The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-08-20

News Notes.
Cholera raging in Spain and France.
The Piketon Tribune is to be enlarged.
Smallpox epidemic at Montreal, Canada.
A case of cholera is reported from New Jersey.
Democratic County Conventions endorsing
Hoadly.
At Fostoria. Ohio, they struck petroleum in well,
but no gas.
Western Uuion Telegraph Office at Cleveland de-
stroyed by fire.
Truman Boughton. of Akron, bunkoed ont of $500.
alive and larn.'
Big picnic at Catlettsburg Friday, at the hang
ing of Henry Freese.
Perry starkey shot and killed by Reuben Wilson in
Athens county.
of Middleport.
Charles Miller of Hamden. has not yet received his
consular appointment
young man named Hacock killed by falling tree
near Blooomingsburg, Fayette county.
Monk Day and Joe jenkins, colored, dangerously
beat boy named Charley Orr, at HIllsboro.
The family of David Ashbaugh, of New Philadel-
phia, were poisoned by eating toad-stools.
Cattle men are running their stock out of the
Indian Territory, under the Presidents orders.
An attempt was made to blow up the family of
Hugh Kinney. at Shawnee, by dynamite bomb.
Secretary Whitney is going to run John Roach's
ship-yard, to finish work Government vessels.
Jacob voeller, of Columbus accidentally shot him
self while putting his coat in the pocket of which
vas revolver.
William Mitchell, of Portsmouth, arrested in Co.
lumbus trouble with girl named Lizzie johnson,
who disappeared.
boy named Dick Morgan shot Howard Root, an
other boy, at Akron, Ohio, while out shooting at
birds.
Jshn Wagner, while in a tree at Camden, Ohio,
watching game of baseball fell and crushed his
skull.
Alex. 8. Walker, of Nichoasville, KY, went crazy
from the of stroug drink, and attempted to kill
his daughter.
Louis Glass, Portsmouth boy lit out with $50 be-
longing to his father. Was caught with $40 of it
still with him.
The Athens Herald speaks of shining like an angle
worm" We shall expect to hear "blooming like
brfck-bat,7 next.
The Republican papers wrong in their abuse of
Elder Pagan. He said nothing in his paper to
rant personal abuse.
Charles Caldwell, Clarke county horse-thief was
brought from Jefferson City, Mo-, where he had been
serving term in the Penitentiary.
Louis Hencke, of Cincinnati, who was playing ball
at Atlanta, Georgia, had a collision with another
player, and died next day from the effects.
Davie, son of Allan Hellawell, was drowned in the
Mahoning river at Youngstown. Mr.. Hellawell used
to be interested in the furnace business here.
The appointment cf c. P. Judd, of Colorado,
cause he was arrested for horse-stealing,
Newly appointed Pension Agent at indianapolis,
named E. Saint is said to have been twice arrested
and once punished for violating Pension Laws.
William Connolly, of Cincinnati, committed sui
eide, account of ILL health, by inhaling gas
from pipes while laying them and making connec-
tions.
Adrianne Brinkle, of Philadelphia just discharged
from the Asylum for Lunatics, where she has been
for twentyseven years, being perfectly all the
time.
General Burdette's plan is for the members of the
G. A. r. to contribute ten cents each toward the
Grant Monument. This Monument is to be erected
in Washington.
The Sixth Regiment O. N. g., is said to have be-
haved badly at Chillicothe-at least many of the
men did, and the citizens up that way don't want any
more encampments of that Regiment.
A young woman was sprlnkieo1 IN a georgia MetnO-
dist Church. and her aunt, an old colored lady and
Baptist prosecuted the minister for ''assaut upon
her nsice, by pouring water upon her against her
will"
Mary Daniels, mulatto woman placed in Joliet,
prison, year ago. discharged last week,
beautiful white woman. When put in her face was
stained, and the confinement had bleached her COM
Hon. Pennel Cherington, of Galia county, died on
last Friday night. He of the Oldest and best
.itizens of Southern Ohio, and member of the
Ohio Legislature many years ago. representing the
counties of jackson and Galia He the father of
Judge Cherington, of Ironton.