Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-04-01

Greely has peremptorily declined the miss,o-
to Spain, and has declared he wants no oihoe
in the gift of the President
The Richmond, Virginia, Wing says seVe-
raj Anstrians will arrive next week to settle
fo,v miles below that city. A large influx OF
.Encl;sbmen will arrive at Norfolk in April,
and arrangements have been made for the i'm
portation of Germans.
man named Evans cut the throat of Jas.
Hlckox, st Center Hill, Connecticut, March
22d. The murderer was arrested, and said
he killed Hickox for criminal intimacy with
his wife. 20
The Union Pacific Railroad will commence
carrying passengers and mail to Ogden, l.
O34 miles west of Omaha, on Thursday.
The Treasury Department is in receipt of
information that the United States Marshal
for Georgia has absconded with 100000 of
public money.
A house, barn and Mrs. Stoddard were
burned, at Vernon, Vermont, Saturday night,
by the upsetting of kerosene lamp.
In shooting affray at Independence, Mis-
souri,, on Wednesday last, one man named
Gardner was killed and three were wounded
A Mrs. Msbb was murdered at Fishhouse
Village, Saratoga County, New York, on
Tuesday morning of last week, by mulatto
with whom she had formerly lived as para
mour The mulatto entered her house and
ssked her whether she was married to Mabb;
and, upon receiving an affirmative answer,
fired five shots, three of which entered her
head and one her neck. The murderer gave
himself up.
On the evening of March oath the body of
James W. Smith, janitor of Girard Hall, was
found in the building with his hands and feet
tied, and pistol bullet in his head, which
caused his death. His watch and small
amount of money were found upon the floor.
The shot tower at Dubuque, Iowa, was
burned, Sunday week. Loss, $4,000; in
sured for $1,000
Mary Brasher, of Newhope, Preble County,
Ohio. was dangerously stabbed in the abdo-
men, last Friday, BY an unruly brother of
fourteen, whom che was reprimanding.
After the dismissal of eolored congrega-
tion in Fort Valley, Georgia, Sunday week,
a negro woman, vending her way homeward,
was incensed by some prank of little
darkey, whom she seized and spanked. The
urchin ran and told his mother. The latter
assaulted the offending woman with pen
knife, hacking her horribly about the neck
and face, and inficting wounds that proved
fatal in few minutes.
Thursday morning the body of Holace G.
Benham, In the rag and paper business, in
Piesburg, was found hanging in the ware
house of the firm, on First avenue. He had
committed suicide during the night.
Wednesday night last, in Boston, young
man named Pine shot Miss Howard. The
wound, il is feared, will prove mortal He
then shot himself dead. Rejected love is
supposed to have been the cause. Both were
about twenty years old and respectfully con-
nected.
From all parts of California encouraging
accounts are received regarding the prospects
Of crops. The yield of wheat and barley
promises TO be largely in excess of any former
year.
An Israelite named Hirsch committed sui
eide last Wednesday morning by hanging
himself in Hebrew synagogue in Balti-
more.
A Duenos Ayres letter to the New York
World says it is reported that Lopez has
ceded Paraguay to the United States.
A man who had passed twenty -four hours
in the New York sewers, emerged with bag
full of watches, jewelry, and other valuables.
Chsrles Downs was killed in a machine
shop at Lancaster, Ohio, on Thursday last.
Governor Palmer has ordered special elec-
tion in the Third Congressional District of
Illinois, for member of Congress in place of
Hon. E. B. Washburne resigned. The day
of the election is appointed for June sth.
Edward Bates, Attorney General under
President Lincoln, died, on last Thursday
afternoon, at St Louis.
Wheat looks fine IN Southern Indiana, and
the fruit prospect is promising.
Immense discoveries of gold, in places, are
reported on the mainland of Alaska, one
hundred and twenty miles from Kodiac Isl
and, latitude 81 degrees north, longitude $50
degrees west from Greenwich. :
Two brothers, John and Jon athan Blair.
living at Reynolds Station, Georgia, had a
wrestling match, last Sunday week. quar-
relied, and one shot the other dead.
The State of Iowa may be regarded as in
an excellent faancial condition. 1t does not
owe cent and has a surplus of S639. 900 on
hand.
A negro charged with murder and rape,
was taken from Jail, in Dooley County, Geor-
gis, on the night of the 23d March, by dis
euised mob, and burned to death.
An empty coal car ran over an embankment
into Painters rolling mill in West Pittsburg
instantly killing boy named Winfield Scott
and fatally iDjuring another boy.
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