Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-04
. Personal AND GENERAL.

". iHalder' and Edward Hopkins and seri-
Nollsly injuring three other men. The boiler
was an,old one and, it is said, known bythd
owners to be unfit for use. The Coroner's
Jury declared them culpable for the dis
aster. M -- A.a-AN
JEFFERSON DAVIS is visiting in Mon
treal, Canada. 5f fsFFst FrT 4
THE body of Miss Frank M. B. Ken
dali, of Madison, Ind, was cremated at
Washington, Pa, the other day. The lady
was well known as writer for various pub
lications. rs1, of lo,..,s.,, sf.i
ROBERT RrLANGHoRN and Robert Point
started in skiff to cross the river at Le-
Clair, ten miles above Davenport, Iowa
They had keg of beer with them, but were
not noticed to be intoxicated. When in mid
stream the skin sprang a leaK ana bothwent
down before help could reach them.
AT Fayette, Miss, the five-year-old
son of Capt. Stephen e. RamHe mounted
the balustrade at the head OF the winding
stairs for the purpose of sliding down, when
he lost his balance and went crashing head
long to the bottom, his head striking the
post at the foot of the stairs Nearly every
bone in his body was fractured.
WASHINGTON BENSON, aged 55, a
wealthy farmer from Midland County, Mich,
started with his family with private convey
ances apleasure tripto Iowa. While in
camp near South Bend, Ind, Mr.. Benson
was leading a spirited stallion to- water,
when the animal attacked him in savage
manner, biting and crushing him to death.
IT is believed the losses incurred
through the failure of Robert A. Baker's
Bank at Fond du Lac, Wis, will aggregate
$300,000. Baker, the President, and Bur-
roughs, the Cashier, are both under arrest.
The city win lose about $40 900, running the
City Treasurer, G. j. Pierson. Everything
indicates general crookedness on the part of
/ Baker and Burroughs.
LINTON B. CROFT, Postmaster at
Linton, o., has been detected in systematic
forgery of postal money orders. He had
collected about 81 800 from various offices in
Ohio and Pennsylvania beforehe was arrest
ed at Altoona, in the latter State, He has
made a full confession.
THE business portion of Harrison,
Boone County, Ark, has been almost entire
ly destroyed by fire, said to have been Of in
cendiary origin. Total losses about $25, 900,
with but small insurance.
Mr.. THOMAS L. RICHARDS, Treasur-
er of the Missouri Zinc Works, a well l-known
and wealthy citizen of st, Louis, committed
suicide with revolver in fit of mental
alteration.
COMMODORE MUTT is dead.
E. l.. SAGE and ii. r. Lott, Jr., of
Floyd, La, had difficulty which ended in
the death of the latter. j. T. Lott, brother
of the murdered man, took part immediately
after the shooting, and received probably
fatal wounds. al
1T is announced that Mr.. Morgan,
Minister to Mexico, is to be retained in his
present position, at least until next winter.
AT Pittsburgh, on the 26th, Mrs.
Egler attempted to start fire with kero-
sence, when an explosion followed, her
clothes were ignited and then the dwelling,
which was burned to the ground. The hus-
band of the unfortunate lady, who set about
saving his children, was badly burned about
, the face and hands. He forgot one child
, whose charred remains were subsequently
found.
THE Arkansas Democratic State EX'
. ecutive Committee have issued an address tC
the people of the State setting forth thu
points OF dispute between the members o.
the party on the question Of the States in
: debtedness. The address urges harmony il
r the party and united front in the mex
v compaign; that the debt question shal
not be made test Of party fealty; and rec
ommends that constitutional amendment
!, be submitted by the next Legislature to tn
= people declaring what part of the debt shal
or shall not be paid. hAa thF
A GANG of desperadoes, armed ant
y disguised, pilaged the store of j. A. Tai
y bott, at Mountain Home, Baxter County
:, Ark, the other night, securing q larg
amount Of money from the safe, which the
forced open, besides many valuable goods
They then set fire to the premises, whic
communicated to some powder stored in tn
i basement, the explosion of which com
. ! pletely demolished the building. The rob
: bers escaped.
. THE graves of the Confederate dea
at Richmond were decorated on tn
= 26th. Business was generally suspended
1t Visiting Communicates of Knights Templa
: from Boston and Providence deposite
i wreaths Of flowers and evergreens upon th
N Stonewall Jackson monument 'T
oi THE barn of Andrew Sears, nea
N W.. Mod;oon NOupty n burpa
}, on the 26th, and four small children of tt
le owner perished in the flames. They ha
oi been playing in the barn and it is suppose
g, they set it on fire.
&c The house, barn, corn.crib and a
>, the grain and hay belonging to John Smit
III Yanceburg, KY, who was driven from hon
ie by the regtla ators recently, were burned {
~ the 25th.
SOUTHEASTERN Indiana promises
o. magnificent peach crop.
$. ONE hundred and eighty bodies
rk victims of the London (Ont.) disaster HI
pi been recovered and buried up to midng
n of the Goth.
to THE cities of Galveston, Houston, Au
a tin, Waco, Dallas, Sherman, Dennison, FC
II; Worth and San Antonio, Texas, are to
to connected by telephone.
'r- Mrs. WILLIAM HARDGRAvEs, of Ha
d. mony, Ark, tried the experiment Of kindli
M her kitchen fire with powder. The. bot
elr containing it suddenly exploded, killing b
ch almost instantly. -aa - -
ng CAPT. A. j. Fritz, o well-known
ne cal politician and sporting man OF San Fra
iet cisco, hanged himself on account Of tel
nv nv porary financial reverses. --,-
'@rs @ A CARGO of $4,000 bushels of wht