The Columbus journal., 1883-07-25

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killed by lightning near Lafayette,
Ind, one evening last week. Every
bone in Henderson's body was broken.
MISS KATE SANBoRk, who for three
wears has filed the chair of literature
at Smith College, Massachusetts,, has
resigned her position on account OF
the increasing demands of her literary
work.
RECENT reports from Paris say that
the French column, after an unsuc-
cessful campaign in upper Senegsm-
bis. has been attacked with typnus
fever. The situation is becoming
grave.
GEORGIAN who was fined $40. for
carrying concealed weapons has since
tied his pistol to ten-foot pole, which
he carries on high with him wherev-
er he goes. He means to be known as
a-law abiding citizen.
ADJuTANr-GEN'L DRUM pronoun-
ces Robert Lincoln the best secretary
of war we have had since Jefferson
Davis. He is modest, industrious and
keeps q watchful eye over every por-
ton of his departmental. Bee.
MRS. BELvA lockwood, the lady
lawyer of Washington, has eight clerks
in her Office, over 5000 pension cases
on file, no end of and claims, rides
tricycle. wherever she goes, aud has
an income of over $4,000 year.
The Chicago Herald is responsible
for the following reference. If the
Richmond editors will refer to that
standard work entitled, English as
She is Spoke" they will find the fol-
lowing: "He was lighted in duel"
DUBUQUE, Iowa, had the other day
the most destructive wind and rain
storm of the season, demolishing
almost everything in its course. Per-
haps the greatest damage was done to
grain. Thousands of acres were beat
| en- fiat.
Miss STONE, the daughter of Stone
Pasha, who was formerly an Ameri-
can general and recently in the SER
vice of the Khedive, is said to be the
best Arabic scholar of her sex and one
of the most accomplished linguists in
the world.
Boston has a new style Of counter
felt coin which is being circulated
quite freely. French "dix centimes"
pieces are washed with silver, when
they make to all appearance very
good half dollars. They are worth
two cents each.
A LARGE tank at the California
powder mill, near Cleveland, Ohio,
exploded the other day, with terrific
force. The cause is unknown. One
mans hands were badly burned by
flying fire. Windows were shattered
for miles around.
The body Of Isaac P. Chidister was
found floating down the Platte river
the other night. The deceased lived
near Kearney, and had been missing
some days. 1t is supposed he had
fit and fell into the river while trying
to catch drift wood.
The President has approved the
sentence of dismissal in the case of
Lieut.. N. Holmes, 18th infantry, re-
Gently tried at Fort Bliss, Texas, for
duplicating pay accounts. The off,
cisl order dismissing him from SER
vice was issued the l7th.
The first of q series of three games
of the exciting contest of base ball
between the Union Pacifics and the
Port Hurons, was witnessed the other
day at Omaha by about 1900 people,
and resulted in favor Of the Port Hu-
rons by q score of 8 to5.
THERE was a wonderful shower of
ice on the lake at Chicago one even
ing last week. Nuggets of ice fell as
large as geese eggs. One great mis-
sile was preserved and brought into
the harbor. 1t was as large as brick
and weighed two pounds.
AT Champaign, ILL.,, the other day a
terrific hailstorm occurred, sending
down stones as large as bricks, break
ing through roofs of houses, and
crashing through weather boarding of
the sidewalks of houses. Great dam
age is reported from the storm.
! A STAGE robbery in Montana was
prevented by the simple expedient of
j. Mccormick opening fire on the
would-be robbers. A single six.
shooter, in the hands of q passenger
on the box, did the business. 1t is q
wonder this hasn't been tried before.
PARTIES in searching for gold in the
highlands of Boone county, KY, and
of southeastern Indiana, claim that
they have found the precious article
by making slight excavations. In one
case of an excavation of about two
feet deep they found 50 worth of gold.
| IT is not true that the President
has abandoned his contemplated visit
to Yellowstone park, but on the
contrary it app ears to be we'll under
stood atWashington that he will leave
about the first of August accompanied
by Wade Hampton and Secretary
Lincoln.
! A VERY good way to judge the
quality of character is to ascertain the
nature and proportion of crime and
BY whom committed. There were a