The Columbus journal., 1879-12-03
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY. Die. 3, 1879.

ELEVEN hundred troops lett Bar
se,ora on the 30th nit. for Cubs.
Irwa. reported last week st Paris
That the Cbilians had taken 1quique.
The stock market in New York
recovered last week from its recent
shock.
Gns. GRANT will not visit Wash
ington City until alter his return
from Mexico.
Ir is stated that the cold il very
severe In Cabul, there being twenty
degrees OF frost.
OvER three hundred colored per-
sons arrived last week 1t Parsons,
Eas., from Texas.
Hos. =. X. FALESTISE was In
Omaha last week on his way TO
Washington City.
PRrsInESr HAYES and lady were
the guests Of Bishop Simpson on
Thanksgiving day.
The troops stationed at Rawlins,
wyo., have received orders to go
into winter quarters.
The steamship Losing from Eu-
rope brought to New York last week
s2.475.50 in gold coin.
TRACK laying on the o n. & 3. III.
railroad was completed to Madison
last "Wednesday evening.
JAY GoULp's last purchase en-
brsces the Missouri Pacific and the
st. Scott and Gulf railroads.
THE name of ex-senator Freling-
buysen has been presented to the
President for the English Mission.
GRAVE robbers at Chattanooga
last week, captured corpse, and
were in turn captured by the po-
lice.
ALI the breweries OF Cincinnati
consolidated the other day. This
sction has caused much excitement
IN the trade in that city.
A STATEMENT is made at Wssh-
ingtou that the United States cur
rency outstanding st this time
amounts to $780,, 7S4,lis.
GEN. JsrY. c. DAVIS died at Chi.
cago Sunday afternoon from OBJ
struetivs tsuaaice. His rensins
viii be taken TO indianapolis.
Trk Treasury Department at
Washington purchased 100000 OF
dne silver last week for delivery II
Philadelphia sud San Francisco
nints.
SrEx persons were arrested night
before last charged with numbering
DIR. Sherman, who was wsylaid and
killed near Brunswick. No.. last
summer.
RAypALrA, F3yette county, Iowa,
eontsining 200 Or 800 buildings, Nss
almost entirely destroyed by fire
last week. Il il believed 10 be in
eendisry. ... ....
Gov. CotLUN has offered s reward
Of 500 for the arrest of John Y.
Taylor and Robt. Taylor, who mnr-
dered John Gicheosner near Chad
iersviile, M.
J. G. BAuGB, co.ored clerk In
the post-od6ce At Richmond, Va, has
confessed 70 aeries Of mail rob.
berries which previously puzzled
the postal authorities.
GLADSTONE made a speech last
week to the electors at Bslkei:h,
Scotland, in which he expressed
himself in favo, Of giving home rule
10 Ireland, but in local matters only.
Two men qusrrelled I'm a theatre
st Kansas City, and commenced
shooting at each other, when one of
the flying bullets struck George ii.
Southworth, q printer, and killed
him. ...-.t.1 t--.
GkN. AND MRs. GRANT dined last
Monday by special invitation with
Mayor John Thompson Of Dubu-
que. Tive hundred invitations were
Issued to private reception in the
evening. .--.4 's.s
SLIGO, Ireland, came near getting
mp riot one night last week. Ds.
witt was serensded by two bands.
The police had to clear the streets
They were stoned, and made sew
eral arrests.
An explosion OF benline In TIE
bath room of the New York Elec-
trotype Foundry occurred last week,
doing considerable damage 10 the
building, and probably fatally burn
ed Edward O'keefe and William
Gray. ...
In ia claimed that ST. Louis ncr-
chants and eapiisiis;s viii subscribe
100000 to earry eut the PROPOSE
ton 10 make Port Royal, South
Csrolius, q great exporting aud im-
porting. peiEs fron the west aud
south. -..-.... ......-......
IT ]. reported thst no! less, ihsn
two hrndrcd and thirty-six fisher
80. asxa ha.r ,a.f froo, Ela,,a..a.