The Columbus journal., 1881-10-05

died in Office were democrats.
KEENAN,, the murderer of Hens
ley, has been sentenced to be hanged
at Chicago Nov. Is.
Next week will open the political
campaign in Nebraska, when we will
review the situation.
DIR. G.. c. MCNEIL, a prominent
citizen Of Omaha, died at Detroit,
Mich, Thursday last.
The headquarters of the depart
ment of the Platte are now situated
in the city of Omaha.
1T seems to be pretty generally
believed that Chester A. Arthur will
not forget his political friends.
GEN. ARTHUR's wife died about
year ago. He has two children, his
son Allan, IL, and daughter Neiiie, 10.
CAPT. PAUL BoYNToN is attempt
ing his longest swim-from the head
of the Yellowstone TO the mouth of
the Missouri.
In a series of drunken fights the
other night at Nebraska City, Chief
Of Police Alex. Hickey fatally shot
Jas. Mcclure.
VENNoR, the weather man, says
that a very singular November is
approaching--he does not say in
what particular.
LINCOLN was shot on the anniver-
sary of the fall of Fort Sumpter and
Garfield died on the anniversary of
the battle of Chickamauga.
liz was reported last week that
reputable man had said that he over
heard the formation of a plot to
assassinate President Arthur.
Rev. CHAs. ATKINSON, an aged
Methodist minister of Illinois, has
at his own request been sent to the
county Jail i'm Springfield as a va
grant.
QUITE a number of cases of sra.,1;.Si;
pox at Chicagaau Eau Sf. G. L. Kerler
oIIogRK arrested for reporting death
by measles, when the reality was
small pox.
J. C. and z. S. JONES of Colorado
recently sold $4,000 cattle to f. l..
Underwood Il Co. of Kansas City
for $625,000. That is a sample of
western enterprise.
By order Of the Secretary of War
one company of the 10th u. S. in
fantry, will go into camp near the
cemetery, and furnish a guard for
the tomb of Gen. Garfield.
GEO. SCovILLE, brother-in-law TO
Guiteau, the assassin, takes charge
of his defense. He believes he can
succeed in establishing the fact of
insanity with a fair-minded jury.
The N. Y. Commercial Adcertis-
er's Utica correspondent is assured
ION the best of authority" that Mr..
Lincoln is the only member of the
cabinet who will be urged to stay.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has issued
his proclamation requiring the U. S.
Senate TO convene Oct. 10, "to act
upon such communications as nav
be made to it on the part of the
executive"
THERE was a wretched rumor put
afoat by the telegraph from Chicago
last week that President Arthur had
been assassinated. There were ma
ny anxious inquiries as to the con-
firmation of the report.
The treasury department announ-
ces that there are outstanding over
S2l 100000 i'm bonds on which i'm
terest has ceased, on some of them
eleven years ago. 1t is supposed
that most of them have been de-
stroyed.
MRS. GARFIELD will make her
home at the farm at Mentor. Grand
mother Garfield will live with her.
The eldest sons Harry and Jimmy
will attend Williams College, and
Miss Mollie a private school at
Cleveland.
IT is to be hoped that the Repub-
licsn State Convention which meets
to-day at Lincoln will honor itself
snd express the wish of the people
of the State by nominating Hon.
Samuel Maxwell as judge of the
supreme court.
Hon. JAS. PARKS of Elletsville,
Ind, was a hundred years old the
other day, and about 10000 people |
assembled TO celebrate the event |
Ex-Governor Hendricks and Judge
Franklin addressed the guests. The
old gentleman cultivated his garden
alone last summer.
On Tuesday, of last week, was
held the most exciting election that
ever took place at Lincoln. The
voters of the capital city decidedly
vote Of four more than the requis-
lite two-thirds, that they will donate
$4,000 to aid in the construction of |
the Lincoln and Fremont r. II.
Mrs. DAVID FENTREss of Roches- |