Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-09
NEWS ITEMS.

indidA ullnculilee hrt Sill prcshieHt IN " ~
Mexico. Trains are frequently attacked, an
much stock isrun off +.
A gres. fire is raging in the Dismal Swamp
Many miles of fences and eordweod hay
beer, destroyed, and numerous wild animal
have been driven out into the open country.
The President is said to have stated to -
Kentucky Republican that he intended here
after in his appointments to give preterenc
to Union soldiers; that he had, not yet mad
all the removals he intended, and would ap
point none but sound RA5isslz
Frank Butte, of 81. Louis, ID . Ct 1of de
spondency, left his bed Monday Hght ol
early Tuesday morning and hung. himself il
an clubhouse. q
Mr. Henry Prnther, of Decatur, Illinois
brother-in-law Of Governor Oglesby, wink
riding in his buggy, on Wednesday evening
was run into by a span of runaway horsesl
attached to heavy wagon, and almost in.
stantly killed. Mr.. Prather was a most
worthy, estimable and prominent citizen Of
Decatur. r
A dispatch from Mount Washington Tues
day evening reports heavy storm there. Ice
formed on the telegraph wires two inches ia
thickness, breaking them down in places. =
The thermometer on the mountain fell to %
degrees.
A few flakes of snow fell in New York,
Wednesday.
The safe of the Quartermaster at Hays
City, Kansas, was robbed on Monday of 81,
500.
An explosion occurred on vessel at Nor
folk. Virginia, on Wednesday, by which three
men were killed and four or five others were
dangerously wounded. A set of steam pumps
had been placed on the yesselto bail her out,
as she had been wrecked, and through an ac-
cident to the boiler. the explosion took place.
An extensive vein of bituminous coal was
discovered Tuesday, at Cowlesville, Wyo-
ming Co., New York, about 25 miles from
Buffalo 81
Gerhardt Eilers. a German addicted to
whisky and disappointed in love, was found
hanging to a tree near ST. Louis.
A German, named Nicholas Reicher,
drowned himself at st. Louis, on Monday
Cause-sickness and dependency.
R. D. Declare. residing on Michigan av-
enue, Detroit, was chloroformed on Tuesday
night, and robbed of money and jewelry
worth 5000. and certificates of stock and
land warrants representing value of $780,
900. st-yr- -
The President has made the following ap-
pointments: Walter @. Gresham, Judge of
the United States Court for Indiana; VIM.
Gouyeneur Morris, Marshal for California.
The large freight depot of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, at Quincy,
together with all the offices attached, and be-
tween twenty and thirty ears, mostly laden,
was burned on Monday nj ght. The loss is
estimated at about 100000 A part Of the
ears belonging to the Hannibal and st. Joe
road. %1fS oy -
Columbus dispatches say ,Pendleton has
come down with 81 600 toward defraying the
expenses of the campaign, and that all the
candidates on the ticket will contribute
handsomely.
jeff Davis declares the accounts Of his i'll
health exaggerated. He will probably re-
main in England. .;.t.r =,
John Fields, who had been on trial at Viii
Transport, Pennsylvania, for five days, was
on Tuesday found guilty of murder in the
first degree. Since his arrest he has twice at
tempted suicide, and once broke away from
the Sheriff in the street. '.,.a,.5
Mr.. Bonner drove Dexter, on Tuesday, one
mile, on the Prospect Park grounds, in 2:2I3N,
to road wagon. ( teii t4z9 t -gu
It is learned from sources deemed reliable
that General Candy will soon proclaim the
result of the late election in Virginia; that
on the fourth Tuesday thereafter The Legisla-
ture will meet, and that the test oath will
not be allowed to act on questions beyoud
those required by law preliminary to the
recognition Of the State by Congress, the lat |
ter including the ratification of the Fifteenth |
Amendment to the Constitution Of the United /
States. -'sa--s e-=------
A large number of men enlisted for the |
Cuban army are gathering at Fort Gaines |
Marshal Cox telegraphs that the citizens are
not able TO cope with them, and asking mill
tary aid. General Terry has been asked for /
company of Regulars, to be sent to the fort
by special train, and Distuc. Attorney Mil
hdge has telegraphed, in reply, that he and |
the United States Marshal from Savannah
will answer in person, immediately. There
is much excitement over the matter at Macon |
The filibusters are said to be under commend
of Major Bridgeford, formerly of General
Lees staff.
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