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Show Mormon Missionary Assassinated By privale teller ni, received yts-lerday yts-lerday ait-rncou, i: waa ascertained that Mr. Jc-p-i Standing bad been assdfmnateJ. Tu particulars of tue murdtr are not given, the telegram, which was bent by Mr. Rudgar Claw 6on, alao on a mission and a traveling companion or the unlortunate young man, Bimply stating that tbey bad been attacked by a mob ol ten or twelve persons and that Mr. Standing had been shot atjj killed. Tbe shooting shoot-ing waa dons ner Varoelles, in GeorgU, aud about Ueniy-tivo miles from Cb.'.ttanooga, Teun., so that the murder must h.tve tiken j Uce near i he dividing lire of the two statee. Tne supposition is that the ynung men were on their way to Romo, Georgia, where a conference waa to have been held next Friday, y and that while goin', they were w -v laid a Bhot at, Mr. Oinwsou, hoover, being fortunate enough to escape, while bis companion was killed. The sad affair took place y.?0te.-day. and Mr. Rudgar Olawdon immediately began be-gan bis return home, bringing with him the remains of bis cc-misaionary laborer. He will probibly arrive here on Saturday night. - Mr. Standing wus a young man, well and favorably known in the community on account ol hi3 good 'qualities of heart and mind. Last night's dispatches contained the following : ' Atlanta.Georgia. Joseph Standing, a Mormon preacher, waa shot and killed by a mob of ten men, in Catoosa County, to-day. |