country, many
having gone to California and the southern
and middle states. Many persons In Vir,
ginia have been extensively swindled BY TART
speculations throughusing these bonds, be
sides numbers in the eastern and western
stltes. NI-e a'i IT.
Is The brig john Armstrong arrived in New
York on the 22d, from Curacao, after a pas
sage of twenty days, with a crew OF six men
The captain, Joseph Kent, died in the hospi
tal after seven days sickness with the yollov
fever, and eight seamen also died from the
same disease before the sailing Of the vessel
The first mate, Charles McLension, who wa
in command, was taken. sick September 9th
and died ON the sth, of black vomit. Ninetl
men of the Dutch man.of-war lying IN thu
harbor had died OF yellow fover within thu
last three months, and other vessels had los
portions of their crews from the yomit. Tit
town OF Curacao, and especially the shipping
was in the most pitiable condition.