The Columbus journal., 1881-04-06

THE Irish arms act went into ope-
ration last week.
SMALL-Pox is raging to an alarm
ing extent i'm Lexington, Ill.
PARNBLL, it is stated, is engaged
to marry au American heiress.
Born Greece and Turkey are max
ing large preparations for war.
WHEELING, w. Va, was the scene
of three incendiary fires last week.
Snow fell in southern Ohio on the
29th ult., to the depth of ten inches.
STEADY rains in California insure
the greatest yield of grain this
season.
NEBRASKA as q state is still in her
infancy. She was only IA years old
the LIST of last month.
MRS. MARIA BERNER, of Milwsu-
kee, aged 80, cut her throat the other
day with q case knife.
The Emperors of Germany, Aus
tris and Russia will probably meet
at Ems in midsummer.
1T has been definitely decided that
there will be no extra session of con-
gress at the present time.
The President has nominated
Charles p. Chandler receiver of pub
lie moneys at Oberlin, Kan.
KALLocH, the murderer of Charles
De Young, OF San Francisco, mas
been acquitted of the crime.
The police authorities of Berlin
have issued orders for the eXecu-
ton of eighteen socialists.
The newspapers of Austria oppose
the scheme for an international
union against political assassins.
The working men of New York
were asking last week an advance of
of fifty cents all round in their pay.
The resignation of Hon. X. b.
Harrington, State Senator 18th dist.
has been accepted by the Governor.
ONE hundred and twelve failures
have been reported in the United
States aud Canada during the past
week.
r.. NJ. MONTGOMERY Of Blooming
ton, Neb., has been nominated by
the President receiver of public
money.
THE Spirit Of the Times says there
10 now upon the ocean large ship
ment of thoroughbred horses for
America.
The snow storm on the 3lst at
Pittsburg, was pronounced the most
severe of the season. Trains were
all laid up.
III. j. JEwETT has been appointed
president of the Worlds Fair, but
for want of time to perform the du-
ties, declines.
One hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars in gold was taken
from the German market last week
for New York.
IT is now reported that there were
only two hundred and twenty per-
sons in the theatre at Nice st the
time of the fire.
SoLICIToR-GEN. PHILLIPS has de-
clined the judgeship of the court of
claims to which be was nominated
by the President.
The city council of Chicago pass
ed one evening last week; an appro-
priation bill amounting in the aggre-
gate to $2,340,000.
JAMES WELSH, of Brooklyn, who
killed his sweetheart, Barbara
Greenthal, has been sentenced to be
hanged May Goth.
The plague has appeared at Kufa,
ninety miles south of Bagdad. The
fatal character of the disease in
Fedjib is increasing.
1T is stated that Turkey now has
$4,000 troops on the frontier. This
indicates great activity with her
military preparations.
IT is rumored the President has
decided to recall General Longstreet,
minister to Turkey. and appoint him
u. s. marshal for Georgia.
The City of Richmond arrived at
New York the other day brought
$502 600 in specie. The Arizona
brought $5O0,0O0 in gold dust.
Ii is claimed that the alarming
increase In emigration from Ger
many is on account of the compul-
sorry military service and excessive
taxes.
LORD BEAcoNFIELD was on the
18th ult. reported dangerously i'll.
Judging from the reports of his con-
dition his death may be looked for
hourly.
The Board of Trade and Trans
portstion of New York has passed
resolutions earnestly depreciating
the proposed removal of Collector
Merritt.
AFTER hard fight the Beers cap
tured Polchefstrom. 1000 pounds of