Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

uonal prosperity His nVeCtlVe Is Salu 10
be aimed at the Land League.
DR.. TANNER has located at Erie, Pa.
He now proposes TO fast three mouths, II
fed on electricity, the air in his room to be
charged with heavy current. This being
positive, be can obtain a negative element
from the disintegration Of his tissue. He is
now fattening for the fast, as plenty OF adj
pose is necessary.
WILLIAM GALE, the English pedes-
trlan, has completed in New York his phe-
nomenal feat of covering 5000 quarter miles
in 5000 consecutive ten minutes, and con-
tinued on the track until he had added four
teen additional quarters to his wondeful
record. The fastest quarter was made in two
minutes seven seconds, the slOwest in three
minutes twelve seconds.
GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON, hero of
three wars, and at one time the largest cot
ton manufacturer in the United States, died
recently at his home in Philadelphia.
A TERRIBLE railway accident hap
pened in England on the Sth. The express
train from Manchester came in collision
near Blackburn with the Liverpool and
York express. Five persons were killed and
twenty-nine severely injured, many ofwhom
were not expected to survive.
THE dwelling of DR.. William Bowen,
in Sctuate, Mass, burned on the Sth. The
family were aroused in time to save their
lives. After the house burned fire broke
out in the barn near by, but the flames were
extingushed. The fire was caused bv an
internal machine operated by clock-work.
DR.. Bowen has been very active in enforcing
the law against liquor selling and has before
suffered in consequence.
NEAR Oxford, Ala, the other day, Otis
MattisOn, his father and brother were struck
by lightning. The former was instantly
killed and the others probably fatally in
iured.
Miss LENA HoMAN and Mrs. Farber
were killed by a locomotive ut Pleasant
Plains, Staten Island, N. Y. Miss IIoman
attempted to drive across the track, when
the horse balkcd and the engine struck the
carriage.
AT Lake Village, N. H., the Coroner's
Jury in the case of the three children Of
Chas. Moody (colored) who were burned on
the evening of July returned verdict that
the children were murdered and the house
burned to conceal the crime. Moody and his
wife have been arrested.
A. G. WHEELOCK, confidential book
keeper Of the firm of j. C. Wolcott & Co., AZ
Broad Street, New York, has absconded
with money and securities to the value Of
over $50, 900. He was known as being fast
young man. II is supposed he sailed for
Europe.
JUDGE JAMES d. COLT, of the Massa.
chusetts Supreme Court, was found dead in
his office at Pitlsiield on the 9th. Suicide
with revolver.
The boiler of a steam-thresher on the
Young farm. near Columbia, st. Clair Coun-
ty, ILL.,. exploded on the 9th, with most dis
astrOuS results. Ten men were working on
or about the machine, six of whom were in
stantly killed by the cOncussion or scalded or
burned to death, and the other four were so
badly injured that there was no possibility
Of their recovery. The wheat and straw
stacks took fire and were totally consumed,
and the probability is that some Of the VIC
tins, who were merely stunned, were liter
ally roasted to death. The names Of the six
killed are: Christian Diehl, lessee of the
farm; Joshua Morgan, Charles Stewart,
Fred Bartheleber, Alfred Arnold and Ma
than Brown, the last two colored. The four
who survived are Conrad Linderman, the
engineer; Henry Diehl, son OF the lessee
Grant Hart and George Storm, the latter
colored. The two former have since died.
The Coroner's Jury returned q verdict that
the explosion was caused by the careless
ness OF the engineer.
AT Lowell, Mass, Edward Donnelly s
child, aged nine months, died from an over
dose of morphine furnished by Geo. Teele,
drug clerk of only two months expert
ence.
AT Madison, Ind, LeonidaS Robert
son, a well-tN-do farmer, arrayed himself In
his wife's clothes and n-bonnet and hung
himself. No cause is known for the singu-
lar act.
d. q j. SADLIER, the well-known
Catholic publishing house of New York, have
made an assignment.
The reunion of ex-ConfederateS al
Dallas, Texas, was largely attended.
The residence of j. w. Billings, East
Saginaw, Mich, was destroyed by fire or
the 10th. Edwin Billings, 81 years Of age,
endeavOred to subdue the flames, but was
overcome by smoke, and before help could
reach him his body was burned to crisp.
II ;n 10 n1g 4,
| burned about the head and shoulders.
r PARKER, q guide in the Adirondack
} region, New York, committed heinous as
sault upon the wife Of New York mcr'
chant whom he was conveying to the camp
OF some friends. The villain fed, and was
pursued and finally overtakcu, but refusing
TO surrender was shot and fatally wounded
AT Lincoln, Neb., Miss Minnie vii
. liams, daughter of Prof. Williams, Of Has
tings, committed suicide by drowning in Sal
!, Greek. Cause, depression Of spirits.
A TRAINING STABLE on the race
course near Lexington, Ky, containing six
9 teen valuable horses, burned the othe
9 morning. Bowers Carrie Hanson anC
Eagles gray colt Knox were burned to death
p and the others were greatly injured by dash
y ing madly around the course,
THE large woolen-mills in Iowa be
longing TO the Amana Society, valued q
$40, 900, have been destoyed by fire.
l. THE Parry House, a summer hotel a
= = Beach Haven, n. j., burned on the night o
= the 10Th. Two hundred guests lost all thei
: clothing and effects, and were compelled I
go to Camden clad in bathing attire.
. ANOTHER fatal boiler explosion occur
: red on the 9th, on the farm OF Fritz Dol