Nebraska advertiser., 1876-10-19
Miscellaneous News.

Mrs. Martha Baker, aged IS, Of
was burned to death on
the 10th. by her clothing catching
fire.
James n. Caldwell, an old citizen
of Ottawa, Ill, on the 10th was crush
ed to death by car.
A convention of old soldiers of the
Mexican war convened at Springfield
ILL.,. on the 10th inst. They were ad-
dressed by Gen. Logan and others.
They took action looking toward OBJ
tanning pensions for the survivors of
that war.
T. NJ. Thompson aud P. w. Jones
of New York, recently returned to
the States from the Black Hills with
"psy dirt" worth SO, $50, the reward
of six-months labor at mining. They
were partners.
Near Warrensburg, Mo-, recently a
young girl killed fifty-eight rattle
snakes. one at time as they crawled
out Of their hole.
At Gallipolis, o., last week a color
ed boy ten years old shot and killed a
negro man, during quarrel.
Ohio Is not one of the doubtful states
any longer. A state that viii suppress
six Confederate Congressman in a
single day may be considered quite
reliable.
II the Democrats have any more
men of the Blue jeanes pattern whom
they would like to swap for Republi-
can Congressman in the ratio of one to
ten, we would like to see them acom-
modated.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, one of the
recognized leaders of the Confederates
in Congress, Is defeated by Gen.
Browne, by majority of $50. Two
years ago he was elected by a MAORI
ty OF 1000.
Mrs. Donahue, at Lawrence, Mass.
was recently beaten to death by her
drunken husband.
On the night of the 11th inst. two
masked burglars overpowered the
county treasurer at Knoxville, Iowa,
and took from the safe $4,000.
A little boy at Omaha q few even
ings ago was burned to death while
playing with fire and coal oil.
The Democratic treasure of Van
Wort, Ohio, has hidden away $4,000
80 well that he can't tell where he put
it.
The American Berkshire Associa-
tion, Springfield, H., has decided to
offer another premium of 500 for the
best approved essay on the diseases OF
swine, their causes, preventives, and
remedies. Said essay to be practical
and exhaustive. The competing es-
says to be forwarded to the Office at
on or before the 1st of
January, 1877. The award will be
made and the money paid at the an
nual meeting in February following.
All competing essays will be the
of the association.
The log cholera RACES to a fearful
extent in Northwestern Iowa.
Boston Corbett, who shot J. Wilkes
Booth, says correspondent of the n.
Y. Sunday World, lives in Camden
n. J. is halter, very devoted Meth
dist. and does not regret that he kill
ed the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has a kinder
garten school of fifty nnnils.
The steamer Southern Belle" was
burned near Ploquenune, La, on the
10th. Boat cargo and several lives
were lost.
A cattle herder named Rhodes was
killed on Horseshoe river, forty miles
from Ft. Laramie, on the 9th, by In
dams. He was scalped and his ears
,ut of.
The charter election of Newark, n.
J. on the 10th went Republican by
900 majority. Another STRAW.
J. d. Lee, leader of the Mountain
Meadow massacre, was on the 10th
sentenced by Judge Bowman to be
.hot to death on the 26th of January
1877. The prisoner, by the laws of
Utah, having the right to choose death
by hanging, shooting or beheading,
chose to be shot.
John F. Cleveland, for more than
thirty years on the editorial staff of
he n. Y. Tribune, died on 9th inst.
A dollar in gold is worth now only
. dollar and nine cents In paper mon
~.
The death of George Heinrich Pertz
he German historian Is announced.
Daniel Souder, a brakeman at Ft.
Wayne, Ind, on the 10th fell under
,ar and had both feet cut off.
Capt. Levins, at Dubuque on the
9th slipped and fell on the sidewalk,
his skull which has proved
atal.
A severe snow storm recently visit
ID the locality Of Mancellona Michi-