Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-05-13

Uasb;noton for California, accompanied by
Col. Willard. and other members OF his stan.
Yellow fever is raging fesrfully in the
c;f,es on the southern coast Of Peru, where
an average of forty persons die every day,
though the greater portion of the population
have fed to healthier regions. The bodies
are thrown, without cofins or shrouds, into
trenches.
Margaret connell, aged thirteen years, was
instantly killed ct Chicago, on tbe sth, bY
lightning: -
Ben. Campbell, notorious horse thief,
who has figured around Hickman, KY. since
the war; was arrested last Monday night, at
Huntingdon, Tenn. After preliminary trial,
in which he was found guilty, he was taken
from the officers by the Ku-Klux, taken 70
the woods and hung.
The Congress of the revolutionary party In
Cuba assembled on the 7th ult-. and adopted
a resolution declaring their object to be in
dependence of Spain and annexation to the
United States. a.t.,
Frank r. Cheney, aged Is years, snd son
of highly respected parents, in North
Andoyer, Mass, shot himself dead Monday
morning. His father bad required him to
apologize to his school teacher for truancy,
which is supposed to have induced tie rash
act rssa
A sto m, on the night Of the 4th, did con-
siderable damage in Louisville. Cellars were
overHowed with water, and several buildings
struck by lightning and two or three vslu-
able horses killed Il is also stated that two
men were killed by lightning on farm near
the city. 20"
Mrs. Victor, who was recently sent to the
penitentiary for life, from Ouyahoga County,
for poisoning her brother so as to procure
fve-thousnnd-dolla insurance policy he had
on his life, has become iusane, and is now in
dying condition.
General John Ely, recently appointed
United States Marshal for the. Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania died suddenly on the
4th. AEs ~
A telegram received at the War Department
from Austin, Texas, announces that Brevet
Captain B. R. Harkness, First Lieutenant
3sth Infantry, was shot and instantly killed
while in pursuit Of deserters from the 3sth
Infantry. The murderers were captured and
confined in Fort Bliss.
David Thompson, g river peddler, was
murdered short distance above Evansville
few days ago, by man named Seanlan aud
Mrs. Thompson, wife of the murdered man.
The party consisting of Ex-Governor Ward,
Of Few Jersey, Colonel ForneY, General Van
wyck, of New York, and others who started
on Southern trip, two weeks ago, have re-
turned to Washington. They went as far as
Florids. stopping at the principal cities and
towns on the way. All concur in the report
that industrial prospects have improved
The negroes are working better this than last
yesr. and the whites generally seem to be
more industrious. Crops look well. The
people are anxious for northern immigration
and millions of acres Of good land are for
sale, and great inducements offered to capt.
talists.
At Springfield, Ohio, on the night of the
9Th. James Stevenson was garroted and
robbed of 81 ,1OO.-
At "a late hour Wednesday night, in Louis
vile, the police made raid upon several of
the principal gambling houses, and arrested |
the proprietors and dealers, and confscated
tn cir paraphernala.
During the storm, Wednesday, a woman |
and child were struck dead by lightning at
sharpsburg, Indians.
A dispatch has been received by the Brit
ish Minister, from the English Consulate at
Havana, giving an account Of Spanish out
RACES on the high seas. According to this
dispatch, Spanish war vessel hailed an
English Brig at sea, and the latter, refusing
to stop, was fired into by the Spaniards and
sunk. This is the substance of dispatch
which Mr.. Thornton Immediately sent to his
Government over the cable.
1t is said U. S. Marshal Barlow, of New
York, has received dispatch from Secretary
Fish, instructing him to use every precaution
TO prevent the departure of any expedition
for Cuba from that port.
The New Yerk Herald editorially invites
the press to offsr half million of dollars
prize to the inventor of q successful type
setting machine, and offers to head the sub
seription with $4,000.
The town of Anna, Union County. Illi-
nois, was visited on the 4th by fearful hail
storm. The bail-stenes measured from one
to two and half inches in diameter, and
not few were as large as a mans fist The
ground was covered in some places two feet
deep. Fruit has been almost en- tirely de-
stroyed.
The Republicans of Memphis and vicinity
held grand mass meeting on the 5th, when
speeches were made, and an immense torch
light procession paraded the streets with
bands of music
The Mount Vernon estate of General George
Washington, one of the patriots of the Rev
olutiof, is advertised to be sold on the 10th of
June. at auction.
1t is anDounced that Robert Sherrnrd, of
steubenville, will be candidate before the
Republicah State Convention for State Treasu-
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1t is reported that General Grant is only
restrained from recognizing the belligerency
OF tie Cuban patriots by the opposition of
five members of his Cabinet rf
At Milford Center, Ohio, on the 9th, man
named Mitchell was run over and instantly
killed BY the cars Of the Columbus and In
dianapolis Railroad, while crossing the track
in buggy,
A man named Steel was drowned in a tank
Of oil at Pitrsburg on Wednesday last It's
supposed he became overpowered by the gas
escaping from the oil, and fell in.
The Dayton (ohio) papers say that the
hog cholera IS prevailing alarmingly in the
country few miles north of that city. Its
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