Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-05-26
NEWS ITEMS.

tugal, the object being to secure
change in the Ministry. The Duke O.
Saldanhua at the head of the soldiers
attacked and captured the Castle of st
George. the stronghold of Lisbon, ant
also the palace. No violence was dom
by the captors. though there was grea
excitement. The Prime Minister, th,
Duke de Louis, resigned, and Saldan
hua was requested to form new Cab
met. There is said to be a strong
party in the provinces in favor of the
depossd Ministry.
The Eggleston strader contested
election case is now reported to have
been agreed upon, finally. by the SUBJ
committee of three. 1t now appears
that Hale and Randall have signed a
report upon the case declaring Strader
entitled to the seat. Cessna, the re.
naming member, has not yet deter
mined whether to sign it or not.
On Wednesday afternoon, gang of
six or eight persons made desperate
attempt to escape from the Illinois
State Penitentiary, at Joliet, by rush
ing through gate which team was
passing through. The guards fred on
the runaways, killing two. The bal
ance were captured in few minutes.
There was a large fire at st. Paul
Minnesota, Friday, and quite a num-
Der of buildings were destroyed. Two
men in Bryant & Stratton's College
were obliged to jump from window,
about one hundred feet to the ground,
and one of them was fatally injured. A
woman and child were also burnt up.
Mrs. Schwalbenstriker and daughter,
of st. Louis, were thrown from
wagon, on Thursday, and the latter in
stantly killed, and the former danger
ously wounded.
About fifteen thousand American Of
6cers, non commissioned officers and
privates of our late volunteer armies,
have enrolled themselves in the Col
coura Monument Association.
The Reconstruction Committee have
agreed upon bill for the admission of
Georgia on the same terms as those
applied to Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas, with an addition allowing these
four States to organize and call into
service the militia forces.
A ragpicker named B. Newman was
killed by drayman named Pat Burke,
on the fernando Road, near Memphis,
on Wednesday. During an alteration
Burke struck Newman with a billet of
wood, crushing his skull.
A New York dispatch says: Un-
doubtedly, from the best authority that
can be obtained, several hundred men
connected with the Fenian organiza-
tions have left the city on the war-path
within the last forty-eight hours.
The British Consul at Havana has
written Home that the Spaniards have
$4,000 men under arms, and the in
surgents 1900.
The crop prospects in certain por-
tons of Illinois were never better, every
thing being fully three weeks ahead.
The corn in some places is nearly ready
for cultivation.
Careful inquiry is making in Wash !
ington as to the fate of the Funding ,
bill, but opinions are so diverse that it t
is impossible to make any prediction.
The Captain General of Cuba has is ]
sued proclamation declaring the t
slaves of all the insurgents henceforth q
free. c
The Northwest generally has been
Tisited during the past week by re 4
.reshing showers, which have been of
great benefit to the crops.
A large number of Mormons passed |,
trough New York on Saturday for the =
West. They we're from the South and t
If the lower classes. q
The crops in Georgia are seriously
injured by drought. e
The German Theater, in Chicago, q
vas burned, on Thursday night. y
Several cases of sun stroke occurred S
N Monday in New York. e
There have been copious rains in y
central Iowa. The crops are looking
veil.