The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-13
Summary Of Late News.
AT HONE.


NICHOLAS KENNEDY died at Cincin
natl, Tuesday, from falling through
hatchway.
The loss by the burning of th,
Rutherford Park Hotel, New JERSEY. OF
Saturday, is $4,000.
TIE sales of real estate in Chicago
for the past year aggregate s37, SIS, ,455
against $40, AIS, 163 in 1855.
IT is believed that the schooner Eliz
sbeth, from New York to Portland
foundered at sea, and all hands lost.
A FIRE occurred at Quincy, Illinois
Tuesday morning, destroying property
worth $50, 900; insurance about 81, COO
THE residence of r. W. Cameron, q
well known stock breeder and importer,
on Staten Island, was burned Saturday
night. Loss 500, 900.
FRED REMPLER, a dairyman, was Sc
nearly frozen on Christmas, while max.
ing his rounds in Cincinnati, that he is
in a pIecarious condition
The total loss by the fire at Fough-
keepsie, n. Y, Monday night, is esti-
mated a. $40, 900, on which there Is an
actual insurance of SAC, 500.
The old courthouse in Chicago was
damaged by fire on Saturday night, to
the extent Of 5000. The fire caught
in the room of the county treasurer.
In Superior City, Wis, on Sunday
last, the store and warehouse occupied
by r. G. Coburn, and several other
buildings, were burned to the ground.
Loss $50, 1000; partially insured.
TIE Central Pacific Railroad robbers,
tried at Washoe City, were sentenced
to the State Prison as follows: Chap
man, 18 years; Parsons, 20; Coickerel,
%; Squires, % years and six months.
SEVENTY buildings in the centre of
Mifhin, Pa, including stores, dwellings
and stables, were burned on Saturday
night, causing loss which is estimated
at from $50, 900 to 5000, 900. The Odd
Fellows Hall, the Democrat I'd Ga
zette Office, the Arion Hotel, Sulaff &
Sellers, Tilton & Osfender's, and Hoff-
mans stores, and j. G. Holtbaugh's
restaurant, were destroyed, together
with the dwellings, of the following
persons: J.Stilling, T. Hamilton, Mrs.
Reese, W. Egaf, E. L Doty, S. Parker,
n. Goshen, A. G. Bonsall, J. Stambaugh,
John Wright, @. McClellan, Mrs. Oswalt,
VIM. Wise, John Dietrich, Robert Gala
her, James Robson, Mrs Dolan, Messrs.
Hoffman, Cramp and Hazard, together
with six oreight frame buildings of Geo.
Jacobs, occupied as offices and shops.
Twenty-Five or thirty stables were also
destroyed. The amount of insurance
is unknown.
ABROAD.
TIE cold in France is said to be IN
tense, and the soldiers suffer greatly.
THE conference on the Eastern ques-
tion will be held in London on Janu-
airy Sd.
AUSTRIA, Prussia and England have
offered an asylum to the Pope. He will
probably accept Malta.
The weather in Southern France is
coId, and greatly interferes
with military operations.
THE italian Chamber of Deputies
voted to remove the Capitol to Rome,
within the next six months, by 192
yeas to 13 nays.
ADvIcEs from Valparaiso to Decem-
Der I'd state that a severe earthquake
occurred at Santiago and elsewhere,
but the damage done was slight.
A DISPATCH from Lusa announces that
the Alps were pierced through on the
18th, and that the workmen from both
ends of the Mount Gents tunnel joined
N congratulations upon the completion
Of the great work.
A FLYING column of Gen. Manteuffers
army encountered and defeated three
Dattalions or Gardes Mobiles at Fou-
luet with small loss, taking ten officers
and two hundred and fifty men prison
srs.
GEN. MANTEUFFE reports that on
Saturday five battalions left Rouenl
They encountered a French brigade and
irove them INTO the castle of Robert le
Diable, which was subsequently storm
I'd by the Prussians. The French loss
was one hundred in killed and prison.
srs.
A DISPATCH from Besancon reports
that another unsuccessful assault has
been made by the Germans on the for
of Belfort, in which the be-
siegers lost one thousand four hundred
in killed and wounded.
KING VICroR EMANUEL entered Rome
on the 31st ult. His reception was the
most enthusiastic. The King appeared
on the balcony of the Quirinal Palace
and was cheered by an immense assem-
bly,.
MARSHAL PRIM died in Madrid on the
night of the Both ult, from the wounds
of the assassins inflicted the day be-
fore. His death caused a profound
sensation in Spain.