Nebraska advertiser., 1877-05-17
NEWS SUMMARY

NEWS SUMMARY
On the 11th the celebrated Califor
MIA horse, Occidont, beat Bodine three
straight heats. Time 2:26, 2:24, anC
2:2l3.
A Virginia City dispatch says tht
monthly cleanup of the Californif
mill, running on Consolidated Vir
ginia ore, gives an average yield o.
$l0l per ton, about half gold.
Samuel Alexander has been ap
pointed postmaster at Hastings, Neb
AS testimonial ofrespect and esteem
of Hon. A. J. Gashorn, director gen
eral of the centennial exhibition, fol
his valuable services during four years
of the exhibition In Philadelphia, a
number of citizens have subscribed ia
purchase him a handsome library,
consisting of 5000 volumes, which
has been presented to him.
During a general fight among Pol
ish laborers at Boca, Ohio on the 10th,
Fred, Lucas and John Scarry were
killed.
Conventions of the NJ. E. church
and Protestant Methodist church were
recently held in Baltimore to consider
the mooted subject of a reunion of the
two churches, and plan of reunion
agreed upon.
A petition has been presented to
the President for the removal of Fred.
Douglas from the Marshalship of the
District of Columbia. The matter is,
Mr.. Douglas recently lectured in Bal
timore during which he severly criti-
cised the people of Washington.
Silver coin may be obtained with
out expense of transportation upon
deposit of notes or fractional currency
with any assistant United States
treasurer or national bank depository,
or national bank notes may be sent to
the United States treasurer free of eX-
peuse, and silver will be returned
from the mint therefor. Silver, how
ever, can be sent only In multiples
of 81 900. and remittance and deposits
should be made in like sums.
There was recently a dog fair in
New York. There were ], 500 entries
of dogs, valued at from $5, 200 down.
At Martinsville Ind. last week E.
NJ. Woody went to his store after 1t
was closed for the night, and his clerk
mIstaking him for burglar, shot him
dead.
1t is stated that Pelton, nephew of
a late candidate for office, is writing
letters to Congressman in behalf of
Randall for Speaker, stating that 1t is
Tilden's desire that Randall should
be elected.
Henry Ward Beecher, in his lecture
Hard Times" makes the prediction
that the financial and industrial de-
preston is nearly ended. The consul
lar reports from various portions of
the world, where the depression has
been even more severe, make similar
predictions, and in a few branches of
American trade significant signs of
improvement are reported.
At North Vernon. Ind. on the 9th,
Thomas Jeffries was arrested charged
with bigmy, rape and murder.
At Pottsville, Pa, on the 9th fire
damp explosion occurred in a coal
mine 800 feet deep, killing seven men
and seriously hurting six others.
The Minnesota State Fair will be
held at Minneapolis the first week in
September.
Near Danville ILL.,, last week Ger
man named Michael Bonhour was
found dead I'm his house. The eoron-
er's jury said the cause was strong
drink.
At East Saginaw, Mich. on the 10th
E. S. Fellows, engineer, was crushed
to death by being caught In the fly
wheel of saw mill.
In Indiana; the "red ribbon move
meptp-a temperance spasm-is said
to be doing a great deal Of good.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 10th