The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-07-01
EDITORIAL SUMMARY,

was an intelligent girl of sixteen.
A LARGE gas meter on Washington street, /
Boston, exploded on tho evening Of the 22d'
fatally woundirg John Campbell and two
other persons. George Darracott, suporin.
tondent of tho gas works, and Daniel Eaton,
was also badly injured.
FIRE broke out in tho stable of the
American House at South Bloomfield, near
Circlcvile, last Monday morning, which |
buried thirteen horses, among which was
tho celebrated stallion Tom Hyer" Loss
about $4,000. Supposed to be tho work OF
an iucendiary.
FREDERIC HoToFF. German, committed
suicide near Cincinnati, on Sunday last, by
cutting bis throat. Before putting an end
to bis lifo, he wrote with chalk Oh his cellar
door, document to which he affixed his
signature conveying his real aud personal
property to his wife.
MICHAEL BEAUDlEN who murdered Antoine
UpaI, near Manhattan Lucas County, April
9Th, 1857. was hanged in Toledo, on the
oath Tho execution was private.
Hon. d. A ROBINSON, Ex Momher of
Congress from PUnnsy ylvania, died at Cham.
bersburgh, in that State, on the cath, from
the disease contracted at the National Hotel
in Washington, in the Spring Of 1857.
THE Iowa Republican State Convention
met at Dos Muinos, on the 22l inst. and
nominated the fOllnwiUg ticket For Cover
nor, s. }. Krkwood LiGut. Governor, n.
5. Rusch; Supreme Bench. J. p. Lowe. l.
ID Stockton, aud Caleb Baldwin. The Con
ventiOn passed resolutions condemning the
Cass Naturalization letter, tho Slave Trade
and tho Massach usetts Constitutional
amendment.
A PIfTsBURGH policeman named Richard
Jones, recently killed his wifo, by stabbng
her several times, shooting her, and mutia-
ting her in u shocking manner. Tie imma-
diately surrendered himself to tho police,
alledging that he had committed tho deed
while she was in the act of adultery with u
butcher named Monitor. who was also shot
and had fallen into the river; the affair hay-
ing takOn place on the upper Monouguhela
bridge. Jones wito had buen notorious
prostitute, named Mary Doany, who had
served a two years term in State Prison ior
stabbng a man.
The Iowa Democratic State Convention
which mot at Des Moinus on tho 23I inst.
adopted Il Popular Sovereignty Platform
aud nominated tho following ticket: For
Governor, A. {. Dodge; tOr Lieut.. Govern
or. l.. ". B tbh,tt; Judges of the Suprem,
Court, l.. S Wilson, Chas. Mason, c. q
} Colo.
PRIZE fight for 5000 side, between
John McCassalev and Dublin Tricks, cam,
OF in Louisville. on Tuesday last.
The steamer G.. W Sonbart, bound ~
1 tho Missouri River with valuable cargo
took fire tour miles above st. Louis, on th,
night of the eth. and burned to the water
edge. Boat aud cargo total loss. Boa
. valued at 1923 900; insured Tor Sl5, ,000.-
No lives lost.
= The indianapolis Journal of the 22nL
says -" From observations made during
S recent excursion through number of coun
ties in eastern Indiana and western Ohio, W
- conclude that the damage to tho crops b
, tho recent frosts is rnt very ex'ousive."
i, The SPIRITUALIsTs are to hold NatiOnt
e Convention at Plymouth, Mass on the 5tl
~ 9Th. and 7th of August. DR.. f. ii GardnC
he will preside Among the speakers announ,
At ed as secured. are judy" Edmonds, Gc
ot TaImadge. Prof Britain, Seer Davis, an
ao Cora Hatch.
~ THERE are now eight hundred and twel,
81 convlcls in the Ohio Penitentiary,, ,,he largo
~ number ever cOnAncd there. Tho work c
the enlargement of the prison is progrcs
10 ing.
,.' no THE Fair of the Lake County Agricult,
nd raj Socery will be held in PaincsvilIo,on Il
,r 5th. oh and 7th OF October next.
IS ALEXANDER C WALKER formerly mer
" a bor of tho Georgia Legislature, has be-,
hn nominated as candidate for Congress,
TO- place of Hon. A IL Stephuns. declined.
ed In Now York City, on the 23i inst, Jo
z, George Meyers. indicted for tho murder
~" wv his wiie.to day pleaded guilty of manslaug
cd ter in the first degree, and was sentenced
as imprisonment for life.
nd WM II. GIBSON renewed his bail in t
- Franklin County Court, on the 2lst, for
rL appearance at the next term. in tho sum
Die $50 900. Bresln st II continues to ella
and enjoy British protection.
mn THE Arizona correspondent of tho
g, Louis Republican says that another revo
=. tion has broken out in Sonora. The Apt
-, Indians havo tnken the field in favor of I
W. Grandara Church party The revolutioni
an have captured several towns, aud are reee
lsk ing additions to thoir numbers.
md The ATLANTIC MoNTHLY for July is
m. ceved. Its contents are Thomas Pain
NC Second Appearance in the United State
on, or Books and the Reading thereof; AT
the Ball Rock, Tree and Man Ch
.. Dartmouth Seen and Unseen; Perciv;
ALL Zrimans Vow; William Shakespea
ton Attorney and Solicitor; The Minst
the Woong The Professor at the Break IA
md Table Art Reviews and Literary \
an ticCs.
- EgMr. +, A. Meredith has retired FRI