The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-27
summarSof Late News.

Summary ryOf Late News.
AT HOME.
A PASSENGER named Seaton was shot
and fatally wounded on the Louisville
Railway Thursday night, by his little
son, who was playing w{tt4 pistol
The California and Oregon Railroad
is completed to Tehonia;S 122 miles
above Sacrafieato. 1t will reach the
Oregon line before the close of the
year. =. ~
I ALEXANDER A. CoxsoR, of Isd5ha,
has been confirmed as Gove&96s of
Idaho, and Herman Bendel, of New
York, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
in the territory of Arizona.
THE schooner Wa1derer, of slave
trade notoriety, bound for Philadelphia,
was totally wrecked on Colorado Reef,
on the north coast of Cuba, Dec. 28th.
The captain and crew were saved.
THOMAS STORM, of StormvilIe, N. Y,
reports forty head of cattle affected by
the newly discovered cattle disease. A
large herd belonging to James Ogden,
of the same place, are affected. Some
of the latter have died.
TIE party on Mount Washington re-
port the mercury % degrees below zero
Sn the 11th. The mountain was en-
veloped in a cloud of unusual density,
filling the air with drifting masses of
frozen mist. Mr.. Smith, while meas
uring the winds velocity, being ex-
posed only five minutes, came in COM
pletely covered with frost nearly two
inches in thickness
The Rulloff murder trial was ended
Thursday forenoon by the denial of the
motion Tor q stay of proceedings and
the sentence Of the Court by Judge
Hogaboom, which was that Rulloff be
hanged on the third day of March,
in the Court House yard, at Binghamp-
ton, N. Y. Large crowds surrounded
the Court House. The accused made
no speech to the Court but heard his
sentence in solemn silence.
DEPUTY SHERIFF PAINE arrived at
Memphis Thursday night, having in
charge II. W. Bateman, Toney Bate
man, and o. Mills, charged with par
ticipating in double murder at Devils
Elbow, last Saturday, in which s. F.
Kufer and VIM Ferguson were killed
outright and Tony Bateman wounded.
The affair grew out of Bateman attempt
ing to eject Ferguson, who was his ten
ant, from the house. White Bateman
was quarreling with Mrs. Ferguson,
her husband fred, killing Kufer, who
had fallen in with the party near there.
Ferguson was then shot and killed by
Bateman. The party of prisoners were
bailed in $5, 900 each.
ANOTHER raid was made Thursday
upon the illicit whisky-stills in the
Fifth Ward of Brooklyn by Supervisor
butcher and revenue officers Jourdan
and Wass. The raid was successfully
carried out, owing to the presence of
one thousand United States troops, un-
der command of Gen. Yogdes. Nine
teen stills, containing eighty-fve hogs
heads of mash, valued, collectively, at
$3.50, 900, have been destroyed. The
work VIII probably be completed to-
morrow. Revenue officer Wass was
struck twice with bricks. The temper
of the Irish is very sullen. Other stills
Will soon be constructed unless the
government allows patrol guard
ABROAD.
THE Very Rev. Afford, d. D.. Dean
Of Canterbury, died suddenly on the
18th, in the 61st year of his age.
ZENA, an insurgent bearer of dis
patches in Cuba, has been caught and
executed by the Spaniards.
MADAME JUAREz, wife of the Presi-
dent ofMeIico, died on the End, greatly
lamented-
The ship Crescent, of Havana, was
run into on the Mersey and sunk. Sew
eral of her crew are missing.
ANorHKR terrible explosion occurred
in colliery near Newcastle, Stafford
shire. Twenty persons were killed and
injured.
ORDERS have been issued that French
officers who escape from their places of
imprisonment in Germany shall, upon
re-capture, be treated as convicts.
GKE. CHANzBY, IN the battles of the
10th and 11th, had two corps engaged
and 60, 600 men reserved. A great bat
tie is reported to have taken place on
the 18th.
The reinforcements now on their way
to Join the German armies in France
and those in readiness to go number
200, 600 men, thus raising the German
force to ], 100000.
A DISPATCH from Lille states that
Gen. Faidherbe surprised the rear
guard of the German army and 30 OF
fhe anamv were killad and 20 taken
prisoners. The French did not lose a
man. The French have again entered
Bapaume.
The Grand Duke of Mecklenbure
telegraphs to the Duchess as follows
'.After crossing the rivulet of Haune,
on the 11th, we fought on the next day
hot but victorious battle at Lombeon
and Lachapela, taking nearly ten
thousand prisoners. Ourloss is incon-
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