The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. IL, 1873.

fever investigation.
WIN. FLETCHER has been appoint
ed chief of the loan division of the
treasury department.
AT Chicago 'on the 14th inst,
snow fell to the depth Of one foot,
and the storm was yet in blast.
HEAVY rains last week were again
flooding some portions of New
York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
PLUMB, BURDETT & BARNARD's
bolt and nut works were burned at
Buffalo, n. Y, on the 11th inst.
Loss $4,000.
Nrws had been received at Ma
drid on the 10th inst, from Mogodor
that terrible famine prevails there.
Many deaths occur daily.
PETER ANDERSON was murdered
on the 9th inst. in Kearney county
by Dick Richardson. The murder
was committed for money.
LAST week heavy SHOWS fell at St.
Joseph, Mo-, Kansas City, Leaven-
worth, Ks, at the latter place to the
depth of fifteen inches on level.
iN the contest i'm the Senate on the
Butler Corbin contest the committee
decides i'm favor of the legality of
The election of Corbin from South
Carolina.
Gov. ANDREW G.. CURTIN, DEM
ocrat, of Pa, has served notice of
contest upon Seth Yocum, Green
back Republican, for a seat in the
46th Congress.
j. G.. BURKE was tried last week
at Omaha, found guilty of murder
i'm the second degree, and sentenced
10 confinement in the penitentiary
for twelve years.
SENATOR EDMUNDs on the l1th
inst, succeeded in holding the
Senate to consideration of his eiec-
torsl bill. Mr.. Morgan spoke at
length in support of the bill.
IT is stated in the Foreign news
that the Russians have decided to
leave $4,000 men in Bulgaria, and
concentrate all troops in excess of
that number at Adrianapid until a
definite treaty is concluded.
SHORT & FosMAN's extensive job
printing and stationery establish
ment at Cleveland, Ohio, was badly
damaged by fire on the l4th inst.
The loss will reach $4,000 but it is
claimed 10 be fully insured.
A LADY being examined in court
was asked her age, replied that she
didn't know she couldn't remember
the exact hour when she was born,
and could only depend on hearsay.
Hearsay is not evidence, and the
matter was ruled out.
Z. w. LANE, wife and two chill
dren, living four miles below Sa-
bula, Iowa, on the Mississippi, were
drowned last week while out on the
ice on a hand sled. The ice broke
so suddenly that none could save
themselves or be rescued.
The river at Pittsburg, Pa, on the
1lth was twenty two feet eight
inches high, and still rising. Trains
on most of the roads were DELAYED
by the storm, and the telegraph
lines east and west were prostrated
by the wind and heavy fall of snow.
JUDGE BLoDGETT, of Chicago, has
taken the proper steps to have his
official conduct thoroughly investi-
gated. Some of his enemies at
Chicago have threatened him with
impeachment, but have for a long
time, failed 10 make any move in
that direction.
SENATOR PADDOCK has introduced
bill TO amend the posse comitatuS
clause of the army appropriation bill
for the present fiscal year, so as to
proeide that it shall not apply to
any part of the army employed in
the States or territories subject TO
Indian incursions.
The recent storm i'm the east was
more severe than the first accounts
stated, lasting forty hours and fear
ful in violence, destroying an i'm
mense amount of property, and
causing three fearful railroad acci-
dents, with serious injury TO many
passengers and the loss of life.
RARUs trotted on the 18th inst, at
Stockton, California, with Sweetzer
for $500 and $500 added il Rarus
beat Goldsmith Maids time 2:l4ls
the best time ever made in the state.
Rarus trotted the first mile in 3 :l6ls.
A running horse went with him on
the second heat, which he made
in 2 2:l4h.
NOAH MARTIN, of York county,
Neb., was murdered last week. His
skull was mashed in and his body
left in his wagon. He had just sold
a load of grain, and it is supposed
he was murdered for his money.
No arrests have been made, but
there is strong suspicion as TO the
guilty party.
IT appears that the express CON-
pauies doing business between New