The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-09-13
NEWS

On Friday last q mob attacked the
Jail at Beardstown ILL.,, for the purpose
of lynching Diffenbacher, who YVES con-
fined there for the murder of man
named Milsted, on the previous night.
Failing in their attempt to break into
the Jail, they revengefully set fire to the
town, and burned down a whole block
of its best buildings.
Judge Dent was brought before the
Police Court, in Washington, and fined
one hundrC dollars and costs, for his
assault on Henry r 2ed, associate liz "
Of the "Sunday Capital"
Tie Hon. J. M. Weakley, State & ma
tor from Carlisle and editor of The
Carlisle Herald, was assaulted and vio-
lently beaten last week by DIR. A. b.
Sharp,a prominent lawyer of that place.
The quarrel grew out of contempt
uous allusion in Weakley's newspape +
to a recent speech of Sharp's. A printer
named Sullivan, a brother in law of the
Senator afterwards assaulted and beat
Sharp.
Forester the supposed murderer of Mr..
Nathans in New York two years ago
was arrested in Washington on Satur-
day last. The rewards offered for this
and other offences aggregate $4,000.
The steamship American of the Pa.
ciflc Mail Company's line YVES d; troy
ed by fire at Yokohama on the night of
August 2ith. The crew were saved.
Hong Kong treasure to the amount OF
100000 wcs lost. The vessel was built
in 1863, and valued at 81 100000.
Senator Sumner has gone t) Europe
Before leaving however he gave to the
chairman of IN. Liberal Republican
Committee of MisSachu~ett, an elabOr-
ate written spc. - in favor of Gre, ,iey
for Pre- ,ident.
The Democratic and Liberal Repub.
lican Conventions of New York met in
Syracuse on Sept. 9th and made joint
State ticket. Francis Herman, Dem.
was nominated for Governor; Chauncey
M. Depew, Rep. for Lieut.. Governor; S.
s. Cox Dem. for Congr, ssman,a at large
and Enos @. Brooks, Rep. for Prison In.
spector.
Dr. Schoeppe who hes been on a
second trial on the charge of poisoning
| Miss Steinecke of Baltimore Was ac-
quilted on Friday last He has been
under sentence of death for thrc years.
Jc ieph Bro Tn, boy eighteen yesrs
of age, was convicted in Pottsville on
Friday last for the murder of Daniel s.
Kramer and wife an aged couple
living in Washington township, ,Schuyl-
kill CO. This murder was peculiarly
brutal one, the old pc )ple having been
beaten to death with clubs.
A fire in Erie ON Wodne day of last
week destroyed the Reed House and
block. Loss $4,000.
Aiken the New York policeman who
Yves caught in the act of burglary has
been sent need t) twenty years in the
Penitentiery. 'rompt jratice indC I'd.
The "Straight out'' Convention which
met at Louisville on the 4th of Septem,
ber was ridiculopT failure having
neither head tail nor body. Charl6
O'Conor of New York was nominated
for President but refused the nomina.
ton; John Quincy Adams We chosen
for Vice President but refused; James
Lyons was named for Pre- 5ident but re-
fused, whereupOn the convention broke
up without making any nomination.
1t 's raid that the Board of Arbitra'
tion at Geneva will award damages tC
tho United Stat 5 amounting TO somo
thing over $1,000. 900.
Official returns of the North Carolina
election give Caldwell, Republican, 1915
majority for Governor.
; AT Columbia, on Monday, man
named Goheen was struck on the head
with club in an affray with circus
employe, and fatally injured. His as
salient hes not been arrested.