Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-03

drought, British agriculturists are bemoan-
ing the probable destruction Of their harvests
by too copious rains
The Illinois and Mississippi River
and Canal Improvement Commission, ap-
pointed by the Convention held ut Daven-
port, Iowa, last May, to further the con-
struction of the Hcnnepin Canal, met in
Chicago on the 25th. The most important
business transacted was the appointment Of
committee to memorabilia Congress for the
construction Of Il commercial canal not to
exceed seven feet in depth, from IIennopin
westward to the Mississippi River.
b. WILKES, well-known planter and
merchant Of Sunflower County, Miss, was
shot dead while standing in the door Of his
store at Jacksonville. The assassin Is I'M
known.
GEORGE w. RIGGS, the well-known
Washington banker, is dead. ...
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, suffered the
destruction of nearly the entire business
portion of the town by fire, on the morning
Of the oath. The Journal office was entirely
consumed. The Total loss foots up about
100000, with but little insurance. A coal
oil lamp explosion was the cause Of the con-
Migration.
THROUGH the assistance of the United
States Ministers to Chilli and the Argentine
Republic, the boundary between those coun-
tries has been fixed.
THE Attorney-General has given de-
cson in favor Of Gen. Hazen as against Gen.
Sherman, conceding to officers of the Signal
Corps army status under the law.
A LETTER from Bangkok, Siam, says
Asiatc cholera is raging. 1t is variously
estimated that from 100 to 800 natives are
dying daily. Very few foreigners have died,
but several have fled to Singapore and Hong
Kong.
A TERRIBLE encounter occurred in
Edgefeld County, S. c., between J. w.
Buzzard and his son and j. w. Thinner.
man, in which Zimmerman was killed and
Buzzard and his son seriously wounded.
An old feud was tho cause OF the ARRAY
The weapons used were double barreled
shotguns,
A SERIOUS riot occurred at Rathkeale
County Limerick, Ireland, owing to the re.
port that the police were about to remove
some cattle seized for rent. A mob assem-.
bled and stoned the police, who charged the
crowd several times.
TRAIN-wRECKERs in Massachusetts
made three unsuccessful efforts on the Ole
Colony Road, near Bridgewater.
Four Mexican horse-thieves were
shot dead while making off with valuable
stock near Bracket, Texas.
DANIEL c. DE JARNErrE, q member
Of the Thirty-siXth Congress and afterwart
of the Confederate House of Representa-
tives from the Richmond (Ya.) District, i
: dead
THE son of a widow named Talking
ton, in Shelby County, Ind, while careless
killed his siX-year-old brother.
Two negroes were hanged on tn,
2Gth-Andrew Sanders, for the murder Of
white man named Miller, at Covington
Tenn, and Ben Perkins, for the murder o
Gif Roberts, colored, at Livingstone, Ala.
JOHN G. HATELY's packing house
Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the 2Gth
Loss, 100000.
Two brothers named Coffin, livin;
in Elk Township, Mich, fell from q steame
; in the st. Clair River and were drowned
They were intoxicated.
AT Greensburg, Ky, George Game
was killed and several persons injured b,
the explosion Of boiler.
NEARLY a ton of powder blew up tn
building in which it was stored at Warren
Me-, the other day. Samuel Mank, a work
man, was blown nearly four hundred fee
and Instantly killed.