The Columbus journal., 1881-11-09

Wcfc hiiicu tuC otuOt uoy ~ ioii'
road crossing. The horses were
killed and the wagon demolished.
PosrMAsTER-G GENERAL JAMES, it is
understood, will discharge the du.
ties OF Office until December, when he
will be relieved and will then take
charge of the Lincoln Bank in New
York.
EX-SENATOR PADDOCK and family
returned one day last week in the
best of health and spirits, having en-
joyed q delightful sojourn among
the mountains of northern New
York.
NINE hundred cigar makers of
Milwaukee recently went on a strike,
claiming an advance, from 81 per
thousand. 1t is thought that en-
ployers will comply with their de.
mandg.
FROM Urbana, o., in the case of
Yocum against the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnsti & st. Louis railway, action
for damages of $l47, ,OO0 for loss of
cattle, the jury returned verdict for
the full amount.
PINKEYE made a fearful spread
SmeGg ;he horses of Cincinnati last
week. One thousand cases occurred
in the city and vicinity. Very few
prove fatal, but the horses are dis
sbled from work.
HoE. EDWARD MCPHERSON will be
a candidate for clerk of the House Of
Representatives. M. Mcpherson is
well qualified to fill the position,
having done so before with great
credit to himself and party.
GREAT interest is manifested in the
trial of LEROY, who murdered J.
Gold on railway carriage in Eng
land, that a special train will be run
from London to Maidstone, Kent,
where the trial is to take place.
The annual report of the pension
bureau shows that on the 3Oth of
June, 1881, there were 26S,S30 PEN
sioners, a net increase during the
year of lS,02S. Aggregate annual
value Of all pensions, $2S, 100, ,967.
A RECENT csblegram from the
London Standard says it is believed
that Premier Gladstone contemplates
resigning shortly and will retire to
private life. If he does retire it will
prove a severe blow to the liberals.
THE very latest news from the in
undation about Quincy, ILL.,, Iowa
City and Keokuk is of a very bad
character. The loss of grain and
Lumber, and that arising from the
accumulation of freight is very great.
The state department of this gov
ernment does not contemplate a
correspondence with the English
government in reference to reported
balance i'm English banks to the
credit of the late Confederate states.
THE passenger train on the Kansas
and Texas railroad was one night
recently thrown from the track at
Usage river, and crushed through
the bridge. Wagner, the engineer,
was instantly killed and several per-
sons injured.
IT is reported that one of the rich.
est gold strikes ever made in San
Juan has been made at the head of
Savage fork of Marshall basin, Col.
II appears in coarse float rock, with
gold all through it in leaves, wire
and nuggets.
A FURIOUS snow storm ragged all
day on the 4th in st. Lawrence
county, New York. Snow is foot
deep in the northern part of the
county. Snow squalls prevailed
along the Hudson. The Catskills
are covered.
LAST week Guion steamer Wis
consin landed at New York 367
Mormon converts and 20 returning
missionaries on board. The con-
verts were from England, Scotland,
Wales, Switzerland, Germany and
Scandinavia.
THE counsel for Guiteau the other
morning made a motion for the de-
livery to the clerk of the court of
the papers belonging to the prison.
or. He also asked for q further
of the case. No rul-
ing by the court.
THE steamer War Eagle, going
south the other day, ran against q
span of the Keokuck and Hamilton
bridge, breaking IL into fragments.
The boat was completely demolish-
ed. Eight persons are known to
have been drowned.
The London Times says we are
able to state the Bank of England
does not hold penny available for
of Confederate bonds. The
public should beware of buying
bonds intrinsicslly worthless on the
faith Of such rumors.