The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-23

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States troops interfered..... On account of
the excitement in the South after the election
the following dispatch has been sent to
Cows. Ingersoll, Hubbard, Robinson, Bedle,
Curtin, Palmer, McCreery, Carroll, and
others also TO Senators Thurman, Bayard,
Randolph, Mcdonald, Herman, and other
Senators, and to the leading public men in
the Northern States, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis:
The citizens of New Orleans urgently request
that delegation OF prominent gentlemen come
there at once 10 counsel peace aud fair and honest
return. You are earnestly required to be one OF
at Louisville at the Calf House, on Saturday even
ing, proceeding directly South, or, II more con-
venioDt, meeting at the st. Charles Hotel, New
ance by telegraph is requested This emergency APP
peals 10 your PATRIOTISM
[Signed,I ABRAM 8. HEWITT, Chairman.
In accordance with the request of Gov.
kellogg, OF Louisiana, that prominent men
should 60 from the North to inspect the
counting of the votes 10 that State, the Presi-
dent invited the following gentlemen to pro-
coed to New Orleans for such purpose :
Hon. w. ID. Kelley, of Pa, Gen. j. A. Gar
field, OF Ohio, Hon. j. A. Kasson, of Iowa,
John 5. Schonberg, of Pa, and Gen. j. A.
Logan, of Ill. Most of these accepted.....I 1t
was stated, on good authority, that the
President also requested the following gen.
fair count of the Presidential election, in
addition to those named: Thomas Beaver,
ESQ, of PENNSYLVANIA, and the Hon. Henry
l.. Stebbins, of New York.
Nine convicts, while working on sand
bar above Little Rock, Ark, overpowered
the guard and escaped. A posse with blood.
hounds started in pursuit. ...... Correspon.
dence from Austin, Miss, says that on Thurs
day morning, j. NJ. Harvey, of Louisville,
was killed. Mr.. Harvey got off the boat and
was accosted by stranger, who told him he
was sent down to meet him. He expressed
his pleasure, and he and Mr.. Dunlap, of
Tennessee, who was also passenger, started
up to Austin. When they got about two
hundred yards the stranger stepped to one
side of the road and three men came out
from behind the trees, and, approaching
them, asked the murdered MAJ, Is your
name Harvey?" He said, eyes" The
man said, 81 will kill YOU" and fred at
him, killing him instantly. Dunlap was
told to make tracks of, which he did.
The Alabama Legislature met on Novem.
Der 10. On the 10Th the Senate elected r.
w. Cobb President. The House elected N.
N. Clements Speaker. Both have served
two terms In their respective houses. Gov.
ernor HoustOn's Message calls special at.
tention to the State obligations, which sold
at from sixty to seventy cents GU the dollar
when he went into office, in 1874, and now
command from ninety-two to ninety-three
The Governor attributes this to the con.
hdence the people have in government
OF their own choice. The Penitentiary is
now source OF considerable revenue to the
State. Immigration is teudiDg to Alabama,
and the State is congratulated on the fact
The public schools are prosperous, and in.
creasing In usefulness. The Governor con.
graduates the people of Alabama and the
country upon the election of Tilden and
Hendricks, which, he says, has been
achieved without blood, or violence, O,
force, and has covered the patriotic people
OF the United States with never.fading and
imperishable honor.
Items In General.
j. L. Cobb, stock drover from Lebanon
Indiana, fell under the /. and st. L. switch
ing engine, few nights since, at In
dianapolis, and was instantly killed. He
was riding down from the Union Stock
Yards, and attempted to Jump off while the
engine was still in motion. His BODY wa,
cut In two at the waist. The deceased was 8
man about tbirty.five years old ......A little
daughter of Mrs. DIR. j. Il. Cornell. of Bed
ford, Iowa, visiting with her parents in
Indianapolis, fell into an open cistern
lately, and was drowned.
Ferdinand McKew, bailing from Bergen
New Jersey, was blown to atoms the other
night by the premature explosion of a
heavy dynamite cartridge at the Gunpowder
River Permanent Water Supply Tunnel, in
process OF construction Eve miles from
Baltimore. Daniel Hagerty, of Altoona,
Pennsylvania, a miner, was horribly mangled
and can not survive. The men were at the
mouth of shaft and McKew was adjusting
the fuse of the cartridge. His body was
torn into shreds OF quivering flesh and had
to be gathered in bucket.
The New York World has dispatch from
Montpelier, Vermont, suggesting new com.
plication in the election for President. The
dispatch is as follows: Henry N. SoJlace.
one OF the Presidential Electors. elect, is
Postmaster of Bridgeport, and, therefore,
lnellgible to the place to which he has been
elected. This raises the question whether
his Democratic opponent can not contest
the election, and cast vote for Tilden, thus
deciding the National contest. Henry N.
Sollace, of Bridgeport, Vermont, Republican
Presidential Elector, against whom the
question of eligibility has been raised. N
the ground of his holding the Office of Post.
master, In late interview stated that his
resignation as Postmaster is already in the
hands OF the Postmaster-Ge ....... The
u. n.
crushed TO death while attempting, recently
to get on moving train, near Brighton
STATION, Cincinnati. His brother.in.law
Mr.. Il. y. Chase, in his efforts to save him.
was struck, 1T is supposed by the platform Of
u car, and was thrown violently into a cattle
guard. The bones OF his hip were crushed.
and he sustained severe internal injuries
that will probably prove fatal.
The annual report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture shows that there we're distributed
during the past year 1 $4,000 packages of
vegetable and field seeds and textiles. in
GLIDING nearly 100000 of vegetable, S72,.
600 OF flower, $4,000 of wheat, $4,000 of
tobacco, and 1858 of cotton. Seeds were col
iected from all parts Of the world
because OF their peculiar excellenc e
The British steamer City of Manchester.
from Liverpool for Calcutta, has sunk off
Akyab. All hands except the captain and
steward are supposed to be lost. Dis
patches from st. Thomas, dated September
10, state that hurricance passed over thu
island on the 18th OF that month. The bark
ldula Berney, and brig Veteran, were totally
wrecked. The crew of the latter were saved
butihst of the former, six in number. were
drowned, including the Captain and his
wife.
The canvass OF votes for Ohio shows on
jority OF 1916. There are minor variations
all through the list. In Henry County,
j. b. Luckey has but 1924 votes, while ali
the other Electors have 1877. In ITamil
ton he has from one to four more than the
others, his vote being 2S,869. S,me of
these may be merely errors in addition.
The pardon of VIM. A. Avery lately arrived
at st. Louis, and was forwarded to Jefferson
City at once.......The sentence of Constan.
tine Mcguire OF six months in Jail for com.
plicity in the whisky frauds has expired,
aud lie has been released. lie was also
sentenced to pay fine Of five thousand
dollars, but being poor man he remained
IN Jail one additional month to meet the re-
quirements Of the law in such cases.
Notes from ABROAD.
The Gotos publishes speech delivered by
the Car in Moscow, in reply TO an address
OF citizens. The Gar said / thank you
for your sentiments respecting the political
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