The Columbus journal., 1885-09-16

The car strike in Memphis, remains
ouiet az at the last report.

News Notes.
The car strike in Memphis, remains
quiet as at the last report.
THOUSANDS Of persons daily visit
the tomb of General Grant.
IT lie stated that ten new bells that
cost 5000 chime at Chautauqus.
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE preached
in Newport, N. j., the other Sunday.
To make paper stick to q wall that
has been whitewashed, wash in vine
gar or saleratus.
MRS. MARIETTA N. BONES is de.
putty clerk of the district court at
Webster, Dakota.
GERMAN geologists estimste that
the Dead Sea will be Q mass of solid
salt q thousand years hence.
The latest find of gold reported is
at Lander, Wyoming, and bids fair to
rival the strike at Huntington. Oregon.
IT is stated that the Indians at
DEVILS Lake agency, in Dakota, have
raised $1,000 bushels of wheat this
year.
Miss BESSIE BALcH, niece of John
Jay, of New York, is writing q book,
"Reminiecences of MANY years in
Europe"
In Great Britain there r 1900
temperance organizations, and it is
estimated that 100000 persons are
total abstsiners.
Two business men of Logansport.
Ind, were swindled last week by
Chicago shsrpers by means Of the
gold brick trick.
SUSAN COOLIDGE has written "A
short history of the City of Philsdel-
pbia," which will soon be issued by
Roberts Brothers.
ANOTHER industry is about being
tried in this country. Recently an
order for live ostriches has been sent
from California to Africa.
IT was stated at Berlin the other
day that q number of French officers
trying to witness the maneuvers of
the German guards were compelled
to retire.
1T is stated from March 1st to date,
the total number of hoga packed in
the west amounted to 3,365,OOO,
against 2,s25,OOO for the same time
last year.
A DOG in Providence, r. l., has
been trained to bang on the piano
and make q noise, which might pass
for singing by a slight stretch of the
imagination.
In the Port Tobacco (Md.), district
entire fields of corn and tobacco were
destroyed the other night by hail.
Charles county farmers lost 100000
by the storm.
A. TURNER'S store at Hastings,
Neb., was burglsrized the other
night of about $500 worth of goods.
The thieves are not known and no
one suspected.
The President has appointed Mrs.
Marion A. Mulligan, of Chicago, ILL.,,
widow of the famous general, to be
pension agent at Chicago, vice, Miss
Ada G. Sweet, resigned.
The NJ. E. college at York, Neb., is
about ready for the reception of Stu
dents at their fall term, which opens
on the 18th. A large number of stu.
dents are expected this session.
RECENTLY q prominent physician OF
Athens, Ga, who had many cases OF
sore throat, made an investigation,
and found nearly every n of them
was caused by cigarette smoking.
e. F. CLARK was arrested the other
day at Lincoln, Neb., in the act OF
making counterfeit silver dollars.
Other parties have also been arrested
supposed to be implicated with him.
JOHN KoPoKI, proprietor of a board
ing house in Grand Island, committed
suicide the other morning by shooting
the top of bis head off with shotgun.
Pronounced insane, as a matter Of
course.
MAXWELL, the alleged murderer OF
Preller, was srraigned in court the
other day in St. Louis for preliminary
examination, but, not being ready, at
the request of bis counsel the case
was continued.
FRED. P. BROWN, OF. Auburn, Kan
sss, a cattle man, who was known to
have several thousand dollars, at least
$500, has myste-iOusly disappeared,
and fears are entertained that he has
been murdered.
MRS. FRANCES A. VIcToR has writ
ten for Mr.. Hubert H. B%ancroft's
"History of the Pacific Coast" the
volumes on Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana, and is now at
work upon Nevada.
MRS. JULIA MCNAIR WRIGHT has
written a little book entitled "Bricks
from Babel" a brief view of the
myths, traditions and religious belief
of races, together with some brief
studies in ethnolOgy.
A FATAL disease is prevailing at
Sycamore Creek, Clay county. w.
Va, which is thought to be flux, but
il a more fatal disorder, with symp-