Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the Waterman and blow open the safe.
Investigation fastened the crime upon the
night Waterman, young man named Frank
Brewer, and his uncle, Frank Rose, aged
about so, the latter being the brother of Val.
Rose, formerly of the Adams and more re-
Gently of the Union Express Company. Both
men are under arrest.
EX-PREsIDENT HAYES had cordial
reception both at Cleveland and Fremont on
his return home.
The first important arrest under the
Coercion act was made on the Sth, the vic
tim being Joseph b. Walsh, of Castlebar, a |
prominent merchant, q cousin Of Michael |
Davit, and actively identified with the Land
League. The arrest caused great excite
ment.
AT st. Louis, on the 9Th, Michael j.
Reilly, policeman and ex-letter- carrier,
shot and instantly killed Albert C. Hatch,
shoemaker, aged AZ. Hatch's wife was the
cause Of the murder, she having on several
occasions left him to take up with Reilly,
who is himself married man with several
Achildren. TIE injured husband had doubt
less made threats against the destroyer Of his
domestic peace, and both men went
armed, prepared to shoot on sight.
The meeting finally took place. Hatch tried
/ 70 draw his revolver, but was forclbly re-
strained by third party, and meanwhile
Reilly. who was greatly excited, shot his an
tagonist through the head, the muzzle of his
revolver almost touching his face. The
murderer gave himself up without resist
ance.
THE case of the United States against
Captain d. S. Payne, Of Oklahoma fame,
came up in the United States Court at Fort
Smith, Ark, on the Sth, on demurrer to de-
fendant's answer, and was argued at length.
The case was taken under advisement by the
Court until pext term.
THE Boston capitalists interested in
the Santa Fe Road and the Mexican Central
project have organized another company,
which will lay a track from Alfalfa, on the
Gulf Of Mexico, to Durango, some two hum
dred miles distant.
The fine block of buildings on Union
Avenue, between Mulberry and Santa Fe
Streets, Kansas City, occupied by Wood
ward, FaXOn & Co., wholesale druggists,
Kelly, Willis & Co., wholesale hardware, and
Oglebay & Co., wholesale grocers, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on the morning of the
10th, together with nearly the entire stocks
Of the three firms named. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Woodward, FaXOn & Co.'s
loss, $4,000; insured for 100000. Oglebay
& Co.'s loss, $4,000; insured for $4,000
Kelly, Willis & Co. S loss, $4,000; fully in
sured. The buildings, owned by Leach,
Olmstead & Hall, were valued at $4,000, on
which there is $28, 900 insurance.
Four man. were badly injured, two
it was thought fatally, by the explosion OF a
milestone in Fischer's Touring mills, South
Desplaines Street, Chicago, on the 10TH Au-
gust Fischer, proprietor of the mill, j. II.
Taylor, miller, and Theodore Blakeley and
John Newberry, laborers, were the victims
of the casualty, 1t was said the last two
could not survive.
Mrs. FRANCES E. WILLARD, heading
committee of Temperance ladies, on the
Sth visited the White House and presented
to President Garfield an oil portrait of Mrs.
Hayes, which was designed and subscribed
for in commemoration of her determined
stand for Temperance. President Garfield
accepted the gift, on behalf Of the Nation, in
few well chosen words.
THE dwelling of Mrs. Levi Belknap,
of East Barnard, Vermont, was burned, and
her body was found in the ruins. Suspi-
cious circumstances, strongly indicating
murder, will probably lead to the arrest Of
one or more persons.
The principal business portion Of
Rosita, Colo, including the Post office, was
destroyed by fire on the morning Of the 10th
Losses aggregate about 100000, with COM
paratively small insurance.
GEoRGE>E. GoOCH, heavy Chicago
butter and cheese exporter, failed on the
10th.
QUEEN CAROLINE, the widow of King
r Christian VIII, of Denmark, is dead.
Mrs. A. B. VINES, of Elkader, Clay
ton County, Iowa, died from the effects Of
eating canned salmon, which had become
tainted and the can corroded.
SEVERAL lives were lost on the 9th
Q by the burning of large drapery establish
ment, known as lie PrintempS, in Paris.
e UP to the 10th of March about fifty
b arrests had been made in Ireland under tn,
Coercion law. The most conspicuous per
sons so far arrested are Joseph B. Walsh
S an extensive merchant in the Town of Cas-
tlebar, in the west part of the island, rea
y tive of Michael Davitt; Cornelius Keogh,
p, farmer living at Cahirconlish, in thu
h County OF Limerick, and Michae
l b. Boyton. The latter i
. a brother to Paul Boyton, the swimmer. II,
1 claims to be an American citizen, having
e lived several years in Baltimore. Walsh
= Keogh and Boyton are confined in Kilmain
= ham Jail, near Dublin. The Land League
e intends to investigate every arrest CAREFUL,
d and place the particulars before the British
Z. public.
$ EX-SENATOR SIMON CAMERON cele
brated his sod birthday at Havana on tn
Z Sth. He was waited on by several Ameri
can residents. The Cuban authorities eX
. tended to him the freedom of the city.
u THOMAS NJ. BAKER, clerk in the Dead
;. letleI OnCc, udS DVSH allestou vi Ohai
of riling dead letters. Baker has bee
twelve years in the Department
= THE family of Samuel Margerat, a
: Napoleon, o., were poisoned by eating will
). parsnips. One son, aged Is, died from tn
=, effects.
:. A LARGE number of Germans fror
}: San Francisco purpose settling near Acapul
1. co, Mex, where they have purchased Gov
4: eminent lands at 40 cents per acre, payabl
N in ten years. e.