Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02
NEWS ITEMS.

Nebraska, made their appearance Oh
the premises of farmer living twenty
FIVE miles above Sioux City, and while
be was plowing shot him in the back
and afterwards severed his head from
his body. The Indians we're captured
and are now at the agency under ar.
rest.
On Thursday night horse was sto'
len at Glenwood, Iowa, the thief escap-
ing to the Nebraska side. He was
pursued and captured by Sheriff John
son, of Plattsmouth. While riding to-
ward Plattsmouth, the thief seized
johnson and endeavored to pull him
from his horse. Releasing himself,
johnson drew pistol, and the thief
starting to run, shot him in the neck,
killing him instantly. In the melee
the Sheriff received a shot through his
hand.
Four hundred and nineteen houses,
and two ships. we're destroyed by fire
in Quebec on the cath.
The mail coach, between Pleasant
Hill, Wisconsin, and Butler, was stop
ped Thursday afternoon, by two high
waymen, and the passengers robbed.
The mail bags were ripped open, but
nothing taken. A horseman passing
at the time was also robbed. The
stage was then allowed to proceed.
Two lady passengers were not mo-
Tested.
Mack Baker went up with the bal
loon belonging to DeHaven's circus,
on Monday evening, at McGregor,
Iowa. He was carried eastward by a
slight breeze, and when over the river
the balloon descended rapidly, falling
in the middle of the stream, about
mile below town. Before any boats
could reach him he was drowned. His
body had not been recovered at last
accounts.
The bodies of four women and one
man have been found in the Tennessee
river, near Paducah, during the past
week. Two of the women had their
hands tied behind them, and had bark
ropes around their necks, as though
weights had been attached 10 keep the
bodies down. 1t is feared some family
moving west in a fat-boat have been
murdered.
James Gibbons, President of the Ex-
ecutive Council of the Fenian Brother
hood, states that the present so-called
Fenian raid upon Canada is unauthor
lied by the Fenian Brotherhood, being
merely personal enterprise by ire
sponsible parties.
A terrible rain and hail storm pass
ed over portion of Allmakee County,
Iowa, on Saturday. Buildings were
blown down, trees uprooted, and cattle
and hogs killed. There are rumors
of the loss of several human lives.
Many farmers will be obliged to do
their planting all over again.
Bids for the improvement and en-
largement of the Louisville and Port
land Canal. were opened in Louisville,
Friday, at the Office of General Welt
eel. The awards will be made when
notification is receiyed that Congress
sional Appropriation has been made.
Southern American advices state that
the City of Mendosa was visited on the
Gath of March by terrific earthquake,
which destroyed all the buildings with
upper stories. The loss of life is not
stated, but said to be much less than
might have been expected.
A man, supposed to be George Liv-
ingston, was murdered on Tuesday
night at Oswego, New York, and his
body thrown into the river. He is
supposed to have been murdered by a
relation of a young lady whom he Sc
duced in New York.
Private advices from the new mines,
ninety miles south of Rawlin Springs,
Wyoming, say that great excitement
exists over the new mines, which are
paying from FIVE to fourteen dollars to
each man per day.
Francis Hope, an old man, hung
himself in barn at Liberty Corners,
New Jersey, on Tuesday night. On
Wednesday morning a lad named Conk-
ling went into the barn and hung him
self from the same beam.
The steamer Clara, bound down the
Mississippi. with heavy cargo of
grain. sunk one hundred and FIVE miles
above st. Louis. 1t is feared she will
prove total loss.
A monster musical festival, in imita-
ton of the Boston Peace Jubilee. is nro-
jected to be held in New York ir June.
Philadelphia has contributed S14,-
l36 to the relief of the sufferers by the
accident at the Richmond Capitol.
The Fenian raid on Canada has COM
pletely ended, and the disgusted inva-
ders are getting home as fast as posi-
bic.
There was a heavy snow etorno ,yast