Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-05-07
TELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY,
aEEERAL NEWS.

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Dr.. John H0mans, an intelligent
physleiEn Of Boston, died on the nth.
go The fair in Boston in behalf of the
CretAns netted Sl5 .0eO. lfsa d.
The receipts OF internal revenue for
the year ending the 18th, were si52 A05 ,4s7,
40 General Grant has gone to West
Point.
General Mcdowell arrived in New
York from California on the 22d. z ltl.
Anthony Trollope, the author, has
arrived in New York.
A fire on Front street, in BellevilIe,
Canada, destroyed eight small stores, Loss
$40, 600.
Heavy rains have fallen in Alabama,
and retarded farming operations considers
bly,. fr...
Major Henry O. Robinett, of the
First United States Infantry, committed
suicide in New Orleans on the 22nd.
Christian +. Kincke, barber Of
Cincinnati, committed suicide on the 22d, by
shooting himself through the heart
Dickens sailed for England, from
New York In the steamer Russia, on the 22d.
A large number OF friends saw him Fl.
The pro iata freight bill in the New
York Assembly was killed on the 2sd by
vote Of nearly two to one.
The coil oil distillery OF Merritt,
Poultney & Co., Baltimore, was burned on
the 23d. Loss $50, ,0O0i insured for Sl5,tOO.
The British Bark Talia was burned
in Mobile. bay on the 18th with 1904 bales
OF cotton on board,
Whelan has been committed for trial
at the Assi2e Conrt on the charge OF mur.
dering Thomas Darcy McGee
Jacob Morris, for many years editor
OF the Western Star, of Warren county
Ohio, died at Lebanon on the 2lst, aged
seventy.
A fire at Caldwell, New Jersey, on
the 22d, destroyed John @. Anderson's boot
aud shoe factory, with its contents. Loss,
$4,000; insurance $40, 900.
Sergeant Bates called on the Presi>
dent on Saturday, who gave him several
presents, including among them p0rtemoD-
ale containing $50 in gold,
The Ohio Female College, located at
College Hill, six miles from Cincinnati, was
burned on the 23d, involving loss Of 800
000 on which there is an insurance OF $50 900
Gov. Bul 'ock, OF Mass, in message
to the LeglSlature, declines signing the liq-
uor license law recently passed, but does not
veto il. Hence it becomes law
Fourteen business houses were burn.
ed 10 Pulaski, Tenn. on the 2Sd. The loss is
estim aied at 800 O0O about one-third OF
which is covered by insurance.
Matthew J. Nemecheek has been
sentenced in the criminal court of ST. Louis
TO be hanged on the 1lth Of June for the
murder Of Dennis Doyle s
Miss Betsy Hart, aged eighty years,
was fstaly burned in Newport, Rhode Island,
sunday evening, while trying to build fire.
She had boen,s school teacher for half q
century.
Gen. Grant has received from Gen.
Napier's headquarters in Adyssinia number
OF Photographic OF the camps and position OF
the English army in that locality. They
were forwarded BY the official authorities.
II is understood that the steamers
City of Paris and Cubs, which sailed from
New York on the 18th, will raeo TO Liverpool,
Mr.. Onnard is said tc have wagertd $4,000
on the Oubs.
Arizona advices TO the 4th state that
a mail rider on the Mohave road was attack
ed by large party Of Indians. Two OF the
escort were killed by the frs fire. The re-
mainder defended themselves until assistance
was received. Two Indians we're killed.
A. s Mansfield, formerly OF the
First NATIONAL Bank, was arrested IN
New Orleans on the 22d, by order OF United
States Commissioner Weller, on charge Of
completely in the burning of the steamer
Shooting Star, on which 500 600 insurance
was collected.
jones Hamill champion oarsmsD,
and Henry Coulter, of ALE shsny, have sgn-
ed articles OF agreement to row for the scuIl-
ing championship Of the United States and
81 900 side, on the Schuykill River, at
Philadelphia, Thursday, June tn.
Samuel lawrence, q foundryman in
the employ OF MIR. Burden was assassinated
in an alley way between Indiana and Third
streets, in Troy, N. Y, on Saturday. he was
beaten to death, his skull beng horribly
crushed
Horatio Bridge, paymaster in the
navy and chief OF the bureau of provisions
and clothing, has been retired under the law
OF Congress retiring oGi,ers at 81 years,
Three promotions in the pay department
necessarily follow.
The ship Albert Galatin was struck
by lightning and burned in the lower bay Of
Mobile on the 18th. She had on board $500
bales of cotton, which were destroyed. Fhe
loss was nearly $5O0,0(O The cargo was
principally insured in Liverpool.
The steamer st. Patrick, lying on the
Arkansas shore, opposite Memphis, was
burned on the 18th to the waters edge. The
machinery was saved ina damaged condition
The FIRE was undoubtedly the work of an in
cendiary. The boat was vslued at $50, 900;
insured in St. Louis for s22 900. ar
A fire broke out in Blow, Cnrd al
Co.'s drug store No 2l7 North Main stTest,
st. Louis, on the 23d, consuming that and
some half dozen adjoining buildings, iuyolv-
ing loss ofyover 81 100000, on which there
is an insurance OF about 100000, most Of
which is in eastern companies. w u.
At the meeting of the Soldiers and
6ailors' Maryland state Convention oD the
22nd, twenty-four delegates at large and
twenty from each of the Eve Congressional
dstricts were chosen TO the Soldiers and
Sailors' National Convention at Chicago on
the 10Th Of May.
Official dispatches received at Gen.
Grants headquarters from Gen. Candy, com.
manding the second military district, show
that in South Carolina nine districts, which
registeTed 1920 votes, have polled 2i, ,93S
votes. A partial count OF these show that
1927 arc for the constitution, and 4,900
against IL.
A dispatch from Omaha the 22d, says
the Dale Creek bridge, four miles rest OF
Summit. sna l25 miles from the highest point
upon the Union Pacific Railroad, was COM
pleted yesterday. Twenty additional miles
Of track are laid, making $50 miles. Work
Is being pushed forward more rapidly than
ever. M
Ex Governor Pierpont, Of Virginia,
has preferred charges to Gen. Grant against
Gen Schofsld, charging him with setting
aside the laws Of Virginia and OF Congress
for the purpose Of enabling ex.confederates
who could not take the oath TO occnpy valua.
Bile Offices in the state; and further, that
Gen. schoHeld's appointments have tended
to discourage the Union causein 10 Virgins.
Itappears from the statement Of the
directors Of the Bureau oil Statistics that the
total value of imports from Canada aud other
British American provinces Oh the Atlantic
during the fiscal year ending with June,la
was S31, ,242, ,780, Of which the free were S5,-
623, 1853, and the dutiab'e were 22,ol9, $50, up-
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