Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-09-17
Personal AND GENERAL.


VEsUvIUs is in state of eruption.
THE residence of John A. Kimble,
in Saldier Canyon, near Stockton, Utah, was
destroyed by fire, caused by the explosion
of coal.oil lamp. Mr.. Kimble's five chill
dren, whose ages ranged from two months
to three years, all perished in the flames.
THOMAS A. MARVIN, the bigamist
and forger, now confined in the Richmond
(Va.) Jail, has been identified by various
marks upon his body as T. A. Merritt, who
was for three years an inmate ofthe Auburn
IN. " State-prison for forgery commit
ted at Lockport, N. Y.
THE Groton centennial exhibition
took place on the 9th at New London, Conn.
The military portion OF the programme con-
sisted of the reproduction of the scenes Of
the attack of Arnold's expedition upon
New London and Groton. Gen. Sherman
and other distinguished visitors viewed the
sham fight. ....
Mrs. b. M. HARVEY, wealthy and
widow, residing near West
Point, Va, is mysteriously missing and her
friends greatly fear that she has been foully
dealt with.
The Federal Grand Jury at Dead
wood is engaged in investigating the mail
service over the star route to Sydney.
MEXICAN troops are pursuing a band
of Apaches who killed two Americans and
three Mexicans at Eagle Springs.
NELSON f. DAVIS, late Tax Collector
at Houston, Tex, is found to be defaulter
for 100000. Suits will be brought against
his bondsmen, one of whom is Mayor Baker.
The Texas & Pacific Railroad has
been completed to point 40 miles west of
Dallas, and trock-laying progresses at the
rate of two miles per day. tt
A AMANUFACTORY of counterfeit nickels
has been discovered in the Ohio Penitentia-
ry, where it has been successfully carried on
for some time.
WALTER HARMON, an insurance swim
dler, now in Jail at Shreveport, La, is
wanted in Memphis and Jackson, Tenn.
and Sedala, Mo-, where he went by the
name of H. Ii. Howard in perpetrating his
yillainies.
FIVE hundred and fifty Mormons for
Utah are now on their way across the ocean.
Switzerland and Germany contribute the
greater number. Two thousand Mormons
have left Liverpool this summer.
AT Jamaica, Long Island, John Kem-
pei, Il saloon keeper, murdered his wife, set
fire TO the building, and then hanged him
self. Kempel quarreled frequently with his
wife, their differences being mostly about
money matters.
Miss Cora BYARD, handsome girl
of 1G, committed suicide by shooting, at her
home near Dallas, Highland County, o.
Her trouble was that she had been sighted
by her lover.
A BALLOON "professor" named Rog.
ers, during an ascension at Boston, fell from
his car at an elevation of 100 feet and was
fatally injured. The balloon collapsed.
AN explosion of nitro-glycerine al
Sawyer City, Pa, caused the death of fouI
men and the serious injury of several others
BENJAMIN SHoRoCH, while playing
base ball at Paterson, n. j., was struck il
the stomach by a ball from the bat. He dice
from the effects few minutes after.
SERIOUS anti-Jewish riots occurred al
Stolp, Pomerania, Sunday. The rioter,
threatened TO storm Jewish houses, ant
pclted the troops, who charged the mob
wounding sixteen persons, several seriously
THE news from Fort Apache is rather
meager, but all the reports received indi'
cate that Gen, Carr's command is threat.
ened with no immediate danger. The nd
skins are believed to be off TO the southwes
of the fort. They give no quarte
to any whites who chance to fal
into their hands, and several murder
by them have been reported. Th
troops are being pushed forward to the re
lief Of Gen. Carr, and the arrival of thre
companies was reported on the Sth. Gen
Wilcox telegraphs his belief that the hos
tiles are all north of the Gia River ant
mostly in the White Mountains or Magallol
country.
THROUGHOUT the New England
States phenomenal condition of the at
mosphere prevailed on the 9th. While tn
air as viewed from window or looking u
into the sky appeared to be free from fog o
mist, the sun was totally Obscured, TIL
grass presented most unnatural appear
ance, its livid green looking as though tn
results of n coat Of paint. Gas jets, whic
ordinarily show a yellowish light, bume
with a white brilliancy that made ther
resemble electric lights. In all direction
distances appeared to be shortened.
learned Professor at Dartmouth ascribes tn
phenomenon "to be something in the atmos
phere which absorbs shorter and long way
lengths, leaving only those which give til
color of yellow and green" He thinks
may be owing to pollen from fir and pin
trees, together with smoke from forest fire
in Canada.
THE Emperors of Germany and Ru;
sia met at Neufahwasser on the 9th. Th
Emperor William, Crown Prince Frederic
William and Bismarck proceeded frol
DantZic in the morning. Upon their arrivj
at Neufahwasser the Emperor boarded I'll
Imperial yacht Hohenzollern, which steame
out of the harbor and was met by the Ru;
sian yacht with the Car on board. I'll
iron clad squadron fired a salute to the tw
yachts, and lay to alongside each other. ]
the afternoon the Car went on board IL
lIohenzollern, and was cordially welcomed
The Cars yacht was accompanied by tv
small men-oi-war. At later hour the En-
perors drove into Dantzig, amid the pealir
Of bells, salutes of artillery and gre
cheers.
THE larger portion of the village ,
Homecoming, Md, has been destroyed !
fire. The loss is estimated at 100000; Il
surance, $4,000.
A DISPATCH from Cairo, Egypt, 9tl