The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-11-26

Ex-senator Fenton will summer in
Florida this winter.
-Bayard Taylor is lecturing on Ancient
Egypt"
Cardinal MCloskey sailed for New
York on Sunday
-"An habitual criminal" is what the Ma
ton irreverently calls John Morrissey.
The health of the Empress Carlotta,
Maximilan's widow, is distressingly bad.
Mr. Corcoran, of Washington, has it in
contemplation to erect stud.o building for
the artists of the capital
| The vessels sent out to search for the
| City of Waco have returned to Galveston
without finding any clue as to the fate of any
person on the board lost steamer.
The Court of Appeals at Albany, yes
terday morning, dismissed the appeals in the
Tweed cases, thu, refusing Tweed Il reduc-
tion Of bal! and bill of particulars.
Chandler has removed the chief clerk of
the patent office, an official of long standing
self almost indispensable. The charge against
him is tina: he is q democrat.
The State Board of Pardons concluded
ed until tie Yf9teF4a 9t dgghto and tas@t2@En
Among the cases recommended for pardon
| were those of Thomas Kee and J. H. Per-
kins, of Philadelphia, Among those refused
were Reuben j. Frankens and Andrew
Boyle, of the same city.
st. Louis, November lS.-At st. Mary.
No, a small town few miles south of here,
u young colored girl while being married to
Il man named Brooks on Wednesday night.
was shot througl the head by discarded
lover whose name is not reported. The
girl died and the murderer escaped.
Col. VIM. b. Mann has been appointed
prothonotary OF the court for three years in
Philadelphia The emoluments of the po-
sition are large. The appointment WAS made
at secret meeting of the twelve common
pleas Judges. 1t is understood the vote stood
to 5.
The recently revived rumor that the |
United states are about to acquire another
slice of Mexican territory, by purchase or
otherwise, is without foundation in fact. The |
minister of Mexico being inquired of in re-
gard to the matter declares unequiyocally |
that no proposition has been made to his |
government looking to such an acquisition, |
and that no negotiations for it have been |
pending
An old man in Georgia claims to have a |
pair of suspender buckles which he has
worn constantly for so years, his father hay-
ing worn them for 20 years previous This |
may be true, but incredulous people believe
that the old fellow is trying to get to the |
Centennial.
The artesian well at Fort Wayne. Ind,
has now reached a depth of 5000 feet, and |
while some citizens think there can be no
use Of pushing the work further, Others want
to keep on until they reach water or
China.
The President has pardoncd Manton
Heard and Robert A. Pc rson, who as CASH
Ter and Teller of the Rhode Island Bank,
embe2zed 100000 ard were sentenced
three years ago to nine years imprisonment.
Big rascals ret clear, and little ones have to
serve ont their punishment,
Salt Lake. Nov. lS-The case of Brig
ham Young, held in custody by Marshal
Maxwell lor contempt, on the order of judge
Boreman of October 20, coming before Chief
Il Instipa Wlita 70 ( Il
corpus, it was decided by him that the udy-
m9nt OF Judge Lowe OF May 10, discharging
the prisoner from the alleged contempt or
diisobedlence to the order OF February 2G,by
Judge Mexican, requiring him to pay ali,
mony to Ann Eliza was final and conclusive
and that on the adjournment of that term it
became beyond the power of this court to
review, therefore the decision of Judge Bore
man, committing Brigham Young, is void,
aud that he is wrongiully imprisoned and
should be discharged
The Pensacola (Fla.) Gazette says me-
gro man in the adjoining county of Baldwin
killed large hog in the woods. lie opened
the animal, removed the entralls, and devised
a method Of carrying the pork which was
altogether SUI geaeris This manner of trans
portation was effected by tying the hind leg,
together, passing his head between them,
and, the heavy carcass being in front, easing
the weight on his neck by lifting on the fore
legs with his hands, 1t is presumed that he
got along remarkably well until Il rail fence
got in his way and in order 10 climb this he
needed hands. Accordingly he relieved
them by lifting the hog over the top rail and
letting it drop on the other side 1t is pre-
sumed that he proposed to follow the hog,
but he didn't. A few days since congre-
CATION of buzzards attracted attention to |
locality where negro man was found hang
ing on one side of rail fence and hog on
the other, the weight of the animal
evidently having pressed his neck down up
on the lail until he was choked 10 death,