Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-03
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war in Northern India has ended g 81 4fI
49dnfur There was aheaYyfauof Of SNOW in Mon
treal on wednesday, and sleighing is good
Sht ~ h,liear Admiral Bedford has boen assigned
~r 70 the commaud OF the European squadron.
q Ylil5snow ielltS ths depthof nearly two feet
in Quebec, on the 18TH q II
The Central Lunatic Asylum at Column
bus Ohio, was burned on Wednesday night
hoo-f Some Of the patients were burned N lisl,
--' e Rudolph and Carme played match game
~iit0lot billiards., inChicago ON "Wednesday eye-
ming, for 81, 900 side, Rudolph won the
i9SG game, The score stood 500 TO 395 f.
.y--Itis rumored that Gen. Prim is negotat-
II DIiing with the Prince of AstnIias with the In-
tent on OF making the Prince King of Spain,
9fiii and bimself Regept fUulJ.) III
10 ,,,,,77John W, Coleman, an oldresidept Of Gin
@" chhah, and for many years tho leading pork
~ packer died at his residence Thursday
~ O. ing. near CoSington, KY ~ iHl 500
..taT, n, --Mrs, Anna Mclean, of Springfield Mass.
fell from window Wednesday night, during
,,., an attack of sQmnambulisrn, and was instantly
3 't Killed. Sho was SO years old.
-tooqiC Flames Gore, proprietor of retail cigar
establishment on Sixth street, Louisville,
n n,commited spicide Thursday, by shooting
hintsof through the head with apistol,
-i}lcH Tho receipts of goIdin New York, during
the first Ten months of 1868 amounted to
-nn NS38 593 1856, Of which S32l20, I75 were from
California and &c. ,5S3 nom foregnports.
,dimg-The Primary ConYeption of the Diocese
Of Long Island, on Thursday, fixed the sal
Ii cary Of the Bishop at $4,000. DIR. littei0hn
was subsequently elected Bishop Of tho Dio-
t2Corneiius Durmhell6r, Of Cincinnati
Lid messenger on the steamer Robert Moore, fell
overheard at Line Port, on the Cnhberland
River, below Clarksyille5 Tuesday, aud was
drowned.
rf Taking the total vote cast at the recent
-blG election as a basis Counting six inhabitants
to every yoter)r the present population Of the
state of Illinois is estimated Mt 2,6S6, ,314
at 3 which is an increase of 97l, 5Gl since 1860.
,ob afrI-A new city ice-boat was launched in Phil
adelphia on the 18th. Her motive power is
li.in twenty per cent. greater than tho boat used
last year. She is built ofiron, aud cost $780,,
b'11h 009 She will be ready for service about the
ri "A first Of the year. a
"A dispatch from Council Bluffs says that
nJiGW the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Co. have commenced to lay the track cast
ward from that city, and work will be contin-
orn5 ned until the parties laying the track meet at
apoint 40 miles east Of the bluffs.
onI0s -ATRetrotting match for 50 600 mile heats,
best threo in ive to wagon between George
Wilkes and American Girl, at Union Course,
sti Nov Work, Thursday, was won by George
Wilkes in 2:29h, 227a and 2:29. The track was
UH very. heavy American Girl made close
contest,
'ei ~ i1The steamer Providence, from New York
,ndj for BRISTOL Tuesday night colded with a
schooner, and had her port eide rail- fore
To niiand aft, 'and wheel badly stove in. The
steamer put about on an Unsuccessful search
NV for the schooner, which, II is feared snnk
Ina a with all on board. I.tf n n
n
Z. en buildings on the south eide OF the canal,
NEAR Union street. Lawrence Mass, involving
loss Of $4,000 Niles < Whitney, II. X
Webster, J P. PiIsbury Smith Psler, and
uI1an Geo. Il. Davis, owner OF the buildings, are
ihe principal sufferers.
eri "a -Eightfires occurred in New York Thurs
.sredt qday afternoon between two and tour O'clock
in the eastern portion of the city, nearly allin
.l'Gr stables. Three boys bave been arrested on
a.-.-t the charge OF having been the incendiaiies,
and one Is identified as having been in the
Ancf cIni.l tnOls
"A fire at Springfield No., on tho 18th,
destroyed tho office of tho Leader, domo-
cratic paper; the dry goods store OF Dieter
an iell g. Co; a, furnturo store, and o livery
IN stable. Phe loss is s0,O0O The building
belonged 10 Governor John s. Phelps whose
lossis $4,000, with no insurance.
