Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-05-12
NEWS ITEMS.

A letter from Bucharest says the
persecution of the Jews in Bncha-
rest is such that many Of them are
emigrating to the United States.
General Sherman says the ques
ton of war or no war with the In.
dians will be settled within q week
Returns of tax on incomes from
thirty-six districts, mostly small
ones, show an increase of $4,000
over the returns of 1869.
The Fenians are busily engaged
in enlisting and drilling new recruits
in New York.
President Grant has given $500 to
the Wilberforce University.
The latest intelligence from diff.
ferent portions of California con-
firms the fears Of short crops. The
drought is more serious than for
many years.
1t is again announced that the
President refuses to accept the re-
signation of General Hickenlooper,
as Marshal of the Southern District
of Ohio.
A disastrous Gre occurred at
Wilkesbarre, Penn, Friday morning
which destroyed some dozen barns
and outbuildings, and the extensive
livery stable Of P. Corniff, in which
thirty-one horses were burned to
death.
A rebellion has broken out among
the Khirgish tribes on the shores of
the Caspian Sea.
Garibaldi has issued q manifesto
to the French army, advising it to
raise the flag of evolution.
The steamboat Annie Bayley was
burned and sunk on Monday, at
Lobudamville, Lafourche Bayou,
Louisiana. The chambermaid was
drowned. The boat and cargo are
total loss.
tits probable that both Houses of
Congress will adjourn on July A.
The Senate is growing weary of
long sessions.
The Sullivant farm, two miles west
Of Columbus, has been purchased
for 800, 900 for the new site for the
Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum. The
old property was sold for 5000, 900.
j. F. Wadekind, of the firm of
Hahn d Wadekind, of Ashley, Ohio,
committed suicide on Wednesday by
hanging himself in a barn. Tenn
porary insanity is the probable
cause.
General Jordan, late of the Con
federate army, and more recently of
the patriot army of Cuba, arrived at
New York, Friday, by the steamer
Moro Castle. He says the Cuban
army consists of ten thousand we'll
disciplined and well. armed men,
supplied with artillery, mountain
howitzers, and all the necessary
equipments, and he declares that
the success of the revolution is only
aquestion Of time.
The boilers of the new power
house of the GAINESVILLE Water works
exploded at 10 o'clock Friday morn
ing, with terrible crash. The en-
gineer and fireman were the only
persons in the building. The fire.
man was blown through the roof
and landed fifty feet from the bull
ding. He will probably die. The
engineer is not much hurt. The
building was blown to pieces. Loss
about one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Governor English, of Connect
cut, was inaugurated Wednesday
In his message he says although the
ratification of the 18th Amendment
in some States was improper, yet
the forms of law have been COM
piled with, and he recommends the
Constitution be revised to comply
with it.
Captain Storey, Deputy United
States Marshal for Utah, was shot
and instantly killed by desperate
named Howes, at Salt Lake.
A special to the Chicago Tribune
gives an account of a disastrous
storm which occurred Friday at
Council Bluffs, Iowa A new
church, just completed, at cost Of
$4,000 was en- tirely demolished,
and numerous small buildings were
destroyed. Loss estimated at $780,
900.
The receipts of internal revenue
for the first nine months of the cur.
rent fiscal year show an increase
over the receipts for the correspond
ing period last year of $20,022,-
SS6.
E The labOrers of England, by
reason of low wages, the fruit of Free
Trade cannot afford tn eat uaot oe