The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

and come home to rest from his
labors.
A FIFTY thousand dollar fire oc-
Cured in New York on the 18th.
Fire and water made up the most
ofthe damage.
THE Receivers Office in Cherson,
Southern Russia, was undermined
and robbed last week Of q million
and hslfroubles.
THREE hundred hands in the
Allentown rolling mills, Pa, struck
on the 18th for higher wages. The
mills stopped work.
WELL-DIGGERs at Lincoln recent
ly found, at depth Of twenty feet,
a large piece of wood, in q good
state of preservation.
NATHAN LIBBY, stock dealer of
Erie, Kansas, was last week knocked
off stock train in st. Louis, and run
over and killed instantly.
IT is understood that the eldest
son of Prince Napoleon, Jerome, has
been designated as the successor to
the deceased Prince Imperial.
Four tramps concealed in freight
car on the Chicago & Northwestern
road were killed on the 2lst near
London, Iowa, by the ditching of
the car.
GEORGE AMTIsKSAP, OF Arthur,
Ont, killed his wife on the 18th and
fed. Three times had his wife cut
the rope when he attempted to hang
himself.
A RECENT fire at Leadville de-
stroyed the Coliseum buildings,
worth $4,000. James Brown, from
Honesdale, Penn, perished in the
building.
LATER intelligence by way Of
Constantinople brings the news that
the council of ministers has assented
to the voluntary abdication of the
Khedive.
JOHN SHERMAN's friends are TAX
ing some interest in canvassing the
Southern States, with a view TO as
certain his strength as q candidate
for president
JOHN j. KELLEY, ex-councilman
OF Cincinnati, has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment, and
fine of 500 for inducing a man to
cast an illegal vote.
JAMES NJ. HARDING, of Upper
Bartlett, n. H., has been arrested
for the murder of b. F. Elliott,
machine agent, who recently mystic
riously disappeared.
The OMAHA Bee says "the silver
toDgued Thurston wasted his elo-
quence on the desert air when he
poured it into the ears of the sturdy
farmers of Madison county,"
SAMUEL MILLER's residence near
Montourville, Pa, burned on the
night Of the 10Th; Mrs. Miller per-
ished in the flames, and Mr.. NJ is not
expected to recover from his burns.
ANDREW G. WHITE, United States
minister to Germany, had an aud
ience with Emperor William on the
18th, and presented his credentials.
He was also received by the En-
press.
CONTINUED shocks of earthquake,
which are attributed to the action of
Mount 1Etna, have recently occurred
near Santa Venere, several houses
have fallen, and there has been some
loss of life.
The Zulu king Cetewsyo, is deter
mined that be will never accept the
British terms of unconditional sur
render, and says that aS much as he
would like peace, il must come at
his dictation.
The secretary of the treasury at
Washington has given notice that he
will redeem at once, without rebate
Of interest, all outstanding $50
bonds, of 1867, and consols of 1868
maturing July 3rd and 9Th, next.
GEORGE REYNOLDS, who was re-
Gently tried and convicted of polyg-
amy at Salt Lake, and sentenced to
the penitentisry for two years and
to pay a fine of $500, passed down
the road last week to his prison
home, either at Lincoln or Detroit.
ISAAC j. HATFIELD, an old bach
elor living at Chicago on the char
ity of the Masonic and Odd Fellows
societies, of which orders he was q
member, recently died, and his ad-
ministrstor, to the sstonishment of
every body, found in an old trunk
the sum of sl,799,l3. He was a we'll
to-do beggar.