The Columbus journal., 1881-11-30

WHITELAw REED and wife arriv
ed last week in New York from
Europe.
A VERY sudden and heavy snow
storm occurred at Milford, Pa, OF
the 23d inst.
IT is given out that Madison
county will pay bounty for vol
and wildcat scalps.
A CoLoRED child two years old al
Newark, Ohio, burned to death by
falling into the fire.
A BIG fire the other night on Bev.
erly street, Boston. Several sufferers
and loss of $4,000.
DART & Bios large planning mill
at Buffalo, N. Y, burned the other
night. Loss $4,000.
THE grand jury at Washington
has indicted Jones for assault with
intent to kill Guiteau.
Dixon McGINNIs has been ap.
pointed storekeeper of the Fifth
district of Kentucky.
BosToN has appointed twenty-five
men 10 attend the dairy convention
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
FRANCE has decided to occupy the
principality of Tunis with a corps
of $4,000 men until January.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake
was felt at Berne on the oath, crack
ing the walls of many buildings.
The cholera, which has caused 30
much mortality i'm Southern Arabia,
is said to be travelling northward.
IT is claimed that Nebraska costs
the government $544,S52 more for
her postal facilities than the receipts.
AT SAVANNA, Ga, the other day, a
collision between freight and lum-
ber trains occurred, killing six men.
ELMER ID. FRANK has been ap-
pointed Clerk of the u. S. circuit
court in the place of Col. Watson b.
Smith.
Sixty thousand dollars has been
voted by Hartford, Conn, for a
TO union soldiers and
sailors.
RECENT report says that Gould,
Field and Sage have obtained a con-
trolling interest in the New York
and Erie Road.
VIM. Young and family, at Zanes-
vile, Ohio. were robbed the other
day of 81 800 in money aud the same
in bonds.
MOODY AND SANKEY were bring
ing out audiences last week that
filled Spurpeon's Tabernacle in Lon
don TO overfiOwing.
A FIRE at Lawler, Iowa, the other
night swept away eleven business
houses, and two others were torn
down TO check the flames.
RECENT news from Panama states
that the steamer Albion foundered
of. Point Burbacoas, and out of forty
persons, thirty.two were drowned.
RECENTLY large factory in Rome
The authorities, for fear
the flames would reach the gasome.
ter, shut off the gas all over the city.
REV. DR.. r.. S. SToRRs, of Brook
lyn, was handed a certified check
the other day for $4,000 on the
anniversary of his pas
torate.
THIEVES entered the furniture
store of John Samuel in Chicago the
other morning, blew open the safe
with gun powder, and carried away
S440 in cash.
In Yew York the windows and
doors in fifty five houses were
by the explosion of dyna-
mite cartridges. Eight persons were
slightly injured.
ESTIMATE of the cotton crop for
he present year has been made by
he national bureau of agriculture.
md the average shows q yield of
!, 500, l30 bales.
The g., B. & @. railroad company
will, about January lst, assume con-
rol of the Keokuk and st. Louis
inc, and the Keokuk and North
railroad.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG at q din
Ter given to her company the other
lay at st. Paul, announced that she
would be married to Mr.. Whitney
n March or April.
SECRETARIES BLAINE and Kirk
wood were the only cabinet officers
n Washington last week. James
vas south, Lincoln In New York,
md Hunt in New England.
IT is stated on good authority that
Tucker Bashaw, one of the Glendale
rain robbers who turned states ev-
dence against Bill Ryan, has been
orced to flee from the region of
independence, No, by threatening
etters from the James gang.
Mrs. WERNER of Alto, Wis, COM
nitted a double murder the other