The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-22
Western and Southern stAto..

The State election in Arkansas mas resulted
In the success IF the Democratic ticket over
the Greenhack ticket by about 60,0U0 majority.
The Republicans had no ticket in the field.
Two women named Goodrich, wives OF two
murlerers who were hanged in Owen county,
Ky, two years ago, put on mems clothes ana
went If or dark to the home OF a woman whose
husband was absent, She was believed to
have about 800 in the house, and tins was the
object of the Goodrich women in visiting her.
They entered the house and began attacking
the woman with knives. Her screams at.
tIacted Il German ped Ter, who had obtained
permission to sleep over night onthe PREMISES
H. ~ once opened IRE on the '%oodricn women
with a pistol, killing one instantly aud wound.
ing the other. rne lady o. the house died
from her wounds be!0le the arrival OF her hus-
band.
The Georgia Republican Safe convention
he'd nj Atlanta passed r~esulutio = declaring 1t
inaxppdient to nominate n candidate fpr gov
ernor or other officers md hen adj urned.
Another wonderful discovery OF gold is re.
portedi in Colorado, this time on the banks OF
the Cachetora ere k, eighteen miles from Gun
nison One OF the mos excii s sthmpedeS on
record is taking place from Gnnniaon camps
and neighboring districts to Cachctopa mines,
40 0 reople going in tue first t'rty.e'ght
hours after the discovery was made known.
Thousands If claims IRE already staked bust
ness men who have closed their stores in the
neighboring towns being largely interested.
Marauding Indians killed the driver Of a
stage and two passengers near Fort Cum
mings, New Mexico. Pursuing troops over
took the Indians and had a snort lighti in which
one soldier and two friendly indian scouts
were killed. The loss OF the hostiles is un-
known.
A fire at Louisville, KY, destroyed a large
brick building containing tobacco valued at
$l00, 900. The total loss on building and stock
is estimates at $2OO,000
The wheat crop in the Northwest is report
ed as greater than last year.
Two hundred more Sioux Indians have sur
rendered to the military authorities at Fort
Keou h.
Mount Baker in Washington Territory ID re-
ported as being in a state OF eruption.
Chicago has been tho scene OF a test O.
endurance between men and horses in which
one OF the former came ont victor. Inc con-
lest was Il "go-as-you-plea7e 10" match OF l56
hours (six and one-hajf days., and the follow
ing was the score at the eni OF the match;
Men-Byrnes, b79 miles six laps; krohne,
S35 miles six laps; CUlston, 529 miles four
laps; Schoch, 525 miles six lapsi jackson,
2O3 miles two laps. Horses - Betsy Baker,
66S miles; Rose OF Texa+, 545 miles four
laps. Bathman's entry, 527 miles two laps;
Dunn's entry, 52j miles SIX laps. Byrnes was
awarded the frat prize, $4,000, i'll tour per
cent. b nds. The horse Spectator died from
the fleets of his exerlionS.
Il. Z. Parron, his son and n man named
Luster were working in II distillery at ln-
dependence, Mo-, when a large wooden still
lull of boiling mash burst and the men were
completely cooked by the hot liquid. Tney
lived a few minutes in terrible agony, their
eyes being put out aud the flesh falling from
their homes.
during a quarrel at Chicago otwepn two
workmtn in a foundry they hurled lighted
lamps at each other. The lamps exploded
and in a moment both men were covered with
bur nIng kerosene and hurned 50 terribly that
thew were not expncte TO live.
Near Owenton, KY, three brothers named
Smith and three brothers named Hammond
became involved in a quarrel, during which
a halt brother OF the Hammonds named AGREE
was killed and two Of the Hammond boys were
nortally and one seriously wounded.
The Missouri Republicans have nominated
Colonel ID. Z. Dyer tor gov G nor and a iul
STATE ticket.
Ex-Postmaster General Key presided fol-
he first time the other day at the session o
the United States cou t in Knoxv lie, Tenn
At Springfield, Tenn, a crowd OF about ont
hundred men came into the town, battered
down the doors OF the jail and killed tire,
. prisoners-a white man named Ramsey il
y confinement for killing u young lady who ha'
/ refused to marry him, an two negroes await
ing trial for the murder of an old man.