The Columbus journal., 1881-04-06

WIN. POWELL, the inventor of the
first machinery for the manufacture
of lace, was found dead I'm bis bed in
Cincinnati. He was 81 years old,
and has had an eventful life.
GUsTAvE FRIEDRICH, of Sioux City,
shot and instantly killed the other
day a girl named Helen Eberhardt
and then shot himself twice, the last
shot tearing away his heart.
IT is stated the Irish prisoners in
Kilmainham jail have resolved to
accept the prison diet, owing to it's
liberal nature, instead of the meals
furnished by the land league.
Mrs. ALBRIGHT, living near
Youngstown, Ohio, a widow for
four years, hung herself last week
with clothes line. Grief at the loss
of her husband was the cause.
ANOTHER female nihilist, a friend
of Russskof' and Hartmann, has
been arrested. Owing to this arrest
the indictments against the other
assassins will have to be recast.
SOME one has said il a celestial
railway could be imagined, the jour-
ney to the sun, even if trains ran 60
miles an hour, day aud night with
out a stop, would require lis years.
JAMES SINCLAIR, Earl of Caithness,
died at the Fifth Avenue hotel New
York on the 2Sth ult. He died Of
paralysis of the heart. His remains
will be sent to Scotland for inter-
ment.
THE war eagle, which was carried
at the head of the Eighth Wisconsin
regiment, and known as "Old Abe"
died Saturday week. He was much
thought of by the soldiers of Wis
consin.
HATTIE DEwELL, foolishly in
fatuated woman of Iowa City, is
trying TO live without food and lit
orally starving herself to death.
Trying, in some way, to make her.
self believe that she will live forever.
S. p. ROUNDS, a well known prin-
ter of Chicago, is being strongly
urged by his friends for the position
of government printer. Who knows
but what the printers in the west
may yet pick up a few political
crums.
"DEAN" JOHN BUCHANAN, of Phil
adeIphia, has made a full confession
of his operations in the bogus medi-
cal diploma line. He says that over
10000 bogus diplomas are in use in
this country, and over 10000 i'm
Europe.
HORSE owners in Belmont county,
Ohio, are greatly excited over
horse epidemic raging there that has
been pronounced glanders, a disease
that is incurable and contagious.
There is great fear that the disease
will spread.
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER was
taken very i'll in church on the 2Sth
ult. When she was taken from the
church to her home she was entirely
From the first she
was unable to speak. At last reports
she had greatly improved in health.
THE State Journal says that Salt
Creek at Lincoln during a wind
storm runs "white caps" the same as
appear on the sea shore, but not so
large. Salt Creek is a very curious
stream anyhow. Where, and how
does its water obtain the salty quail
tiles?
SENATOR VOORHEES, the other day
in his speech in the senate denoun-
ced Senator Malone as "a democrat
ic renegade, and bargainer." Sen
ator Malone replied, 81 character
ze the statement such as no brave or
man would make. Take
hat and wear it,"
1T is claimed the police of London
have traced the Mansion House plot
TO three Irish-Americans, whose
names are Mooney, O'Dennell and
Coleman. The last named they say,
s now on the steamer Austria,
Donnd for New York. The other
.wo are in Europe.
A SNOW storm prevailed on the
10Th ult. throughout Indiana and
Ohio and in many places was ac-
,ompanied by a high wind. At
Dayton, o., the snow storm was
about the heaviest of the season, and
lad continued all day and was still
falling in the evening.
JOHN CONNER, an old gentleman,
living at Catfish, Pa, was bound
md gagged the other night by seven
masked men and robbed of 5000 In
bonds, and 5000 In
.ash. His wife was also bound and
gagged and both handled very
and may not survive.
THE wife of Captain A. Flagstaff
,ame to Whitehall, Mich, the other
lay, and going to the Cosmopolitan
lotel, called Miss Emma Drake, and
,hrew seven ounces of vitrol into the
girls face, disfguring her in q bad
Miss drake formerly lived
m tho canfain's familv ena Mra