The Columbus journal., 1881-05-25

city of New York, the republican
central club fired one hundred guns
in the city hall park, in honor of the
confirmation of Robertson.
The President sent back to the
senate the New York nomina-
tons that had been withdrawn, ex-
cept those of Marshal Payne and
Collector Tyler, of Buffalo.
LATER news from TT. Niobrars
says Lieut.. Cherry was sho: and
killed by one of his soldiers, who, il
is believed, was in league with a
bar d of horse thieves and cut-thrOats.
The Nebraska Press Association
went to Chicago last week, the
guests of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad. They will look
at the sights for a few days in that
city.
A MIsCHIEvoUs sort Of man of Te-
cumseh made the remark the other
day that the cause of religion had
received a back-set when q horse
baked on the street with a load of
preachers.
j. X. BLACK, w. r. Cason, j.
Frank and Hewey Arbuckle, four
"star route" spectators, have been
indicted by the grand jury in the
United States District Court of
Philadelphia.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has approved
the plan of the Board of Engineers
appointed by the War Department,
to construct a harbor of refuge at
Milwaukee. Work will be- begun
at an early date.
ARTHUR SMITH, aged II, son of
Judge Smith of Cincinnati was found
the other day tied to the track on the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Daley,
unconscious and could give no clue
to the way he came there.
IT is said that five thousand north
ern families are about to locate in
Tennessee where lands are good and
cheap, under the advice and direc-
ton of ID. ID. II. Moore, former edi-
tor of Moore's Rural New Yorker.
JEWS are still being prosecuted in
Southern Russia. Among other
cruelties it is reported that the pop
ulace of Tartova threw a Jew into
the flames of burning house. What
devilish spirit has possession of the
people?
III. G. CoLBURN, an attorney of
North Platte,was seriously wounded
last week by bullet fired by man
named Yingst, during a quarrel.
One ball passed through both thighs,
and another lodged in the marrow
of the left leg bone.
NANCY HAYES, of Harman, Ohio,
was shot and killed by her husband
John Hayes, on the morning of the
18th. The jealousy of her husband
of Jim Shaw, with whom the woman
had been living, was the cause.
Hayes made his escape.
In lS4S France established a sys-
tenn of schools savings bank, and the
children even are becoming econ
omical, in one department averaging
SIS piece on deposit. The habit of
saving is the most valuable thing
inculcated by the system.
LAST week Wahoo was visited by
burglars. The room of the County
Clerk, Z. Z. Lyle, was broken into
and robbed of Sill. The burglars
also entered the residence of M. b.
Reese, district attorney, and appro-
priated small sum of money.
The nomination of Fred Douglass
for recorder of deeds in the District
of Columbia was confirmed on the
18th by three-fourths majority.
Wonders will never cease to happen.
Ii is said that Senator Hill, of Geor-
gia supported Douglass in executive
session.
The meeting held at Albany, NY,
in honor of Robertson was a very
one. Between 5000 and
10000 persons were present. Meet
ings have been held throughout the
state, and resolutions passed con-
Robertson on his con-
EDDIE Posi-, aged eighteen, Alice,
bis sister, aged twelve, and Miss
Cotton, aged thirteen, were boating
10 Coon river at Des Moines, the
other day, when the row-lock caught
10 a snag and the current being
swift, upset the boat. All were