The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-24
NEWS NOTES.
CHICAGO claims population of 475, 600.

GEN. LoSGsTEEET Is now Minister TO Turkey.
THERE were terrible storms in the Nor west last
week. -
ebriate asylum.
THE Republicans of Indiana nominated lion. A. G.
Porter for Governor.
THE Pennsylvania delegates are for TiIden, with
Randall as second choice.
JOHN G. TuoMPsoN's son, who was shot by a fel-
low-student, is getting WELL
GEN. GRANT seems to be more popular than ever
since the Chicago Convention.
AMONG the candidates for the Presidency voted for
at Chicago, six were Ohio men.
SEYMOUR, Indiana, like Cincinnati has prize fights
and general rowdyism on Sunday.
OREGON is a Republican State. No Crohin can rise
up equal to the emergency, this year.
CoNGREss adjourned on last Wednesday, and the
Democratic leaders breathe more freely.
SENATOR CoNKLING is expected to make one
speech in Cincinnati during the campaign.
A MAN in Cincinnati by the name of Billy Condor,
struck woman with banjo and killed her.
GIBSON ATHERToN was rcnominated for Congress
by the Democrats of the Thirteenth District.
MR.. SEYMOUR was called upon to say at least ten
times day that he would not be candidate.
JOHN KELLEY will be at Cincinnati and make
few remarks about Mr.. Samuel Jones Tilden.
MAJOR MCKINLEY was re-nominated for Congress
by the Republicans of the Seventeenth District
THE Cuvier Club of Cincinnati have liberated two
hundred imported Messina quafls, near that city.
THE Thirteenth Infantry has been ordered from
New Orleans to join Gen. Hatch in New Mexico.
THERE were four attempts at suicide, at Toledo
within twenty-four hours-three of them successful
IT is reported that Ex-President Grant will spend
the summer with Mr.. and Mrs. sartoris, in England
SENATOR MCDONALD of Indiana, is still being
urged by friends, candidate for the Presiden
cy.
HON. JOB STEVENSON, of Cincinnati, is the only
man on record who has to eat crow in order to sup
port Garfield.
THE Society of the Army of the Cumberland gave a
banquet to Gen. Garfield, at Washington, ON last
Thursday night.
THERE are 1857 postofies in the United States Is
1T wonder that the Democrats want get control OF
| the Government?
| MRS GEORGE JOHNSON, of Planfeld, Indiana, be-
came crazy on the subject of religion, and drowned
| herself in rain barrel.
JAMES QUIRK, OF Pittsburgh, got drunk, and while
| in this condition two other kindly killed MIN
| and threw him into well.
NEWS comes from Cincinnati that there is 'strong
undercurrent against Tilden.' But the overcurren1
| will be apt to ride it down.
THE Prohibition National Convention nominated
| General Neal Dow for President, and A. II. Thomp-
| son, of Ohio, for Vice President
| THE Democratic Convention wants candidate who
| can carry New York. There is such one-but he Is
! running on the Republican ticket.
| MRs SLATTERY of Cleveland, Ohio, threw herself
into well and drowned in order to escape being
murdered by her drunken husband.
| A DAYTON livery keeper whipped the Post.
master of that place. A-man whipped Postmaster
Get out the band! Touch off the fireworks
THE middle letter of Samuel j. Randall's name
| stands for Jackson. Samuel Jackson Randall! Ihis
will have a wonderful effect upon the moss-backs.
PITTSBURGH parties representing capital of SS
OOOOOO have sailed for Russia. with the intention
opening up the coal and iron fields of Southern Rus
sia.
| THE Thurman Club of Columbus wear red badges
with red bandanas protruding from their breast pock
cts. They go to Cincinnati headed by the Barracks
Band.
WILLIAM GREEN was captured and lodged in jai
by the sheriff of Athens county, charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill, James Bowers of Vinol
county.
HANLAN, the champion oarsman of America, wa
| beaten at Providence last Thursday by reason o
getting stitch in his side, which compelled him t.
quit rowing.
MR.. WAITE, President of the Fourth Nationa
| Bank of Brattleboro, Vermont, has some warn
friends. They offer 5000 to any one who will brin
Waite to them.
THE editor of Dayton Journal is still battling TO
Sherman. He does not realize that the Convention
fJn@f n
strong for Bickham.
WHEN over at Washington the other day, Ger
Garfield spent considerable time at the-Wh1te House
The General probably making out an est1mat
for repairs next Spring.
WILLIAM ARTuURs a young man in Steubenvin
who was in the habit of getting drunk, went into
saloon, sat down, and died. Which was, perhaps tn
best thing he ever did.
f MR. THURMAN will remain at Columbus durin
the Convention. A telegraph wire will run to HI
residence, and the old man will know what the boy
doing at Cincinnati.
THE Republicans of Montgomery, Alabama, al
tempted to hold Garfield ratification meeting, bl
Democratic bul-dozers pelted the speakers with TO
ten eggs, breaking up the meeting
If Thurman should be nominated, the campaig
badge should be a snuff-bOx. If Seymour a chees'
box. If Tilden, the barrel will hold warm place
the affections of the Democratic party.
AYoUNG man named Courtwright, of Circlevill
; went out hunting with a companion, when the con
panion fell striking his gun and firing a charge
buck-shot into Courtwright fatally injuring him.
GEN. GARFIELD was serenaded at Washingto
last week. by veteran soldiers of New York, New Je
sew and Ohio. The General made happy speech
reply his subject being American citizenship al
avoiding general politics.
A WEST VIRGINIA man was found uead III II
woods his resting upon the trigger of the gu
with which he had shot himself and, lying by, no
saying that he had gone where the smoke OF h
everlasting torment would forever ascend"
, MARY E. SENEFF, of Indiana, who was visitir
near New Philadelphia, Ohio was murdered al
, buried. Afterward her body was dug up and hidde
in an ash-pile. Henry Athey and wife and Ale:
Critics, have been arrested as the murderers.
:'Hayes is in our Front"
That is the report made by rebt
brigadier during the Democratic re