Show NEWS BY MAIL op COLOMBIA alio papers oro publishing this rt mar kably thin story ith learl iod at washington from good authority that the day previous to the departure of mr borio from phila delphia to join general grant in for the purpose lanying him on hid trip through india ho had a conversation with a personal fl bend as to the ciuch talked of candidacy of grant for the presidency in thia conversation mr bone informed his friend that his object in abroad was main ly tn the earnest solicitation of several of general grants in imato friends in philadelphia who are at what they termed alie efforts of aln politician to put the Genc lill forward AS a cati didato for in 1880 said mr borie to ills under no circum should general grant permit his namo to go before a political convention ven tion ifo has lad aal te honors and renown that can be given to an american citizen and he were gwun again for president and be defeated even he should be unfairly counted out by the two democratic houses of he would live ih history aa a defeated candidate all the discredit that attached to grunts administration was duo to the politicians who were around him and now these sama men who did so much to bring discredit non alio administration aro now seeking to push him forward again as a candidate it is the de birc of the true friends of tho general eliat he do not allow alio use of his name again for alie presidency or any other otince it is known from letters received from those who travel with him eliat they do not fisli him to bet a candidate ngaio that so tar as ho has expressed ho shares in the disinclination to allow bini self to be tt candidate one at least of his companions has written back that the general lias said that he would not under auy circumstances accept nomination the great poker player general robert C chenck formerly a member of congress of ohio but now a resident of washington who introduced the bill to strengthen the public credit in and was suase que chosen minister to england whore h distinguished himself in connection witla the emma mineana other jobs and as an authority on tho game of poker lias again been rewarded for his perfidy lie rei re i calved some injury in the hand during the war though for thirteen years afterward it was not deemed worthy of notice no being in fact noticeable i when however it became evident that tha arrears of pension bill would become a law the jobber bob was informed by official that he ought to take advantage of it by applying for a pension lie sa eliat it would be a fine pretext to get several thousand dollars from tho government and accordingly filed his petition for a pension a few months ago it was acted upon at once and last monday lie received lie arst pay ment under the act getting or 30 a month lor neit ly thirteen years hereafter alie same amount will bo allowed him for life lie should ask to leave it increased in that event ho would gel 50 per month in no way disabled mississippi A disease batal tatal to dogs liaa appeared among the canines at baldwin alie jail at liberty is said to be haunted and negroes dread tho terror of its alie prospect of acorn and cotton crop in central Mis sippi as promising the busy and hopeful Tho llinda county democrats hold a convention on the fourth of july for the purpose of nominating county officers nowlin porter caught in alie act of firing a fiarn near Stark villo was seized by a mob principally composed of negroes and hanged lie confessed his guilt HAl tYLAND ih baltimore the re dr di gars late pastor of tho german life formed church together his wife two sons and daughter bavo been formally admitted into tho catholic faith by the pastor of sti church E L II 11 gerger and wife laito members of dr gars church were also received into the catholic church and nil made their first communion together massachusetts tho manufacture of beat sugar is to bo tried at northampton the railroad arid other dividends ill boston in may aggregate missouri has sixteen counties in which there is not a single liquor aa loori last icek atle first train crossed the railroad bridge over ahe missouri river at glasgow tho of Sedalia are working hard to have the state capital removed to their town so enthusiastic are they that they propose to bear the expense of an election toda cide the matter and in addition will give acres of land for state buildings judge cady of alio criminal court of alj louis has fined about fifty lottery benders venders from to each for selling lottery tickets of alio missouri istatt and committed them to jail till tho fines are paid alio aggregate of anc fines amount to about 35 the wild pignona have preempted pre empted a few suctions of land home ten or twelve miles west of poplar bluff and alie locality is known a pigeon this farmy of pigeons roost tharo regularly every night and as regularly in tho mornin leavo about ei or a little before anil daylight is somewhat darkened by the thousands of budi as they fly over alio country foraging but never return till latfy at night aa heahy every iton in the whole country is brought in toiuo aa a pigeon killat large numbers are chipped daily to different markets an old bachelor bac nelor says dial hes been no often deceived by tho chicken of these and boarding that bo it tho nw eking birda |