Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-04-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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SHERIFF W. F. BEATTIE, of Critten-
den County, Ark, on the 21st was shot and
killed by negronamed Hayes White, whom
he was attempting to arrest for having rob-
bed the store of Mr.. Trucker, at Crawfords-
vile, few nights previous. White had
been previously arrested, but oyerpowered
the officers and escaped, after having seri-
ousiy wounded Turner Hendricks, colored
constable, and Emmett Sweptson, white
citizen, who were taking him to Jail.
The Sanitary Council of the Missis-
sippi Valley met at Evansville, Ind, on the
Goth, and discussed various matters relating
to the coming season of epidemics.
THE Dittmar Powder Works at Bing-
hamtOn, N. Y, were destroyed on the DIST
by the explosion of nitro-glycerine and 10,-
900 pounds of powder. Buildings were de-
molished and property destroyed for miles
around. On the same day an explosion in a
powder mill near Bridgeport, Conn, shook
the city like an earthquake.
AT Aberdeen, Ky, on the goth, Mrs.
Catherine Cannon, aged so, during the tenn
porary absence Of her daughter, with whom
she lived, fell into the fire and was fatally
burned. She was dead when the family re-
turned.
A SERIOUS malady is afllicting the
horses of Chicago. The disease is very
malignant one. 1t appears first in the feet,
just above the hoof, and develops very rap
! idly. Veterinary surgeons describe IL as a
swelling, followed by suppuration, which
breaks out, producing running sore. AS
the disease grows, the limbs become swollen
and sometimes spreads to the body. When
this occurs il is apt to be fatal. 1t seems to
be sort of aggravated form Of the scratches,
and Is apparently caused by long and con-
tinuous exposure to cold and wet.
CYRUS YOUNG, known as the "Coal
King of the Tuscarawas Valley" was almost
instantly killed near Lawrence, o., by being
caught in the shafting of portable engine
He was considered the wealthiest man OF
Stark County, the value Of his possessions
being estimated at 81 100000.
JOHN HOLLOWAY has been arrested al
! Silver Lake, KosciuskO County, Ind, tC
answer for the alleged crime of numbering
mis- wife and one year -Old babe, in April
| 1880. To conceal the crime it is alleged he
burned the house. The circumstances were
very much against Holloway from the start,
but no one would venture to have him ar
rested.
Mrs. WALKER, of Canton, and Mrs.
Martin Coffee, of Weathersfield, Conn.,,
were fatally burned on the 21st, being sur
rounded by flames While burning brush
Hon. ROWLAND f. TRowBRIDGE, late
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, and forsev-
eral terms Representative in Congress from
Michigan, is dead, aged 60.
AN order is issued by the Post office
Department declaring postal cards unmail-
able with anything but the direction on the
address side.
AT Charleston, ten miles from Tomb
stone, Arizona, three cowboys entered the
store of Springer e. Hacker and compelled
the proprietor to open the safe, from which
they took $500. Although disguised, the
robbers were recognized. The following
night Deputy Sheriff Bell and a posse sur
rounded a house, demanding their surren,
der. The demand was answered bya yolley
from Winchesters, when the arresting party
opened upon the robbers with shot-guns,
mortally wounding two, Burns and "Club'
foot" Jacob.
THE failure of the Senate to confirm
the nomination of Stanley Matthews as Su'
preme Court Justice leaves the Court with
bare quorum, and the absence of single ac
tive member now compels adjournment.
The Cincinnati street-car employees
are on a strike for higher wages.
SMALLPOX is epidemic both in th'
Sandwich Islands and China.
DERvIsCH PAsCHA, with 10000 Tur
ish troops, attacked and defeated the AL
banians near Uskup.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND emigrant
left Hamburg for America the first thre
months of the present year, against 5000 70
the same time last year.
On the 1st of June the Chicago, st
Louis & New Orleans Railroad Company vii
change the guage of their road from tn
Southern standard, . feet, to the Norther
standard of feet 12 inches. This is tn
st important road east of the Mississippi
to take this step. -L
LUCINDA FOwLKES, q colOred won
an, was hanged for the murder of her hus
band at Lunenburg, Va, on the 22d. AbOu
an hour before she was hanged she made
full confession, giving minutely the detail
Of the murder. On the same day, at Able
vile, 5. c., Abe Martin, an old coored mar
was hanged for the murder Of his wife. Th
execution was private, under the State law
Col. w. j. PARKS died at his HON
in Yell County, Ark. on the 21st. He ha
resided fifty -four years in the State, repre-
senting Yell County in the Legislature thre
successive terms, and filling other offices {
honor and trust.
, A FATAL shooting affray occurred 6
, San Francisco, CAL, on the 22d, which led {
2 the killing of Thomas Cunningham, con
mission merchant, by his brother in-lav
| John A. Chandler, nephew of the late Unite
4 States Senator Zach Chandler, and bushes
( manager Of the San Francisco Spirit of u
Times.
4 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
APRIL 1S.--The reassembling OF the Sena
after its three days recess was marked by Il
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