The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-25
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THE NEWS.

Heber c. Kmball, ranking next
TO Brigham Young IN the Mormon
hierarchy, died in Salt Lake City
on Tuesday.
The Secretary of the Treasury
extends tho righ: of conversion oI
sevcn-thirties for those that matur-
cd on the 10Th of June to tho 18th
of July, and those that mature Ju-
ly 10 until the lst Of August.
| Hon. Thad. Stevens has prepared
four new articles of impeachment,
and indulgcs in the vain hope that
be will induce the House to act up
on them. The present range oI
tho thermometer at the Capital is
against him.
A few old silver coins have been
plowcd up on the margin ofSbecp's
Head Bay, Long Island, lately, and
the clans ali along the shore are
being vigorously disturbed by hun.
tors after fabulous Lile Of money
supposed to have been buried there.
about long ago, by tho pirate Gibbs.
The referee III tho celebrated dl-
vorcC case of Theodore Stuyvesant
against Catherine j.. Stuyvcsant,
which has agltatcd tho fashionable
circles of Now York for some
months past, has given hfs decision
in favor of the lady on all the is.
sues.
Mr Jacob J. Tiger, late of Pea
pack, New Jersey, left bequcsL to
the Reformed Church of that place,
on condition thatths church grounds
should be kept from Canada this q.
ties aud wild carrots. 1t the growth
of foul weeds be permitted &C. any
extent, tho legacy is TO bo forfeited.
A Washington dispatch says the
President has given no intimation
to Mr.. McCulloch that his resigna.
tion rs Secretary of tho Treasusy
would be acceptable. The relations
between HIM and the President con.
tinuc friendly. Thore is no indca.
ton that he will resign, althou sn
efforts continue to bo made by ccr-
tam parties to produce that result.
In Indiana they have a way TO
stop n donkcy's brayIng, which con,
sists in tying heavy stonc to the
animals tail. lie cant bray, they
say, unless he can bring his tail to
horizontal position, and this being
lmpracticablo when tho weight is
attached, the "harbaric yawp" is
suppressed. The patent comes
from China, and its efficacy rs now
boing tried oil II mule in Madison.
l.. IL. Chandler, Ultcd States Dis
trict Attorney in Richmond, Virgi-
MIA, some time ago declared himself
a candidate on tho Radical tlcke.
for Representative in Congress for
that district. Az Radical meeting
IN Norfolk, on Thursday evening, a
negro, DR.. Bayne, declared himself
also candidate against Chandler,
and an advocate of the principle !
that. ifa negro may vote, he may |
hold Office.
Counterfeit one-hundred dollar
bills on the Ohio National Bank of
Cincinnati, have made their appear
ance at Loavenworlh, Kansas, hav-
ing been put in circulation west OF
that poih,. On comparing one of
them with the genuine, /: was
found chat under the words "Thls
Note" near the upper loft hand
corner, there were four white spaces
where Should have been but three.
Otherwise the counterfeit appeared
TO DO nearly perfect.
A Texan, urging tho construction
Of railroad from ST, Louis tc Texas,
says: Between the Neuces and the
Rio Grande rivers there are 81, 600.
300 head Of horned cattle and 1OO,-
300 head Of horses and mules. Tho
.rade OF San Antonio with Mexico
amounts to sS,OOO,OOO annually. 1t
would takc II railroad fifty years TO
carry all the cattle IN Western Tex
Is to ST. Louis. Cattle in that
country are being killed for their
lidcs alone. He says such rail
'oad would not only make ST. Louis
he stock market of America, but
would develop tho finest copper,
,oal and silver mines in the world.
The Prosecuting Attorney not
being ready to proceed with the
rial OF Surratt in the Washington
criminal Court, yesterday, The prls-
'ner was discharged on the old in.
lictment and held 10 bail in $50, 900
N the new Indictment just presen.
I'd. The first count in this indiet-