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

from the. bow to the stern OF the
steamer, it came in contact with the
wheel which was in motion, and cap
sized. and three of the four occupants
were drowned.
1t is known at Washington that mu-
nitious of war belonging to the Fe-
mans are distributed along the Cana
dian frontier, and the Government is
taking measures to prevent a violation
of the neutrality laws.
Abe Hicks, a rather quarrelsome
man, st Metropolis, Illinois, endeavored
to shoot a stranger during the Odd
Fellows celebration at that place, on
Wednesday. The stranger grappleds
him, turning the pistol toward Hicks as
the trigger was pulled. The ball en-
tered Hicks bowels, causing his death.
A letter from General Stanley, at
Fort Sully, to General Sheridan, repre-
sents the Brule Sioux as apparently
bent on mischief. The General is of
the opinion that there is no peace with
these Indians till they have been
soundly thrashed.
Washington dispatch says that at
the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday the
propriety of allowing British troops to
pass over our soil, or through our wa.
ters, to the Red River country. for the
purpose of putting down rebellion,
was freely discussed, and it was unani-
mously agreed that such thing could
not be permitted. Every member of
the Cabinet concurred in this view.
Andrew ]. Bauder, receiving clerk
in the freight Office of the Cleveland
and Pittsburg Railroad, shot his wife
at Toledo, Wednesday, infiicting q
wound from which she died in an hour
and a half. Alleged in6delity was the
cause of the act.
Up to alate hour Wednesday night,
President Donnelly and other promi-
nent officers of the O'Neil faction of Fe-
mans we're in council at headquarters
in New York. All the staff were busy
inditing communications to the subor-
dinate commanders to have their forces
wellin hand, and other instructions not
obtainable by the press. Several Off
GERS wereordered to their commands,
and departed Thursday night.
The total amount received from the
income tax last year was $37,O16, 7s6.
Raising the exemption to So, 500 and
reducing the tax to 3 per cent. would,
on the same basis, reduce the receipts
to Sl1, 100000. The revenue re-
ceipts for the first eight months of the
present fiscal year have increased
eighteen millions over the preceding
year. !
On Sunday FIVE young Japanese no.
blemen. arrived in New York and put
up at the St. James Hotel. They come
to this country to be educated at Prince
ton College, and it is said that one of
them is a member of the Imperial fam
lily.
Charles Smith, ofMachias, near Lit
tie Valley, New York, on Thursday,
killed his wife with an ak in quarrel /,
Smith was sixty years of age, and has
for some time lived uuhappily with his
wife.
Rev. S. L. Dawes. present pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church, College
Hill. has been rendered theposition of
financial agent for Southern Ohio, of
Marietta College, of which institution
he is a graduate, and it is supposed he ,
will accept. /,
On Saturday son of Mr.. j. West,
of Harmony township, Morrow county,
Ohio, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the barn with a log, chain. (
He was about seventeen years old. I
There is no assignable cause for the I
act.
Five inches of rain are reported as
having fallen at Denver, Colorado,
within the last week. This is some
thing unusual in that country.
The General Committee of the Grand :.
Army of the Republic has designated !.
May 80, as the day on which soldiers
graves are to be decorated. E-a.
Governor Walker. of Virginia, has U
appointed the 4th of May. for day Of C
humiliation and prayer throughout the e
State, in consequence of the recent ca
lamity in Richmond. {
The Presbyterian Church at Wrights- t
vile, Pennsylvania, was struck by 1
lightning and was totally destroyed by 3
fire Thursday afternoon. 8
The Engineer Department of ths Il
army propose to put Fort Sumter in or I I
der. but TO- make it battery rather !. l
than q fort. q
1t is generally conceded in Washing o
ton that the Tariff bill will fail to pass.l
It will probably be laid aside soon, TO- d
give way for other business. G
a dispatch says thatTit is believed in
Virginia that General Lees health is b
ranidlv falling. He has gained some q