The Columbus journal., 1879-11-12
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. IL, 1879.


The eastern states are having
plenty of snow and winter weather
Mrs. SENATOR DAVIS was re-
ported as dying a. Lexou, Mass
on the Slh.
SINCE last January no less than
1898 German emigran,s have land
ed at Castle Garden.
Albert JoHSsoN, OF Colorado,
has been appointed Surveyor Cen
eral OF the United states, foc Col
orado.
CAELorrA, widow Of Emperor
Maximilian. of Mexico, IL is said, Is
about to be completely restored 10
her reason.
From Paris, under date of the 9th,
We have the statement that the Ber-
lin train was DELAYED sometime 6y
a snow blockade.
EIGHT hundred and scventy-three
thousand dollars in foreign gold re-
Gently arrived at New York, by the
steamship Havre.
CHIEr OUgAY says that the utes
who hutchered Meeker must be pun
ished. but in the case of Thornburg
that they hsd a great grievance.
WM. T1xKLER, Sr., Of Salina, Ks,
while going tc the polls to vote,w
thrown from his horse and instantly
killed by the breaking Of his meek.
TEERE was an unprecedented sale
of postage stamps during the month
OF October, which amounted TO
$2S7, ,!62 newspaper stamps, $j1,209.
JESSE JAMES, the noted Missouri
outlaw, is reported killed the other
day by Geo. SHEPPARD, a former
member of this desperate band OF
robbers.
No LESS than ten prisoners were
sentenced 10 the Nebraska peniten-
tiary on the 5lh, by Judge Savage,
at Omaha. Their united terms foot
up twenty-three years.
GEO. EosrER's grocery store az
Clarksville was again burglarized
one night last week. This time the
thieves got away with about sixty
dollars worth of goods.
4 FIRE ia Napoleon, Ohio, on The
night Of The 9th inst, destroyed the
business portion of the city.
Among the buildings burned was
the court house. The ioss VIII
reach cne hundred thousand dol
lars.
"ALf. over the country such a
thing a. democratic leader j. much
needed" says the Chicago Times,
Ito manage miscellaneous let OF
ancient and much-worR set Of poll
iicians styipd The democratic party"
TBE late residence IF Baydrd Tsy-
Tor, 81 Philadelphia, was The scene OF
. heavy robbery on tie evening OF
the 9th. Mr.. Bailey. avery wealthy
citizen, was robbed of two hundred
thousand dollars in bonds, Ea trace
OF The burglar.
Il vERY remarkable incident &C.
cnrred AZ Fre,iericksI Drg, Va. on
election day. by tho appearance OF 4
large body Of cojurcd voter, with a
fife and drum, and dying The Fir-
sinia fiag, marchia. TO the polls 10
vote for the Dchtraycr's candidate.
All soldiars vf ,he army OF The
Cumberland have been invited 10
meet the Society on he l9th aud
10th inst. at the reunion ~ be- held
in Washington City on which vcca-
sion the monument .; Gen. Thomas
will be unveiled and pre-ented 80
the nation.
A CALL has been issued for 4 meet
ing ofthe National Republican Ex-
ecutivc Committee at Washington
City cn The 18th November. \
chairman aui secretary are 10 bC
elected; the former i'm The place ci
The late Senator Chandler ahd the
latter in the place of Richard Me-
Cormick, resigned.
THE ship Lady Octavic. frou
Breakwater TO New York, coiIided
with the Champion for Charleston
striking the steamer amidship and
sinking her in five minutes. The
collision occurred - miles or Tx
capes on the morning of the Sth
Thirty-two lives are reported lost
and twenty-five persons saved.
TEE New Haven Register give:
the new method of capturing oys
ters, which consists OF mcnsirOu,
dredges which are operated by steam
consisting of Two rakes Joined TO
gether that separate the oysters from
their beds, Instead OF the old way o.
using pair of tongs held ia thetwc
hands aud lifting them from tEei
beds.
Boss SToUT has been awarded tn
contract FOR building - wing 10
capitol building" at Lincoia, at S6G,
900. Bids run as high as $l2l,o0G
and If we don't miss our guess ia
tax payers OF the state will have {,