Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-09-17
WEST AND aOuTH.

IN a discussion at Rocky Mount,
Franklin County, Va, on the Sth, personal
difficulty occurred between George c. Cabel,
Democratic candidate for Congress and j. T.
storell, his Readiuster opponent Bystanders
took part in the fracus. Both gentlemen
we're injured; Colonel Cabel painfully but
not seriously; Storell very badly but not fa-
tally.
DANIEL CAMERY and Samuel Shields
descended into a mine near Hannibal, Mo-,
on the 9th, too soon after a blast and while a
vacuum still existed. They were dead when
taken out.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Pa
ducah, KY, on the 9th. Several buildings
were destroyed. Seven or eight inmates who
were sleeping in the second story Of one of
the buildings we're compelled to jump out of
the windows to.save themselves, one of them
receiving a severe sprain Of his knees.
RECENT rains in Virginia caused
great damage to the tobacco crop, especially
in the low landsvwhere the loss is very heavy.
NINE business houses on the south
side Of the Public Square at Winchester, ILL.,,
burned on the 9th, entailing loss of about
$4,000.
JAMES THOMAS DE JARNETTE, who
killed his sister in house Of ill-fame, was
found guilty of murder in the first degree at
Danyille, Va, on the 9th, with recommends
tion to mercy in view of the circumstances OF
the case.
PRESIDENT HAYES and party arrived
at San Francisco on the 9th.
Big ROAD, a Sioux chief, and two
hundred OF his followers surrendered at Fort
Keogh on the 9th.
DR.. BUCHANAN, the bogus diploms
man, was deeoyed over the line from Court
right, Canada, to St. Clair, Mich, on the 9th
and there arrested
CAPTAIN SMITH, Of the steamer Jose
phine, which arrived at San Francisco on the
10th, reported that while ascending the rivel
opposite Mount Baker, Oregon, he observed
violent eruption, flames streaming up from
the summit and a large volume of smoke as
cending.
THE forthcoming crop report of thu
Illinois Board Of Agriculture will show tn,
entire wheat crop OF the State for 1880 to b.
3d. $50. 500 bushels, the whole value of the crol
being estimated at $44, 457, 600. This crop wa
never beaten or equaled in the history of the
State.
AT Alfalfa, Indian Territory, on the
10th, an Indian named Dixon was executed
for the murder of Mrs. Washington a yea
ago. A medical man made a spot on the cen
ter OF the prisoners breast, and Abner Woods
his cousin, chosen executioner, fired bal
true to the mark. Dixon expired without
struggle
Z. b. PARRow and son and mai
named Custer were working in distillery a
Independence, Mo-, on the 10th, when larg
wooden still fun of boiling mash burst an
they we're completely cooked by the no
LIQUID. They lived few moments, but thei
eyes were put out, the flesh fell from thei
bones, and their agony was terrible.
A VERY serious Shooting affair oc
CURED at a picnic about twelve miles fror
Owenton, KY, on the 11th. A difficulty aros
between some drunken blys about some triN
ial matter, which, before its termination, IL
volved three brothers named Smith and thre
brothers namei Hammonds aud half brothe
of the Hammonds, named Barnard Acre. Tn
shooting was general and INDUCED in by bot
parties, but the Smiths proved more expei
with the weapons Acre was shot in the hea
and instantly killed. and his three half brotl
ers, Hammonds, were all wounded, two {
them mortally.
AT Austin, Mimi, on the 18th, a sma
house occupied by two old people, name
Pardy, was destroyed by fire. The manwa
crippled and they lived alone. Both wei
burned to death before succor could reac
them.
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