The Columbus journal., 1883-05-02

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central and southern Illinois. Fears
are expressed for the safety of the
fruit crop.
JAMES DELoNG, of Levittsburg, o.,
a widower, shot and killed the other
day . widow named Griswold, and
then committed suicide. The woman
had refused to keep house for her
murderer.
FRANKS, of Stewartsville, KY,
shot his business partner j. d. Clark
five times, resulting in bis death.
Clark had accused Franks of stealing
the firms money, from which the
quarrel arose.
TIN Qasen is said to be very sue
ceesfut ioSepalist. The three official
pspenfffSsl1GAsd by her authority,
the Loidou Gazette, Edinburg Ga.
zette and Dublin Gazette, paid profit
last year of f29,3l6.
The supreme court of Iowa declares
the prohibition amendment null and
| void, Judge Beck dissenting. The
opinions are very lengthy. the major
ity covering "a pages of legal cap,
| and the minority liz.
Hon. A. S. PADDOCK has gone west
| to Salt Lake City to be present ss one
of the Utah commissioners to take q
hand in making q clean registration
for the August election, shutting out
all known polygsmists.
HEAVY rains of last week caused q
rapid rise in Virginia rivers, snbmerg-
ing the low-lsnds. Hail Of large
dimensions has also fallen in sections
of North Carolina, and crops and fruit
trees have been damaged.
RECENT report from Reading, Pa,
| says is feared the heavy frost great.
ly injured the fruit crop in that Sec
ton. The mercury was several de-
grees below freezing. Snow in come
places was two inches deep.
The latest reports from sections of
Mississippi visited by the recent ter
rible storms shows eighty-three per-
sons killed and about three hundred
wounded, many dangerously. The
loss of property is unprecedented.
TESTS of an automatic freight car
brake were recently made with very
satisfactory results: "average rate of
speed, 25 miles, average time stopping
So seconds, average distance little
over one and half train lengths"
LUCY HAULsEY, q negress of Nor
folk, Va, was arrested for whipping
an orphan child Of seven years to
death. 1t was fogged with q COW
hide and burned on the stove. Her
husband was arrested as accessory.
The President of the Reichsrath
recently received at Vienna q letter
warning him of an attempt to be made
soon to destroy the Parliament build
ing. The structure, in consequence,
is now entirely surrounded by mount
ed police.
The London Times says the gov
ernment is possessed of information
showing that the Fenisn organization
in the United Kingdom numbers
10000 men, besides off-shoots bear
ing the titles of Vigilants and In
vincibles.
IT is stated at Dublin that Eugene
Kingston, who was arrested at Liver
pool tho ether day on suspicion Of
being connected with the Phoenix
Park murders, was for some time the
head man of the inner circle of the
invincibles.
DENVER is making large prepars-
tions for the encampment of the G. A..
R., which is set for this fall. and will
be the grandest ever held In the Union.
The state of Colorado has given $22,-
600 and Denver q like sum to bring
about successful encsmpment.
RosELLE, N. j., is the first small
town in the U. s. to be Ii: by twill
lage plant" of Edison electric lighte,
which consist of eight miles wire, 500
lights in thirty-five houses, $50 street
lamps and clusters at the depot, all
run by q $50 horse power engine.
IT is claimed by 9 New York cor
respondent that fashionable people
are running to buttons. A dress re-
Gently finished for a Fifth Avenue
lady carries 1900 buttons. On each
sleeve there are 100 buttons, on the
body. basque and collar $50, and on
the skirt 1850.
II the papers of this country would
drop the coloring of partizanship and
prejudice from statements Of public
affairs, they would accomplish more
in the direction of genuine reform
than will result from the passage Of a
civil service bill or the appointment
OF a salsried commission.--Schuyler
Sun.
BIDS for furnishing supplies to the
Indian department were opened the
other day by Indian Commissioner
Price. Over BOG bids were received.
The majority of the bidders were
from the south, representing large
cattle and grain interests. The
awards will not be made public for
several days.
| THREE gunbosts are cruising off
Cork port waiting to intercept ves-
sci from America having q consign.
ment of Internal machines. The force
at the harbOr forts and mRpazinea haa