The Columbus journal., 1881-03-30

| the 0tner evening OuckWneat an
maple syrup socisble. Don't thin
about ii unless you have the article
in the house.
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT resigned tn
presidency of the Worlds Fair ol
the 23d. The committee will repor
at their next meeting q nomination
to fill the vacancy.
AT the instance of the Russian
minister the editor of socialis
ne wspsper has been arrested at Co
penhsgen, and will be prosecuted
for insulting Russia.
LNEBoLA, town on the Black Sea
AMI Velden, a town in Austria, wer,
both nearly destroyed by fire. Thre,
hundred and fifteen houses wer,
burned at the former place.
The State Journal says Vennor i,
q myth, about the same as mother
Shipton. Not at all, brother Gere
He is bona tide living man, and
resides at Montreal, Canada.
A WASHINGTON correspondent
mentions as a matter of curiosity
that Hayes and his cabinet were all
hairy men, while Garfield and cabi
net are profusely baldheaded.
MISS CLEMMIE SsHoNLAN sets uI
all the type for the Nebraska Volks.
bldtt of Omaha, averages l,400 ems
per hour, and is said to be the fastest
female compositor in the state.
THE Central City Courier says the
death of one hundred horses and one
man can be attributed to the intro
duction into Merrick county of q
glandered horse nine years ago.
The Grand Island Times reports q
horrible case against one. George
Wilson of that place who allowed
his wife to die from exposure, and
then sold her dead body to a physi-
clan for $50.
TIE west-bound stage was robbed
the other night nine miles west of
Del Norte, COL, by two men. The
express pouch and one mail pouch
were taken, but passengers were
unmolested.
Our exchanges express some fears
that the accession of Alexander III.
means an aggressive foreign policy
and disturbance of the peace which
has heretofore existed with the
great powers.
JOHN GRIFFIN, of Lafayette, Ind,
was kicked the other night in the
stomach by Patsy Crogan, from the
effects of which Griffin has since
died. Crogan was arrested and
lodged in Jail.
ONE hundred thousand dollars
have been raised by the U. p. rail-
road company and citizens of Omaha
for the erection in that city of an
elevator with q capacity of over
100000 bushels.
THIS year the Nebraska legislature
only appropriated one hundred
thousand dollars of the peoples
money for ca pital building improve
ments. What will be asked for at
the next session?
SILVER has recently been discov-
cred near New Cumberland, Han
cock Co., W. Va. Steps are being
taken to put up a smelling furnace,
the company being confident that
the mine will pay.
TIE second March blizzard came
as predicted by Vennor, with the
usual results in Illinois and Iowa.
One Chicago news writer exclsim-
ed, if there is any more snow up
there let it come down now.
IT is stated that the new French
loan was covered more than thirty
times. That is a good kind of credit
for a government to have at home,
and will, above all other considera-
tions, establish her financial credit
abroad.
A COLONY of Canadians, number
ing nine hundred souls, arrived in
Chicago the other day, bound for
Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba.
Their train from Chicago will num-
Der ninety one cars, including
freight.
The Italian opera house at Nice
destroyed by fire last week, CON-
mencing during a performance. The
bodies of fourteen persons, who we're
suffocsted, have been recovered. 1t
is believed one hundred were lost
in the building.
MANY arrests were made in st.
Petersburg last week. At the house
Of one of the persons captured the
police found 100000 roubles. An
other prisoner was well armed, and
lsd some poison and 10000 roubles
IN his pockets. Two dynamite stores
have been discovered.
The new senate committees have
been elected, and Nebraska senator's
occupy places on some of the most
prominent. Senator Saunders is on
Indian Affairs, Territories and Rail.
.aads and Sanator Van WvoI Ar