Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-08

placed 0rrln Noble, Of Erie, at the head Oi
their ticket, as candidate for State Treas
urer.
A DISPATCH from Rome says: The
destruction caused by the earthquake in |
Abruzzi far exceeds anything indicated in
the first reports. The Archbishop Of Chiett
appeals piteously for help. He says the
disaster is only comparable to that of Cas-
samaccioa. Over 1000 houses are unin-
habtahle and the remainder more or less tis'
sured. Four-ffths of the population ara
shelterlcss.
THE three Iron Mountain train rob-
bers have been captured and are now In jail
at Washington, the county-seat of Hemp
stead County, Ark. Their names are Will
liam Cox, Jesse Monroe and William De-
laney. Cox was arrested in Hampton Coun'
ty, Texas, and Monroe and Delaney in the
Indian Nation. Cox, who was the lead
er OF the gang, is hard-looking
young fellow, with small black eyes, black
hair, black mustache and low forehead. His
companions are types Of the average cow
boy. They have been so fully identified as
to leave no doubt Of their being the guilty
parties. 1t is said the Express Company
have recovered a portion Of their stolen
money.
PRESLEY CowEN, aged 81, son ei
Hon. d. D. T. Cowen, Of st. Clairville, o.,
made u balloon ascension with Prof. Tony
White at the Guernsey County Fair, Wash
ington. The balloon in descending caught
upon tree top and pitched COwen out. He
died within two hours from the effect Of his
injuries.
VIOLENT rain storms, with tornado
Accomplishments, occurred throughout the
West on the Goth and 3Oth, causing great
destruction OF property and some loss OF
life.
GEORGE SCOvILLE, ESQ, of Harlan,
Wis, whose wife is cousin of Guiteau's,
will appear as counsel for the assassinator
in his trial. Insanity will be the only de.
fense attempted.
A TERRIBLE tragedy is meagerly re-
ported from Greene Cut, Burke County,
Ga. In Q Magistrates Court quarrel
sprang up between Thomas Smith and his
two sons, Arthur and Mike, on one side
and Charles Walker and Ed Palmer on the
other side. All began firing about the samt
time. Palmer shot Arthur Smith dead, ant
old man Smith killed Walker. Mike wa;
mortally wounded.
AT Spartanburg, S. c., b. w. Hicks
white man, was hanged for the murder o
} his wife last May.
FIFTY buildings in the business center
, Of Eldred, Pa, were destroyed by fire oil
the 3Oth. Loss, 100000
= T.P. O'CONNoR, a prominent Lane
, Lacquer, Is coming to the United States ol
lecturing tour under the auspices Of tn
4 League.
5 AN entire passenger train, with th'
y exception of the locomotive and tender, wa
1 blown from the track Of the Des Moines
Fort Dodge Railroad, at Perry, Iowa, dur
ing a recent gale. The coaches, which wer
I crowded with passengers. were orartnrnad
( and a number OF persons were quite badl
: bruised.
r A DISPATCH from Victoria, B. O.
= SAYS the steamboat Elizabeth J. Irving too
fire at the town Of Port Hope, Frazer Rive
p and was entirely consumed. She had
/, board the mails, eighty passengers and fu
!. freight, railway and other goods. All Il
e passengers, it is thought, were saved, but
number OF Indians are supposed to be los
IS THE Robinson Furniture Warehous
is Elmira, N. Y, went up in smoke. Los
II 100000.
sc ARNETA, q Cherokee murderer wi
lie shot /. Dry for a jug Of whisky, was eS
i'd cuted at Tahlequah on the 2Gth.
It. THE Wisconsin Prohibitionists ha'
nominated State ticket. T. d. Kanauz
v the candidate for Governor.