Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-04-10

West and South.
The Kansas Republican State Conven
ton met at Topeka on the 31st ult. and held
over until the following day, when delegation
was chosen and resolution adopted instructing
for James G. Blaine. The Grant men made an
effort to submit q resolution declaring that the
delegates to the National Convention would
best serve the interests of the party by defer
ring in the nomination to delegates from
doubtful States as they best knew under what
standard bearer their States could be carried
to victory. After the adjournment of the con-
vention the delegates from the Third and Sec
ond Districts met in caucus and elected four
delegates to the Chicago Convention. They
are all Grant men and will claim seats in the
National Convention:
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, charged with out
raging Miss Annie A. Ball, in Clark County,
KY, was taken from the jail at Winchester on
the morning of the 31st ult. and hung in the
court house yard.
The dwelling Of w. Holloway, two
miles from Silver Lake, Kosciusko County
Ind, was destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 1st. and Mrs. Holloway and q child one
year cid perished in the flames.
The Nebraska Democratic State Con-
vention was held at Omaha on the LIST. The
delegation to the National Convention is solid
for Tilden. A resolution was adopted recon-
mending the National Convention to adhere to
the two-thirds rule in nominating candidates
ioi .le g. : ee'''oneS
"A PARTY of twelve in wagon were
thrown over an embankment into the river
two miles west of Terre Haute, Ind, on the.
LIST, and two ladies, Miss Otterman and Miss
Hanna, were drowned.
THE Browne County, Texas, Court
House was burned few days ago, destroying
the records and cremating several prisoners.
EXECUTIONS on the I'd: Edward Ta-
tro, at Windsor, VT; Robert Anderson, white,
and Charles Webster, colored, at Louisville;
Andrew Mason, James Brown and Samuel Bo-
eolored col re- af We West s Baton % Rouge PARISH Parish La.
i"o oespeiauoes a'.eniP.eu W leiease
murderer nameo y eDo from the Los vegas,
N. NJ, jail on the 2d. They shot and probably
mortally wounded the jailer but were scared
off before accomplishing their purpose. A
posse of citizens started in pursuit with the
determination of lynching them if caught.
A TERRIBLE boiler explosion occurred
in the saw-Inill of John H. Love- ten miles
from Rushville, ILL.,, on the Sd, killing Wesley
M. Parker, fatally wounding John Randall and
Thomas Jones, and seriously injuring two other
p'i suns An' D1s' /" % Us'''e''''.'1.
A TORNADO passed over strip OF coun-
try near Girard, Kan., on the I'd, destroying
seventeen houses, killing two persons and Sc
verely injuring many Others. The track of the
storm varied in width from forty to fifty rods.
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their delegates to the National Convention by
Congressional District Conventions on the Goth
of May.
Tur sboenators of cb;oao,o st,-,oL fo,
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an ADVANCE OF forty per cent on the 5th
Tur wort;nrp,an of Can Erano;Soo
VI AiiiSS ,no" VI san rianoiseo
the tickets Of the Citizens, T1nion on the
ground that they were irregular.
An o+;, a.. ua, rx
o " oai o
rage Associatlon neio at ST. LOUIS on the oth,
Cnrent;, - ha,a ~ INC 4,
26th of May. Committees we're appointed to
visit both the Democratic and Republican State
Conventions IN Missouri and secure, If posi-
oie, tne introoucuoh OF the woman Suffrage
plank IN their platform.
THRrE children were burned IN daath.
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t"eive "iles horbn OF memphis on the night OF
the the narents who tr attended ed church oh The The t,rs w
originated by an explosion of coal oil lamp
Tur ont;ro po,,h,;o. 4;o,,o4 oa
elected in the municipal election at cinc;nnsti
on the 5th by maiorities ranging from oOO to
$500. At Milwaukee the Republican CITY
ticket was elected by about g. 500 majority the
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