The Columbus journal., 1879-03-19
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1879.

seven y horses in training.
A. NJ. WRIGHT, Republican, mas
been nominated for Mayor OF Chi
cago.
ORvrLLE GRANTS said TO be hope
lessly insane, but as yet has not been
restrained oi his liberty.
TIE ice gorge at arrandsville,
Pa, last week extended three miles,
piliLg blocks thirty feet high.
BISMARCK makes the public an
nouncement that the German Em-
pire is free from the cattle plague.
THE last reinforcements for South
Africa left London on the 1lth in
the STEAMERS Andean and Prussian.
JOSEPH RosENFIELD, police
officer of Rock Island, was murder
ed on the morning of the 18th by
Davenport roughs.
ROBERT w. HAYDEN and NJ. w.
Barber brothers-in-law, renewed a
quarrel at Charlotte, n. &. on the
l4ih, and Hayden was killed.
FROM Paris under date of the 18th,
we learn that several cotton mills in
the department OF Nord, stopped on
account OF depression in trade.
The grand prize at the French
Academy for poetry has been
awarded to communist refugee, +.
Renard, now a professor in Louisi-
ana.
Or tie 18th inst. the marriage of
Prince Arthur TO Princess Louisa
was witnes sc at Windsor Castle at
noon- The spectacle was grand and
imposing.
LAWYER CooMBEs received ter
rible Gaming from his client Eliza
Hsnley on the 1lih, at Omaha. lie
fed from the woman, the only thing
a gentleman could do.
The Bee says Senator Sharon, of
Nevada, passed Omaha on the llth,
homeward bound. He was accom-
panied by a number of ladies who
were going 10 Denver.
From New York on the 18th il
was announced that The steamer
"Gellert," with the remains of Bay
ard TAYLOR on board, was off Fire
Island al III a. m. that day.
THE news comes direct from New
York that the Union Pacific railroad
company has purchased the Kansas
Pacific and that when certain details
are settled reorganization will be
effected.
Gov. PREsCoTT of Concord, n. H.,
has appointed Chas. III. Bell, of
Exeter L.. s. Senator for the extra
session TO fill vacancy occasioned |
by expiration of the term of Senator
Wadligh.
IsIDORE RosKoPT, a former at |
torney OF Cleveland, was on the l4th |
sentenced to the penitentisry for
seven years for completely i'm the |
robbery of DIR. Noble in a bank at
Cleveland several years ago.
THREE murderers were executed |
in New England on the l4lh. Devlin,
st East Cambridge for the murder of |
his wife; Pinkham, at Concord, for |
the murder of Mrs. Perry, and |
Gravtin, at Winsor. Vermont, for |
the murder Of Herbert O. White.
NEAR Bell Greek, this State, on
the llih, the barn and cattle sheds |
on Muson Downs farm, were de- |
siroyed by fire. One horse, two
calves, and some hogs were burned. !
The cause of the fire is not known. |
Loss about twelve hundred dollars.
Bro. GERE of the Lincoln Journal
seems to have realizing sense of
the ''compreheusiveness aud grip"
that the people of the State are
manifesting on the capitol steal, and
does not bring his great powers of
argument TO bear upon the subject.
EEws from Halifax under date of
March 10 states that at North Sid
ney q snow storm occurred, coming
from the northeast, Friday. and con-
tinued up TO Saturday night. Drifts
were eight 10 ten feet high. The
81 ow prevented services in the
churches Sunday.
A VIOLENT wind storm visited the
southern part of Macupin county,
ILL.,, on the llth inst, destroying
houses, barns, and other property,
and also killing several persons.
The storm is said TO have been about
q quarter OF a mile wide, and
TO tornado.
LATE news from Portland, Ore
gon, says Gen. Howard, Governor
Terry and Gov. Yakima are in the
city TO see Chief Moses and TO in
vestigate the condition of Indian af-
fairs. Ii is stated if the authorities
attempt the arrest of Moses serious
trouble will undoubtedly ensue.
The President convened congress
ia extra session on last Tuesday,
claiming that the failure on the part
of the iorty-fifth Congress 10 make
the susl and necessary appropria-
tions for the legislative, executive,
judi, iary and army formed the ex-
occasion for convening
congress.
4 PRAIRIE fire near Abilene,
Kansas. on the night of the 18th de-
stroyed a large amount of fencing
and two houses in the suburbs. eu-
the whole town. A Mr..
Lebold lost 1000 bushels of coin and
10000 bushels of wheat. stored out
side the city. The total loss is
estimated at more than 100000
Mr.. HANDLEY aud VIM. Graf. of
Seward Co, this State, quarrelled
one day last week when Handy
Knocked Graft down, and then
jumped upon him and stamped him
nearly 10 death. lie was ali We the
next morning, but was still uncon-
seia1s, snd his physicians say be can
not recover.