The Columbus journal., 1880-12-22


THE fund for the defense of Par
nell amounts now TO over tlo,OOO.
SEVENTEEN carloads of cotton
were burned near Arcola, Texas,
last week.
GEN. AND Mrs. GRANT were the
guests of Gen. Beal last week al
Washington City.
THE population of Utah is 1880,
of whom CO, ,436 are females, and 49,
933 of foreign birth.
DIR. q. w. WIGHT, health COM
missioner of Milwaukee, has dipthe-
ria in its worst form.
GrN. LoNGsTREET last week pre-
seuted his credentials 10 the Sultan
as minister TO Turkey.
THE first lake tunnel at Chicago
is about 10 be pumped out and
cleaned of its sediment
THE amount of gold from England
reaching New York on Monday OF
last week WAS $3,43S,OO0.
HALEY Il WALSH, indicted Land
leaguers, were on trial last week at
Cork, aud were acquitted.
A TUNNEL thro' Lookout mount
ain will soon be commenced by the
Alabama Great Southern X. IL.
EDGAR STANTON of Illinois has
been appointed by the President
consul general at st. Petersburg.
SEVERAL leading spirits were re-
Gently executed i'm Cuba, at Santa
go, who were engaged in revolt.
THE Irish citizens OF Milwaukee
have organized Land league and
elected Andrew Mullen president.
IT was reported last week at ST.
Louis that jaw Gould would soon
control the Iron Mountain railway.
A PORTION of the military reserya-
ton at Fit. Dodge il now open 10
settlement under the homestead law.
TwENTY-sEvEN steam, and two
hundred and forty whine sail vessels
are laid up fo- the winter in Chi
cago.
w. ID. SANDERS, of jacksonville
H.. has been fined in the circuit
courtslOO for tampering with grand
jurors.
Mks. DAVID Lands, of Smith
field, M I'd, died in dentists chair al
Lewiston, from the effects of chic
reform.
WALL street gossip credits Jay
Gould with having bought all th,
railroads he needs TO complete hi
system.
SITTING BULL last week asked fo
ten days ia which 10 prepare for th'
march TO Fort Buford, with hi
whole camp.
IN the vicinity Of Memphis cotton
picking goes on brisk!y, and in SOM
places the crop il being gathered b.
moonlight.
FERNANDO WoOD presented con
current resolution in the house TO
holiday recess oftwo weeks, whicl
Was adopted,
Two additional companies OF Us
cavalry have reached Caldwell
Kan, 10 keep watch of the OklahO
ma colonists.
THE case in the Morey forger
against Philip, Byrne, Post and IIaT
has been transferred TO another cOuI
in New York.
MRs. ID. &. BURK. of Leon, low,
one night last week gave birth {
four children, two boys and tw,
girls. All died.
NEARLY one hundred bills an
resolutions were introduced i'm th
house at Washington City on Tues
day Of last week.
r. Z. CHAMPLIN, of Michigan, hs
been nominated by the President {
be receiver of public moneys 8
Deadwood, Dakota.
SENATOR SAUNDERS has introduC
ed a bill 10 provide for the sale of
part of the reservation of the Omah
Indians in this State.
"DIED of grief" will probably b
the verdict over the remains OF Mr.
Mckinney, of Peoria, whose hu,
band killed her father.
VICE-PREsIDENT WHEELER had o
the 18th inst. received by messengt
or mail the electoral votes from e,
cry state in the Union.
The British cabinet council. il
understood, will request the Quee
for the immediate suspension of th
hdbeGS corpus i'm ireland.
IT is stated that the Baltimore
Ohio X. II. Co. has chartered foI
steamships to carry its freight frol
New York TO Baltimore.
JUSTICE STRONG, of the Unite
States Supreme Court, handed b
resignation To the President on Il
l4'h, TO take effect Immediately.
MARY and Rosa Stegemann, tw
servant girls of Cincinnati, o., ha,
bttu btlutdtneu fNb,Vtt uN tHt
aunt, Mrs. Ruhe, of Philadelphia.
THE blunder of Detroit dru,
gist, who put morphine instead
quinine into a prescription, near
cost Mrs. William n. Burk her liz
In is claimed that gross abuses
the iranking privilege in the recel
campaign will he shown mp by d
resolution Of inquiry passed in q
house.
john SCoRCHLER, of Oakland Ca
killed Miss Elizabeth Tyler, TO who
he was promised to be married, |
the accidental discharge of a r
vOiver.
ALBIN III. BAILEY, who for Il
past thirty-two years has been CO.
nscIed with The Boston TrdHScriI