The Columbus journal., 1881-01-12
Two wife-beaters are in Jail in

sheriff's sales.
ANOTHER snow storm at st. Louis
on the 9th, and the weather at that
point getting colder.
THIRTEEN cars of tea passed down
the road the other day. They 60
east by the Union Pacific.
COUNCIL BLUFFS notifies the out
side world that the total mileage of
the railroads terminating there is
over 100000
PRESIDENT HAYES has nominated
Nathan Goff, jr., of West Virginia,
secretary of the navy. The senate
confirmed his nomination.
GEN. GARFIELD has declined to
act as senator for Ohio, and his de-
clination has passed to the legisla-
ture of Ohio through Gov. Foster.
FRANK n. Brown, aged 81, was
shot by his father, c. A. Brown, in
New York on the 9th inst, while
protecting his mother from the lat
ter's violence.
J. NJ. Polk, an extensive stock
dealer, and a respectable citizen liv-
ing near Bruceville, Ind, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
head on the 5th.
Hon. OTTo DREssEL, a leading
aud wealthy German lawyer, of Co.
lumbus, Ohio, committed suicide on
the 4th by shooting himself. He
leaves a wife and several children.
IT is understood that the forth
coming speech of Queen Victoria
will recommend bill for establish
ing county boards on an elective
basis in ireland. This is regarded
as a very important measure.
The clothes of Miss Davis, at
Caolvale, Kansas, caught fire, and
her mother, attempting to extin-
guish the flame, her clothes caught
fire, and resulted in the death of
both.
ELIHU SPERRY of New Haven, CT,
was robbed the other night Of 81, 600
in bonds, a gold snuff-box, and one
hundred dollars in gold and silver
coin. Charles Hsrtland, a nephew
of Sperry was suspected, and has
been arrested.
The British parliament opened on
the 9Th and the Queens speech was
read from the throne. As anticipa-
ted she will submit a measure for
establishing county government in
Ireland, and founded upon repre-
sentative principles.
THERE are now sixteen legislatures
in session. Ohio, North Carolina,
Missouri, Michigan, Massachusetts,
Maine, Illinois, Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Delaware,
Texas, Tennessee, Nevada and Ne
braska.
THERE has recently been found in
New Jersey Clipped stone imple-
ments in an ancient bed of gravel.
The discovery is now being inves-
tigated by scientific gentlemen, who
are trying to discover the existence
OF race of men pryor to the glacial
period.
Mr.. TIDRow, a merchant of As
pinwal, Nemahs county, this state,
committed suicide last week by
hanging. The entire surrounding
country was very much shocked by
the sad event. The only cause as
signed for the rash act was his fin
ancial difficulties.
LORD BEAooNsFIELD is reported as
once saying in Parliament: "Irish
members are too much in the habit
of clanking their chains" But the
chains of every down-trodden peo-
pie should be clanked until the ear
of greed and oppression hears and
heeds the cry, or is itself put under
bondage.
The Lincoln Globe purposes being
a power in the State. Ii enlarged
its borders Monday, and will keep
on enlarging and improving, and
branching ont, until its leaves will
be scattered over all the land. Ea-
ton & Conlee are just getting down
TO business, and will be found in the
front ranks.
The new Journal building at Lin
coin will be one of the finest news
paper establishments in all the west.
The Journals theory and practice of
conducting a newspaper seems to
have been correct, so far, at least.
Ii makes few, if any, mistakes; is
never abusive, sticks to its knitting,
snd-makes money.
A TERRIBLY fatal fire occurred in
New York on the morning of the
4th, in a tenement house. One
woman, a boy and five babies were
burned and suffocated, and four
more are reported dead and burned,
making eleven victims in all. The
cause of the fire was the explosion
of a gasoline machine which two
plumbers were using to thaw out
frozen water pipes directly under