Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-07-29

Tbe,6rst case and death from yellow fever
this season in New Orleans, occurred On the.
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Two girls whose surnsmes are Sweet and
Mccoy, attempted to drown themselves in
the river at Louisville on the 2lst. They
were rescued by some observers, and left for
their homes better and wiser. ia
Great alarm exists in China, along the line
of the Grand Canal, at the prospect of an
other rebellion. A letter has been found,
giving the particulars of q scheme to seize
Foochow, Hoohing, Hasgkow, and other
places. The number of conspirators was
put down at SC, ,0o0-chiefly disbanded SOL
diers from Canton and Wineho.
Another very successful trial of the aeriel
ship Aviator was made at San Frarciseo, on
Wednesday, in the presence of members of
the press, the Chicago excursionists and q
number of engineers, the latter expressing
the opinion that the larger machine now
building will be decided success.
There is q rumor that Secretary Cox has
been rendered the new Judgeship in Ohio
but that he will decline the honor, though
urged BY his friends to accept
The official vote of Washington Territory
is 5236-an increase of 696 in two years.
The majority for Garfield, Republican candi-
date for Delegate, is 14S. The vote on the
subject of calling State convention was
small-for, 400; against, 6Ss. ---
Colonel Warren, the Fenian, is said to have
interested in his cause (the liberation of the
Fenians now held as prisoners in England)
the sympathies of all the Cabinet save Fish
and Hear.
The damage by late rains in Annapoosa
county, Iowa, will not fall short of 5000, 900.
Colonel Churchill, Secretary of the State
of Kentucky, has pronounced in favor of
admitting negro testimony in the courts of
that State. -.s
A vast amount of damage has been done to
farms and crops by the high water in Adams
County, Illinois.
On the 18th inst, during the severe thun-
der shower, two children of Mr.. VIM. Cook,
residing about five miles southwest of Delhi,
Iowa, while sleeping together on the floor,
were struck and instantly killed by light
ming.
At Dubuque, Iowa, man named Silas
McGee, while in a small boat on the Missis-
sippi river, was run down by the steamer
Tom Jasper and drowned On Thursday, at
the same place, Robert Richards fell from q
scaffold where he was at work and was
killed.
Returns from the Land office at Salt Lake
City show that during two weeks of June
last, 1888 declaratory statements, covering
100000 acres, were fled in that office under
the pre-emption act.
Letters from Europe state. that Boutwell's
managementof the Treasury Department has
done much to strengthen the credit of our
Government abroad. Z. H.r.H
A train on the Union Pacific Railroad ran
off the track. about thirty miles from Promon-
tory. and broke through trestle. The en-
gineer, fireman and one passenger were killed.
The Mayor of Quebec has been called on
by the Citizens Vigilance Committee to re.
sign, but refuses to do so.
A movement is on foot to revive the project
for building ship canal across the Peninsu-
la of Florida. A route for such canal was be-
ing surveyed at the breaking out of the late
war, Congress will be asked for subsidy.
The great National Horse Fair will be held
this year at Middleport, Pa, September 7th
to 10th, inclusive 5r. a sJ.tl
B.F. Jones, wealthy citizen of Liberty
Mills, Indiana, dropped dead, on the 23d
inst, from heart disease, at the White Sulphur
Springs, Va. '--s' 7st
A gun was received at Fortress Monroe, re-
Gently, from the Fort Pitt Works, Pittsburg,
which weighs ffty-seven tuns and throws an
1,l00-pound ball.
The steamer Peter Balen was burned in
the Missouri. near Dauphin Rapids, on Mon
day last. She was St Louis boat, and wts
on her way down the river from Fort Ben
ton. s. Hfl .. a.. s...s..g
A severe shock of earthquake was felt at
Paducah, Memphis and other points south
and west, early Monday morning. No dam
age, so far as we have yet learned, resulted,
but there was considerable alarm felt by the
people of Paducah. and the hotels and large
dwellingswe were speedily emptied. zt- ~
A brilliant meteor was seen by the people
of Cairo on Sunday night, passing from
southeast to northwest. 1t exploded in sight
of the Cairoites, with report like the dis
charge of heavy piece of ordnance. The
meteor was seen by the people throughout a
circuit of sixty miles. -
VIM. Ploeger shot and killed Ernst lie
meyer, in St. Louis, on Sunday night, for al
legged improper intimacy with his (Ploeger's)
wife. Both were Germans, and had been in
timste friends. .esr ~ -e. .s..f :,