The Columbus journal., 1879-02-12
THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. -, 1879.
GARTBALDI says Grevy's election
is humanitarian triumph.

.urveyor of customs for New York
on the 9Th.
THE New Orleans mint, that has
been idle for nineteen years, resum-
ed business Feb. lst.
TIE debt statement shows a de-
duction during January of s2,752,-
$50; cash in the treasury, $372,-
45O,695.
ORLANDO CAssLER was sentenced
on the 9th 10 be hanged May 10th,
for the murder Of G. L. Monroe near
Seward.
STATE Senator Bunnell of Saun-
ders county, died suddenly of heart
disease on the 1st, at his home in
Ashland.
WASHINGTON Feb. 9th Senator
Sargent reported bill to enable
Indians on reservations to acquire
land in severalty.
HoN. f. X. VALENTINE has ten
dered his resignation as Judge of the
Sixth judicial district, to take effect
the LIST of March.
IT is stated i'm news from London
that the cattle trade is trying to ar
range for the slaughter of cattle at
the point of fdebarkation.
Gov. TILDEN has been requested
to be examined as a witness before
the Congressional Committee now
In session at New York.
THE house of representatives at
Washington, in committee of the
whole, defeated the proposition TO
reduce the army TO 10000 men.
OMAHA is working hard TO have
the next state fair held at that place,
and judging from the amount of
money raised they will succeed.
LORD LYONS, the British ambassa-
dor at Paris, will give, this week, a
select banquet to President Grevy at
the British embassy. Fifteen COW
ers will be laid.
TIE President has nominated n.
p. BanFs for marshal of Massachu-
setts; ID. j. Wade, Chief Justice of
Montana, j. p. Allen, Attorney of
Washington Territory.
REPORT comes from the Niobrara
river that Frank Moorbead, Ash
baugh and two other men were
killed by Indians about the 9th of
January. All were stock men.
A BILL passed the U. S. Senate on
the 5tb, appropriating 1888 for the
use and occupancy of the Richmond
female institute, Of Richmond, Va,
by the army of the U. S. for one
year.
FROM ST. Petersburg, under date
OF Feb. 5ih, we have The statement
that the Russian government has
decided to completely isolate As
trakhan. A Gordon of $4,000 men
will be required to do it.
The bill sent TO the Senate relative
to the Indian transfer amendment
is practically the entire bill to
transfer the Indian bureau TO the
war department, with the omission
of only two or three sections.
No additional information has
been received about the Indian
murders on the Niobrara, except
that the murder of Frank Moorhead
and the other rapchmen was the
work Of Little VOLTS band of Chey-
ennes.
IN the case of the State against
Cassler for murder, tried at Seward
on the. 4th, the jury brought in
verdict of murder in the first de-
gree as charged in the indictment,
for the murder of man by the name
of Monroe.
A BILL has passed both houses of
Congress and now awaits the sigma
ture of the President to become q
law, admitting women on certain
conditions and qualifications, TO
practice before the supreme court of
rbS. tss United States
Y.S AToR PADDOCK informed his
friends at Liacoln on the 9Th, that
the Senate committee had notified
Senator Saunders that the appoint
OF F. w. Robb as internal revenue
collector for the district of Nebras-
ka could not be confirmed.
RoBT. SUMNER, Stronach and
Lewis, directors of the City of
Glasgow bank, have been sentenced
10 eighteen months imprisonment.
Five other directors, for uttering
false abstract bslsnce-sheets, were
senteneed,to eight months imprison-
ment
The Brooklyn presbytery met on
the Sd for the purpose of calling
Rev. I. ID. Tslmage to account, who
is charged by common fame with
falsehood and deceit, and with using
improper methods in preaching,
which tend to bring religion into
contempt.
A FIRE at Columbus, Ohio, badly
damaged one hundred and forty
three volumes of the land records,