The Columbus journal., 1881-06-29

/ O"S A0N WIN h"Chi -hNC icCt uS ah
engine. The driver and horses were
killed, and two occupants of the
carriage fatally injured.
A REPORT comes from Merced to
San Francisco that fire swept over
some 1850 acres of wheat and other
grain, destroying all in its course,
including many farm houses, barns
and much farm machinery.
SAML. OSBORNE, living near Griggs-
willie, Ill, had killed, one day last
week, one hundred and sixteen sheep
by lightning. The carcasses were
all found under a tree, which had
been shivered by thunderbOlt.
THE sheriff's wife at Grand Haven,
Mich, the other night bsgged a
dozen men who were trying TO lynch
the murderer, Vaskamp. She lock-
ed them in the Jail and aroused the
citizens by fire alarm. A plucky
woman.
PREsIDENTGARFIELD recently said
in relation 10 the marshalship of
New York, ''if any one has promis-
ed any Office in New York or else
where il has been done without
consultation with me and without
my knowledge"
AT Gsrrettsville, Ohio, the Baptist
church building was blown up the
other night by powder or dynamite.
The inside of the church was almost
entirely destroyed. The report of
the explosion aroused people from
bed mile away.
THE new railroad company re-
Gently organized at Omaha and to
be known as the Missouri Pacific
Railway, has elected Col. A. A. Tai
mage, president; Thos. j. Portiss,
vice president; F. B. Drake, secre-
tsry and treasurer.
STORMS appear TO be the general
order now throughout the country.
One at Huntsville, Als., the other
night blew down and entirely de-
stroyed large three story brick
cotton seed oil mill which was in
the course of erection.
SECRETARIES Window aud Hunt
Postmaster General James, Secre-
tary Lincoln and Attorney General
MacV eagh all went TO Long Branch
last week. II is believed they went
forward TO consult with the presi-
dent on important business.
THF conclusions at Cambridge OBJ
servatory, Boston, Mass, are that
the comet is now moving away from
the earth at the rate of 100000 miles
per day. The learned men at the
above observatory say the comets
tail is 100000 miles in length.
By recent investigation it ap-
pears that 10000 bushels of grain
have disappeared from the Keokuk
elevator, which is controlled by
Jack Sturgis. Legal proceedings
are about to be Instituted to find
out what has become of the wheat.
A PARTY of three persons in Oma-
ha came very near having their lives
destroyed by partaking last week of
picked tongue. The SYM ptoms of
the victims were those of arsenical,
poison, but how il got to the picked
tongue the physician was unable to
decide.
A WHOLE train on the Morelos
railroad went down into the San
Antonio river near Cuantla, Mexico,
on account of the downfall Of the
stone bridge. Nearly 200 persons
were killed and a great number
wounded. Most of the passengers
were soldiers.
A HEAVY wind, rain and hail
storm struck North Platte on the
evening of the 18th inst. and blew
down the Union Pacific round
house, the debris covering three
freight engines and one passenger
engine, all of which were more or
less damaged. One man was killed.
1T seems probable now that the
government will at last settle the
perplexing question of what shall
be done with the Poncas by buying
land of the Omshas and with their
consent placing the Poncss on it.
Those Poncas that returned from
the Indian Territory only num-
ber l20.
THOMAS GARFIELD, uncle of the
President, while riding in his buggy
not far from Newburg, Ohio, was
struck by a passing train and in
stsntly killed; Mrs. Arnold, cousin
of the President, had her skull badly
fractured and her life is despaired
of. Mr.. Garfield was 80 years old
and lesyes seven children.
LAST week Greeley county in the
vicinity of O'Connor was visited by
q terrible wind storm. The Catholic
church barn was blown down, and
several houses in the vicinity more
or less damaged, and one sod house
unroofed. The rain fell in torrents
for four hours, accompanied by