The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-01-08
NEWS NOTES.
ID. M.

TIE people of CIermont county are hunting foxes.
the ice, and killed herself.
U. S. SENATOR HOUSTON, of Alabama died at his
home in Athens, Ala, December 31st.
THE Republican State Convention in Indiana will
be held June 18th.
THE Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania,
is called for February eth.
GOV. GARcELoN, of Maine. is seventy years old.
Already the devil is beginning 10 ''foreclose.''
GEN. GRANT and family were in Washington a part
of last week. and visited The While House.
4 BRAKEMAN named johnson lost an arm while
coupling cars at Newark, Ohio January Ist.
THE Kentucky Penitentiary is so full that it is un-
healthy, and numbers of prisoners are dying.
JOHN BATTLE, of Toronto died Dec. c1st aged H.
He was one of the last of the 112-year-od men.
JAY HART, at Lebanon, Ohio, left his woman:
Mrs Ross and she, being Hart-less, attempted sui
eide.
1T begins to look though the Government of Rus
sa will have TO do some wholesale hanging or go
down.
JAMES KEENE sent to Chicago, on the last day of
December $OCo 900 in gold. used in wheat oper-
ations.
A BOSTON woman was sleeping with her daughter,
when the daughter got up in her sleep and shot her
mother.
A STRANGER went to Batavia, Ohio, saw young
lady he fell in love with, and in three hours she was
his wife.
SECRETARY SHEEMAN's friends are beginning to
express much confidence in his nomination for the
Presidency.
ONE day last week, four cololed meh were taken
liom Jail at Ame, La. and shot. Great is the Demo-
cratic parry!
CoLoRED emigrants from the South still move In
dianawards the unspeakable horror of the Democ-
racy ofthat State.
A LoAFER at Hillsboro volunteered 10 couple some
He 'coupled' them-that is he lost couple of
fingers in the operation.
JOHN WATKINS, of Cleveland, told Elsie Hay Herth,
his mistress that he was going 10 leave her, when
Elsie poisoned herself.
1T is said that persons walking in the street in At
lanta, Ga, Christmas eve perspired .reey.'' So
they did fifteen years ago.
FRIEND Chidester, of Tifin forged note, in
der to make little raise Now Friend is trying TO
raise the bars of the Ti1in Jail.
IF the Democratic party attempts to throw over
Samuel j. Tilden, Samuel j. Tiden will attempt 10
throw over the Democratic party.
IN Spain, the other day. fellow attempted 10 shoot
the King and Queen ION the spot" If he had fred at
| the Ace, he might have succeeded better.
RICHARD SMITH, editor of the Cincinnati Gazette,
arrested last week for criminal libel the plaintiff
| being the recent Chief of Police Wappenstein.
THE State Central Greenback Committee met in Co
lumbus last week and resolved 1t is the mission
the Greenback party to meet and pass resolutions
| WHEN John Enos, (colored,) of Findlay, o.. weni
toward the railroad track he had two feet, and
drunk. Now he is sober, and hasn't got but foot
BILL WRIGHT stole horse and buggy in Franklin
county, and got far GAINESVILLE when the police
arrested him and took Bill Wright back to Columbus
EX-Gov. VAN ZANDT of Rhode Island, declined
the Russian Mission There is usually some hesita-
tion about accepting Office, until Ohio is heard
| from
ONE of the callers at the White House, New
Years day, took tue occasion give President Hayes
| IA piece of his mind.'' He removed by the po-
| lice.
THE Cincinnati Commercial has made up its mind
| that Grant is candidate for the Presidency. We
| should not wonder if the Commercial is thar
| half right.
Two men, Cook and Grothwald were sentenced tc
the Penitentiary, at Eaton, o., for robbing Jacot
| Fudge. They pleaded guilty-though the evidence
| was Fudge.
On Tuesday of last week. as the King and Queen o.
Spain were passing through the gates of the Royal
Palace, fellow fired ball the carriage
| Nobody hurt.
CHICAGO has two millions of dollars in her treasu
| ry. Let her elect her Councimen from the simon
pure Bourbon Democracy, and this load be taker
| off the treasury.
| AGRoCERY clerk at Seymour, Indiana, put a bias
der to clean out the soo-but you couldn't get him
do it again for anything.
| CHARLES BARKHURST lived for twenty y-fve years
| in California, a stage-driver and farmer. A few
days ago, Charles" died. when it discovered thai
"Charles'' was woman.
IN Chicago, Johnny Ryan's uucle bought him a pis
to, and the first thing Johnny did with it fire
bullet into the brain of his little sister. Johnny
| Ryan's uncle won't buy him any more pistols.
| ANDY GREGORY. living near ShelbyyiIle Ind Gel.
ebrated New Years. by beating his wife, at foul
O'Clock in The morning. Then the Marshal went il
| and beat Andy with a club, and took him away.
TIE railroad train which fell from the great bridge
over the Tay, disappeared in the qucksand the bot
| tom OF the river. Bridget Mudoon says there.
| death even in the Tay. What shall we drink, to b,
| shure ?''
OLD man Donnelly, of Wooster, Ohio, went to fee(
his hogs. But the poor man didn't know the kind 0
meal he preparing for them, for he fell dead in th
| pen and the hogs had begun 10 mangle him wnen h
| was found
IF some practical joker would attach box of fire
crackers to the coat-tail of the 'bethern' old
who is inflicted upon the State of Maine Governor
it would doubtless frighten all the dreams martha
| glory out of him.
| CHARLES BENNETT, at Mt. Blanchard, o., tool
| laudanum because Miss Donaldson didn't love- him
| Then he sent for the lady to and see him die
She took physician along, had The fellow ''pumpe
| out and will marry MIN.
THE New York Herald applied to Gen. Grant 70
permission for of its correspondents accompan
| him on his trip TO Cuba. The Gen. aeplied that
| would not be agreeable. Therefore the trip to Cub
| will not be run Grant BOom.''
REV. LEWIS BUTTNER, IA very devout and piou
| man., living near Ft Wayne Ind, arrested las
week for bastardy. The good protested his 'nno
cence but willing pay the girl $780, woul
| dismiss the suit. which was done.