The Columbus journal., 1881-05-18

and rather S0Od-looklng brunette,
was found drunk in Omaha one
evening last week. She was pulled
out of the mud on 18th street, and
lodged in Jail on charge of robbery.
A RECENT report from Ft. Mo
brara says Lieut.. Saml. A. Cherry,
Fifth Cavalry, while out scouting
for road agents, came upon them
suddenly, when fight ensued, in
which the Lieut.. was killed.
ORDERS have been issued from tn e
post-office department to discontin-
ue steamboat mail service at once on
a number of routes in the south
west. The saving to the govern
ment will probably reach $4,000.
WE are under obligations to both
Senators Saunders aud Van Wyck
for copies of Wm. P. Frye's recent
speech i'm the U. S. Senate. Billy
hits those Southern boys some pret-
ty hard licks, which they will not
soon forget.
STANLEY MATTHEWS was confirm
ed on the 18th, as associate justice of
the supreme court, by the following
vote; yeas %, nays 81. The affirma-
tive and negative totals were about
equally divided between the two
political parties.
THE citizens of Des Moines, in
respect to the memory of Ex-Gov.
Ansel Briggs, the first governor of
Iowa, on the day of his funeral fired
a gun every half hour, from sunrise
until noon. The national flag was
displayed at half mast.
A MURDER came to light the other
day near Guttenburg, N. j., by find
ing the decomposed body of young
German woman. Her head had
been crushed with a large stone.
The belief is that the young woman
had been outraged and then mur-
dered.
A STORM was reported in Iowa
last week near Worthington that
lifted the barn of John Pitman, con-
tanning six horses, and carried it q
mile without injury to the horses.
Also that two barns belonging to P.
Baker were blown distance of two
miles. No lives lost.
ALEXANDER JONES, editor of the
New York VOlks Zeitung was re-
Gently arrested at Dresden. He was
suspected of travelling in the interest
Of the socialists. His private papers
were subjected to examination, &c.
He has appealed to the U. 5. Minis
ter at Berlin for redress.
The newspapers of Omaha and
Lincoln are discussing the provis.
ions of what is called the Doane law,
passed by the last legislature con-
cerning railroad rates. The better
opinion is that the Doane law does
not reach to the extent it ought, but
that it is step in the right direction.
AHEAvY wind aud lightning storm
occurred on the 10th, between Bra
dy's and Willow Island, on the Un-
ion Pacific railroad a freight depot
was struck, and a part of the roof
torn off. The wind also blew down
a windmill and unroofed a water
tank. Other property in the vicini-
ty was injured.
In executive session last week the
senate confirmed the following nom
nations: James Longstreet, U. S.
marshal for Georgia; A. Blyth, U.
S. marshal for South Carolina; S.W.
Melton, U. S. attorney for South
Carolina; Philip H. Emerson, asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court
of Utah.
B. l.. PRATT, a stranger in Omaha,
and resident of Galesburg, H.,
committed suicide one night last
week at the st. James hotel, Omaha,
by cutting his throat with a pocket
knife. 1t is believed that he was
out of money and employment, and
had become despondent, which in
duced him to commit the horrible |
deed.
IT is reported now that all the
inmates of the White House are
more or less affected with malaria,
caused by poisonous vapors arising |
from the Potomac fats. Remove |
the Capital to the Center of the |
United States, where there is no
to disturb the health of the
nothing but the pure gentle
zephyrs.
1T is claimed that a motion will
be made in the senate to reconsider
The vote confirming the nomination
Of Stanley Matthews, on the ground
hat one of the senator's who was
paired, voted for Matthews's con-
when he should not have
7oted, as the absent senator would
nave voted "no," leaving a tie, and
he con firmation lost.
THE dsilies of yesterday confirm
the rumors of the resignation of
and Platt as senator's from