Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-07-15
NEWS ITEMS.

Alta says the performance was something like
failure, the wind blowing SO hard that it
was impossibleto to make the experiment in the
open air; so the trial was made under cover.
The ship rose in the air, propelled backward
and forward, and guided in any desired di-
rection by the steering apparatus. 1t is
claimed that the present Aviator is not cri-
terion of the success of the principle devel-
oped. The scale of its machinery is SO
trifing, the engines and boiler weighing less
than hundred pounds, that its failure or
success is matter of no surprise.
A dispatch was received in Washington
from Mississippi Thursday, from State and
limited States officials, and other prominent
citizens, saying the Republican party would
support Judge Lewis Dent for Governor, and
his election was certain. Judge Dent author
lied the statement that he would accept the
nomination. The convention meets July Is.
A capsized sail boat, with sails set, came
ashore, "Wednesday, near Stony point Light
house, New York. No bodies were found
There was no name on the boat, and no clew
as to where from, or how many lives were
lost. ilL..gE E
The Indians are committing depredations
along the Rio Grande-supposed to be the
Navajoes.
Mrs. McAdams, living four miles South of
Greenville, illinois, was murdered Monday
afternoon by an unknown man, supposed to
be from st. LOUIS. He entered her house
when she was alone, and offered personal vi
olence, but being foiled he cut her throat
from ear to ear, and then stabbed her several
times in the side. The whole country in the
vicinity is deeply exasperated and aroused,
and squads of armed and mounted men are
securing the country, looking for the murder
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Thomas and John Kelley were buried by
the csying in of an immense bank Of earth
on the Rock Island d Pacific Railroad track,
about three miles west of Davenport, Iowa,
on the 5th. John was got out alive, although
seriously injured. 1t was several hours be-
fore Thomas was reached, and he was quite
dead.
The officers of the Army of the Potomac
held reunion and banquet in New York, on
the 5th, which was numerously attended,
1t was presided over by General Sheridan
Bachelors grand historical painting of the
battle of Gettysburg was unrolled at the
banquet and ELECTED the utmost enthusiasm.
A lucky party struck a twenty-five barrel
oil we'll at Tionesta, on the Allegheny Biver,
last week This is new oil region.
Washington dispatches give full account
of new move on the political chess board,
having for its end the nomination of Mr..
Boutwell, as the next Republican candidate
for President.
Mrs. Shugalt, who had been on trial for
some daFs for the murder of her husband, at
Butler, Pennsylvania, was found guilty, on
Monday, of Murder in the first degree.
A man named Bengey, living in Chicago,
has been fearfully poisoned by wearing red
stockings.
A fire is raging in the mountains near
Georgetown, Colorado, and threatens great
damage to the timber region.
The oil wells and tanks Nos. IS and Sc, on
the Tallman farm, near Titusville, Pennsyl-
vania, were struck by lightning. The tanks
burst, and property to the amount of S35, 200
was destroyed, including 1000 barrels of
oil.
Mrs. Grant and children will probably com
mence their summer residence at Long Branch
about the 18th. There is authority for stat
ing that the President does not contemplate
an extended tour or prolonged absence from
the capital during the summer.
At the banquet given to the officers Of the
Army of the Gulf, at Long Branch, on Thurs
day evening, Frank Blair, in responding to G
toast, was so indiscreet as to offend his audi
ence by q too earnest Endorsement of Stone
wall Jackson and the Southern rebels in gene
raj. he was loudly hissed by members of the
association, and finally called to order by
Admiral Farragut. Much iil-feeling toward
Blair prevails in consequence Of the speech
The New York Herald's special from
Havana, on the 7th, mentions an engagement
between the Spanish troops and the insur
gents, at Santiago de Cuba, about the Cd
concerning the result of which the Govern
ment was very reticent
Thomas Mulhali, some time ago found
guilty of the murder of Daniel P. Skinner
at Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
and granted new trial, has been again found
guilty, and sentenced to be hung on the 26tt
prox.
1t was agreed, in full Cabinet meeting, OF
Friday, to order an election in Mississippi, t.
take place on the 4th of November.
At Wilmington, NJ c.. Saturday, steam
tug exploded. causing the death of Colone
@ears, and badly iDjuring two others.
Captain Monroe Harrison, q. s. A., died
in st. Louis, on the 5th, of brain fever.
Letters received by friends of jeff. Davis in
Montreal, state that Il is doubtful whether hs
will ever be able to return to this country
owing to failing health.
Charles Gillespie was killed by lightning
at Saltwater, Minnesota, on Tuesday.
A Government train was attacked bv Tn.
dians on Sunday, while en- route to Wind
River Valley: sr o1a ~ f-.l4.-
The rumor of an alliance between Spair
and Great Britain, hostile to the United
States, is again revived in Washington.
There is rumor in Washington that Sec
retary Cox is to be relieved from the Interio
Department, and skelved on the Suprem
bench.
There has been an unprecedented food il
the Colorado Valley. Lagrange and Colum
bia are being evacuated. The whole coun
try is under water. in some places to dept
Of twenty feetsa7 4R
A carriage-maker named Busby, from Wheel
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