Tho second game of billiards between
m Rudolph and'C Carme was played IN Liberty
Hall, Chicago Thursday night. The game
was the Amoricar four ball game push shot
barred, ono thoYand points, for 81, 900 aside,
which was won BY Rudolph on the sixty-sev-
I zenith inungs The following is the scorc:-
ar Rudolph 1000; Carme Gla sr li .a
man named James Nelson who lately
obtained considerable notoriety by bringing
extraordinary charges against Mr. Brylges,
y manager Of the Grand Irunk Railway, was
.a arFested in Toronto, at the instance Of par
ties from New York, on charge OF fraudu-
lently representing himself as the agent OF
the Canadian government. and procuring 4
large quantity of COAL saf
1b " The ship Isaac Webb, from Liverpool,a ar
ID
that seven deaths occurred during the
! voyage, among whom was Capt Stowcl, on
the Oath ut, from injuries received from
... . sea shippedhy the vosscl. The passengers,
Sj4 in number, have been at work on the
pumps for thirty days, and are completely
.Satworn out. She got ashore IN entering the
New York bay, but was got Off. SIS
y1 -Afire occurred Wednesday mornings in
. James Clarke & Co.'s baildmg, on Locust
between Second and Third streets st; Louis
which was damaged: Forbes Brothers x
NV,ika tnad sahn St6 U0H. inauretl fOl
Sl8500. u. g.. Cooper S Co, paper collar
dealers, lost 100000 and Tallan X Sons, sLir
factory 81 ,50O Insured for s2,5O0. 0thei
smaller losses will swell the total to abou
$22,OOO' Almost the entire damage was done
-The Western Associated Press held Id
annual meeting in Cleveland on the 18th
when tho following gentlemen were eleetoL
directors for tho ensuing year; IL. y. Walker
Detroit; John Knapp, st. Louis; j. Medlll
Chicago; w. N Hademan, Louisville; Il
lr Smith, Cincinnati; A. w. Fairbanks, Cleve
land; W. r. Holloway, Indianapolis. Subse
duently the following officers were elected
H. N. Walker, President and cx-oficio mem
her OF the Executive Committee; ]. Knapp
Vice President; j. Mcdilland II, Smith, Ex
~ 81 ceutiye Committee. ~1
if,S --.Sojourner Truth , the "Lybian .Sybil,
now 50 years OF age, has rocontly been ectu
ring to crowded houses in Erie and Cortlan
coInties New York, She relates her ,oxper
enccs both in slavery and freedom,and show
much of the fire and energy 6f youth. Sh
mantains that mon cannot be Christians an
belong to tho democratic party. bhc means
if her life is spared, to so to Washington an
greet Gen. Grant, as sho did Abraham Lin
coin, in the White House.
The GeneraLCouncil of the Evangehci
Lutheran Church of America III eonyento
III Pittsburg has unanimously resolved
mako replyto tho Pope of Isome's addres
to Protestants7 1t is to be made on tn
basis of tiie Lutheran confession in accor(
anco with the fundamental principles {
faith and poty on which the General C0unc
rests Doctors Schaffer, Krauth, Seiss an
Krote have been appointed o committee
make arnpiy tfat oir.
The message of Gov. Holden. Of Mort
a. Carolina, was read to the Legislature on Ii
17tb lie shows that ajax ol one per cen
~. "a udIorenl ON thepreperty of the state wou
nav the interest on the state debt, and re
ouimcnds such levy. He advocates the VI
rous rnalimprovements; encourages n
yig. migration to the state; congratulates II
~. state on tho suppression OF the rebellion
,apop tho reconstructon Of the South on Il
basis Of suffrage for all, and upon the ole
ar tion Of Grant and ColRaA--all Of which cor
biuo to render the Union perpetual va
-fhe Supreme Court Of the District
!, .sOommbia has denied tho petition Of q man
he installed In the Office OF city assessori
L.. ala nd. la.aVa hoo nalp