Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-06-05

IN hcaQlng. Ia, steam nro engine,
while being tested on the Goth ult., exploded,
and four members of the fire company were
severely scalded, one probably fatally.
JOHN VINCENT, second mate of the
British ship Sophia, and three other sea-
men were amusing themselves in the oil
room. of the ship on the 29th ult. while
into the cooks galley adjoining and heating
poker red hot returned with it to the oil
room. IS this demonstration did not stam-
pede the party the poker was thrust at a bar
rel of kerosene. An explosion Immediately
followed. The oil room and galley we're de-
molished and the cook mate and seamen were
covered with burning oil. All of them 1eaped
overheard, but only one succeeded in swim
ming to the pier. The others were drowned
THE Workingmen of San Francisco
will not affiliate with the Greenbackers.
THE Court of Inquiry in the case of
Cadet Whitaker agreed upon final report,
on the 29th ult., which was signed by all the
Court. The opinion of the Court is as follows:
!" From the strong array of circumstantial evi-
-dence, from the testimony of experts in hand
writing, and from the conflicting statements
of Cadet Whitaker and the lack of veracity
evinced by him in certain cases during the in
vestigation, as shown by the evidence, the
Court is of opinion that the imputation on the
character of Cadet Whitaker referred to in the
order convening and contained in the official
TcpOTGS Ol lie SOIlIlduuduG VI OduclS anu
Post Surgeon, is fully sustained Whitaker
was arrested and placed In confinement
in his room. If the findings of the Court
are approved by the War Department, he
will be tried by court-martial, but if the Presi-
dent approves he will be dismissed from the
Academy or handed over to the civil authori-
ties.
The next United Presbyterian Gener-
al Assembly will be held in Allegheny City,
Pa, on the fourth Wednesday of May, 1881.
The first new VIII eat of the season
was received at st. Louis from Fort WORTH
Texas, on the 29tn ult.
DURING the month ofMay over So, 900
emigrants arrived at New York City.
A TERRIBLE cyclone visited Savoy,
Texas, on the night of the 2Sth ult., totally
destroying the town and killing nine persons
and wounding sixty, some of whom will die.
The National Woman's Suffrage AS
sociation assembled at Chicago on the 1st.
Many delegates were present, including some
of the most prominent women in the country.
INFORMATION was received at New
York on the 31st ult of the death of ex-
Comptroller Richard B. Connolly, the Tweed
Ring fugitive. He died at Marseilles, France.
SECRETARY EvARTs, says the Liver
pool Courier's statement, that he had sent
more amicable advices to Minister Lowell than
were contained in his reports presented to
Congress on the fishery question, is entirely
unfounded.
A Tucson, Arizona dispatch says that
the whole country surrounding Silver City,
N. NJ, is in state of terror and demoraliza-
ton. Victorio and his band of warriors are
spreading death and destruction before them.
Upwards of $50 citizens of New Mexico have
been killed by the Indians in the last three or
four months.
MARIA ARyoUT and Emily Chilsey,
widows, were murdered at Avon, Conn, on
the night of the 10Th ult. They were in good
circumstances and had quito a large amount
silver in the kitchen and the bureaus and
trunks were not disturbed, it is thought
there is probability of the motive from the
object of some party interested in the destruc-
tion of the will of the old ladies.
A sAw-MILL near Meadvillc, Pa, was
destroyed by the explosion of the boiler on
the 31st ult. George Lytle and Edward CHS
burn were killed and Solon Palmer, one of the
proprietors, had leg broken and was other
wise injured.
BALTIMORE colored Post G. A. R., got
into a row about the payment of drinks in a
saloon on the line of march to decorate
graves on the 31st ult. Police interfered and
fired on the crowd, killing one man and
wounding several persons, among whom was
q woman.
The steamer Golden Eagle, of the
Keokuk Northern Packet Company, burned
to the waters edge at Martins Landing, about
thirty miles above Alton, ILL.,, on the morning
lost.
ATUCsoN, Arizona, dispatch says that
the whole country surrounding Silver City,
N. NJ, is in state of terror and demoraliza-
tion. Victorio and his band of warriors are
spreading death and destruction before them.
Upwards of 250 citizens of New Mexico have
been killed by the Indians in the last three or
four months.
THE Millers' International Exposition
at Cincinnati was opened on the 31st ult. wi h
the finest display Of milling machinery and
products ever seen.
The Maine Democratic State Conven-
tion, held at Bangor on the 1st, ratified the
nomination of the Greenback convention for
Governor, Harris NJ. Plaisted. The conven-
| tion voted to leave the election of Presiden-
tial Electors in the hands of the Democratic
State Committee, who are to act in confer
ence with the Greenback State Committee.
The Maine Greenback State Conven-
ton instructed the delegates to the Chi
cago Convention to use their influence for the
nomination of Solon Chase for President.
A GALVESTON Neaos special from Dali
| las, on the LIST, stated that desperate attempt
| at robbery had occurred near Clear Lake,
| Collin County. A farmer named Bradley
left 500 he had received for cattle with his
wife for safe keeping. A stranger who asked
to stay all night was given a pallet on the
men who he supposed belonged to
| the family enter, but hearing cries of murder
| he looked through the blinds and saw the
woman on the bed with her throat cut. Snatch
ing revolver he sprang toward the door
and fired, killing both the parties. Mounting
horse, he rode to the nearest neighborhood
and, accompanied by party, returned. Mrs.
of whom was shot through the head. The
| robbers proved to be Mrs. Pruett and hel
| daughter, the former sixty years old and the
owner of considerable property and an indie,
pendent inheritance of $40
| The public debt statement shows the
decrease of the debt during May to be S15,.
92S, ,033.S7; cash in the treasury, 500, ,6I3,.
516 gold certificates, IS, ,05O, 100; silver certif
Gates, S12. ~ 270; certificates of deposit out
1 standing, $12, $4,000; refunding certificates
| s, AIS, 100; legal tenders outstanding, 1916,
742,046; fractional currency outstanding, SIS,
592,934.
| A BRUTAL prize fight between Paddy
Ryan and Joe Goss took place in Brook
County, w. Va, on the 1st. Eighty-six rounds
were fought, and Ryan was declared the vic
tor. Both were badly used up.
A LITTLE Rock, ARK, dispatch, or
the LIST, stated that the Governor of that State
had received information from Texarkana
that mob had attempted to take from jail
and lynch a negro, arrested for attempted
| rape. The friends of the prisoner fired upon
the mob. The fire Was returned and eight
persons were reported wounded, some fatally,
as is supposed.
The Colorado River, at Columbus
| Texas, stood nineteen feet above low water
mark on the 31st ult Four dead bodies were
seen floating down the river.
IT is thought in Texas that the tax on
commercial travellers there will yield the State
100000 year
SAN FRANCISCO papers report the
discovery of three cases of leprosy in !" China
town. within month, the latest victim being
a woman who had been deserted by her coun
trymen.
A DENVER correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune says there are 10000 men wait
ing for chance to get into the Gunnisor
country.
! A TERRIBLE cyclone visited Luray