The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-01-20

/ men, and leave families.
A SECRET organization calling themselves the
c. s. r. R. D. c. have sent a letter to the agent
| of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at somer-
SET KY, warning him to sell no tickets north
of the Kentucky River Bridge. Of course no
heed will be paid to such a coWardly act.
.3lls. HARRIET n. CooPEB, a colored woman.
I 1.cd at Cheltenham, a suburb Of st. Iouis.
Ne1 Years Day, aged 115 years. She weighed
600 pounds, and was the mother Of twenty-five
children, the youngest Of whom is sixty-two
| years old. Her husband is 101 years old, and
| is stiu living.
An expedition Of engineers and skilled me-
chanics have left Haue, France, for Panama
direct to commence the survey. A large NUM-
Der Of mechanics and lsborers, a quantity Of
machinery, and large supply Of provisions
have been ordered in New York and New Or
leans for immediate shipment to the scene Of
operations.
NEAR San Antonio, Texas, at q WoOd-choP-
pers' camp, Juan Ray desired to borrow team
Of horses Of Bruno Hlago, who refused him,
WhersupOn Ray felled him with an Ak, and
then, getting gun, shot him and struck him
over the head with the butt Of it; then picking
up an AZ, be literally chopped him to pieces. A
SheriR' posse discovered Ray hiding in bushes
and captured him.
DANIEL F. SULLIVAN and Patrick Hayes we're
hanged in Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia,
on the 6th inst. Hayes killed his wife the
morning Of March % last, and then attempted
to Kin himself. Sullivan killed a woman with
whom he lived, and who had separated from
her husband in OIL City Pa. Sullivan was
manager for & minstrel troupe.
A BILL has been introduced in the British
House Of Commons, known as the Corrupt
Practices at Election Bill, the chief object Of
which is to put an endto the lavish expenditure
Of money ct elections, and punish those who ex-
pend over a certain amount for such proposes.
Il fxes . schedule Of expenditures varying ac-
cording to the size Of the constituency.
Al tho little town OF Cole Vale, in Bourbon
County, Kan, 9 Miss Davis and her mother
were burned to death, caused By the dress Of
the daughter ignidng while standing near an
open fireplace. sheran into the yard, followed
by the mother, who made frantic efforts to e1-
tinguish the flames. In 50 doing her own cloth
ing caught fire, and before assistance arrived,
both women were burned to death.
AT AlsEandia, Va, Mary Elizabeth johnson
and Wm. Brown, colorsd, were found guilty Of
stealing q box Of tobacco, and sentenced to re-
CeiTe tiTty-pins lashos each. The sentence
was promptly executed so far as the woman
was concerned, but the man claimed to be in a
diseased condition. he Wa examined BY
phyzici, who decided that the whipping
would pO harm, and be was speedily whip
GOV. GRAT, Of Indiana, in his message to the
Legislature, recommends the calling Of 9 con-
Btitutional convention, the creation Of q State
Board Of Charities, and some wholesale changes
In the election laws, including an amendment
to the Constitution Of the United States, pro
yiding for the election Of National Senators by
the direct vote Of the people Of each State.
The message Was very long document.
GovEREOR-HECr PoREER, Of Indiana, was
united in marriage on the 5th inst, to a Mss
Stone, sister Of General R. Stone, and daughter
Of a late prominent resident Of Chautauqua
County, n. 7. The marriage took place at the
roEidsnes Of Walter s. Quincy, an uncle Of the
bride. The ceremony vas performed by the
Rev. John Freeman, Of LOckport, n. 2. The
Wedding was private, and only few Of the rel
atves were present, among whom were Albert
and Annie Porter, son and daughter Of the
bridegroom. The couple left for Indianapolis
via the Pennsylvania Railroad.
SENATOR Cox, elected to the General As
sembly Of Pennsylvania from the Luzerne Dis
trict, has refused to take the oath OF Office be-
cause be spent money to secure his election.
"a e. 49, IL
money oorruptly, but that he employed men to
eleC6Oneer for him, paid expenses Of meeting,
etc, and that under the circumstances he
should refuse to take the oath Of Office. It
should be added that Mr.. Coke is an imposing
looking gentleman, with bright, clear counts-
nance and q keen black eye As an honest
legislator, his colleagues regard him as q curl
Osity.
A BOHER in the pudding mill Of the Allen
town Rolling Mil, at Allentown, Pa, exploded,
damaging the mill to the extent Of go, 900 and
instantly killing John shak, aged fOrty-eight
years, and fatally Wounding Hugh Gallagher,
aged tWenty-three, Hugh Harrington, aged
ninsteen, Patrick 1IeGee, aged sixteen, James
Roarity, aged eighteen, and Charles McClOsky,
aged eighteen. Five others were seriously in
jured. The boiler, which was thirty feet long
and three feet in diameter, was rent in the
middle and the two parts were thrown in op-
posite directions q distance Of 200 feet.
TIE jury in the trial Of Mrs. Brown, at In
dianapOlis, for murder, have returned q verdict
Of imprisonment for life. The jury were ont
twenty-five hours. On the first ballot, after
retiring, the jury stood; four for death, seven
,e4-kn -
guilty under the Indictment as charged. The
one soon came over to the seven, but the four
for death hung out until the last ballot. The
result at Indianapolis is received with general
satisfaction, and the opinion now obtains that
Wades sentence viii be commuted. When the
verdict was announced Mrs. Brown burst into
at Of silent tears.
IN Brooklyn, James Walsh, aged nineteen,
killed Barbara Greenthal, aged seventeen, be-
cause she refused to marry him. He procured
a dirk and went to the house Of James Carlisle,
No. 500 Willoughby avenue, where the girl was
living, called her to the door and stabbed her
to the heart, she dying almost instantly. After
the murder Walsh went down TO the GoWanns
Canal and attempted to commit suicide BY
drowning but WAS ished out and taken to the
Long Island College Hospital. Il was not
known at the time that he was q murderer,
but he confessed it, and was removed to the
police station.
CAPT. JAMES B. EADs has returned from
Vera Cruz on board Mexican war steamer
The Mexican Government gives to Capt. Eads'
company the right to build ship railway across
the Isthmus Of Tshuantspee, grants it 1,OO0,- /
900 acres Of land on the shore Of the Pacific |
on which to build the terminus Of the railroad
and establish a harbor, and empowers it to |
charge and collect q toll Of s. per ton on the |
freight Of ship and cargo passing over the |
road. The right is also given for railroad |
and telegraph line on which only the customary |
rates can be charged. In return for this, Capt. |
Eads agrees to carry on thelrairoad all ships Of /
war, munitions, mails, ETC., free Of charge /
The building Of the road must be commenced |
within two years, and completed in ,en years |
from May 1, 1881.
GEN. TERRY telegraphs from st. Paul, Janu- /
ary 5, to military headquarters the following /
from Maj. ugis, at camp, Popular River, Janu- 4
ary 8: 81 moved the hostles to-day to my /
camp and have them under guard. There are /
by actual count 1876 Of them, and 100 more to I
come over from the Yankton camp tomorrow. |
I proceeded against them this morning and was .
met by the Yankton chiefs, who requested 4
should not Wait their camp, and promised to /
turn all the hOstiles over to me tomorrow /
When this is accomplished will move at once |
to BufOrd. burned and destroyed forty-two /