The Columbus journal., 1881-06-29
A VEIN of coal four feet thick has
been struck at Decatur this state.

1HE chicago bank clearlngs one
day last week amounted to &c.
100000.
THE health of Mrs. Garfield has
greatly improved since she went to
Long Branch.
UPToN, of the treasury depart
ment went to Europe on the refund.
ing business.
THE public school teachers of Chi
cago were paid of the other day; it
required $4,000.
ANOTHER fire in Quebec, this time
in ST. Ssveur district. Thirty-fiye
houses were burned.
The Hereford Cattle Breeders
Association of America was in ses-
sion last week at Chicago.
TwENTY-sEvEN hundred immi-
grants landed in one day and night
last week at Castle Garden.
THE first carload of winter wheat
OF the season was received in Chica-
20 last week from Ashland, Ill.
DR.. CHAPLIN, of Charlotte, Mich,
committed suicide last week. He
was over one hundred years old.
MARTIL, a man living at Ottawa,
built q small ark ia which he ex-
pected to float safely in the June
floods.
SECRETARY KIRKwoOD has sp.
pointed c. II. Howard, brother OF
Gen. D. o. Howard, Indian in
spector.
JAMES GOLDEN of Boston, recently
purchased the bay gelding Millboy
for $500. Tolerably high price for
horse.
WYATT HOLMES, colored, was
hanged on the 24th inst. at nolly
Springs, for the murder of Andrew
Scott, colOred.
The vote for senator at Albany
on the 18th shows Conkling re-
ceived 20 votes and Platt Il. Jacobs
"a aud Depew A.
For five days, of week before last
the receipts for live stock in Chi
csgo showed: Cattle, 27,0S4, hogs
1901, sheep 9,3Gl.
THE Lincoln Globe says: "Very
many fields of wheat are badly
rusted in this vicinity, aud at this
writing are doing no good"
The jury i'm the libel suit of ex-
Gov. Bishop against the Daily Ga
zetfe of Cincinnati, returned a yer-
dict of $4,000 for the plaintiff.
TwENTY-THREE young Indians who
attended the Hampton, Va, Institute
went to Massachusetts last week 10
find summer employment with
farmers.
SwEPsoN Cotton Mills, located
in North Carolina, recently burned
from the explosion of lamp. The
mills worked 207 operatives. Los ss
100000.
lT is claimed that the emigration
from Sweden TO America this year
will reach 10000 which is stated to
be about one sixtieth of the entire
population.
RosCoE CoNKLING was in Wash
ington City on the 25th inst. lie
says his visit has no political sig
nificance, as he is looking after pri-
vste business.
A TANK of oil containing 25.OOC
barrels at Bradford, Pa, was struck
by lightning the other night, and
no one has reported that the burn
ing oil was put out.
The new railroad now being sur
veyed from Omaha TO Atchison,
under the direction of Mr.. J. f
House, will run in the vicinity OF
Syracuse. Otoe county.
CONGRESSMAN SPEER of Georgia,
q very independent politician, and
bound TO be a free man, il is said
will vote with the republicans to
organize the next house.
RoBT. CASEY, of Mt. Sterling, ILL.,,
was killed last week by the falling
Of 3 brick smoke-house, the founda-
ton of which gave way; the entire
building fell with a crash.
JOHN A. WALSH has brought suit
against Brady to recover $4,000. Ii
is claimed that the subject matter OF
this suit is in some way mixed up
with the stsr-route business.
c. NUBEL, a L. p. track laborer, at
Grand Island, accidentally fell of
train last week across the rail, and
both legs and one arm were cut of.
He lived three hours afterwards.
HARRY MCGEE and George Wash
iDgton, two colored walters at Coun-
Gil Bluffs quarreled the other day,
which finally resulted in McGee
shooting and killing Washington.
We learn from Quebec that the
oldest inhsbitant does not remem-
Der such weather; not only seeds,
but potatoes in outlying parishes
have been nipped off by recent
frosts.