The Columbus journal., 1881-01-05


fast young lady of that city one
night last week. She will die.
T. LEE, eff Midway, Ky, shot and
killed Charles Lampson, his brother
in-law, on Christmas night, after
being dangerously stabbed by Lamp
son.
JoHN SMALL, of Washington, Ind,
murdered Marcus Brsttle, one night
; last week. The quarrel occurred
while returning from a singing
school.
SILAs CARRIER eX Governor of
Nebraska, and wife returned from
Philadelphia last week. Ii is stated
that be has improved very much in
health.
THE steamship Rhein, from Eu-
rope last week, brought 81, 100000 in
British and French coin, and the
steamship Brittainic $4,000 in
British gold.
A FIRM of business men from
France intend to erect two fine beet
root sugar factories i'm Canada. They
will manufacture 2,2500O0 pounds
of sugar annually.
A TEA farm is to be started in
South Carolina, and the place Sc
lected is only two miles from Sum-
merville, on the line of the South
Carolina railway.
REV. Or. CHAPLIN died on the 26th
ult. lie was horn on the 29th of
December, 1918, in New England,
and was one of the brightest minis
ters of the Universalist church.
HENRY OsTRANDER, of Camden,
Y. j., last week shot and killed his
brother G.. L. Ostrander. He was
jealous of George, and said he was
trying TO ruin the whole family.
A FIRE at Council Bluffs the other
night burned up a livery stable and
four horses. NJ. Thompson owned
the stable. and il is reported that the
fire was the work of an incendiary.
A RECENT dispatch from Cork
says-"Want of employment every
where is felt and no where more
kneely than in those districts where
agitation has taken the greatest
hold"
The great trisl of the Irish land
leaguers commenced at Dublin on
the 2Sth ult. The court room was
deRsely crowded with spectators.
Two hours were consumed ia em.
pannelling jury.
Mrs. SALTER, a widow, of Twist
hill, Mo-, gave birth to child one
night last week, which she placed in
a she'd behind the house, allowing il
10 freeze TO death. Returning, she
died in bed of hemnrrhsge.
ST. Lo1Is the past year records
twenty-eight murders and fifty
seven suicides. OF the persons
murdered, five were women and two
were infants. At the present time
eighteen murderers are confined in
jail awaiting trial.
The Pacific Touring mills at st.
Louis were burned last week. A
workman was caught i'm the fourth
floor and had 10 jump or burn up.
He was instantly killed. One of the
firemen was also killed, and several
men were badly hurt.
CHARLES BEcHER aud George En-
gleston, forgers, have been arrested
in New York and locked up in the
tombs TO await extradition to Italy,
where they are charged with having
obtained large sums of money on
forged bills of exchange.
A GENERAL strike took place last
week among the coal miners at Nell
sonville, Shawnee, Straitsville and
Corning, located in the Hooking
Valley, %. The ostensible reason
for the strike being a demand for
payment twice each month.
GEx. r. X. SCoTT, who shot and
killed W. g. Drury, at Napoleon, O.,
the other day, was in the night time
taken TO Defiance for safe keeping
in consequence of feeling existing
against him at the former place, and
for fear a mob might hang him.
ii. ID. CUNNINGHAM, editor of the
Troy, n. Y, Telegram, was arrested
the other day, charged with crimi-
nally libelling Mayor Edward MUIR
phey, ir. That paper charged the
Mayor with attending a dog fight
and that he was said to own one of
the contestants.
ONE night last week big drunken
row occurred at Indiana Hall, Robi-
sons Camp, Col, in which manager
MealIy was shot through the breast.
Policeman McElphany attempted to
arrest the disturbers and was shotin
the foot. Several Others hsd bullet
holes in their clothes.