Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-03


bitterly opposed. It was finally agreed to in
struct the delegates to vote as unit. This
was accepted by the Grant men as equiyalen.to
HAWLIsH WAMPo, chief of the Cayuse
Indians, died on the 10Th on the UmatiIla Res
ervation, Washington Territory. He had al
ways been firm friend of the whites, and in
the early settlement of Umita1la Valley pre-
served the lives of all the white settlers.
A BARN and a smaller building in Win
field, Kansas, were carried away by cyclone
on the 18th, and neither were found, not even
a fragment, after ten hours search.
The Dakota Republicans will hold
convention to select delegates to the National
Convention on the 18th of May.
THE Anti Third Term Executive Com
mittee at st. Louis has issued a call for mass
convention Of all Republicans throughout the
United States in sympathy with the movement,
to meet at St. Louis on the 9th of May.
INDIANS recently attacked party of
six men near Santa Barbara, New Mexico, and
killed all of them.
The Citizens Protective Union of San
Francisco, published a card on the 26th stating
that no negotiations were being had between
tfves OF the Sand Lot, all rumors and state
ments to the contrary notwithstanding.
JUDGE G.. L. CHRISTIAN, of the Hust-
ings Court at Richmond, Va, has ordered the
summoning of two colored men on the venire
for the next term of Ms court This will be
the hrst time the colored people have had rep
resentation on the juries in any courts there
outside OF Federal courts.
AT Paramount, W. Va, on the 9th
ult., fire damp explosion occurred in the
CASTOR coal mines, killing two men and injur-
ing number Of others.
The Kansas City Hospital burned to
the ground on the night of the 26th ult The
inmates, all of whom were suffering from
wounds and disease, escaped with difficulty,
and were exposed to rain storm for two hours
WHILE workmen were engaged in dig
ging well at Birmingham, Ala, on the 9th
ult, sudden current of gas began to flow, and
Immediately thereafter petroleum started and
ninety barrels day.
DURING General Grants reception at
Houston, Texas, on the night of the goth ult,
the gas was turned off from the streets and
lamps and candles had to be used. The guns
OF the artillery company used to fire the salute
were spiked, but the spikes were removed in
lime dor use, Ihe Governor offered reward
OF $5OO Tor the arrest of the persons who spiked
the guns.
c. K. ALLEN, late express agent, who
had charge of the bullion recently stolen from
the express Office at Sidney, Neb, was arrested
there on the 29th ult. charged with compIicitv
| in the robbery.
The Georgia Democratic State Con-
| vention to appoint delegates to- the Cincin-
N q ton r. L
| June 9.
A sEvERE<cyclone passed over Law
renceville, Brunswick County, Va. on the
night of the 9th ult., demolishing houses.
uprooting trees, and doing an immense amount
of damage.
Foreign Intelligence.
A BAND of brigands in Sicily captured
/ the Duke of Meinengen, recently, but liber-
ated hun after the payment of heavy ransom
"A PANAMA dispatch of the 18th ult
states that the Secretary of State Of the Gov
ernment of Panama had addressed letter to
the United States Consul in that city advising
him that there were two American ships of wal
| at Bocas del Toroy engaged in soundings sur
veys and various other operations; examinine Q
the lagoon of Chirqui and the rivers which
| empty into it in mysterious manner The
operations were being conducted .witkno ref
| ererce to the authorities on shore. The Sec.
| retary asked for information on the subject,
and the Consul replied that he had no advices
from his Government on the point, knew moth.
ldg OF the expedition or its objects, and had
referred the correspondence to his Government
Tor information and instruction.
A vienna paper says that Emperor
William, replying tothe congratulations of bis
Generals on the occasion of the celebration OF
/ his hirfhdav sold ha alt L..
assure them that they would probably have nc
1 more opportunity of putting into practice
their military knowledge, all fear of war hay
/ ing apparently, for the present, been dis
| PEELED.
A PARIS dispatch, on the 29th ult.,
stated that on the following day DEGREES
against unauthorized religious societies woul6
be published. The first decree concerns the
Jesuits only, while the second effects the un
authorized congregations
| A CABUL telegram states that the Brit
ish Commissioners, at the interview with the
Chief Sirdars, said there would be no perma
nent annexation and no restoration of the ex
Ameer.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says tha
in court circles there every allusion to Franc,
is studiously avoided, so strong is the dis
pleasure at her treatment of the Hartmann
case.
/ A MEXICAN paper accuses the Ameri
can Government of selling American citizen
land beyond the boundary and within the linn
its of the State of Sonora.
TIE rivers Jucar and Segura, in Spain
overfowed on the 30th ult., inundating tn
towns of Alicia and Orihuela.
SIRFRANcIs HINcKs and other director
of the Consolidated Bank of Montreal, Canada
against whom true bills were found at the las
Assizes for making false returns, were formall
acquitted on the 30th ult.
! The unauthorized religious communi
ties in France to be expelled by decree issue,
on the 30th ult., number 3S4 for men, with 2, ~
members, and 6O2 for women, with u, ,003 mem
bers.