Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-03
THE Municipal Commission VIII CHI

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was recently appointed In Paris to report
on the possible application OF electricity as
a railway motor will advise the experiment
OF an elevated road in some part Of the CAPT.
tai, to be run on the Semens Electrical Rail
way plan.
Mrs. COLLINS, Troy, N. Y, lies in
bed suffering great agony from blood-poi-
soning. Last week she wore pair of new
shoes and aud received an abrasion on her
heel. The scarlet dyed stockings commu-
nicated poisoning, and her foot and
leg swelled rapidly.
TIE lawyers of the Baroness Burdett.
Coutts have decided that by marrying Bart.
lett she forfeited her interest In the Coutts
Bank, and she has therefore decided to re.
sign her interest therein to those who claim
it under the will Of the Duchess Of st. AL
bans. She will continue to receive q small
annual allowance as compensation.
THEODORE BALDWIN, late Teller OF
the Mechanics Bank of Newark, N. j., and
half-brother Of Cashier Baldwin, has been
arrested upon the charge of falsifyng the
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abetting the Cashiers fraudulent proceed.
ings.
IT is stated, upon the authority OF
Mgr. Termase, Prelate Of the household Of
the Pope, who is now in Montreal, that his
Holiness is making preparations for leaving
the Vatican, and will probably take up his
residence either in Malta or Salisbury.
Col. L. V. B. HOWELL, q mining
operator from San Francisco, meeting with
no success in New York, killed himself with
a revolver.
AN investigation into the affairs of the
tax Office at Philadelphia has reveal ed
wholesale robbery Of tho State and City
| Treasures.
AT Milwaukee, Wis, John Schroeder,
carpenter, was instantly killed by falling
from scaffold
THE Indian Territorial Legislature
has voted the right OF way for new rail-
road.
HATTIE LEE, white child, years
old, while playing in front Of a Fireplace
at Vicksburg, Miss, was so badly burned
that she died in few hours.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.
and Ms. James Peeks, living at Sedomseen
a mining town in Rock Island County, Ill.
was burned to death by the explosion OF 4
lamp. Her grandmother was seriously
burned in her efforts to strip the clothing
from the little girl, which she sue.
cceded in doing after brave fight with thC
flames.
The wife of ex-senator Christiancy
while suffering from alteration of mind, raj
out into the street in Washington the othel
night in her night dress, and was with diff
Guilty returned to her home. The charges
against her in the divorce proceedings arr
the cause OF her trouble.
THE pension-rolls for December de
mand 81, 900, 900.
FOUR murderers were hanged on Thu
25th: Henry Johnston, at Sumter, S. G.
Sank Armor, at Crawfordvile, Ca; Rich
ard James, at Marion Courthouse, S. c.
Joe Harris, at Rogersvillc, Tenn. The latte
was the only white man.
NEAR Greenwich, Conn, five work
, men were killed and three seriously injured
by the premature explosion Of blast.
THE extensive tannery of Keifer
, Stiefcl & Co., Allegheny, Pa, burned on til
25ih. Loss, $125,OO0.
LOUIS RAAB, a farmer living nea
Perrysburg, o., killed his wife and the
shot himself.
IT is reported that Mr.. Jay Gould ha
secured control of the New York e. Me-
England Railroad Company. 1t Is turtle
. reported that he has perfected plans fC
connecting the line directly with New Yor
and with the elevated railroad system.