The Columbus journal., 1879-03-12
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tYul Ohfo.
Six corpea have been crematea in
the town Of Gotha, Berlin.
ELrHv DuRRrrr died on the 9TH
INST, at his residence in New Britain.
pRArRrE FIRE east of Lincoln on
The Sth, burned q house and barn
vslsed st t6.@.
Frvs persons were burned to
death st 81. Louis durin & q fire
Sunday morning last.
E.O'M. CoxDox had a fine recep-
tion at Mccormick hall, Chicago, on
the evening Of the 9th.
N. B. KENT, Of this State has been
confirmed Indian agent of the Great
Nemaha agency Of Neb.
Ir IL announced from st. Peters
burg that the Emperor and Empress
Will visit Crimea in April.
TIE governor, of Fhessaly tele-
arapbs that q baad Of 500 Greeks
crossed the frontier and destroyed
the village OF Lienlikisuter.
QUEEN VICTORIA will embark
from Portsmouth on the 25th inst.
for Cherbourg. The Queen will
probably prolong her visit month.
THE United States dtitrict court,
in session at DesMoines, ousted b.
r. Allen from his costly residence,
and turned Il over to his creditors.
The Nebraska University and its
Chancellor has, we believe, suffered
NO material damage from the recent
Investigation ordered by the Legis-
lsture.
&. p. SrIcKNEY, defaulting treas
urer of the manufacturing gas CON-
papy, of Fall River, Mass, has been
sentenced to five years in the state
prison.
GrLDERoY WILKEsoN has brought
suit against Henry Ward Beecher
to recover $4,000 growing out oi
the publication Of the "The Life OF
Christ"
The citizens and police Of Colum-
bus, Ohio, up TO the 10th inst., bad
been unable to discover who il il
that is attempting to destroy the
city by fire.
In the Victoria coal pit in Eng
land, on the 9Th inst, collision ol
cages took place one being precipi.
tated TO the bottom of the shaft, and
eight persons killed.
The State Board of Agriculture
has unanimously decided TO extend
On invitation to Col. T.. 5. Chase, ol
Omaha, to deliver the annual ad.
dress at the State Fair this fall.
MIss FANSIE CoNoLoGNE informs
the public that the remains of the
murdered young lady found in 9
trunk NJ Lynn are not hers, as she Il
with her parents at San Francisco
The Black Hills Journal of lasI
week saws that rowing bands Of In
dians that infest the foot hills art
rs thick as lice ON papooses. Dep
redstious are occurring almost dai'
ly.
ARCHBISHOP PURCELL Of Cincin'
natl his assigned all bis property &c
his brother. Father Edward Purcell
and he at once trsnferred IL to JOIN
b. Manix, for the benefit o
creditors.
NEWS by the way of Geneva
under date Of the 9th, reports thu
damage by the storm in the Cantor
of Wand, at 100000 francs. In
Lausanne district 100000 tree
were destroyed.
INDICATIONS are favorable for {
big fight over the next speaker o
the house. Blackburn appears 10 b,
the coming man, and many repre-
eentatives have declared that Ran
dali shall be defeated,
AT q meeting of the State Boart
of Agriculture held at Omaha OF
the 5th inst. IL was unanimously de
cided that the State Fair, hsvin.
gone to Lincoln for successive years
Il should next year and the tw'
yeare following, come to Omaha.
JOIN G. SAKE, the poet and lee
turer, lie an other sad example o
intellectual disorder, and his prescn
melsncholia will excite much sym
pathy and regret. Ii is stated tina
his gloom is absolute and beyond
relief.
SAMUEL REED, of New York
ouarreled with and beat his wife ol
the night OF the 7th, from the effects
of which she died next morning
Alleged infdelity of the wife TO he
husband was the cause OF th
trouble.
The Sidney Telegraph of recen
date gives g very dolcful account o
the cattle on the plains, since th
snow storm In that vicinity. Hun
dreds upon hundreds have died
anu uuuufcub HWY oiS IA ~ tu
condition.
A REroRr was received at s.
Louis on the 7th inst, that the Un
ION Pacific r. II. com pany had com
into the possession of the kanss
Pacific road by purchase, aud tba
hereafter the two roads will be or
Grated as one.
A FANNIE Is reported raging II
the most fertile portions of Bolivi'
esd from eight to ten persons in Oh
vicinity die daily of starvation. L
one small town two hundred an
six persons died from want of foo
in twenty days.
The crown prince of German
was to have arrived In England o
the 9Th to attend the marriage of th
duke OF Conaasght with Princes
Louisa Nargsreif of Prussia. III
princess wss expeeted to arrive o
eha uiuht af the AfA