The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-07
South and West.

South and West.
GOVERNOR ORDwAY, OF Dakota, has beer
indicted by the United States grand jury at
Nankton on a charge of corruption in county
organi, alton.
JULIAN MARTINETTE, circus clown, sixty.
three years oil, fell dead Of hcort disease
while Ter, orming in the ring before tent full
OF people Ut Daj ton, Ohio.
ABOUT 200 feet of snow-shcd on the Central
Pacific railroad near Trlckee, Cal, fell sud
denly, covering working train and num-
her of Chins laborrs Six Cinnamon were
killed and five more s'riously hurt.
Big OF wells have been dis ovcrei near Ma
rictta, Ohio, AMI spectators are flo king to
that sect on in droves and buying or lcas
ing the lard for miles around.
HEAVY rains caused partial inundation Of
Arkansas city, Ark.
SALINEviLLE, Ohio, Is slowly sinking into
the earth. The town stands on an immense
hill. which is undermined by several large
coal mines. A lew days since people were
startled by observing their houses and yards
sinking into the ground, and hastily sought
sater quarters.
THE todies Of the l0j victims Of the Poca
hontas VA mine disaster have all been re-
covered.
II. b. HuLRFRT recently deceased, leaves by
will over s 100000 t. the city of Cleveland,
Ohio, for the purpo q OF building an art gal
lery. and So, OOJ 10 the Cleveland City hos
pital.
THE Mississippi Rel ubl'can State conven-
ton at jackson elected dele ates at-large who
| favor Arthur.
THE Mississippi Republicans, at their State
| convention in Jackson, elected unpledged
| delegates TO the Chicago convention.
DURING fit of insanity William Austin, Of
Allen county, KY, threw two OF his little
children into the fire and stood by while they
burned to death. His wife seized their third
child from its cradle and fled to the woods.
THE election in Louisiana has resulted in O
victory for the Democratic ticict, healed by
McEnery for governor, by about @O,OOO ma
| jority.
SENATOR MALONE was at the head Of af
fairs in the Virginia Coalition convention
held mt Richmond. The platform aiopted
declared emphatically for Arthur and pro
lection, and announced that the name OF thu
party hereafter would bc tho Republican
| pnrty, and that il would act in the iutur,
with the Republican party in national poll
tics.
| AT the Iowa Democrati, State convention
| in Burlington tho four delegates at larg
chosen for the national convention were III
instructed, but are understood II be for I'll
den. The platform adopted oppcscs ErJh
biton
A FIRE In Cincinnati destroyed all but
small portion of the Amcri an Oak 10 tho
tanuery buildings, the largest est hi Inner
of its kind IN the world. There were i5,W
hide, in the factory. -Four hundred per on
are thrown out Of cmpl yment and the +
cunary los is aboat S40j,O0O.
THE Dakota Republican Territorial co
vention ele tel Blaine delegates TO ,hicag
and adopted resolution in'trdcting hem
vote for Blaine an iucoln as long as the
was n pcs iblity o. their nomination.
AT the Michigan Rep lblican convention
held in Grand Rapids, delegates ior nll Il
| stricts in the Stat, w,r1 Gle for the I'f
cago convcn' ion. All Tut for of the tw ent
eight delc,, ates are FOR Blaine.
THE Ohio Republican convention ut Cley
land nominated State ticket, four dclegat
Of large to the Chicago convention, n
presidential electors. The delegats at lar
> arc divided between Sherman and BlaiI
The altcrnates chosen were nll colored m,
The platform adopted is outspoken for prot
ton. j. $ Robinson for secretary of stf
, heads the State ticket nominated
j. c. BURROWS, Of Michigan, who was
Gently nominated and confirmed as solicit
OF the tr aSury, has written TO the Preside
formally declining the Office.