The Columbus journal., 1884-04-02

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Secretary. Chairman.
SHAD fishing has begun in New
York Bay.
JUDGE THATCHER, of the supreme
court of Colorado, is dead.
An unsatisfactory church organ in
Georgia was found to hold a dead
frog.
MOTHER GARFIELD;s counsel to her
son James was, Remember God, and
study books"
A WIND storm at Kansas City the
other evening unroofed three dwell
ings and tore up the side walk for q
distance of two blocks.
The Calling Gun Co. at Hartford
have received an order for ten more
guns for the Chinese government, to
be delivered in sixty days.
IT is stated that Stanley has visited
the Congo valley north of the equator,
and finds a dense and enterprising
population of probably 100000.
MISS ANNA E. DICKINSON has been
very ill at the Palmer House, Chicago.
Her many warm friends everywhere
will be glad to know she is recover
ing.
MICHAEL ToNEY, 16 years old, was
arrested at Mt. Carmel, Pa, the other
day while changing a switch with the
intention of wrecking an approaching
train.
The acid works of T. c. Chsppell
and the building of Flamingo's
Guano company at Baltimore, Nd,
were burned the other day. Total
loss $l45.OOO.
A BILL has been introduced in the
senate for the admission of the state
Of Tacoma which will include the
present territory of Washington and
part of Idaho.
HENRY CRAMER, a conductor on the
Baltimore and Ohio road for the past
twenty-five years, was instantly kill
ed the other morning, at Grafton,
while making up a train.
For a "yesrling" democrat, as
North called Redick the other day, he
reads DR.. Miller a pretty rough lee
ture, which may be Q in the Omaha
Republican of the 9th ult.
The other night at Kearney, a girl
in the Twelfth street hotel dropped a
lamp, the oil running over her cloth
ing, which caught fire, and burned
her fatally before it was put out.
RECENT news from London says
that on the 9th ult. shocks of earth
quake occurred at Agram and
throughout Sclavonis. A number of
buildings in Deakovsn were damaged.
RECENT news from Berlin says that
"at Bismsrck's dinner in honor of the
emperor's birthday Bismarck greeted
Mr.. Sargent with a courteous bow,
but shook hands with all the other
diplomats"
RECENT news from Khartoum states
that 5000 rebels face the palace on
the right bank of the Nile. They
fired the other day upon 300 blacks
sent down the river for wood, and
killed 100 of them.
INFORMATION comes from f. S. But.
Ter, register OF the land Office at
Neigh, that the Omaha Indian Res
ervstion lands will be opened to pur-
chssers on Wednesday, April 3Oth,
1854 at IL O'Clock noon.
The Bell Telephone Company at
Boston the other day in experiment.
ing with q No. IL wire and an ordi-
nary instrument, could hear the faint
est whisper in an attempted CONVEX
sation with New York.
The meeting recently held at Lin
coin, ILL.,, passed resolutions to the
effect that the meeting firmly believed
O. A. Carpenter guilty of the murder
of Fora Burns, and demanding that he
leaye the county without necessary
delay.
THREE boys, sons of DR.. NJ. w.
Stone, W. Kliment and Thos. Riddle,
were poisoned the other day at Wahoo
by eating wild parsnips or some other
noxious root. They are all better,
but the Stone boy suffered terribly,
fell down on the street 10 . ft.
The. nomination and unanimous
confirmation Of A. A. Sargent, envoy
Extraordinary and minister plenipo-
to Russia, at St. Petersburg,
Vas . great surprise. but President
knows and keeps bis own
which In due time will b