The Columbus journal., 1881-05-18

the story to reconsider the vote By
which Judge Matthews was con-
firmed is without foundation.
SECRETARY WINDOW has directed
that 6 per cent. bonds be received at
the London agency for continuance
at 81 per cent. until the Goth inst.
The heat on the 18th at Washing
ton City reached 90o- the highest
figure recorded during May since
the observatory was established in
lS4l.
The rain storm last Friday morn
ing gave Omaha another flood,
which did q great amount of damage
in the lower and main portions of
the city.
| PARNELL, in writing to a friend,
says he does not wish to endanger
the land bill, but thinks that the
Irish party should watch the bill
carefully.
The British fasting girl was fright
ened into her breakfast the other
morning, by a threat of friends to
send her to a lunstic asylum if she
did not eat.
THE Car of Russia reviewed bis
troops the other day and drove
through the streets of st. Peters,
burg, unattended by the usual Co.'S
sack escort.
BRADLAUGH appeared again last
week at the bar of the house of
commons and desired to be sworn
in, but was expelled from the floor
by resolution.
HENRY WARD BEECHER has been
sued for $4,000 damages by the ag-
ricultural society of Western Mary
land for failure to lecture according
to agreement.
THE decsyed body of woman
was found the other day among the
debris in q vault in Lowell, Mass.
Doubtless it was placed there to
conceal a crime.
DURING the past year the gross re-
ceipts of the American Tract Society
amounted to $4,000 They prin-
ted during the same period seventy
two million pages.
Mrs GARFIELD was reported quite
i'll last week. The discharge of nu-
merous social duties as wife of the
president has been too great a tax
upon her nervous system.
THE L. P. r. r. Co. have filed a
bill in the court of claims for the
sum of $l,l4l, ,720 for services rem
dered in transmitting mails. etc.,
previous to Dec. 81. 1875.
c. E. HENRY of Ohio, has been
nominated by the President, u. S.
marshal of the District of Columbia,
and Frederick Douglas recorder of
deeds for the same district.
FOURTEEN captains of European
steamships have been indicted by
the Federal grand jury sitting in
New York, for carrying an excess
of passengers on their vessels.
A RECENT report from the Chic
Island says six thousand dead are on
the Island, many still unburied,
medical aid greatly needed and hun
dreds of wounded uncared for.
Mr.. HEFFERNAN aud four other
members of the league were arrested
at Cork, Ireland, on the 18th, under
the coercion act by order of the
Lord Lieutenant, and conveyed to
Jail.
MADDEN, King, Moran and Win.
tercall were arrested near Castle
Bar, Ireland, under the provisions of
the coercion act. The secretary of
the Bsllyrate land league was also
arrested.
AN old Irishmsn named Leary
was killed the other DAY at Omaha
on the q. p. switch track, by being
struck by an engine while walking
on the track. He was about seventy
years old.
A BOY of E. L. Shock aged IA
years, ut Nation, ILL.,, was instantly
killed last week, while trying to
jump on a passing freight train. His
head and right arm were severed
from his body.
THERE were last week at Black.
wells Island 63 cases of oftyphus fever,
and l56 cases of smallpox. During
the week SO new cases of smallpox
occurred, and 80 new cases of typhus |
and seven deaths.
THE large schooner David Downs |
unloaded the other day at the Erie |
elevator, Buffalo, $3.50 bushels of |
wheat. This is the largest grain
cargo ever brought into lake port |
in the Northwest.
Mr.. REYNOLDS, wife and daugh-
ter, and several other persons were
poisoned the other day at Little
Rock, by eating bread which is sup
posed to have been made from -four |
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