The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-10
NEWS NOTES.


| CONGRESS will adjourn in a few days.
| MAYOR JACOB invited Prince Leopold and Princes
Louise to visit Cincinnati.
JOHN KELLEY of New York IS reported asustin OF
| the war path against Tilden.
ELIZABETH BOWMAN died at Corylon Indiana.
! few days ago, at the age 1O4.
| Hon. HORACE MAYNARD, of Tennessee has beer
confirmed as Postmaster-General.
CINCINNATI is expecting an immense crowd at thc
Democratic National Convention.
QUEEN VIcToRIA's son and son-in-law were in tho
Chicago Convention the other day, spectators.
HERMAN L1sBUnGER, a large iron merchant OF
New York, has failed. Liabilities over s., 100000.
THE ex-Frprcss Eugenie arrived last week at the
spot in zululand where young Napoleon ~as killed
KALLoCu and Kearney, the California blackguards,
have fallen ont and propose attack each other
It is well.
NEWS was received in New York that Richard D.
Connolly, Tweed Ring fugitive had died at Mar
settles, France.
MARIA ALExANDRovNA, Empress Consort of Rus
sIa died last Thursday, after long illness. She
was in her 56th year.
THE New Orleans Picayune intimates that the peo-
pie of Louisiana getting toerably sick of the
white mans government in that State.
THE rifle idiot was last heard from at Wooster. He
went to clean his rifle. and blew into it, when it blew
into him, and he's angel.
ANOTHER extensive iron merchant, Charles W.
Schofed of New York has failed, with liabilities to
the amount of over two millions of dollars.
A MAN near NIiamisburg, Ohio, saw a black-snake
fourteen feet long, The Bulletin, telling story,
does not state which boot the snake was in.
DEMOCRATS were sadly worried over the time con-
sumed by the Republican National Convention They
anxious to know the name of the President.
A WOMAN in Marietta, sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for perjury seized and assaulted Col AL
ban, the Prosecuting Attorney, but did not injure
him.
CONGRESS made an appropriation to pay to the heirs
of Zachary Taylor S25 0OO that being the amount of
his salary for the remainder of his term after his
death.
THE decrease of the public debt for May was 49,,
,O33. The Democrats place their hands upon
their hearts and say: Its John Sherman's work-we
couldn't help it!'
France fought duel with swords on the Swiss bor-
der, few days ago. Rochefort was prodded in the
stomach and seriously hurt
A STRANGER in a Texas town two robbers
der the woman of the house where he was stopping.
He shot and killed both robbers, who proved to be
old woman and her daughter.
THE misfortunes of Indiana do not come singlv.
Her favorite Hendricks has lost all show for
Presidential nomination, and it is reported that
her tobacco crop will be short
THE Maine Democrats have "fused' with the
Greenbackers. A Greenback State platform, with
Bayard or Tilden on the Presidential ticket will be
'rich, rare and racy" combination.
IT is estimated that for the first two weeks June
the aggregate number of arrivals of immigrants at
Baltimore will be between 10000 and 12 900. These
people mostly take trains for the west.
NIKE MCCooLE, the former prize fighter and ST.
Louis saloon-keeper, is working as deck hand
ON Ohio river boats, and arrested in Cincinnati
last week, for loafng about the wharf, looking for
job.
AN Arkansas mob attempted TO take colored man
from Jail, but didn't like the manner in which the
Sheriff and his deputies blazed into the mob with
their revolvers-so the mob aforesaid retired quick
time.
IN the staordshire pottery district of England the
Now ten thousand operatives demand return to the
wages previous to the reduction Trouble is antic-
pated.
AT Ada, Ohio sharper at circus offered $50 in
gold to any who could show $500. wealthy cit-
zen took out his pocket-book containing 5000,
when some snatched 1t and disappeared in the
,rowd.
A FARMER in Clark county got out the story that
ne had been robbed John T. Norris took hold of the
'ase, and made the man confess that the story
gotten up to gain time payments which would
shortly become due.
As coored company in Baltimore marching
10 the cemetery to decorate soldiers graves, riot
was raised in doggery, and the police drew their
pistols and fired into the crowd, killing one and
several.
SITTING BULLS band of Sioux Indians sent word to
Gen. Hazen that they would like to surrender if they
,ould have guarantees of good treatment by the Gov
ernment officers. They were notified that they must
.ome in unconditionally.
AT Little Rock, Arkansas, few days ago. the body
Of soldier killed at Pea Ridge, 1862, was dug up
or the purpose of reinterment in another cemetery
md found to be in remarkable state of preserva
lion, the body retaining its outline, and the blanket
in which it was wrapped being strong enough to bear
The weight of the body.