The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-05-20
NEWS NOTES.

CONGRESS will probably adjourn on May 31st.
THE President will visit the Pacific Coast this
summer.
THE Florida Republicans nominated Hon. S. B. Con-
over for Governor.
CHIEF JUSTICE Sanford E, Church, of New York
died on last Friday.
Ex-sEN. BAYARD of Delaware, is very i'll, and it is
feared that he can live but a few days.
EIGHT HUNDRED brick-makers in Chicago are on a
strike. Stuck in the mud, as it were.
SENATOR PENDLEToN, of Ohio, made strong
speech against the unseating of Senator Kellogg.
THE total exports from this country for April of
barley, corn meal, wheat rye and flour, were valued
at S2l 2l670,OOO.
CINCINNATI was happy on last Sunday. There were
four great sermons preached and pedestrian match
started, in the city.
1T takes about five millions of dollars. annually, to
pay the of the United States Navy. Where is
the United States Navy?
THE greater portion of the town of Milton, Pa was
destroyed by last Friday. Great loss of prop
erty, and much distress.
ON last Friday railroad train was from Jersey
City to Philadelphia, distance of ninety miles, In
ninety and one-half minutes
THE N. Y. Tribune, which is usually very careful
In its political calculations, places senator
away ahead in the Presidential race.
GRANTS advocates declare that he never with
draws while under fire. But suppose the General
should find that he fire, then what?
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON, of South Carolina, sat
down on the windy Ben. Hill, of Georgia, in yigor-
speech on the Kellogg case, few days ago.
IT is considered highly probable that Gen. scho-
field will removed West Point, and sent West
will fala 6nfW
COLLECTOR MERRITT, to make place for whom
Sherman had Arthur ousted- has been making an
'sargument before the Sherman Club of n. Y. City.
JUDGE LoNGwoRTH, who sentenced the coored
murderer, Price, to death, in Cincinnati has prom
ised to provide for Prices family long they live
THE Canadian authorities are holding several COM
panfes of volunteers in readiness to prevent two fools
from pounding each other in prize fight on Canadian
soil
THE Veterans of Illinois have been called meet in
mass convention in Chicago, June 1st, to give ex-
preston to their views to the present political
campaign.
SENATOR LOGAN says that il the opponents OF
third-termery carry Illinois they may eat his nose
So it will be seen that the gallant Blaine do not
labor entirely without hope of reward.
A MERCHANT who recently visited Mr.. Tilden re-
ports that the old gentleman amuses himself by play
with enormous pet uOSS. NeitneF oi JHGSe Is
the dog which stole the old mans Presidential bone
THE retired ist'' of the Army is attracting some
attention from Congress. Since the creation of this
plan of retiring Army Officers, over seven and hall
millions dollars have been paid to those the list
CARL C. DAVIS, of Athens County, was beating his
wife, when man named Val. Davis interfered. Carl
didn't like to any interfering with his fam
lily affairs he emptied shotgun at Val, giving
him ugly aud dangerous wound.
AN appropriation for the payment OF arrears of pen
sions brought before Congress last week, and the
Democrats commenced voting against it, when Speak
er Randall ordered the roll-call suspended and the
bill was referred to Committee.
THE Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday published
''portraits" of the great singers who
sistng at the great Musical Festival this week. and
the Commercial has been anXioUsly watching for the
suicide of some of the subjects since the pub
lication.
THE Administration, it is said is becoming puzzled
as to way to prevent the accumulation of silver il
the Treasury vaults. Mr.. sherman asserts that he
cannot find pay out fast enough to prevent
the vaults from filling up with it, Now if Uncle Sam
my had only been counted in, instead of counted out
what tremendous barrel he would have, to be sure
There are over forty million standard silver dollars
in the Treasury.