The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-02-27

die.
"A convict in the Ohio Penitentiary,
named Charles Gee, attacked one of the
guards, named J. L. Shook, and struck
him three terrible blows with hammer,
cutting his head to the bone.
There was fire in Chillicothe last
week, which destroyed Gould & Kello's
book store, and Albert H. Snider's book
bindery Loss over $4,000
"A negro was hung for rape last Fri
day, in Louisville, KY The rope broke.
and although the mans neck was broken,
the dead carcass was again strung up.
Twenty thousand persons were present.
-McKimie was taken to the Peniten-
tiary last week, by the Sheriff of High
land county, under two sentences, aggre-
eating eight years. He was taken off at
Chillicothe, went into Court and plead
guilty to burglary and received two
years more, making ten years in all.
There is still an indictment against him
in Pike county.
A young man who had served out a
two years sentence in the Ohio Peniten-
tiary, was on his way from Columbus to
Cincinnati, and on the train asked a man
to loan him knife to pare an.apple, and
at once cut his own throat. The wound
was dressed as soon as the train arrived
at Spring g6eld He will get WELL
The evidence before the Potter Com
mittee established the fact that Jew
named Hardy Solomon, of Columbia,
South Carolina, was the man who figured
most largely in the attempt of Tilden's
men to buy electoral votes for Tilden.
Solomon left Columbia some weeks ago,
for New Orleans, and now word comes
from Washington City that he has gone
from New Orleans, for parts unknown.
The County Surveyor of Crawford
county Frank L. Plants, committed sui
eide by taking morphine. He was en-
gagged to be married to worthy young
woman named Hoyt, and from letters he
left, it is inferred that he feared she
loved another man, and that she would
not be happy with him (Plants). 1t
seems that he was somewhat embarrassed
in business
"A man enticed two little girls in Gin
cinnati to go with him into Mill Creek
bottom, where he committed an outrage
upon one of them, and she will probably
Gho 10 of
man named Henry Hulse has been ar
rested for the outrage and is now in jail
He is a young married man. The evi-
dence against him seems to be pretty
clear. There has been considerable ex-
element, and talk of lynching Hulse.
The Pomeroy Telegraph tells of a
terrible fight at dance on Tanners Run,
in Meigs county. Tom Diddle and James
Beaver went to the dance with the inten-
tion of getting up fuss, and they sue
eeeded, and both got away dangerously
wounded. The parties fought with re-
Iolyers as long as shot remained, and
then resorted to chairs. Only four men
and one woman were wounded, although
twenty-four bulletholes were counted in
the walls of the room.
In Hancock county, Tennessee, lived
family named Epperson. The family
consisted of Epperson, his wife. four sons
and two daughters. Epperson was 6
quiet peaceable man when sober, but he
had become addicted to drink, and or
coming home recently, he commenced
beating his wife. One of the sons who
had but one arm, defended his mother
when a general fight ensued, and the
crippled son killed his father, and anoth
er son killed his mother and one of hi.
sisters 3r-