Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-07-22
NEWS ITEMS,

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NEWS ITEMS.
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-..ss.sauev on well Il reported in .Yeaangp
County, PmnYlvshis rsodpeing 2so barrels
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The President has ordered the vote on The
Texas Constitution to be taken on the 30th Of
November, the day set for the election IN
Mississippi. Unlike the order for the Mis-.
sissippi election, it makes NO provision fer a
separate vote on any of the obnoxious clauses.
: District Attorney Pierrepont has been di-
) rected BY theiPrssident To aetEin concert with
the military and nsval suthoritiesaat New
York, to prevent the sailing Of arumored Gu
: ban expedition. The neutrality laws are to
> abeigvrously snforced!i ,sa ys1 3
yoJ There is runaorin Washington that Gen
{ saI sekles is instructed to propose to Spain
TO sell to the people Of Cuba her right Of emil
nent domain in that Island, the United
States Government to indorse the bonds.
Great activity is being displayed at the
Brooklyn Navy yard in fitting out gun.boats
for sea. No less than six are being prepared
for immediate service.
The wheat crop in the Muskingum Valley
is the largest ever harvested. @
as At West Zanesville, on Sunday afternoon,
while party of children were playing at the
base of a sand bank, it caved in upon. them,
burying and smothering to death three OF
the number, named james R. and VIM. j..
Timberlake, and James A. Fleming. aged re-
5ospectively five, seven and eleven years.
4 Senator Morton, Of Indiana, has been In
vited to open the campaign for the Repubi-
can party in Ohio, at such time as he shall Sc
lect.
Hon. Asa Packer, was nominated for Gov
ernor by the Pennsylvania Democratic ooh'
vention at Harrisburg. last week.
The Weld of wheat in the Miami Valley is
the largest ever known in that region
C. N. Goulding, of Ohio, has been appoint
ed Consul at Hong Kong. a-
1t is stated that six fatal cases of cholera
have occurred this week in New York city,
brought by vessels from Cuba
There were one hundred and ffty-two
deaths in Chicago last week.
The official count of the vote in Virginia
at heado uarters, shows Walkers majority to
be 1850. ~.
Hon. Thomas W. Barley donates to the
State fine portrait of his father, the late ex-
Governor Nordecai BARLEY.
The indications at the Treasury Depart
ment are that the next monthly showing will
exhibit another large reduction in the public
debt, though not SO large as that for the past
month.
A fire in Cleveland, on Thursday night,
DESTROYED twenty or thirty cars of coal oil,
valued at between $5O,OOO and $4,000, and
upon which there was but triAing insurance.
1t was held by Cleveland factors for Eastern
parties. -.,r
A. fearful tornado swept owe. the country
about Allentown Pennsylvania, Friday
causing great destruction of property. Many
houses were blown down, and trees, fences
crops, &C., were destroyed. A bridge two
hundred feet long. on the Lehigh and Sus-
quehanna Railroad was utterly destroyed,
and apother at Laubach's abouta mile from
Allentown, was moved on its foundation about
q foot. 7d II 81 a1i.n1 tJd -aWob ga
The President has issued his proclamation
ordering vote on the adoption Of theaJack-
son Constitution, in Mississippi on the
Both of November. The DISTINGUISHING clause,
the clause disqualifying rebels from holding
Office, the clause forbidding the loaning OF
the credit of the State, and the~test' oath for
ofice-holders are submitted 10 separate votes
Il A terrible tornado swept over Lexington,
Missouri, on Che 14th The Caucasian news
paper Office was wrecked, and many houses
unroofed, and otherwise damaged. Trees and
fences are blown down in every direction,
and the growing crops and fruit trees de-
stroyed. ~
A man named John Wilkinson applied
Wednesday evening at the Central Police
Station, in Rochester, New York, for lodg-
ings, and committed suicide by cutting his
throat during the night. 1t is not known
where he came from. 49,
= A heavy storm passed over Peoria, Chilli
cothe and Hale, in Illinois, on Saturday after
noon. Houses, trees, fences, DC, were blown
down in considerable numbers, involving
heavy damage. olives are reported lest
While President Juarez and his Cabinet
were enjoying ride on Lake Tazcoeo, near
the cityof Mexico, on the 10th, the boiler of
the steamer exploded. All were miraculously
saved. Senef, Romero, who was in the engine
room at the time of the explosion, was blown
into the water, but saved himself by swim
ming. t ssnis il3 - sas3 .ol
A dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa. says
the rains the past week have done immense
damage to the crops. Wheat, and oats suf-
fer most. =.
Lieutenant Colonel Bowman, of the Thirty
first United States, Infantry, died at Omaha
on saturday night, eoar3es6 f ~
Cholera has made its appearance in New
York, Jersey City and Hoboken. .oiss
R The platform Of the Ohio
Democracy is denounced by the Re