The Columbus journal., 1881-05-25

A DOUBLE headed calf was recent
ly on exhibition at Grand Island.
Two shocks of earthquake were
felt the other night at ContoocoOk,
n. III.
CHICAGO received the other day
33,5l2 bushels of wheat, and shipped
559, ,564 bushels.
A FARMER in Lancaster county,
this state. sold the other day five fat
hogs for S96.77.
MRS. GARFIELD on the Goth was
declared to be out of danger from
her recent illness.
THE Omaha Sportsmsn's Club the
other day at Lincoln bore of the
Silver Cup prize.
The house of Mr.. English near
Ashland this state was blown down
in q recent storm.
IT is the opinion in political cir
cles that Chandler's nomination will
go over to December.
Two strong shocks of earthquake
occurred on Scio Island on the 2lst.
Several warehouses fell.
IL the statements coming from
Albany, n. Y, are true, Conkling's
reelection is impossible.
AN incendisry fire at Marietta,
Ohio, the other night destroyed
property valued at $4,000.
In Mesopotamis the plague is ex-
ceedingly fatal, and causes a NOR
tality of fifty persons daily.
OK j. Burnside's farm, ten miles
south of Covington, KY, oil was
struck at depth of Ito feet.
Ten thousand head of cattle will
be psstured on the prairie north of
Hardy the coming summer.
HOLDERS of Sll6,97O,15O of 5 per
cent. bonds the other day wanted
them continued at 3la per cent.
The body of young George who
was recently drowned at Crete, was
found the other day and buried.
The citizens of Lincoln are MAX
ing arrangements for q grand cele-
brstion the coming 4th of July.
Two thousand five hundred emi-
grants embarked for the United
States from English ports last week.
The confirmation of Robertson
and Merritt was celebrated at Roch-
ester, n. Y, by firing one hundred
guns.
The Israelites of London are
organizing with view of protecting
their prosecuted co-religionists in
Russia.
News is that the appointment of
j. c. Mcbride to be postmaster of
Lincoln, had been sent to the u. S.
Senate.
A MONTREAL tombstone manufac-
turer has been arrested, charged
with stealing tombstones from the
cemetery.
E. III. ROGERS, of this State, has
been confirmed as consul at Vera
Cruz and III. S. Haley, consul at
Chemnitz.
IT is said that Europe is freely
buying American railroad securities,
including some worthless stuff in
that line.
The immigration to the United
States continues heavy, and the ar
rivals for the present month will
reach 10000.
Six cases of smallpox reported in
New York among immigrants by the
steamship State of Nevada, now in
from Glasgow.
The senate on the 18th confirmed |
Judge w. III. Robertson collector of |
the port OF New York, by an almost
unanimous vote.
john REA, a solicitor of Belfast, |
Ireland, committed suicide the other |
day. He was said to be turbulent
and riotous character.
The first silver counterfeit certifi-
cate has been discovered at Wash
ington. Ii is of the $40 series, and
quite easily detected.
TIE Republicans of Utica, N. Y,
fired one hundred guns iu honor of |
Robertson's confirmation. Utica is
the home of Conkling.
SBEEP around Battle Greek, Mich,
are dying in large numbers of an
unknown disease. Some farmers
have lost whole fiocks.
j. w. SWALLOW shot and killed a
toll-keeper at Vincennes, Ind, for
refusing to allow him to cross the
bridge without paying.
- A PORTLAND dispatch says three
fishing boats capsized at the mouth
of the Columbia the other day, and
The occupants drowned.
The other day q freight train fell
through a bridge at Wheeling, w.
Va, and Kelley, the engineer, was
probably fatally injured.
IT is announced that Bishop Simp-
son will preach the opening sermon
at the Methodist ecumenicsl council,
i'm London, next September.
ScoTcH farmers, forming a party,
will make tour of the West this
summer, with the intention of learn
ing our agricultural facilities.
RECENT Investigations show that
ST Petersburg has been undermined
IN several places and bags of dyns-
mite found in Catherine canal.
THos. A. SooTT, ex-president of
the Pennsylvania and Texas Pacific
railways, died on the evening of the
2lst, Of paralysis, aged 81 years.
The Augusta Chronicle says South
ern Senators should sustain the
PrQli6Qnt in the fr,ll