Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-07-21
NEWS ITEMS.

A difficulty occurred on Thursday,
at Paducah. between Captain J. W.
Troyer, of the steamer A. Baker, and
Hugh Worthington. the clerk OF the
steamer Milbrey, in which the latter re-
ceived probably fatal injuries from a
brick thrown by Captain Trover- Inc
boats are rival packets between caro-
and Paducah, and the affray seems to
have been the elimination OF bitterness
engendered by the struggle for the
monopoly of the trade. Captain Trover
was released on FIVE hundred dollars
bail.
A '.lady' in New Albany the other
day gave a feast TO number of her
friends, in celebration of the twenty
second birthday of one of her sons.
The feast was sumptuous one, to all
appearance. and the meats were par
ticularly pronounced excellent. 1t
transpired in the evening, however,
that the fine roast and stew the guests
had partaken of with such appetite and
in such abundance was nothing more
nor less than the flesh Of a fat dog! A
sensation of sea-sickness, such as might
be expected where people embark on
unexplored seas of gastronomy, has
troubled most of the guests ever since.
James Little and wife were shot, a
few days ago, in Jackson county, Ten
nessee, while going to work on their
farm. Little was killed instantly, and
his wife mortally wounded. The mur-.
derer is supposed to be man named
Bales, who decamped Immediately af-
ter the deed was done.
A cable telegram from Dublin says:
ga desperate riot between the Orange
men and Cathol les occurred Thursday
at Aughnocloy. A deputy master of
the Orange organization was killed,
and many persons were wounded"
Judge Lynch came near holding
court at Troy, Ohio, on Monday. A
negro by the name of Ford forgot the
use for which baseball bats were in
tended, and hurled one at the head of
a white boy, knocking him out of time
and nearly into eternity. By making
quick time the negro temporarily es-
capped the reward of evil-doers.
The crop reports in North Alabama
and Arkansas are unusually favorable.
Corn and cotton are both remarkably
good. In West Tennessee the cotton
has been seriously injured by vermin.
A negro confined in Jail at Franklin,
Tennessee, charged with committing a
rape on a white woman, was taken out
Thursday night by disguised maraud-
ers and hanged,
Mrs. Ellison, living in Vernon, Wau-
kesha county, Wisconsin, was struck
by lightning, on Wednesday, while
skimming milk, in her cellar, and in
stantly killed.
Advices from almost every point in
the Northwest represent the wheat har-
vest as progressing favorably, and the
yield of grain unusually good.
A big snake is reported to be in the
neighborhood of Troy, Ohio. 1t was
first seen by little girl while driving
the COWS home from pasture. 1t has
been seen several times since, and men
who have seen it say it is fifteen or
twenty feet long.
A severe tornado, accompanied with
hail, passed over Hudson, New York,
on Thursday, doing serious damage to
crops, fruit trees, fences and buildings.
While ten men were working on the
wheel-house of the steamer North
western. at Montrose, Iowa, on Thurs
day, the scaffold fell, precipitating
them into the river, and four of them
were drowned.
Senator Norton, of Minnesota, died,
Thursday morning, of consumption.
He had been confined to his bed for
some time.
The Pension bill giving Mrs. Lincoln
$4,000 per annum was Thursday pass
ed by the Senate, and signed by the
President.
Another disastrous fire occurred at
Constantinople Oh Monday. Over ff-
teen hundred houses were destroyed.
A terrific storm prevailed at Mon
treal, Wednesday. Houses were swept |
away, and much damage done. No
lives are reported lost.
Seventy four horses were burned to
death in fire at Lansingburg, n. Y,
Friday.
Passengers from China, just ar
rived in San Francisco, do not believe
the reported massacre of Europeans
and native Christians in Pekin.
A National Camp Meeting is being
held at Darlington, Maryland, with
large attendance.
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