The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-03
Szmmsry of Late News.

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A FIRE at Newburyport, Mass, OF
Monday morning, destroyed a schoo
house on Washington street. Loss tc
city $4,000.
A GAME dealer at Louisville received
one hundred buffalo calves Monday
morning, which had been slaughtered
on the plains and sent to the Louis
vile market over the Union Pacific
r9ilroad. ra.- Is
SUR has been commenced in the New
York Superior Court by Mr. Antonio
Mehn, Peruvian gentleman, against
Captain John Graham, to recover s100,
900 for damages for malicious persecu-
ton growing out of a proposed sale to
the Peruvian Government.
The dwelling of Henry Brodis, nea1
Plainville, Ohio, was burned on Satur-
day. A child was. burned to death.
Nothing was to be found after the fire
but the charred remains.
THERE was large meeting at Cincin-
natl Monday night to raise funds for
the realeased Fenian prisoners. Fully
Is, 900 persons were present, and much
enthusiasm was manifested.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT occurred at the
east end of the Bergen tunnel Monday.
A car was being drawn across the
bridge which opens the mouth of the
tunnel, when, owing to the slippery
condition of the track, it jumped the
track, and, dashing through the fence
which guards the bridge, leaped the
prccipice to the other side. The car
fell twenty feet and was dashed to
pieces. The conductor, who stood at
the brakes, went down with the car,
and was injured, it is supposed, fatally.
-Four or five passengers in the cars also
sustained severe and probably fatal in
jur;es.
AT daybreak Sunday the dead body
of Writ Nostrand, wealthy resident
of Synoset, and one of the most widely
known of the farmers of Long Island,
was discovered about half way between
the Syn0set Hotel and his own resi-
dence, which points are distant about
half mile apart. The body, when
found, presented a shocking appear
ance. The face was cut up in fearful
manner, and presented the appearance
of being hacked with hatchet. Plum
der was no doubt the object of the
murder. 1t is known that he had, a
few days previously, quarreled with
two Irishmen, named Kelly and Levine,
and they were at the hotel with Nos
trand on the fatal evening. The cor
oner held the two men. Norstrand was
born ON Long Island, and was about
fifty-five years old. He had amassed a
fortune of some $4,000, chiefly by
dealing in stock.
The weather is intensely cold at To
ronto. Thermometer IL degrees below
zero. In Montreal, yesterday morning,
it indicated 26 degrees below.
COUNT BISMARCK has, in a note in
reply to Jules Favre's request for safe
conduct, declined to enter into any
such negotiation, because of his dec
laration that the invitation to take part
in the proceedings of the conference
would be arecognition of the Republic.
THE Emperor William, in an order of
the day, announces to the army his ac-
ceptance of the Imperial dignity, and
acknowledges that its bravery and en-
durance have united Germany. He
solemnly charges the army ever to re-
main with the strong arm of Father
land.
The victims of the bombardment of
Paris in killed and wounded already
numbered SO children, 40 women, and
II men.
AN encounter took place on the Pa
cifc ocean, the exact locality not being
given, between the Prussian frigate
Nedusa, and two small French gun
boats, the Curieux and Bleaux, about
the Goth of December last, which re-
suited in the sinking of both French
vessels. The Curieux carried four brass
one-pounders, and the Bleaux two
twelve Founders, and one tEenty-four
FOUNDER, while the Prussian ship was
armed with thirteen guns of heavy cali
bre. The French frigate Cereallen left
Montevido In search of the Medusa i'm
mediately.