The Columbus journal., 1880-02-11

RUSH CLARK, representative IN
congress from Iowa, died last week.
A STRANGE boy living near West
Point, Neb., was kicked to death by
q horse last week.
E.. A. Buck, editor OF the SPIRIT 81
the Times, has contributed $l,OOO to
the Herald Irish fund.
Two more arrests have been made
In the Donnelly tragedy-Michsei
Heeuan and John Pnrtell.
BARNEY RILEY was arrested on
7tb at Yaukton, for robbing the
post-ofice at White Swan.
TEE B. & NJ. 10 about to open q
new station eight miles west Of
York. with W. d. Post as agent.
A. C. WELLS, of Louisiana, has
been nominated by the president
of customs of that state.
The opposition to Grant noini-
nation is almost u~niversal-in the
democratic party.-O Republican.
FIVE HUNDRED people attended
the funeral of the murdered Dom
nelly family at Lucan, Ont, on
the 9TH.
TIE recently reported cases OF
death from starvation in Ireland
were last week coutrsdicted as IN
truthful.
JOIN NJ. MORTON was rejected by
the Senate last week as collector OF
internal revenue for the first district
of California.
A.. +. HOPKINS and Miss Tillie
Irwin were burned to death in the
fire In Welche's block at Fl. Collins,
Col, on the 4th.
j. 7. CLARK has been promoted to
the Superintendency of the Union
Pacific railroad company. A deserv-
ed compliment for past services.
b. ID. SLAUGHTER and Hon. Bruno
Tzschuck have been confirmed by
the senate SIS supervisors of the
census for the state Of Nebraska.
MAJOR RENO has been court mar
tailed for drunkenness, and the cab
met has affirmed the sentence and
il will soon be carried into effect.
The Milwaukee county hospital
was destroyed by fire last week.
Two bodies have been recovered
from the ruins. Loss about $4,000.
The navy department at Wash.
ington has been draped in mourn
ing, and was closed on the 7th the
day of the funeral Of ex-Secretary
Borie.
The special committee of Indian
commissioners have approved the
action Of the Secretary of the Inter
Tor in removing Indian Commission
er Hayt.
The Herald at New York opens
an Irish relief fund with q contribu.
ton of 100000, and says that 800,
600 people in Ireland are in a suffer
ing condition.
PUBLIC opinion still keeps up thu
barbarous whipping post in Della
ware. Two white and three color
ed culprits were publicly whipped
there on the 9TH.
A NEGRe cabin on the farm o
Capt. VIM. Rock near Columbia, S
C., burned the other night, and tw'
men, a woman and six children per
ished In the flames.
PETER NAGLE, of Reading, Pa,
jealous Of Mrs. Shacksell, with WHOM
he boarded, probably fatally attack
ed her last week with a Ratchet AM
then killed himself.
The President has nominated Gee
Walker, for consul-genersl at Paris
j. @. Howard, New York ;Robt. N
Wallace, u. S. Marshall for the dis
trict of South Csrolins.
The bodies of three sesmen, sur
posed to have belonged to the bar
which foundered off Long Brancl
during the storm last week, cam
ashore near there on the 4th.
AFIRE i'm q Chinese wash-hous
on Pine Street, San Francisco, tn
other morning, burned ten Chin'
man in the building. the bodies hs'
ing been recovered from the ruin
SonE one in the Omaha Bee
saying some very hard things
Paddock and Valentine. The n
pu5lican thinks the article has
very appropriate heading "The ha
binger of strife"
The house select committee a
favorable to a constitutional amen,
ment to provide for the election
president and vice -president by Il
people. and will report q resolutiC
to the house favoring that object.
Mrs. ADA NJ. LowREY, of the r
publican valley, has been appointt
matrop of the insane hospital
Lincoln, by Gov. Nance. This lac
10 highly spoken of, and will perfor
the duties of her station with cred
SENATOR SAUNDERS, from q
>~n,nnitsoo nm indian AFFAIR." has r