The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-08-06
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Fresh, Crispy Gleanings Of Recent Nc

Fresh, Crispy Gleanings of Recent Note
worthy Happenings and Events.
Edward Jones, agent for the New York
Life Insurance company, at Youngstown,
o., has disappeared.
Ihe vacant Heutenantcies in the regular
army will, in a few days, be filled by thu
president from civil life.
Leading colored men of the District of Co,
lumbia have tend ,rei a complimentary:din-
ner TO Minister Langatoa, OF Hayti.
George WI o., Charles Davis AMI Mathi.-
da Jones, all cpinred, were hanged at Plague.
mine, La, for "a, mlrd IT OF Mrs Cole
JOAN II. Bradley, a notorious moonshinsr,
charged with the assassination Of Deputy
United States Marshal W. Lee Miller, went
into G,,liatin, Tenn., AMI surrendersi him
SELF to Sheriff Cantrell, of Sumner county.
An electric storm broke over Nit. Nc
Gregor- The lightning struck the Grant
cottage and tore number of shingles off
the roof. Thence it went into the nursery
and ripped large section of plastering off
the wall, eXtinguishing the electric burner
ON the wall.
The advisory committee on granite block
pavement improvements for the streets oil
Cincinnati, having fired itself out of COOP
Grafton with the board of public works, re-
scinded its action and resolved to remain
All difficulties were referred to special
comittee for adjustment.
Secretary Lamar has issued an order cur
failing sick leaves of department empioy
to thirty days in each year.
1t is estimat.l tlat there will be a de-
crease OF 81, ,0J), o0o in ths public debt in
July.
The secon! assistant secretary of the in
fx,,.i<>, J,,,
from the classified service cannot be REIN
stated
Tho property of ths Bankers & NIer
chants Telegraph company was sold at auc-
ton, in New YORK, and bought in by the re-
organizat on committee.
A delegation of Texas cattlemen have ar
rived at Washington, and will endeavor to
persuade the president to extend the period
Of their removal from Indian Territory
Department Comnian der Brown has issued
a circular calling upon the posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio to send
representatives to tie funeral of Gen.
Grant.
First Auditor Chenoriths's INVESTIGATIONS
into the accounts OF the coast survey have
revealed startling frauds. The result will
be closer scrutiny Of the operations of all
scientific departments.
The five steamship lines which have car
ried tbs foreign mails OF the Omitted States
for years, have declined to continue tho SER
vice, and Postmaster General Wins has ar
ranged for transportatio Oh by other routes.
Heavy rain at Chicago causel great dam
age By the flooding of cellars, etc.
An extensive bed of hi luminous coal has
been discovered near Lampasas Tex.
Carmine Putanao, an italian laborar, of
Washington, is missing under suspicious cir
cumstanceS
Grant memorial services will bs held a
Chautauqua next Saturday, when Judge
TOurgee will deliver al address.
Heavy rain-stornls in thu neighborhood Of
Crawfordiviile, lad, have considerably
damaged the wheat and oat crops in the
shock.
Ida Lark attemptsl to start frs with
kerosene, at Ridgsville, w. Va The can
exploded and Miss Clark was so seriously
burned she cannot live.
The remains Of Harvey Reible were found
In Van Buren, county, Mich, badly bruised
and horribly mutiliated. A man named
Marker is suspected OF his murder.
Sol Price was arrested at st. Louis, No,
for completely in the murder of Mrs. Hem
rietta Cole, in Louisiana Three others
were hanged ut New Orleans, Friday, for the
same crime